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MidAmerican Wind Energy Project in Western Iowa Supplies 40,000 Customers

A new wind energy project by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. in western Iowa has the ability to produce enough electricity to power about 40,000 customers.
The Victory Wind Project consists of 66 wind turbines in Carroll and Crawford counties, near the towns of Westside and Arcadia.
“MidAmerican is committed to helping Iowa become a leader in the [...]

Ethanol plant planned near ‘Biotown’

A South Dakota-based company is planning to build an ethanol plant just outside the northern Indiana town dubbed Biotown USA by state officials for a project aimed at using renewable sources to provide all its energy.
The White County commissioners are expected on Monday to consider a request to rezone about 270 acres to allow construction [...]

Large crowds participate on-site and online in Ritchie Bros. Phoenix and Houston unreserved auctions

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, conducted two large unreserved public auctions in Houston, TX and Phoenix, AZ last week, with gross auction proceeds of more than US$23 million and close to US$35 million, respectively. Almost 2,000 bidders participated in the Houston auction and more than 1,600 took part in the Phoenix auction; [...]

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Roca-MAX Molybdenum Mine Development Update

Roca Mines Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ROK; “Roca” or the “Company”) provides the following update on construction and development activities for its PHASE I, 500 tonne per day mine at the MAX Molybdenum Project, located 60 kilometres (36 miles) southeast of Revelstoke, British Columbia.
Progress in the following principal project areas includes;
Underground Development – Genex Mining Ltd. has [...]

Titan Provides Additional Information on the “Norgold” Property

Titan’s “Norgold” property sits adjacent to the old “Sakoose” Gold Mine, which produced gold from 1897 to 1902 until operations were suspended when the mill burned down in 1902. During that time, it was only mined to a depth of approximately 60 metres. Production totaled 3,669 ounces of gold from the 8,828 tons extracted (= [...]

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Xcel Energy Issues Additional Common Stock in over-Allotment Exercise

Xcel Energy today issued an additional 2,250,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the underwriters’ exercise in full of their over-allotment option. The over-allotment option was exercised in connection with the Company’s recently completed registered public offering of 15,000,000 shares of common stock sold on September 15, 2008. The additional shares were sold to the [...]

Board, residents discuss drilling plan

ASHVILLE — More than 250 people showed up for a special hearing held by the state Oil and Gas Board on Friday to discuss the development of a big new energy field in St. Clair County.
The crowd packed into the Old Courthouse in Ashville heard plans proposed by natural gas field operator Dominion Resources to [...]

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Blue Note Mining Mobilizes Drill Rig on Williams Brook Gold Property

Blue Note Mining Inc., a Canadian mineral exploration and mining company headquartered in Montreal with operations in Bathurst, New Brunswick reports that it has engaged Logan Drilling of Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, to begin a 10-hole drilling program on Blue Note’s Williams Brook Gold property located near Bathurst, New Brunswick.
The aim of this drill campaign is [...]

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Crude Settles Over $145 Ahead of Holiday

Oil prices jumped past $145 a barrel for the first time, as traders added to their bets on the commodity ahead of the long holiday weekend.
There was little good news for Americans hitting the road for the July Fourth holiday, as gas prices set their own record near $4.10 a gallon.
Light, sweet crude for August [...]

Energy Dept. and IEA Lower Oil Demand Outlook

The Energy Department and the Paris-based International Energy Agency both lowered their global oil consumption forecasts for this year amid surging prices, but said demand for oil and petroleum products is accelerating in parts of the developing world.
In its monthly short-term Energy outlook, the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration said oil consumption is falling more [...]