Homeland Energy Group Provides Operations Update for Kendal Colliery & Exploration Projects in South Africa

Homeland Energy Group Ltd. provide an update on the status of its Kendal Colliery following a planned shut-down for plant improvements and on its key exploration projects in South Africa. “While the first year of any operation is filled with a certain amount of excitement, it is also the year in which the operations team makes adjustments and improvements to ensure the operations run according... 

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Homeland Energy Group Receives Mining Licence for Eloff Coal Project, South Africa

Homeland Energy Group Ltd., a coal producer with operations in the Witbank area of South Africa announce that it has received formal notification from the South Africa Department of Mining & Energy (DME) that a Mining Right has been approved for Homeland’s Eloff Mineral Project (Eloff). At a potential 500,000 tonnes per month run-of-mine (ROM) – the amount for which Eloff will be initially... 

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Homeland Energy to Reacquire Full Ownership of South African Subsidiary

Homeland Energy Group Ltd., announces that GMR of India has elected not to exercise the third of three options to purchase 40% of Homeland Mining & Energy, South Africa for US$135 million. Homeland intends to repurchase GMR’s current 10% ownership in accordance with the terms of the option agreement, a value of US$30 million. With this repurchase, Homeland Energy Group Ltd. retains 100%... 

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Homeland Energy Holds Official Ceremonies for Kendal Mine Opening, South Africa

Homeland Energy Group Ltd., in conjunction with Homeland Energy & Mining, SA, held grand opening ceremonies for the Kendal Colliery yesterday at the Kendal site, approximately 90km east of Johannesburg earlier this week. Following a tour of the mine and plant sites, as well as the new housing community Homeland has built for local residents, Deputy Minister of Minerals & Energy, Ms. Futhi... 

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Homeland Energy to Purchase US-Based Appolo Fuels and Diversified Energy for US$105-Million

Homeland Energy Group Ltd., Appolo Fuels and Diversified Energy are pleased to announce that they have finalised a binding agreement for Homeland Energy to purchase the operating assets of Appolo Fuels, Inc., owner and operator of the Appolo coal mine and Diversified Energy, Inc., the associated coal marketing firm, of Middlesboro, Kentucky and Knoxville, Tennessee, respectively. The total purchase... 

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Homeland Receives Rand 150-Million Debt Finance Facility Approval from Nedbank Capital for its South African Subsidiary

Homeland Energy Group Ltd. announce that Nedbank Capital, the Investment Banking division of Nedbank Limited, one of South Africa’s largest banks, has approved a Debt Finance Facility for Homeland’s Kendal Colliery. Following a thorough due diligence and review of Homeland’s Kendal Colliery, Nedbank Capital has approved the 5 and a half -year facility, which is equal to approximately... 

Homeland Energy Group’s Kendal Mine Produces First Coal

Homeland Energy Group Ltd. is pleased to announce first coal production from its Kendal Mine in the Witbank area of South Africa, approximately 50km east of Johannesburg. To date, approximately 8,000 tonnes of coal has been mined from the first of three open pit areas. Processing of the coal through the Company’s Parnaby wash plant on site should begin this week. Following additional pre-stripping... 

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Opta Minerals Continues European Expansion

SunOpta Inc. (NasdaqGS:STKL – News) (Toronto:SOY.TO – News) today announced Opta Minerals Inc. has acquired 67% of the outstanding common shares of MCP Mg-Serbien SAS (“MCP”) of France. The transaction includes an option to acquire the remaining 33% minority interest on similar terms. For fiscal 2007 MCP recorded revenues of approximately US$6.3 million selling ground magnesium... 

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Chinese steel companies seek stakes in Australian iron ore projects

Baosteel Group, China’s largest steelmaker, and a rival, Wuhan Iron & Steel Group, are seeking to invest in iron ore projects in Australia to secure supplies to meet rising demand. “We are looking closely at potential iron ore projects,” Zhang Yong, Baosteel’s Australian investment manager, said in an interview before a mining conference that started Tuesday in Perth. Wuhan... 

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