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Progress made in mine negotiations

Progress has been made in negotiations between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Modikwa platinum mine in Limpopo in an effort to resolve a strike, the union said on Tuesday.
“We did make a lot of progress in the meeting yesterday (Monday),” said NUM chief negotiator Humbulani Tshikalange.
A compromise was reached in the strike [...]

Robots Go Solar: New System Could Drastically Reduce Herbicide Use

A solar-powered robot with 20/20 vision, on a search-and-destroy quest for weeds, will soon be moving up and down the crop rows at the experimental fields at the University of Illinois. What’s more, this robot has the potential to control weeds while significantly reducing herbicide use.
The robot uses GPS for navigation, and there are two [...]

Offshore wind may power Delaware

Delmarva Power and state officials are contemplating offshore wind power as a new electric provider in Delaware, the Delaware State News reported.
We know that the onshore wind resource is really pretty poor, we know that the offshore wind resource is really much better, said Phil Cherry, energy program administrator for the state Department of Natural [...]

Frontera Resources Advances Development of Mtsare Khevi Field in Georgia

Frontera Resources Corporation, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, today announced an update of operations at its Shallow Fields Production Unit, Block 12, Georgia.
Development drilling operations at the Mtsare Khevi Field have continued to progress since the completion of a multi-well workover program during the second quarter of 2008. Production results from [...]

Tri-Star Holdings, Inc., Formerly Rapid Fitness, Inc., Announces Company Has Signed Purchase Agreement for ERHU Manufacturing Facility

TRI-STAR HOLDINGS, INC., formerly RAPID FITNESS, INC., a publicly traded company currently on the Over the Counter, announced the company has signed a purchase agreement for a new 4000 ft. warehouse facility for the manufacturing of ERHU, Inc. The facility, less than two miles from Tri-Star’s corporate headquarters, also has an additional office unit which [...]

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Anhui natural gas deal propels China Oil stock

Shares of China Oil and Gas Group (0603) surged as much as 50 percent Friday after it announced it has agreed to buy Vast China Group, which has won approval to invest in, construct and operate a natural gas station in Maanshan, Anhui province.
The company said it agreed to buy the entire stake in Vast [...]

Ferguson urges Labor to back uranium mining

Federal Opposition energy spokesman Martin Ferguson says Australia should treat the export of uranium as it would any other resource.
Mr Ferguson is leading the push for Labor to dump its “no new uranium mines” policy at the party’s national conference next year.
He has told Channel 10 that Australia is in the middle of a major [...]

As work on Alberta’s oil sands booms, the slide in natural gas prices has meant a retreat in the face of high costs

Canada’s oil-soaked sands are hot while natural gas drilling has cooled, illustrating the long-term nature of one business and shorter-term vulnerability to price swings of the other, analysts say.
“The economic life associated with these projects is measured in years, if not decades, as opposed to a 45-day gas well in Canada,” said Bill Herbert, co-head [...]

Old coal mine camp slowly disappears beneath houses

The drive on a two-lane road going north from Waukee makes Mary Ladurini’s stomach queasy.
Along the roadway, new houses are popping up daily around the intersection of 280th Street and Alice’s Road ”” about two miles north of Waukee. Ladurini, 71, of Grimes, predicts the subdivision will replace the small square four- and five-room houses [...]

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Maximus and NFX Announce Maximus’ Vesting in Larder Lake Gold Project

Maximus Ventures Ltd. announce that Maximus has completed its earn-in of a 60% interest in the Cheminis, Bear Lake and Fernland projects and a 45% interest in the Barber Larder project, which together comprise the Larder Lake Gold Project located in northeastern Ontario. NFX retains a 40% and 55% interest, respectively, in these projects.
“The vesting [...]