With the spot price of uranium rising at exponential rates, uranium miners are flying high following decades of depressed prices and little new mine development or exploration activity. Shares of Denison and Energy Metals Corp. umped 5% last week following rumours that they were on the acquisition radars of Cameco and France’s Areva, two [...]

Alcan announced that it has signed a Heads of Agreement with Saudi Arabian mining company Ma’aden to develop a proposed US$7-billion integrated aluminum “mine-to-metal” project including bauxite mining, alumina refining, power generation and aluminum smelting. Alcan would hold a 49-percent stake in the project and would provide technology and operating management support, with Ma’aden holding [...]

Depleted uranium is the material remaining after removal or depletion of the U-238 isotope. With a density about twice that of lead, depleted uranium is ideal for use in military armor and munitions.
But now John Pierce Wise Sr. and colleagues at the University of Southern Maine have discovered depleted uranium dust produced in combat [...]

Jinchuan Group Ltd, China`s biggest nickel producer, has renewed interest in a joint venture to reopen the Nonoc nickel mine in southern Philippines and has even improved its offer, the trade secretary said on Wednesday.
“They had sent another offer which is an improvement of where there were before the talks collapsed,” Peter Favila told Reuters [...]

Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) is pleased to announce the release of the new North American Coal-Fired Power Plant Industry Wall Map. The map displays demographics on over 600 operating coal-fired power plants in North America. In addition to identifying utility scale power plants, the map also lists industrial power producing power plants at synthetic [...]

Alumina Ltd said it expects long term alumina prices to be underpinned by rising capital costs for constructing new refineries, as well as growing demand and the availability of bauxite.
Chairman Don Morley told Alumina’s annual general meeting that construction costs for alumina refineries have increased substantially.
“For example, recent expansions of alumina refineries outside China have [...]

RAK Petroleum PCL, the oil & gas company registered in the Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone today outlined the major steps the company has taken to become a global Oil & Gas player at the Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) that took place in the presence of the company’s Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, senior [...]

Mr. Gosney in his Feb. 5 letter to the editor, brought up several points in attempting to debunk the dangers of depleted uranium.
One of them was Judith Hick’s reason for pulling out of Iraq because of the use of DU.
I don’t imagine the U.S. military is going to release information to the public about the [...]

Arian Silver Corporation is pleased to announce the start of a 3,000 metre diamond drilling programme at the Tepal property, Michoacan state, Mexico.
The project was previously explored in the 1970’s and the early 1990’s by a number of companies including International Nickel Company of Canada Ltd (INCO), Teck Resources Inc (Teck) and Minera Hecla [...]

China aims to produce 193 million tonnes of oil and 92 billion cubic metres of natural gas by 2010, according to an energy blueprint released by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on April 10.
While the target represents a mere 5% growth in oil output compared to last year, or 2.12% in annual growth, [...]