Goldfields Ghana Limited, Ghana`s biggest gold mining company, is to expand its Tarkwa mill in the Western Region at a cost of US$175 million next year.
Dr. Tony Obeng, head of Corporate Affairs and Social Development, said at Takoradi in the Western Region that the Board of Directors of the Company has approved the expansion project.
He [...]
Michigan is exploring ways to grow its alternative energy industry and provide a boost to economic development, but coal-fired power plants are expected to produce most of the state’s electricity through at least 2030.
The rest of Michigan’s electrical power comes mostly from nuclear power plants or natural gas- or oil-fired power plants. A very small [...]
Imprisoned Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is a suspect in a new money-laundering investigation, raising the possibility that the Kremlin foe, already serving an eight-year sentence for tax evasion and fraud, could spend many more years in prison, his attorney said Wednesday.
Khodorkovsky, his imprisoned partner Platon Lebedev, also a suspect, and their attorneys were summoned [...]
Harlan County native Carl Shoupe hasn’t met the families who lost loved ones in West Virginia’s Sago Mine disaster. But he shares a brotherhood with them as a former coal miner, and he recently helped re-enact the tragedy in a Discovery Channel feature.
The Discovery Channel filmed part of the two-hour documentary Sago Mine Disaster: On [...]
Xstrata Nickel announced today that it has invested $5 million in the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) at Laurentian University. Established in partnership with government and industry, CEMI will become an international centre for world-class, industry-driven research and innovation for the mining sector.
“Xstrata Nickel is a company focused on value-creating growth in Sudbury [...]
I’ve made my list and checked it twice, and because picking on the naughty is always so nice, here is the second installment of the 2006 Lump of Coal Awards.
This is my 11th year giving out Lumps of Coal to managers, executives, firms, watchdogs and others who deserve nothing more than an inky chunk of [...]
A state grand jury returned a 9-count felony indictment today against Arizona Mine Inspector Doug Martin, accusing the state’s longest-serving elected official of thousands of dollars in fraud, theft and violations of state purchasing procedures.
Martin is the third top elected official to face criminal charges in Arizona this year. Last week, former state Treasurer David [...]
The growth of the ethanol industry, in part, has domestic corn demand — and prices — soaring. Can growers produce enough corn to continue to feed this growing need?
It’s entirely possible, say leaders of the Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB). Why? The answer can be summed up in one [...]
California Polytechnic State University’s (Cal Poly) Engineering West will dedicate its new solar photovoltaic energy system on December 7 at 11 a.m.
The Cal Poly solar panel system, part of an extended California State pilot program, was installed in September 2006 at no cost to the university. The system, which is expected to generate 263,000 kilowatt [...]
The first press conference for Wind Power Shanghai 2007 & Exhibition was held in the China World Hotel in Beijing on November 24, 2006, attracting over 50 representatives from embassies, media and enterprises.
The conference was chaired by Qin Haiyan, General Secretary of the China Wind Energy Association (CWEA), Li Junfeng, General Secretary of the Renewable [...]
