Uranium Hunter Corporation is pleased to announce that the company’s helicopter airborne magnetic and radiometric survey, conducted by New Resolution Geophysics (”NRG”) of South Africa, has concluded. The 1000 line kilometer survey flown over the Ruhuhu Concession, which is considered one of the most promising uranium sites in the world, aimed to delineate uranium [...]

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. announced that each company’s Board of Directors has approved a definitive merger agreement under which Cleveland-Cliffs will acquire all outstanding shares of Alpha in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $10 billion.
Under the terms of the agreement, for each share of Alpha common stock, Alpha [...]

Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) heralded Secretary of Environmental Protection Kathleen McGinty as a trailblazer for Pennsylvania’s environment and economy and a truly transformative leader. PennFuture’s comments came as McGinty announced her intention to leave office on July 18, 2008.
“Secretary McGinty has created a record of unparalleled achievement for the Keystone State’s environment and economy,” [...]

Energy Conversion Devices Inc. will supply solar cell laminates to General Motors Corp. for the world’s largest rooftop power generation system.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The company’s UNI-Solar thin-film flexible solar laminates will be installed this fall at a 2 million-square foot car plant in Figueruelas, Zaragoza, Spain.
The rooftop system will have about [...]

Energy company, S.D.E., which has developed an innovative technology for generating sea wave electricity, has signed an agreement for selling sea wave power plants throughout China. Construction of the power plants will be financed by investors from Hong Kong and China.
Two joint venture companies, formed in Hong Kong by S.D.E and the investors for the [...]

America West Resources, Inc., a domestic coal producer with mining operations in Central Utah, is pleased to announce that the Company has officially commenced coal production in Section II of its Horizon mining operations.
“Expanding our mining operations into Section II represents a mission-critical milestone for our Company and one that we have worked very hard [...]

Kaiser Aluminum Corp. will add surcharges to all new orders of fabricated aluminum products starting Tuesday to offset rising costs for natural gas, electricity and diesel fuel.
The company said commodity prices for natural gas and diesel fuel was about 60 percent higher in May compared with the average 2007 price.

Pan African Mining Corp. (CDNX:PAF.V) (Other OTC:PAFRF.PK) (Frankfurt:P2A.F) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce the closing today of the Plan of Arrangement and related transactions (the “Plan of Arrangement”) contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement dated May 9, 2008, as amended June 17, 2008 (the “Amended Arrangement Agreement”), among Asia Thai Mining Co., Ltd. (”ATM”), 0819615 [...]

BP PLC broke ground for a wind farm in Kansas. The first phase of the project, located about 60 miles southwest of Wichita, is expected to generate up to 100 megawatts of electricity starting at the end of the year.
Once the turbines are in place, utility Westar Energy Inc. will own 50 percent of the [...]

International companies have been asked to bid for a tender to extract coal in parts of Kitui and Mwingi districts.
The Ministry of Energy asked interested firms to bid for the last phase of the exploration in the Mui basin as part of efforts to determine the commercial viability of the reserves. This comes in the [...]