Forum Uranium Corp. (TSX VENTURE:FDC) and Superior Diamonds Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SUP) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a strategic alliance to explore for uranium in the Thelon Basin over a large area west of Baker Lake, Nunavut Territory. In a recent staking venture, Forum acquired over 66,670 hectares of prospective ground near [...]
Western Canadian Coal Corp. (TSX: WTN & WTN.DB and AIM: WTN) (the “Company†or “WCCCâ€) is pleased to announce that it has received an Environmental Assessment (EA) Certificate from the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office for the Brule Mine Project. This approval-in-principle paves the way for WCCC to produce up to 2.0 million tonnes per [...]
In Durham City last weekend, about 50,000 people lined the streets for the traditional Miners’ Gala - the 122nd in its history.
The event, which began as a memorial to miners who died working in the pits, used to attract crowd of over 300,000 in the 1950s and 1960s.
Since then, as in other former coal industry [...]
China plans to promote the development of dimethyl ether (DME), a fuel created from coal, which is being touted as a cleaner substitute for diesel, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Standards for the use of DME as a civil fuel were bing being drawn up, the report quoted a circular from the energy policy-making National [...]
By Jennifer Morgan, WWF International
With oil and gas prices at record highs and fears mounting over future supplies, global energy security will take centre stage at this year’s meeting of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations.
As heads of states meet in Russia — one of the world’s largest energy exporters and a country benefiting [...]
Provident Energy Trust (Provident)(TSX:PVE.UN - News; NYSE:PVX - News) today announced that it has agreed to acquire a package of natural gas producing assets in the Rainbow and Peace River Arch areas of northwestern Alberta (the “Rainbow Assets”) for a total estimated purchase price of $475.9 million after adjustments. Current production from the Rainbow Assets [...]
The Labour-led government’s drive to secure New Zealand’s energy future has been boosted by the granting of seven exploration permits to find new oil and gas reserves.
Associate Minister Energy Harry Duynhoven today announced the results of the aranaki/Wanganui bidding rounds with three offshore exploration permits awarded to Greymouth Petroleum, Highland Exploration Corporation, and Hugh Green [...]
Hydrogen, the ultimate clean fuel, may not be very suitable as a conduit of renewable energy because it is wasteful and there are better alternatives, scientists said last week.
One reason hydrogen is embraced by politicians like US President George W Bush is that it promises a source of power for cars and buildings that emits [...]
Companies working hard to squeeze more energy out of area rocks
Producing natural gas from shale — a thin, nonporous rock — is the newest wrinkle at some of Oklahoma’s biggest energy companies and a source of energy some say could be vital to meeting U.S. demand.
Encouraged by the explosive growth of natural gas production [...]
DETAILS of Victoria’s proposed renewable energy encouragement scheme could be delayed in the lead-up to the state election, despite the fact the energy industry wants to have the detail as quickly as possible to allow for planning.
The plan was to have been launched in the middle of the year but a Government spokesman has now [...]
