Mawson Resources Limited, Michael Hudson, President & CEO, advises that Mawson’s Don Benito Uranium exploration Investigation Permits in Spain have been granted.
The Don Benito Uranium Investigation Permits lie in the La Haba district, Extremadura region of south-western Spain, in one of two principal historic uranium mining and processing areas in the country. Two “Permisos de [...]

FX Energy, Inc. reported that the Energy Regulatory Office in Poland has approved an 11.1% increase in the wholesale prices of natural gas. The new prices will take effect on November 1, 2008. FX Energy’s gas contracts in Poland are priced as a percentage of published wholesale prices. This move by the Polish regulator will [...]

Mr. Michael Hudson, President & CEO, announces that the Company has entered into a Deed of Variation Agreement with Hodges Resources Ltd to vary terms of the Joint Venture Agreement that covers 4 of Mawson’s earlier stage uranium projects in Sweden. Under the Deed of Variation Agreement, Mawson agreed to reduce the future expenditure required [...]

Mawson Resources Limited Mr. Michael Hudson, President & CEO, announces that the Caceres Oeste No. 10195 investigation permit for “Section D” (energy minerals including uranium) has been granted . The claim lies in the Extremadura province of western Spain and is the first to be granted of the Company’s 11 uranium investigation permits which cover [...]

Mawson Resources Limited Michael Hudson announces drill results from the Storbodsund nickel project in Northern Sweden. Two diamond holes, STD103 and STD104 were completed with best results including 2.0 metres (at) 1.8% Ni and 0.5% Cu from 76.2 metres in STD104.
Previous work in the 1940’s and 1970’s discovered nickel mineralization over an area of 700 [...]

Cavico Corporation, a leading infrastructure development company in Vietnam, today announced that Cavico Mineral Exploitation is expanding construction and exploring for additional deposits at the Thung San mine. Cavico Mineral Exploitation is an entity formed by the two wholly owned Cavico subsidiaries, Cavico Tunnel and Cavico Hydropower.
The Thung San mine, situated on 20 hectares of [...]

SunOpta Inc. (NasdaqGS:STKL - News) (Toronto:SOY.TO - News) today announced Opta Minerals Inc. has acquired 67% of the outstanding common shares of MCP Mg-Serbien SAS (“MCP”) of France. The transaction includes an option to acquire the remaining 33% minority interest on similar terms. For fiscal 2007 MCP recorded revenues of approximately US$6.3 million selling ground [...]

As oil set a new record, top industry executives and a senior European government official urged the world to pull together in the face of skyrocketing energy prices, while acknowledging that costly crude is here to stay for years.
The comments to the World Petroleum Congress In Madrid, Spain, by the EU Energy Commissioner and the [...]

OPEC President Chakib Khelil again said oil producers saw no need to raise supply and blamed record oil prices on factors outside the cartel’s control, such as U.S. pressure on Iran and the weak U.S. dollar.
Following talks with European Union nations, Khelil said oil states believe they are pumping enough oil to satisfy demand and [...]

The European Commission says oil prices are bound to stay high and cautioned European Union governments against giving short-term handouts to fishermen, farmers, truckers and others suffering from high fuel costs.
The Commission is drafting a report on the issue for next week’s spring meeting in Brussels of the 27 EU leaders.
Against a backdrop of protests [...]