Ole von Beust, Mayor of Hamburg, has agreed to take on patronage of the H2Expo 2008. “The H2Expo plays an important part as an expert forum, and is a powerful driving force for the development and application of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in Germany and Europe, ” said Mayor von Beust.
“This is very important [...]

The Australian reported that BHP Billiton is in talks to take up a 25% stake in a A$615million (US$733million) bauxite mine and alumina refinery in India`s eastern Orissa province. The deal would be BHP Billiton`s first project in India.
It also reported that Zinifex Ltd and its Belgian partner Umicore Group are believed to have appointed [...]

Bucyrus International Inc. has agreed to buy German company DBT GmbH for $731 million in cash and stock in a deal that takes the South Milwaukee surface mining equipment maker into the underground mining market.
DBT, is based in Lunen, Germany, and manufactures underground equipment including roof support systems, armored face conveyers, plows, shearers and continuous [...]

Texola Energy Corp. recently announced that it has been advised by Tasman Exploration Ltd., the Operator on the Company’s Chinchaga Suncor Gas Prospect, Alberta, Canada, that it has signed a drilling contract for the resumption of drilling on its first well location, and has also reserved the drilling rig for two additional wells. According to [...]

Lorentz was established in Hamburg, Germany and has been a quality designer and manufacturer of Solar Pumps since 1993. Through the innovative electronic controlling, manufacturing quality and a simple design, Lorentz has managed to reduce the high cost of solar water pumping. Their submersible helical rotor pumps consist of only two parts, Lorentz’s brushless motors [...]

Six cities across Europe and Canada are taking part in a programme to test hydrogen buses for potential introduction into their transport systems.
London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Hamburg and British Columbia will all see the environmentally
friendly buses take to their streets in a trial that could lead to more widespread adoption of the technology-advanced carriers.
Some London bus [...]