A new report from Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) says the cost of building a new power plant has more than doubled since 2000.
Wind energy showed the biggest rise in costs — 6 percent since the third quarter of 2007 and 108 percent since 2000 — as rising demand for wind turbines boosted equipment costs [...]
Private forecasting group AccuWeather.com is watching conditions in the western Caribbean and the area around Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula that could lead to tropical storm development.
“Several runs of the models have been showing a low pressure area developing,” said Expert Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski. “It’s forecasted to drift slowly northward and it will be on the [...]
Iran is continuing to defy UN demands that it suspend uranium enrichment, the UN atomic watchdog said on Monday.
“Contrary to the decisions of the (UN) Security Council, Iran has not suspended its enrichment related activities,” the International Atomic Energy Agency wrote in its latest report on Tehran’s disputed nuclear drive.
In all, Iran was operating about [...]
Research and Markets has announced the addition of “Metals & Mining in Belgium” to their offering.
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Brazil’s Petrobras plans to hire 40 deep and ultradeepwater rigs by 2017. That’s good news for drilling and oilfield services companies, although it’s not entirely clear what Brazil’s state-run oil company has in mind.
“We’re investigating the (1) expected mix of existing, already under construction, and yet-to-be-ordered rigs; (2) expected mix of drillships and semis; (3) [...]
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Worldwide industrial services company Harsco Corporation announced it has successfully completed a bond offering of 5.75%, 10-year senior notes totaling $450 million. The notes were rated A3 by Moody’s and A- by both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch. The managing underwriters of the offering were J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and Greenwich [...]
Indonesia’s PT Timah Tbk , the world’s largest integrated tin miner, plans to acquire three coal mines with total reserves of 50 million tonnes, a senior company official said on Monday.
Timah has a mine in South Kalimantan which produces up to 1.4 million tonnes of coal a year, but the firm has been looking for [...]
Sabah’s controversial coal-fired power plant project is back on track but will be moved to a more “suitable” location in the east coast.
The state government, which scrapped the RM1.3bil coal plant project targeted for Lahad Datu for environmental reasons, has agreed in principle that the 300MW plant be relocated, Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk [...]
Medoro Resources Ltd. announced today that drilling has commenced on the eastern sector of the company’s Sindo property in Mali.
A first drilling phase is aimed at checking at depth the gold occurrences contained within two highly anomalous areas in the vicinity of extensive artisanal workings. The program consists of 20 diamond drill holes for [...]
