Colorado Goldfields Inc. in conjunction with Blue Sky Water Technologies, Inc., of Folsom, California, has proven its ability to treat water issues at its Gold King Mine.
Results from Alpha Analytical, a nationally certified third-party testing laboratory in Sparks, Nevada, showed that Blue Sky’s technology removed five of the EPA’s “contaminants of concern.” Cadmium, copper, manganese, [...]

TXU Corp. received permission Wednesday to move forward with plans to construct a coal-fired power plant in Central Texas. The plant is one of three that the company’s prospective new owners still plan to build.
A federal judge in Austin approved a settlement Wednesday among TXU, the Justice Department and Alcoa Inc. that allows TXU to [...]

One of their top lobbyists is warning the US mining industry that the new Democrat controlled Congress will be largely hostile to their views on everything from taxes to environmental regulation.
Dan Gerkin sounded the alarm in Sparks in a speech Friday at the Northwest Mining Association’s 112th annual convention. The National Mining Association’s senior vice [...]

DEVELOPMENTAL
Cherokee County
# Marathon Oil will drill the Dixon “A” Well No. 5 in the White Oak Creek (Travis Peak) Field to 12,500 feet, 7.2 miles west of Alto in the Self, I Survey, A-793.
# The Barnes Gas Unit 1 Well No. 4 will be drilled by Southwestern Energy Production in the Overton (Cotton Valley [...]

PT Medco Energi Internasional, Indonesia’s largest publicly traded oil company, may build a geothermal power plant in North Sumatra for state utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara after the winning bidder pulled out.
PLN named Medco-led group to replace PT Geo Dipa Energi, picked last year as the preferred bidder to build the Sarulla plant, Djuanda Nugraha [...]