Mega Uranium Ltd. report the favorable outcome of the Western Australia State election, which has resulted in the incumbent Labor Party government, which opposed uranium mining, being replaced by an alliance of the Liberal Party and National Party. As the two parties forming the new State Government both have policies that favor new uranium mine [...]

Pebble Creek Mining Ltd. is pleased to announce that the state government of Rajasthan, India has accepted the Company’s applications for Reconnaissance Permits in the Nagaur-Ganganagar Basin on July 25, 2008. The state government advises that the applications will be vetted in a timely manner. Potash applications do not require secondary approval by the central [...]

Sabah can be a major economic force in the country if the plan to build a 300mw power plant by Petronas and Yayasan Sabah as well as the emphasis on downstream oil and gas industry with the proposed construction of a petrochemical plant in Kimanis materialise.
The announcement on the two mega projects by Prime Minister [...]

A study by experts has negated fears of health hazards from mining of uranium in Meghalaya, even as the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) sought to convince the local people that the proposed mining project would pave the way for a massive development of the state.
Having faced stiff opposition from [...]

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 [...]

The Sabah Government is sticking to its decision against building a coal- fired power plant in Lahad Datu.
State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjum said the government could not afford the environmental risks of such a facility close to key pristine conservation areas.
“We are aware of the argument that coal-fired plants in the [...]

Leases on vast state-owned coal tracts in southeastern Montana will be offered for bid by the end of the year, but possibly not in time to fulfill an investment bank’s request for an expedited timeline, state officials said.
A London-based bank, Rothschild, had requested the state put the Otter Creek coal tracts near Ashland up for [...]

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) and Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) have been told to consider using hydro or gas to generate electricity in Lahad Datu as an alternative to the RM1.3 billion coal-fired power project that the state government has rejected for Silam within the district.
Responding to a TNB article in “TNB Talks” that Sabah [...]

Empire Oil & Gas N.L. is pleased to announce that the Western Australian State Government’s Department of Industry and Resources Petroleum Division provided formal approval on Friday 1 February 2008 for the Operator of the EP 426 Permit, Empire Oil Company (WA) Limited, to drill the Moriary-1 well.
Empire has also settled and received on 1 [...]

India approved the auction of 39 coal blocks to state-run and private power companies to meet the demand for power.
The blocks would be awarded to government-controlled National Thermal Power Corp., Tata Power, Essar and Jindal Steel and Power Ltd.
“The (coal) ministry has cleared the allocation of 39 coal blocks for various government-owned and private [...]