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India Minig Exploration and Industry Develop, Coal Mine Exploration Invest Policy


Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has called upon the coal ministry to allocate coal blocks for coal-to-Liquid (CTL) projects. This is in response to the coal ministry’s move to invite applications for the allotment of coal blocks for CTL project. The blocks offered are Ramchandi Promotional Coal Block, Palasbani Coal Block and North of [...]

U.S. Energy Corp. Announces a Stock Buy Back Program; Reviews Corporate Development Plans


U.S. Energy Corp. (Nachrichten), a diversified natural resource exploration company announced today that it will initiate a share buy back program. The Company is also pleased to provide its corporate development strategy along with several project updates as follows.
Share Buy Back Program
The Board of Directors of USEG has approved a share buy back program for [...]

Global customer value cited as Emerson honored for fourth consecutive year


For the fourth year in a row, Frost & Sullivan has selected Emerson Process Management, an Emerson business, as Company of the Year for industrial automation and process control. The 2007 Company of the Year Award recognizes Emerson for continuously providing services and innovations that help its customers worldwide drive their performance to new heights [...]

Mechel Announces Commissioning of Shearing Press at Mechel Targoviste


Mechel (Nachrichten) OAO (NYSE: MTL) announces the installation and commissioning of a new shearing press in the electric arc furnace shop at its Romanian steel plant Mechel Targoviste in compliance with its technical re-equipment plan. The work has been completed in line with the current stage of Mechel Targoviste production facilities modernization program designed for [...]

European wind companies grow in U.S.


New worries about the environment, technology advances and tax break extensions are empowering European wind energy companies to try their luck in the United States.
The U.S. has led the world in installing new wind turbines for the past two years, but it still ranks behind Germany and slightly below Spain in wind power production, according [...]

Northern Michigan investing time into energy


Michael and Tammy Buttigieg live the rustic Northern Michigan life.
Their log cabin home overlooks God’s country, where acres of trees nestle along a flowing creek.
On a recent afternoon, Michael hears the humming.
“It’s music to my ears,” Buttigieg said. “When you do hear it, it’s soothing.”
When the Buttigiegs made the move to Northern Michigan in 1998, [...]

India and China catch the wind


KHORI, India Dilip Pantosh Patil uses an ox-drawn wooden plow to till the same land as his father, grandfather and great-grandfather. But now he has a new neighbor: a shiny white wind turbine taller than a 20-story building, generating electricity at the edge of his bean field.
Wind power may still have an image as something [...]

South African coal miner looks to continent for growth


The coal arm of diversified mining house Metorex, Wakefield Investments, has embarked on a number of local and continental growth initiatives that include the expansion of three of its four mining operations in South Africa and the exploration of coalfields in sub-Saharan Africa.
These activities come against the backdrop of a surge in the coal market [...]