Archive for January, 2007

India: Gold and silver marginally up in thin trading

In dull trading, prices of both gold and silver moved narrowly and closed with minor gains on the opening day of the year 2007 at the bullion market today.
Trading activity remained restricted due to closure of many international markets on account of New Year and Id-ul-Zuha and most of the transactions were carried over […]

January 1st, 2007 - Posted in Mining News, Mining Stocks, Precious metal

India to acquire Uranium deposits from abroad

The UPA government is learned to have initiated a complete review of the availability of uranium to fuel its nuclear power plants, in the wake of the successful culmination of the Indo-US agreement for peaceful use of nuclear power.
India is likely to acquire economically viable uranium deposits abroad to exploit them for peaceful domestic use, […]

January 1st, 2007 - Posted in Mining News, Uranium

VX boss keen on bio-ethanol BTCC.

VX Racing team boss Ian Harrison says he believes the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship should become a bio-ethanol fuelled series in an effort to take the championship to an even bigger audience.
Alternative fuels have become a feature of the series over the past few seasons, initially in 2004 when Mardi Gras ran a […]

January 1st, 2007 - Posted in Alternative Energy, Ethanol

IPI pipeline project in final stages: Pak Petroleum Minister

The Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) trans-national gas pipeline project is in its final stage and its expeditious implementation would help overcome the growing energy needs in South Asia, said Pakistan’s Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Amanullah Khan Jadoon.
During his meeting with Iranian ambassador to Pakistan, Mashallah Shakeri, Jadoon also discussed matters pertaining to promoting Pak-Iran […]

January 1st, 2007 - Posted in Mining News, Oil and Gas

Wyo. boasts oil and gas and archaeological wealth

The oil and gas boom of the West has also opened vast lands to discoveries by an unlikely group: archaeologists such as Kevin O’Dell.
With crews 100 feet apart, O’Dell and other archaeologists are walking thousands of acres of sagebrush highlands, valleys and hills, and they are achieving a remarkable increase in identification of prehistoric and […]

January 1st, 2007 - Posted in Mining News, Oil and Gas

Great Plains Energy Just Warming Up

Great Plains Energy, formerly Kansas City Power & Light electric utility, weathered a white elephant nuclear power plant built in the surplus years of the 70’s and 80’s, increased regulation after the Three Mile Island accident and a recent battle against a hostile takeover.
GXP InvestmentIn 2003, KCP&L got new management, a new name […]

January 1st, 2007 - Posted in Mining News, Mining Stocks

Coal Mining Industry Looks to Strengthen Underground Seals That Don’t Meet Federal Standards

The coal mining industry has high hopes for a new material that may harden underground seals that don’t meet federal strength standards.
Regulators say as many as 13,000 foam block seals in mines across the country don’t meet the new strength requirement the Mine Safety and Health Administration set in July. MSHA upped the strength requirement […]

January 1st, 2007 - Posted in Coal, Mining News