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		<title>Group Says Energy Companies Must Disclose More</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The anti-corruption group Transparency International rated more than 40 energy companies on how much they disclose about where they get their revenue, how much they pay host governments and how they operate.
The survey gave low grades to Exxon Mobil but praised Shell and Petrobras.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Brazil&#8217;s Petrobras, Norway&#8217;s StatoilHydro ASA and Petro-Canada are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/29/group-says-energy-companies-must-disclose-more/</link>
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		<title>Total Buying Canada Oil Sands Company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Total SA plans to buy Synenco Energy Inc. for 478 million Canadian dollars ($472 million).
Synenco&#8217;s main asset is a 60 percent stake in the Northern Lights project. SinoCanada Petroleum Corp., a subsidiary of China-based Sinopec, owns the rest.
&#8220;The project is well advanced through the regulatory process, however significant new capital would be required to fund [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/29/total-buying-canada-oil-sands-company/</link>
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		<title>PetroChina Blames Government Controls for Profit Plunge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PetroChina Ltd. said first-quarter profit plunged 31.5 percent in large part because of government controls that bar it from passing on record crude-oil costs to consumers.
China&#8217;s biggest oil company said profit was 28.8 billion yuan ($4.1 billion) for the three months ending March 31. PetroChina is the publicly traded arm of government-owned China National Petroleum [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/29/petrochina-blames-government-controls-for-profit-plunge/</link>
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		<title>Energy Dependence Tops U.S. Security Concerns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new survey from Public Agenda and the publication Foreign Affairs finds U.S. dependence on foreign oil a top national security concern for Americans.
The sixth edition of the Confidence in Foreign Policy Index, which tracks attitudes on over 110 items related to foreign policy, shows about 60 percent of Americans think reducing energy dependence would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/29/energy-dependence-tops-us-security-concerns/</link>
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		<title>Strikes Keep Oil Prices Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor actions that cut crude supplies from the North Sea and Nigeria helped keep oil prices up around $120 a barrel. BP PLC on Sunday shut down the Forties Pipeline System that carries more than 700,000 barrels of oil a day to the U.K. because of a 48-hour walkout by employees in a pension dispute [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/29/strikes-keep-oil-prices-up/</link>
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		<title>Gasoline and Crude Rise to New Records</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gas prices hit $3.60 a gallon and oil futures rose to a new record as well, near $120 a barrel, as strikes overseas raises concerns about crude supplies.
Light, sweet crude for June delivery rose to a record $119.93 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange overnight on concerns about supply disruptions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/29/gasoline-and-crude-rise-to-new-records/</link>
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		<title>Victory Energy Repositions Tenth Well &#8212; Projected Valuation of Gas Prospect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victory Energy Corporation  announces that the Corporation has started drilling the tenth well in the Canyon Sandstone gas play located in the Texas Permian Basin.
The drilling contractor has moved the drilling rig onto well # 166-7 over the weekend after the crew finished plugging and abandoning their initial attempt to drill the tenth well [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/21/victory-energy-repositions-tenth-well-projected-valuation-of-gas-prospect/</link>
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		<title>Southern Star Energy Updates Completion Activities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Southern Star Energy Inc., is pleased to provide an update on the Company&#8217;s well the Rendall 7-2.
Southern Star Energy is pleased to announce continuing successful progress in its Sentell Field Development Program, Bossier Parish Louisiana. The Company has successfully completed two stages of very large volume, high rate “slick water” fracture treatments on its recently [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/21/southern-star-energy-updates-completion-activities/</link>
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		<title>Cheniere Announces Opening of Sabine Pass Terminal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cheniere Energy, Inc. today announced the opening of its Sabine Pass LNG receiving terminal and interconnecting Creole Trail Pipeline with an on-site ceremony in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
“The opening of the Sabine Pass LNG terminal and pipeline represents a milestone event for the company,” said Charif Souki, chairman and CEO, Cheniere. “It is the culmination of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/21/cheniere-announces-opening-of-sabine-pass-terminal/</link>
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		<title>Latin American mining ADRs fall as gold prices ease and dollar edges higher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shares of U.S.-traded mining companies based in Latin America fell on Friday as gold prices retreated and the dollar gained value against some currencies.
Gold for June delivery fell $27.70 to settle at $915.20 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange after earlier plunging to a two-week low of $907.30.
Meanwhile, the dollar moved higher against [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/latin-american-mining-adrs-fall-as-gold-prices-ease-and-dollar-edges-higher/</link>
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		<title>Unavailability of iron ore from Chiria mines to hit SAIL&#8217;s expansion plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unavailability of valuable iron ore from Jharkhand’s Chiria mines may seriously affect the long-term expansion plans of Steel Authority of India (SAIL). According to a top SAIL official, the very existence of the PSU will be at stake if it does not get iron ore from Chiria.
The official said that the present iron ore reserves [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/unavailability-of-iron-ore-from-chiria-mines-to-hit-sails-expansion-plans/</link>
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		<title>Hard Creek Nickel Corporation: Northwest Power Line Preliminary Findings Released</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hard Creek Nickel Corporation The Northwest Power Line Coalition released preliminary findings today of a study on the potential benefits of a power line along Highway 37 in northwest British Columbia.
According to preliminary findings provided by Macquarie North America, providing electric power along Highway 37 has the potential to achieve $3.5 billion in capital investments [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/hard-creek-nickel-corporation-northwest-power-line-preliminary-findings-released/</link>
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		<title>Pegasus Announces Additional Claims at Eden Nickel Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pegasus Metals announced that an additional four claims have been staked at the southern end of the Eden Nickel Project area, Ontario, Canada. The additional claims cover a south-trending extension of the quartz diorite Offset Dyke. The company also reported that it has completed preliminary soil auger sampling of two tailings deposits adjacent to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/pegasus-announces-additional-claims-at-eden-nickel-project/</link>
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		<title>Whinnen Resources Acquires Option for African Bauxite Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whinnen Resources Limited (Whinnen, the Company) (ASX: WWW.AX) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire 85% of the Fongo Tongo Bauxite Project in the Republic of Cameroon in Africa, for a total consideration of US$8 million.
Payment will comprise US$4 million cash and US$4 million in shares, and will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/whinnen-resources-acquires-option-for-african-bauxite-project/</link>
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		<title>Fox Resources Makes New Nickel Discovery at Bertram Prospect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fox Resources announced that RC drill hole 08BERC003 has intersected shallow, fresh massive nickel and copper sulphides at the Bertram Prospect, located 12km south of the Company&#8217;s Radio Hill nickel mine in WA. Preliminary analysis of the massive nickel sulphides by the Company&#8217;s Radio Hill laboratory has resulted in the best intersection of 2m @ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/fox-resources-makes-new-nickel-discovery-at-bertram-prospect/</link>
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		<title>Hawk Commences Helicopter-borne VTEM Survey Over the Cluff Lake Uranium Project, Northern Saskatchewan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hawk Uranium Inc. is pleased to announce that Geotech Ltd., of Aurora, Ontario has commenced a 2,000 km helicopter-borne Time Domain Electromagnetic Geophysical Survey with a VTEM system over Hawk&#8217;s wholly owned Cluff Lake Uranium Project in Northern Saskatchewan. Geotech Ltd. has advised Hawk that it expects to complete this survey by the end of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/hawk-commences-helicopter-borne-vtem-survey-over-the-cluff-lake-uranium-project-northern-saskatchewan/</link>
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		<title>CIL inks coal-gasification pact with ONGC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[State-run Coal India Ltd. has inked a pact with Oil and Natural Gas Corp. to pursue the study of underground coal gasification.
Junior Minister for Coal Santosh Bagrodia said in a statement CIL entered into a memorandum of understanding with ONGC to jointly pursue a pilot-scale study for underground coal gasification.
He said ONGC, in turn, signed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/cil-inks-coal-gasification-pact-with-ongc/</link>
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		<title>Universal Uranium Terminates Option Agreement at Artillery Peak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Universal Uranium Ltd. has terminated the option agreement dated February 10, 2006 with Artillery Peak Uranium Corp. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Company had the option to earn and acquire a 100% interest in Artillery Peak Uranium Corp.&#8217;s 86 lode mining claims totalling 1776.85 acres located 186 kilometres northwest of Phoenix, Arizona.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/universal-uranium-terminates-option-agreement-at-artillery-peak/</link>
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		<title>Montana coal leases to be offered by end of year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/montana-coal-leases-to-be-offered-by-end-of-year/</link>
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		<title>End to Oil Price Rise Not in Sight Yet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The price of crude oil pushed to a new high after a militant group in Nigeria said it sabotaged a major oil pipeline operated by a Royal Dutch Shell PLC joint venture and promised further attacks on the country&#8217;s petroleum industry.
A Shell spokeswoman confirmed the damage to the pipeline appeared to have been caused by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/end-to-oil-price-rise-not-in-sight-yet/</link>
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		<title>Investors Shrug Off Schlumberger Earnings Miss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Schlumberger opened the earnings season for the oilfield services sector with higher profit that nonetheless missed Wall Street forecasts. Income in the January-March quarter was $1.34 billion, or $1.09 a share, compared with $1.18 billion, or 96 cents a share, in the 2007 period. Revenue rose to $6.29 billion from $5.46 billion.
On average, analysts surveyed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/investors-shrug-off-schlumberger-earnings-miss/</link>
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		<title>Halliburton in Talks to Buy Expro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Halliburton Co. is thinking about buying U.K.-based Expro International Group PLC in an all-cash deal.
Halliburton confirmed talks with Expro after a private equity consortium led by London-based Candover Group said it will buy Expro for $3.2 billion.
In a statement, Halliburton said its cash offer would top Candover&#8217;s but gave no specifics.
Expro provides services and products [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/halliburton-in-talks-to-buy-expro/</link>
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		<title>Rig Count Picks Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twelve more rigs are actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. this week compared to last week.
Baker Hughes Inc. says 1,461 are exploring for natural gas and 355 for oil and eleven are considered &#8220;miscellaneous.&#8221; That brings the total to 1,827. A year ago, the rig count stood at 1,769.
This week 63 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/rig-count-picks-up/</link>
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		<title>In Solar Sector, SunPower Shines While Evergreen Sinks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Analysts cheered SunPower Inc., a day after the solar company said its first-quarter net income soared to $12.8 million, or 15 cents per share, from $1.2 million or 2 cents per share a year ago. The company also expects second-quarter earnings to triple first-quarter results.
PacificCrest analyst Mark Bachman in a client note said domestic demand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/in-solar-sector-sunpower-shines-while-evergreen-sinks/</link>
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		<title>SunPower shares rose $4.70, or 5.4 percent, to $91.50 in afternoon trading.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the same time, shares of Evergreen Solar Inc. headed in the opposite direction, losing $1.17, or 10.9 percent, at $9.60. The company narrowed its first-quarter loss to $25,000 &#8212; roughly break-even per share &#8212; compared with a loss of $6.2 million or 9 cents per share a year ago.
But investors were disappointed with Evergreen&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/sunpower-shares-rose-470-or-54-percent-to-9150-in-afternoon-trading/</link>
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		<title>Waste Management Producing Energy from Landfills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Waste Management, Inc. opened a renewable energy facility at a company landfill in Virginia. The company says the landfill&#8217;s methane gas will produce 4.8 megawatts of electricity &#8212; enough energy to power more than 4,700 homes.
The plant is part of Waste Management&#8217;s plan to build 60 renewable energy facilities over the next five years. Currently, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/waste-management-producing-energy-from-landfills/</link>
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		<title>Oil Price hits new record $117 a barrel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oil prices hit a record high $117 a barrel Friday as jitters over Nigerian oil supplies outweighed a rally in the dollar and fears of an economic slowdown in giant energy consumer China.
U.S. light crude settled up $1.83 at $116.96 a barrel, before hitting a record $117. London Brent crude gained $1.49 to $113.92.
Oil prices [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/19/oil-price-hits-new-record-117-a-barrel/</link>
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		<title>Indonesia Govt grants Rio Tinto fixed-rate tax for project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The government has agreed to grant a demand from mining company Rio Tinto for a fixed-rate tax facility for its US$3 billion nickel project in Sulawesi, providing leeway for other mining giants to receive similar privileges.
Chairman of the Investment Coordinating Board Muhammad Luthfi told reporters Monday the government had agreed to provide the company with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/18/indonesia-govt-grants-rio-tinto-fixed-rate-tax-for-project/</link>
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		<title>Indonesia: Mining amendment may attract investment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new arrangement in the mining bill which limits land for mining use may not spook potential mining investors, as long as the government provides legal certainty for the future of operations, an association says.
Indonesian Mining Association (IMA) executive director Priyo Pribadi Soemarno told The Jakarta Post on Monday that investors should not see the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/18/indonesia-mining-amendment-may-attract-investment/</link>
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		<title>Indian official in Pakistan next week to move on two pipeline deals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Murli Deora, the petroleum minister of India, has reconfirmed his visit next week to Islamabad to pick up the pieces of the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline that faltered amidst a row between the two countries and Pakistan&#8217;s internal political strife.
Deora will also announce its formal partnership in the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline, the Business Standard reports.
&#8220;We will meet Pakistan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/indian-official-in-pakistan-next-week-to-move-on-two-pipeline-deals/</link>
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		<title>Nabucco gets boost with Turkmenistan pledge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EU officials said they&#8217;ve received what the fledgling pipeline project needed most &#8212; a dedicated supply &#8212; from Turkmenistan during a recent meeting.
&#8220;For the first time, we have a concrete volume for Nabucco which comes from Turkmenistan alone,&#8221; said a spokeswoman for Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the EU commissioner for external relations, the BBC reports.
Nabucco is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/nabucco-gets-boost-with-turkmenistan-pledge/</link>
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		<title>Alaska gas pipeline gets Conoco, BP, perhaps Exxon on board</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The world of oil and gas pipelines has long seen its share of hopes and letdowns, and prospects to get Alaska&#8217;s massive gas reserves to market are on their way up. ConocoPhillips and BP announced last week they would bid on the pipeline, and perhaps Exxon Mobil would join it, The New York Times reports.
Alaska [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/alaska-gas-pipeline-gets-conoco-bp-perhaps-exxon-on-board/</link>
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		<title>INDONESIAN GOVT CONCERNED OIL OUTPUT TARGET</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The government is beginning to show concern that the country could achieve its crude oil production target this year amid soaring price in the world market.
Head of the fiscal policy of the finance ministry Anggito Abimanyu said the country&#8217;s crude oil production has shown a downtrend, adding production has always been below 917,000 barrels as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/indonesian-govt-concerned-oil-output-target/</link>
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		<title>Iberdrola reports sharp jump in first quarter earnings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spanish power group Iberdrola, the world&#8217;s largest owner of wind-energy parks, reported Thursday that its first quarter net profit jumped to 1.20 billion euros (1.91 billion dollars) from the year earlier 458 million euros.
In an intial summary on the three months period ahead of a full report due on Monday, the company said earnings before [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/iberdrola-reports-sharp-jump-in-first-quarter-earnings/</link>
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		<title>Montezuma Mining Secures 100% of Mt Padbury Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Montezuma Mining announced that it has successfully negotiated an agreement with Dolphin Resources to acquire their 10% interest of the Mt Padbury licence E52/1529. In consideration for Dolphin&#8217;s remaining interest, Montezuma will issue to Dolphin 400,000 fully paid shares and 100,000 options exercisable at $0.20. The licence is highly prospective for gold, manganese and iron [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/montezuma-mining-secures-100-of-mt-padbury-project/</link>
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		<title>China Coal studying investments in Australia, Indonesia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[China Coal Energy, the country’s No. 2 coal producer, is exploring investments in Australia and Indonesia while it doubles spending to ramp up production and feed the world’s largest coal market.
China Coal, the country’s largest coal producer after Shenhua Energy, also expected to export about as much of the hydrocarbon this year as it did [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/china-coal-studying-investments-in-australia-indonesia/</link>
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		<title>Indonesia plans to limit mining areas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Indonesia plans to limit the area that metal and coal miners can explore to prevent domination by a few companies, a legislator said on Monday, a move analysts said could hurt already poor levels of investment.
Indonesia has some of the world&#8217;s largest deposits of coal, copper, tin, nickel and gold, and is keen to earn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/indonesia-plans-to-limit-mining-areas/</link>
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		<title>Indonesia&#8217;s Adaro coal output to rise 5 pct in 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PT Adaro Indonesia, the country&#8217;s number two coal miner, expects its coal production to increase by about 5 percent to 40 million tonnes this year, an Adaro shareholder said on Tuesday.
Sandiaga Uno, whose investment fund Saratoga Capital owns 32 percent of the coal mining firm, said that Adaro is &#8220;still on track&#8221; to raise between [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/indonesias-adaro-coal-output-to-rise-5-pct-in-2008/</link>
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		<title>Canadian Arrow Mines Receives Exceptional Nickel Recoveries from Recent Testwork</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Canadian Arrow Mines, Ltd. is pleased to provide an update on the metallurgical test-work program underway on ores from the Kenbridge Nickel Project in Northwestern Ontario. Xstrata Process Support (XPS) of Sudbury, Ontario recently completed a series of variability tests as part of the Phase 1 program to verify and optimize the flotation circuit for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/canadian-arrow-mines-receives-exceptional-nickel-recoveries-from-recent-testwork/</link>
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		<title>East Delta Subsidiary Completes Its Chinese Facility for Producing Nickel-Copper Aggregate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[East Delta Resources Corp. announced today that its majority owned subsidiary, Sino-Canadian Metals Inc. has completed construction of a metals processing plant that produces a nickel-copper aggregate from ore supplied by local mines.
The facility, owned by Sino-Canadian through its Joint Venture in China, is located in Qinghai Province and has been in development for over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/east-delta-subsidiary-completes-its-chinese-facility-for-producing-nickel-copper-aggregate/</link>
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		<title>Russia’s Mechel buys over 95% of shares in Britain’s Oriel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mechel, a leading Russian mining and metals company, said on Thursday it had acquired 95.69% of shares in the UK-based Oriel Resources Plc, which owns assets in Russia and Kazakhstan.
Mechel made a $1.498 billion purchase offer to Oriel, a London-based chrome and nickel mining and processing company valued at around $1.2 billion, in late March. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/russia%e2%80%99s-mechel-buys-over-95-of-shares-in-britain%e2%80%99s-oriel/</link>
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		<title>Russia OGK-3 wins rights to 34 mln-tonne coal field</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The deposit, in the Republic of Buryatia in Russia, makes up one section of the larger Okino-Klyuchevsky coal field, which has 200 million tonnes of reserves and is about 120 km (75 miles) - MOSCOW, April 16 - Russian electricity producer OGK-3 has won a tender to develop a coal field with reserves of 33.8 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/russia-ogk-3-wins-rights-to-34-mln-tonne-coal-field/</link>
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		<title>Global Carbon &#038; Graphite Market to Exceed $8.1 Billion by 2012, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Competition in the carbon and graphite products market is intense, particularly with regard to price, quality and service. Producers of graphite have regained their pricing power on account of global consolidation by numerous graphite electrode producers. Carbon products find application in areas including steel and aluminum production, glass making, aerospace industry, nuclear power, and electronics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/global-carbon-graphite-market-to-exceed-81-billion-by-2012-according-to-new-report-by-global-industry-analysts-inc/</link>
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		<title>Higher iron prices lift Ferrexpo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shares in Ferrexpo rose sharply Thursday after the Ukraine-based miner said it had secured 90% year-on-year average price rises for more than half of its expected 2008 iron ore pellet sales.
Analysts had been predicting an 87% rise. The new prices apply from 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009.
&#8220;These settlements are in line with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/higher-iron-prices-lift-ferrexpo/</link>
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		<title>Beijing pushing for iron ore assets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beijing is poised to take greater control of China&#8217;s push to secure Australian iron ore assets, amid speculation that Chinese entities are considering a $22 billion-plus share raid on BHP. China&#8217;s top planning agency says its state-owned enterprises needed greater &#8220;macro-guidance&#8221; to reduce risks and competition, given the spiralling value of iron ore assets, The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/beijing-pushing-for-iron-ore-assets/</link>
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		<title>Steelmaker boosts prices, cites energy, iron ore costs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent surge in steel prices continued Wednesday with ArcelorMittal saying it will increase prices by $250 a ton on some steel shipments &#8212; a move that will benefit steel companies such as U.S. Steel Corp., analysts said.
Strong global demand has increased prices for hot-rolled coiled steel from $529 a ton in October to $845 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/steelmaker-boosts-prices-cites-energy-iron-ore-costs/</link>
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		<title>Rio Tinto says first quarter iron ore sales at record high</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s third largest miner Rio Tinto Wednesday said iron ore sales were at a record level in the first quarter despite lower production from Western Australia.
The miner also said aluminium output had reached an all-time high in the three months to March 2008, reflecting the first full quarter contribution from Canada&#8217;s Alcan Inc which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/rio-tinto-says-first-quarter-iron-ore-sales-at-record-high/</link>
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		<title>Japan Gas Sector Seeking To Offer Indonesia Coal-To-Gas Tech</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Japanese gas utilities want to provide Indonesia with technology that would allow it to produce gas from coal, in exchange for a stable supply of liquefied natural gas to Japan, a senior industry official said Thursday.
&#8220;Coal-to-gas technology has been there for a decade or so,&#8221; said Kunihiro Mori, managing director of the Japan Gas Association. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/japan-gas-sector-seeking-to-offer-indonesia-coal-to-gas-tech/</link>
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		<title>Activists dump coal to oppose approval of dirty Iloilo power plant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greenpeace activists dumped 200 kilos of coal at the entrance of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Thursday and unfurled a banner with the message “Atienza, don’t be a climate criminal.&#8221;
The activists are demanding that Secretary Lito Atienza immediately reject all plans to construct a dangerous coal-fired power plant in Iloilo City.
Instead [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/activists-dump-coal-to-oppose-approval-of-dirty-iloilo-power-plant/</link>
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		<title>Research says more oil in area</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Geological Survey has released an assessment of the Bakken Formation, which stretches across 25,000 square miles from northeastern Montana across northwestern North Dakota and up into the southern region of Saskatchewan.
The last USGS study, completed in 1995, estimated the Bakken Formation had 150 million barrels of undiscovered technically recoverable oil. Thirteen years later, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pertambangan.org/2008/04/17/research-says-more-oil-in-area/</link>
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