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Coronel Oviedo Uranium Project acquired by Uranium Energy Corp.

TABJ - May 24 - Uranium Energy Corp. has announced the completed acquisition of a Paraguayan company which holds a 100 per cent legal and beneficial interest in two unencumbered prospecting permits covering an aggregate of 247,000 acres located in the ...
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John Deere to build Chinese factory

TABJ - May 24 - Deere & Company will build a factory in China to manufacture engines for John Deere equipment.The factory represents an investment of about $60 million and will be located in the Tianjin Economic and Development Area, in which Deere already has ...
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Iranian oil explosion does not prevent President’s address

TABJ - May 24 - Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has completed his scheduled visit to Iran’s largest oil refinery, in Abadan, despite an explosion, reportedly caused by a gas leak, shortly before his arrival. The explosion is said to have claimed at least one ...
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Did Commonwealth and Swan know about WA mining intentions?

TABJ - May 24 - Tensions have risen after Australia’s Treasurer Wayne Swan received a grilling from shadow treasurer Joe Hockey over comments made surrounding the budget. Latest reports state that Swan knew about the WA government considerations on raising mining royalties taxes 13 ...
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BP bounds as Moex pays up

TABJ - May 20 - Shares in British Petroleum (BP), the U.K.-headquartered global oil major, jumped four per cent on news that a minority partner in the Macondo oil spill, with whom dispute over claims has been ongoing, will pay up for its part in ...
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Fisheries, oversupplying hydro or otherwise? Bonneville decision over wind supply causes confusion

TABJ - May 20 - Conflicting reports have surfaced following the Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA) decisions to curb coal, natural gas and wind generation in the Pacific Northwest. The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) calls the decision “wrongheaded” given that it has been made ...
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Canadian gov’t keeps focus on economy

TABJ – May 19 – With Parliament set to resume June 2, re-elected Prime Minister Stephen Harper yesterday announced his Cabinet selections entering his third term in office. Naturally, major names like Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice, Peter MacKay, Minister ...
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Jaguar Mining prospecting Gurupi Project

TABJ - May 19 - Concord, N.H.-based Jaguar Mining Inc. today provided an update of its Q1 2011 exploration program at its operating properties and exploration concessions in the states of Minas Gerais and Maranhao, Brazil.Jaguar’s exploration effort during Q1 2011 focused on targets in ...
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Investing in Ontario’s wind energy sector

TABJ - May 18 - Ontario’s 2,125 megawatts of signed contracts for new wind energy developments represent a multi-billion dollar economic opportunity for the province and a chance to create thousands of jobs. A landmark study of the economic benefits of the wind energy ...
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NSW government scrapping of solar feed-in tariff riles two sides: Industry and taxpaying people

TABJ – May 17 – Protests are mounting following the decision upheld by the Government of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, to suspend its solar feed-in tariff. Previously, the government had penned a five-year agreement for its 120,000 photovoltaic solar companies to pay 60 cents ...
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