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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 25, 2008) - G4G Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:GXG) ("G4G") and Magnetite Holdings SA (Pty) Ltd ("Magnetite Holdings") today announced that they have entered into an agreement which will allow G4G to acquire a 51% interest in Magnetite Holdings. Magnetite Holdings is a South African-based company with iron ore assets in Namibia. Initial work has been completed by Magnetite Holdings to produce a chemical grade iron catalyst for sale to coal, gas...
CONSUMERS need to become more efficient users as more than half of the energy generated today goes to waste, Shell Malaysia chairman Datuk Saw Choo Boon says. In an average car, for instance, about 20 per cent of every unit of petrol goes into moving it forward, while the rest is lost as heat. "And this goes for other usage of energy. For an aircraft during takeoff, the figure is only eight per cent, while there is only 35 per cent of burnt coal in a power plant that becomes electricity. The...
ONE of the most coveted experiences of a university academic staff is the opportunity to undertake a leading edge in research. Chemical Engineering Department Associate Professor Dr Noor Asmawati M. Zabidi (pic) took the advantage to do just that when she was sent to the Eindhoven University of Technology in Holland. "I went there to explore new research areas in the field of nanocatalysis, specifically for gas-to-liquid conversion process," says Asmawati, who was there for nine months. Her...
Escalating Petroleum-Based Fuel Prices Rekindle Need for Liquid Alternatives SRI Consulting Susan Wright, +1-650-384-4348 (Press) Fax: +1-650-330-1190 swright@sriconsulting.com Logo: http://www.sriconsulting.com Coal has been used for energy for centuries and today fuels about forty percent of electrical production worldwide. Global demand for energy continues to increase with oil demand alone expected to increase forty to fifty percent by 2030. At the same time oil prices continue to...
Franklin Mining, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: FMNJ) (FRANKFURT: FMJ) Chairman and President, William A. Petty, is pleased to announce that a letter of agreement has been signed with Synfuels International, Inc., Dallas, TX. Mr. Petty and Mr. Ben R. Weber, Jr, CEO and Chairman of Synfuels, yesterday reached an agreement addressing the environment and steps to be taken prior to finalizing the design of a Phase I gas-to-liquids plant to be constructed in the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Mr....
Today, Fuel Frontiers, Inc. (FFI), a subsidiary of Nuclear Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB: NSOL), issued the following status update for its proposed waste to ultra-clean synthetic diesel production facilities. Initially, FFI's efforts to develop waste-to-fuel plants were focused on the production of synthetic ethanol. However, since the January 2007 engagement of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. to potentially lead a bond offering for the construction of a waste-to-ethanol synthesis plant in New...
Australia's Linc Energy Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Shiv Vani Oil & Gas Exploration Services Ltd. for setting up joint ventures to develop underground coal gasification (UCG) and gas to liquids (GTL) projects in India. The immediate focus of the MOU is to ensure the joint venture gains and develops coal blocks that the Indian government is releasing later this year for the specific purpose of UCG development. "India is one of the new economic powerhouses in the...
RAS LAFFAN INDUSTRIAL CITY, Qatar (AP) -- The rat's nest of pipes and columns snaking across the desert harbors a secret process that will use cobalt to turn natural gas into a powerful, clean-burning diesel fuel. By next year, rulers of this tiny desert sheikdom hope, these gas-to-liquids (GTL) reactors under construction will bring in billions of dollars while clearing big city smog belched by trucks and buses. Petroleum experts who have sniffed vials of gin-clear GTL diesel speak of it...
