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Jon Strimling, President of PelletSales.com and its parent American Biomass (http://www.pelletsales.com), will represent the United States at InterPellets 2008, the 8th Pellets Industry Forum to be held in the International Congress Centre Stuttgart (ICS) of the New Trade Fair Centre Stuttgart, Germany, October 28-29. The market for wood pellets is currently experiencing strong international growth. For investors, producers and service providers, this opens up a wide range of opportunities,...

Cardero Resource Corp. ("Cardero" or the "Company") (TSX: CDU)(NYSE-A: CDY)(FRANKFURT: CR5) is pleased to announce highly positive results from direct reduction testing of Pampa de Pongo pellets at MIDREX(R) Technologies Inc. in the USA. Results indicate metallurgical and chemical properties of the pellets produced from the Pampa de Pongo iron deposit exceed industry standards for premium, high-quality Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) or Hot Briquette Iron (HBI) feed. Direct Reduction (DR) grade...

Tokyo, Sept 24, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) has acquired 45% of Vis Nova Trading GmbH (VNT), a German company and major player in the bio-pellet business. With this acquisition, MC hasmade a strong commitment to the European bio- pellets market, which is expected to growrapidly in the near future. Bio-pellets are a kind of carbon neutral fuel, made from unused biomass, such as woodchips. The biomass is compressed and molded into small, cylindrical pellets. Co-firing...

The owner of a company that makes environmentally friendly water treatment systems is planning to build plants to make wood pellets and pellet stoves in northern New Hampshire. David Presby, who owns Presby Environmental, is hoping to build at the Whitefield Industrial Park. He said he wants to reduce home heating costs, while creating jobs and helping the North Country economy. The Associated Press Originally published by Monitor staff and wire. (c) 2008 Concord Monitor. Provided by...

An Associated Press article (July 24) regarding particulate emissions of pellet stoves was so one-sided as to be little more than an advertisement for oil dealers. The story spotlighted the one area in which fuel oil is cleaner than pellets (particulate emissions) and conveniently ignored many other considerations which make wood pellets a superior choice for the environment. That the "study" was commissioned by the Maine Oil Dealers Association raises serious questions about its objectivity....