Iran plans major nuclear expansion over next year The Star | TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran says it will start producing higher-grade nuclear fuel on Tuesday and add 10 uranium enrichment plants over the next year in a nuclear expansion sure to stoke tensions with the West. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, looks on while attending a new...
Earth's environmental crisis - a man made disaster Merinews UNTIMELY RAIN and floods in Australia, heavy snow in USA especially in Washington D.C and other eastern parts of the country are only a few indications of the environmental crisis our planet is facing. Some air pollutants have reduced the capacity of the atmosphere to filter out the sun's harmful ul...
Iran:20% enriched uranium not against NPT China Daily | TEHRAN: Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday that Iran's enrichment of 20 percent uranium does not contradict the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the English language satellite Press TV reported. | "Iran has the right to enrich ura...
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Iran set to begin higher enrichment of uranium Khaleej Times TEHRAN - Iran will begin enriching uranium to 20 percent from Tuesday, the Islamic republic's atomic chief announced on Sunday just hours after being told to do so by hardline Pres...
Iran's President Moves Ahead on Uranium Processing The New York Times | CAIRO - Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ordered the nation's atomic energy agency on Sunday to begin producing a special form of uranium that can be used to power a medica...
Iran orders higher enrichment of uranium Khaleej Times Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered his country's atomic agency on Sunday to begin the production of higher enriched uranium. | It is a move that's likely to deepen intern...
Vale sending nickel off to Welsh refinery Metals Place | The first shipment of nickel concentrate to be processed into matte at Copper Cliff Smelter Complex since a strike by Steelworkers began seven months ago is on its way to Vale Inco's refinery in Clydach, Wales. | Six or seven truckloads of matte le...
Nevsun raising $117m in private placement; to issue 52m common shares Metals Place | Nevsun Resources Ltd. says it plans to raise $117 million in a private placement aimed at developing its Bisha gold and base metals mine in Eritrea. | The private placement of 52 million shares at $2.25 per share is scheduled to close on or before ...
Oil near $72 amid US cold snap, Iran tensions Kansas City Star More News | Oil prices rose near to $72 a barrel Monday in Asia after hitting a two-month low last week, boosted by tensions over Iran's nuclear program and persistently cold weather in the U.S. northeast. | Benchmark crude for March delivery was up 56 cents at $71.75 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantil...
Alexander wants new limits on coal emissions Knox News | WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander urged Congress on Thursday to move ahead with tough new restrictions on emissions from coal-fired power plants instead of waiting for passage of climate change legislation to clean up the nation's dirty air. | Alexander, R-Maryville, and U.S. Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., have filed a bill that, if approved, w...
