The mine management professions in the twentieth-century Scottish coal mining industry.
0773454543 The mine management professions in the twentieth-century Scottish coal mining industry. Perchard, Andrew. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2007 470 pages $139.95 Hardcover HD9551 In this study, Perchard investigates the working lives...

Learning how much, and how little, we need.
Byline: Bob Welch The Register-Guard A colleague and I are walking and the topic of tear-jerker movie scenes comes up. He quickly offers "To Kill a Mockingbird" when, after Tom Robinson's trial ends, the preacher says to Scout, "Miss Jean-Louise, stand up, your father's passing." ...

DoE recommends award of 7 oil/gas service contracts.
Byline: MYRNA M. VELASCO The Department of Energy (DoE) has recommended the award of seven service contracts (SCs) to six companies that will shore up investments in the country's oil and gas sector by $ 75.95 million. Those awarded with their respective blocks are: Miocene...

RAE Systems to Manufacture Safety Equipment for China's Coal Industry.
InDEFENSE-15 December 2006-RAE Systems to Manufacture Safety Equipment for China's Coal Industry(C)2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com RAE Systems Inc. has entered into a joint venture with Liaoning Coal Industry Group Co. Ltd. to manufacture and sell safety equipment for the coal industry. The joint venture company,...

PNOC mother unit mulls own IPO.
Byline: MYRNA M. VELASCO The Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) is lining up an initial public offering (IPO) as among the long-term plan to advance its corporate goals, such as expansion plans. "My vision for PNOC is for it to be a public company," noted...

DMCI doubles profit to P234 M.
DMCI Holdings Inc. said its net profit for the second quarter to June more than doubled to P234.2 million from P110.85 million in the equivalent period last year on the back of the sustained strong performance of its coal mining business. In the first half of the...

$272-M, 100-megawatt coal-fired power project launched today in Cebu town.
Byline: MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR. NAGA, Cebu - A project for two $272-million, 100-megawatt coal-fired power plants will be launched here today. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) had earlier approved the environmental compliance certificates (ECC) for the establishment of the two plants....

Coal briquettes explored as alternative fuel to costly LPG.
The Department of Energy is experimenting on commercial development of coal briquettes as alternative to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), as a way to ease pricing pressures on this commonly-used commodity for cooking. This proposed venture is getting a jumpstart with DMCI Holdings Inc., operator of the Semirara...

Growing Up on the Illinois Prairie During The Great Depression and The Coal Mine Wars: A Portrayal of the Way Life Was.
0773460047 Growing up on the Illinois prairie during the Great Depression and the coal mine wars; a portrayal of the way life was. Hutchison, Earl R. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2006 220 pages $109.95 Hardcover ...

Uranium and global climate change.
IT HAD TO HAPPEN that there would be a reappraisal of uranium mining, and ultimately of the whole role of nuclear power, in Australia and in the rest of the world. There is some irony in the fact that much of the pressure which has forced a rethinking of...