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Metals and agricultural futures prices slip
Metals prices are ending slightly lower, as are agricultural futures. Crude oil ended the week down 2 percent. Gold for June delivery fell $5.20 to $1,386.60 an ounce Friday. Prices for silver, platinum, palladium and copper also fell. Crop prices were also slightly lower. In July contracts, wheat fell 5.75 ...
Metals and agricultural futures prices slip
Metals prices ended slightly lower Friday, as did agricultural futures. Crude oil ended the week down 2 percent as traders worried about global demand and shared the stock market's concerns about possible changes to the Federal Reserve economic stimulus program. Gold for June delivery fell $5.20 to $1,386.60 an ounce. ...
Beatrice biodiesel plant to be retrofitted
A biodiesel plant in southeast Nebraska is going to be retrofitted to use inedible plant and animal material for feedstock. The Lincoln Journal Star reports (http://bit.ly/13480Qo ) Kansas-based Flint Hills Resources Renewables and Texas-based Benefuel Inc. are creating a joint venture for the 50-million-gallon-per-year Beatrice Biodiesel plant. Flint Hills, a ...
BRITISH VILLAGE RESIDENTS PROTEST PLAN FOR SHALE GAS DRILLING
c.2013 New York Times News Service BALCOMBE, England — Despite the stakes, there was almost a festival spirit in this wealthy little village nestled in the hills of West Sussex. Children buzzed around an open-sided tent by the street and families spread blankets on the tiny village green. What brought ...
BRITISH VILLAGE RESIDENTS PROTEST PLAN FOR SHALE GAS DRILLING
c.2013 New York Times News Service BALCOMBE, England — Despite the stakes, there was almost a festival spirit in this wealthy little village nestled in the hills of West Sussex. Children buzzed around an open-sided tent by the street and families spread blankets on the tiny village green. What brought ...
Oil ends week down 2 pct on tepid demand outlook
The price of oil fell 2 percent this week, as oil traders worried about global demand and shared the stock market's concerns about possible changes to the Federal Reserve economic stimulus program. The loss Friday was just 10 cents, to $94.15 a barrel. But four straight losses resulted in a ...
Oil ends week down 2 pct on tepid demand outlook
The price of oil fell 2 percent this week, as oil traders worried about global demand and shared the stock market's concerns about possible changes to the Federal Reserve economic stimulus program. The loss Friday was just 10 cents, to $94.15 a barrel. But four straight losses resulted in a ...
Protesters arrested at coal firm Alpha's HQ in Va
Several environmental activists were arrested Friday after blocking the road leading to the headquarters for Alpha Natural Resources to protest the coal producer's mining practices. The members of Radical Action for Mountain Peoples' Survival chained themselves and large industrial equipment to a bridge railing, which prevented Alpha employees from getting ...
US rig count down 7 to 1,762
Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped by seven this week to 1,762. The Houston-based company said Friday in its weekly report that 1,402 rigs were exploring for oil and another 354 for gas. Six ...
Glasgow aims to turn methane into electricity
A south-central Kentucky city is hoping to capture methane gas from a regional landfill and turn it into electricity. The Daily News (http://bit.ly/18oeey2) in Bowling Green reports officials in Glasgow have partnered with Farmers Rural Electric Cooperative in seeking a $1 million loan to help pay for the project. Farmers ...
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