Adam Hartman
THE Erongo Police on Friday arrested three suspects for being in possession of, and allegedly wanting to deal in, 170 kg (375 pounds) of uranium oxide (U3O8).
At the current market price of US$47,50 per pound, the confiscated material is worth about N$135 000. This is believed to be the biggest theft of uranium oxide [...]

JAKARTA: Bumi Resources, the biggest exporter of power-station coal in Asia, will buy a controlling stake in Pendopo Energi Batubara, according to its third acquisition announcement in a week.
Bumi will pay 1.3 trillion rupiah, or $119 million, for an 84 percent interest in the coal mining company and plans to complete the purchase in two [...]

By Adam L. Freeman and Tommaso Ebhardt
Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) — A group of Italian and international investors may offer to buy a refinery in northern Italy owned by Eni SpA, the country’s biggest energy company, according to a petroleum industry trade association.
The investors are seeking a meeting soon with Eni Chief Executive Officer Paolo Scaroni [...]

By MURRAY EVANS The Associated Press
Curtis Raines describes himself as “just a dumb old farmer” who’s not afraid to ask an obvious question: Why grow corn for fuel when it could be used to feed hungry people?
“That just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me,” Raines said.
The 64-year-old Guymon, Okla., farmer is growing [...]