Geology & Geophysics

Tokyo, Feb 2, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today announced its sales and financial results through the third quarter of the 2011 fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 and its...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Jan. 12 said it approved a disbursement of SDR 2.05 million (US$3.1 million) under the rapid credit facility (RCF) for Dominica to help manage the economic impact...

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund on Dec. 22 announced grants worth nearly $1.5 million to help Haitians. A $264,000 grant to the Oasis Foundation will help revive l'Ecole Hoteliere Haitienne (the Haiti Hotel...

2011 was the year of people power; whether it was the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, recall elections or MF Global customers fighting against the big banks, people demanded to be heard and...

2011 was one of the most active on record for natural catastrophes, with 253 events generating an economic loss of $435 billion, according to Aon Benfield's Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report. At...

Hailstorms in Australia, tornadoes in the southeastern U.S. and windstorms in northern Europe: We're in the second month of the year and already receiving hints that 2012 may be shaping up to equal...

When John Fogerty musically asked "Who'll Stop the Rain?" 40 years ago, he was pondering the world's disquiet. But given the economic and insured damage from natural catastrophes that deluged the U.S. and...

NEWS SHORTS FROM THE PULP AND PAPER WORLD CORPORATE STRATEGY China maps out guidelines for pulp and paper industry development China looks set to raise its pulp capacity in a bid to reduce...

Byline: Steve Terrell A bill that would give the governor and local governments more power to restrict fireworks during times of high fire risk won praise from several fire chiefs and mayors from...

Prof. Yamagata's predictions not only have enormous importance in terms of oceanic as well as atmospheric temperature variations, but also directly impact a wide range of economic and security issues for nations bordering...

The sultanate of Oman has seen its oil and condensate production rise again to over 900,000 b/d. This was the average for 2010 and 2009, up 7% from 2008, having fallen to 700,000...

The search for oil in Oman began in 1925, soon after D'Arcy Exploration Co. won a two-year licence. Then the country was a British protectorate. The firm made geological surveys but failed to...

Discovered coal reserves at Amaamskoye deposit could increase significantly by 2014 CJSC North Pacific Coal Company Ltd, a partner with Tigers Realm Coal Ltd. of Australia, intends to increase its discovered reserves at...

- Robert Walters Japan raises money to supply food for families in the Tohoku region - Second Harvest Japan collects and delivers food to families and individuals in need Tokyo, Jan 26, 2012...

Construction is set to begin on the building that will replace the facility that housed the offices for the LSU Health Foundation until Hurricane Katrina. Satterfield and Pontikes Construction Group became the apparent...

The Petroleum Minister since March 2011, Eng. Ghorab took up this post from Mahmoud Latif Amer and was retained in Ghanzoury's government. Latif had become petroleum minister on Feb. 23 to replace long-serving...

90 pct of north-west Europe LNG imports from Qatar; Qatari exports to Europe fell 22 pct in 2011; Economic crisis hits southern Europe gas demand. Europe's energy supply may be more vulnerable this...

By IsraelNationalNews.com A British forensic archaeologist has unearthed fresh evidence to prove the existence of mass graves at the Nazi death camp Treblinka, The Daily Mail reported Some 800,000 Jews were killed at...

WALLINGFORD, Conn. -- Amphenol Corporation (NYSE-APH) reported today fourth quarter 2011 diluted earnings per share of $.69 compared to $.74 per share for the comparable 2010 period. Such per share amount for the...