2012/02/08 13:00 - Asian Activities Report for February 8, 2012 includes: Great Wall Computer Company Limited (SHE:000066) has agreed to form a strategic sales and manufacturing partnership with Satcon Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:SATC); Anhui SaunaKing Co., Ltd. (SHE:300247) has proposed to acquire and invest in Saunalux; Suzuki Motor Corporation (TYO:7269) will establish a 50:50 joint venture company with Intelligent Energy Holdings PLC ("IEH") of UK, in February 2012, for developing and manufacturing fuel cell system.
2012/02/07 13:00 - Asian Activities Report for February 7, 2012 includes: GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited (HKG:3800), a leading polysilicon and wafer supplier as well as a top green energy enterprise in China, has formed a 50:50 joint venture named Sunora Energy Solutions 1 LLC ("Sunora"), with NRG Solar, one of the largest photovoltaic ("PV") project developers in the United States; Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HKG:0013) says that its subsidiary Hutchison 3G Austria ("3 Austria") has signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% of Orange Austria to become a top 3 player in the Austrian market; Furukawa Electric (TYO:5801) has completed the acquisition of SuperPower Inc., a US-based manufacturer of second generation high temperature superconductivity wire; Tokyo Electron Limited (TYO:8035) plans to set up a wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore, called Tokyo Electron Singapore PTE Ltd., on April 1, 2012.
2012/01/12 13:31 - EnviroMission Limited (ASX:EVM) (OTCQX:EVOMY) has received a formal commitment to provide the entire development and construction capital for EnviroMission's first Solar Tower power station being developed in La Paz County Arizona to deliver the terms of a power purchase agreement with the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA).
2012/01/04 12:00 - Asian Activities Report for January 4, 2012 includes: LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE:LDK) has agreed to acquire approximately 33% increased share capital in Sunways AG (ETR:SWW) and has also offered to takeover all outstanding shares in Sunways; Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (TYO:8031) says that its joint venture company Galaxy NewSpring Pte. Ltd. will operate two new water treatment plants in China; Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8604) has reached an agreement to invest in Jiu You Quan Xing Equity Investment Fund, a private equity fund based in Shanghai; Diploma Group Limited (ASX:DGX) has achieved Practical Completion on its Eleven 78 development on Hay Street in West Perth; AEON CO., LTD. (TYO:8267) announced that its subsidiary, Petcity Co., Ltd. will be merging with AHB International Inc..
2011/12/09 13:00 - Asian Activities Report for December 9, 2011 includes: Shanghai Electric Group (SHA:601727) (HKG:2727) has signed agreements with Siemens (NYSE:SI) to jointly invest over 165 million euros in two joint venture companies in China for the development, manufacturing and sales of wind power equipments; Beijing Enterprises Holdings Limited (HKG:0392) says that its subsidiary Green Industry (Qinghai) has signed a contracting agreement for a 20 megawatt photovoltaic grid-tied power generation project in Qinghai Province in China; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (TYO:8306) will form a strategic business and capital alliance with AMP Limited (ASX:AMP); Honda Motor (TYO:7267) says that two of its auto plants in Ohio have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2011 Energy Star award.
2011/12/02 12:01 - Asian Activities Report for December 2, 2011 includes: Panasonic Electric Works, a Panasonic Group (TYO:6752) company, is to launch a new residential power storage system in late December in Japan; Treasury Wine Estates Limited (ASX:TWE) has appointed Michelle Terry as Managing Director Lindeman's; Algae.Tec Limited (ASX:AEB) will build its first algae to biofuels production facility in Asia; Haranga Resources Limited (ASX:HAR) says today that drilling at the Bayantsogt Prospect within the Selenge Iron Ore Project in Mongolia has intersected significant widths of iron mineralisation; Corazon Mining Limited (ASX:CZN) announces that results from the latest phase of drilling at the Lynn Lake Nickel Sulphide Project in Canada have defined further significant nickel-copper mineralisation.
2011/11/21 10:30 - Asian Activities Report for November 21, 2011 includes: Ark Mines Ltd (ASX:AHK) has completed extensive geological, financial and legal due diligence on the Marsuparia Contract of Work tenement in Indonesia; Red Mountain Mining Limited (ASX:RMX) is to commence structural surface and underground geology studies at Xinqu mineralised area within the Zhongqu project to assist interpretation of the gold mineralisation; Altura Mining Limited (ASX:AJM) announces a 26% increase in the resource estimate at its Pilgangoora lithium project located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia; Frontier Solar Limited (SIM:FSO), a Brisbane-based solar mounting technology company, announced a A$6 million Initial Public Offering last week.
2011/11/18 12:00 - Asian Activities Report for November 18, 2011 includes: MetroCoal Limited (ASX:MTE) announces a significant increase in the inferred coal resource of the Columboola Project from 540 million tonnes to 1.297 billion tonnes; Marmota Energy Limited (ASX:MEU) announces an initial resource estimate of 4.36 million tonnes of uranium mineralisation for its Saffron deposit within the Company's Junction Dam uranium project; Gryphon Minerals Limited (ASX:GRY) announces more outstanding drilling results from the Samavogo Gold Deposit at the Company's flagship Banfora Gold Project in Burkina Faso; Brisbane-based Frontier Solar Limited (SIM:FSO) has launched a A$6 million Initial Public Offering, expected to list on the SIM Venture Securities Exchange in late December 2011.
2011/10/07 11:30 - Asian Activities Report for October 7, 2011 includes: Blue Energy Limited (ASX:BUL) has successfully drilled its Monslatt 9 coal seam gas well in Bowen Basin, Queensland; CBD Energy Limited (ASX:CBD) has signed an agreement to acquire energy retailer Neighbourhood Energy; CBD Energy Limited (ASX:CBD) has signed an agreement to acquire energy retailer Neighbourhood Energy; Energy World Corporation Limited (ASX:EWC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the East Java Provincial Government in relation to the development and construction of an Liquefied Natural Gas Import Receiving Terminal and associated facilitates in East Java, Indonesia; TVN Corporation Limited (ASX:TVN) has revised its Exploration Target for the Target Resource Area in the south western portion of the Nuurst licence to 200-300 million tonnes of thermal coal.
2011/08/15 12:00 - Asian Activities Report for August 15, 2011 includes: Dyesol Limited (ASX:DYE) achieved final milestones at the dye solar cells on steel project; U3O8 Limited (ASX:UTO) today announced further sampling results from the Saltwater Pool joint venture project in Western Australia; Legacy Iron Ore Limited (ASX:LCY) will commence a second phase of 6,000m RC drilling next week at the Mt Bevan Iron Ore project in Western Australia; Alkane Resources Limited (ASX:ALK) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") to form a joint venture to market zirconium products.
2011/07/26 12:00 - Asian Activities Report for July 26, 2011 includes: Metgasco Limited's (ASX:MEL) gas production from the Harrier P01 CSG pilot well has achieved a rate of 230,000 scfd; MRG Metals Limited (ASX:MRQ) has secured an option to acquire the highly prospective Collie South Coal project in Western Australia; Havilah Resources NL (ASX:HAV) has signed non-binding agreements with Chinese companies to advance Maldorky iron ore project; Tap Oil Limited (ASX:TAP) updated on Manora Oil Development in the Gulf of Thailand; Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co Ltd (SEO:034020) has signed a deal to provide a nuclear reactor to China; Thermax Limited (BOM:500411) and US based Amonix, Inc. announced an exclusive partnership to bring Concentrated Photo Voltaic technology for clean power generation to India.
2011/03/30 12:30 - Asian Activities Report for March 30, 2011 includes: DYESOL Limited (ASX:DYE) and Tata Steel (BOM:500470) will expand their joint photovoltaics development project in Britain; UGL Limited (ASX:UGL) has signed a property services agreement in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Magma Metals Limited (ASX:MMW) updated on drilling operations at its Thunder Bay North platinum-palladium-copper-nickel project in Canada; Icon Energy Limited (ASX:ICN) signed a liquefied natural gas sales agreement in China.
2011/01/21 16:22 - Enel Green Power & Sharp Solar Energy, a 50/50 joint venture established in July 2010 between Sharp Corporation (TYO:6753) (PINK:SHCAY) and Enel Green Power (BIT:EGPW), has built a 5 MW photovoltaic plant in Calabria, Southern Italy.
2010/11/16 13:30 - Australian Market Report of November 16, 2010 includes: Mantra Resources Limited (ASX:MRU) Nyota resource increases by 20% to 101.4 Mlbs U3o8 in southern Tanzania; CBD Energy Limited (ASX:CBD) has begun work on its solar power plant in Thailand; Peninsula Minerals Limited (ASX:PEN) has completed a further 46 development drillholes at the Ross Project; Iron Mountain Mining Ltd (ASX:IRM) announced a 44.2Mt inferred bauxite resource increase in WA.
2010/09/09 17:03 - China's largest thin film solar module producer Trony is to co-develop new building-integrated module with Polytechnic University and HKUST to help increase environmental friendliness.
2010/09/03 16:28 - China's largest thin film solar module producer Trony is to co-develop new building-integrated module with Polytechnic University and HKUST to help increase environmental friendliness.
2010/08/17 13:30 - The Australian market opened flat on Tuesday, following mixed leads from offshore markets overnight. In early trade, the S&P/ASX200 index fell 0.1%, to 4433.8 points and the All Ordinaries index slipped 0.1%, to 4462.3 points.
2010/08/11 13:31 - The Australian stock market opened lower on Wednesday after US stocks dropped and oil and metals prices slipped overnight.
2010/07/20 10:30 - Team Trev is a group of volunteers who will drive a small green electric car, Trev, around the world in the 2010 Zero Race. New Zealand based utility TrustPower Limited (NZE:TPW) (PINK:TRPWF) has kindly donated green power to Team Trev, in the form of Renewable Energy Certificates and a small cash donation. The energy will be sourced from TrustPower's 98.7MW Snowtown Wind Farm in South Australia.
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