Ginna nuclear plant sale approved
The New York state Public Service Commission has approved the USD 4.5 billion sale of three upstate nuclear power plants - including the Robert E. Ginna plant in Wayne County - to a partnership co-owned by Electricite de France SA (EDF). Vale says Sudbury nickel cut needed
Market forces have left Vale do Rio Doce with no choice but to slow output at its operations in Ontario. Contracts for mercury control systems
ADA-ES Inc. has announced that it has been awarded three contracts to provide Activated Carbon Injection (ACI) systems for mercury emissions control from three coal-fired electric generating units in Canada. Nickel processing plant
Vale Inco has started the work necessary to build a nickel processing facility in Long Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada. USA: solar powered city
The world's largest solar panel-based solar farm will power a city that will be built south of the Tampa Bay area and east of Fort Myers in Florida. 
US-based Spartan Scientific has released the 3510 2-way, 2-position normally open or normally closed solenoid/air pilot valve. 
Strongbow Exploration Inc. has commissioned a metallurgical study of the Main Zone nickel-copper-cobalt deposit at its wholly owned Nickel King project in Northwest Territories, Canada. 
Ryerson Inc. has announced the opening of a new service center in Clearfield, which will serve the Utah Intermountain area. 
Three years after the Tennessee Valley Authority started having contractors pull out steel tubes and pipes from America's costliest unfinished power plant to sell as scrap, the utility is trying to decide if the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant is more than a pricey salvage yard. 
StatoilHydro Canada has made a discovery in the Flemish Pass Basin, offshore Newfoundland.