First Fortune Investments acquires 26 Claims in Sweden
The president of First Fortune Investments Inc. (News) (Frankfurt ISIN: CA3199841006, WKN: 876916), Jeff Gale, announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding with Mawson Resources Ltd.. ( “Mawson”) has taken a 25 Claims exploration and mining lease property, the Claims from 15 gold and 11 base metal Claims in northern Sweden, to acquire. Seven of the Gold Claims subject to a warrant and joint-venture agreement dated 24 August 2006 between First Fortune, Fortune First AB, Mawson and Mawson Sweden AB. The JV agreement with the completion of the transaction end, which is subject to regulatory approval. Mawson is from First Fortune for the purchase of the Claims CDN $ 250,000 and 6,000,000 shares, the future production of these two claims is subject to a NSR royalty of 2%. Upon completion of the transaction, Mawson about 19% of First Fortune on a undiluted basis. The Gold Claims are the largest property in the Skellefte gold mining district in the north of Sweden with 76,000 ha of Claims.
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The biggest self-portrait of the world: GPS art from Sweden
A seemingly monumental project, the Swedish design student Erik Nordenankar. He united modern technology and artistic creativity, a self-portrait drawing, which stretches across the globe. This he sent a suitcase on a journey in which a GPS sensor was contained. 55 days was the digital pen by DHL on all continents on before his starting point to get back Stockholm. Testimony of the miraculous journey stipulates, inter alia, a video, which tracked the journey (see below). “The suitcase was my pen, the world my paper,” says the four-clip. Episode involved on March 18, 2008 in Stockholm. On 26 June, after stopping on every continent, reached the suitcase Frankfurt. After a total of 55 Travel days permanent GPS was the self-portrait done then. The action is the final Nordenankars working with the Swedish design Beck’s high school. On the website of his university is scarce Nordenankar only in words on the project; most impressive tells the finished drawing the story. The artist points to the entanglement of art and advertising (probably also to finance the venture).
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Sweden in the Champions League the use of biomass
“Sweden is one of the best examples that the political will on the order and, when it comes to the rapid and efficient development of biomass energy use,” was CEO of Ernst Scheiber Austrian Biomass Association in early December at a press trip convinced. The excursion “Bio energy: World market versus region,” in the 38 Austrian journalists / s and experts who took part, led to various Swedish biomass projects - from the biogas plant waste on the mainly biomass beschickte district to short train with live forests Harvest and test stations for new energy plants. One thing is all the biomass initiatives in common: they are the result of that Göran Persson introduced “Swedish way” towards independence from fossil fuels by the year 2020 - an objective which all levels of government as well as the economy series.
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Sweden relies on energy production from waste and biomass
In 2020 Sweden will the first country in the world, the supply of energy are deprived of oil. The production of energy from waste and biomass are increasingly gaining in importance. The trade fairs “Elmia Waste & Recycling” and “World Bionenergy”, both of 30 May to 1 June 2006 held in Jönköping, show technical solutions for this ever-growing future market. Here, also German suppliers the opportunity to contacts with professionals and clients from across the Scandinavian region to establish. The German representative for this country fairs, the industry insider Freesen & Partner GmbH from Alpine. A at the World Economic Forum in Davos published ranking Sweden is the environment in Europe Platz 1 Among the many environmental programmers of the Nordic country projects include the dependence on expensive imported energy should be reduced.
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Sweden makes it - ethanol as alternative fuel
In Sweden established to ethanol vehicles now available on German roads. The bio fuel from starch or sugar not only helps save fossil resources, but also CO2 savings. In order to combine interests and the industry to inform the Agency is looking for Renewable Resources Association (FNR) now fleet operators who are willing to environmentally friendly technology to invest … The fuel E 85, to 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent from petrol, is in Sweden for years. This makes it a bio fuel alternative to bio diesel. In Germany have some production facilities became operational, so that the fuel supply in any case is secured.
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