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BHP exits coal bed methane industry (Sydney Morning Herald) - Global miner BHP Billiton has exited the coal bed methane (CBM) industry in Australia with The Australian Gas Light Company (AGL) picking up its assets for $US68.7 million ($A93.25 million).

Telecommunications industry more competitive: ACCC (ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance) - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has found the telecommunications industry is progressively becoming more competitive.

Energy industry has eye on storm (Houston Chronicle) - Energy companies were busy Monday monitoring Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the 2006 hurricane season, as it threatened to hit hurricane strength. But the fledgling storm was expected to skirt U.S. oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, doing little more than putting the energy industry on notice that the starting flag had been waved.

Organic growth feeds industry (The Daily Record) - The organic and natural products industry — a big growth sector in the United States during the past several years — is scheduled to hold its annual East Coast conference in Baltimore in October, an event expected to draw thousands of visitors dropping millions of dollars in the area.

Telecommunications industry more competitive: ACCC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has found the telecommunications industry is progressively becoming more competitive. An ACCC report shows that in the 2004-05 year, residential and business consumers paid almost 7 per cent less for telecommunications services.

Mango industry to target young families (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Research has revealed mango lovers are an ageing population, with more than 60 per cent of consumers aged over 40. The expanding mango industry plans to step up its campaign to target young families, particularly in the cooler southern climates.

Fitch: higher iron ore contract price to accelerate consolidation in China's steel industry (People's Daily) - Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday that the recently agreed increase in the contract price of iron ore for Chinese steel manufacturers is likely to accelerate the anticipated consolidation process in the industry.

Building industry gears up for licensing (Scoop.co.nz) - Building Issues Minister Clayton Cosgrove says he welcomes the roofing industry's moves to raise the level of its own qualification standards, in preparation for the government's introduction of a licensing regime for the building sector.

RenewableEnergyStocks.com(TM) Receives Registered US Trademark for "Online Energy Industry Information in the Field of (SYS-CON Media) - www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com(TM), a leading investor and industry portalfor the renewable and alternative energy sector has received USregistration June 13, 2006, for the Trade Mark forRenewableEnergyStocks.com(TM); registration number 3103195.RenewableEnergyStocks.com(TM) is a content provider and aggregator with ablend of original articles, interviews, blogs and stock directory incombination

Samsung Launches Industry’s First Blu-ray Disc Player (Manila Bulletin) - Samsung Electronics America, Inc. announced that the industry’s first Blu-ray disc player has been shipped to retailers in the U.S. market for availability on June 25th.