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Petrol And Coal Offset Iron Decline In Strong June Result


BHP Billiton has delivered stronger than expected June quarter results, with higher petroleum output, aided by a resurgence of Bass Strait oil production, and coking coal offsetting a fall in iron ore production.

Coal Mining Exploration Forecast Probably not so hot anymore


The recent drop in the market price of coal from its record levels earlier this year will adversely impact earnings of Indonesian coal producers. Based on this factor, going forward, we expect weaker coal prices in line with the downtrend in oil prices, while higher supplies are expected on China’s higher exports as domestic consumption [...]

Cominco makes $14 billion deal in W.Va. for Coal Mine Industry Expansion


A global consolidation of the coal industry is shifting into overdrive.
Mining giant Teck Cominco said July 29 it will buy up all of the Fording Canadian Coal Trust for close to $14 billion in cash and stock. The deal is just the latest in a growing string of giant acquisitions centered on coking coal, a [...]

Teck Cominco, Coal Mine Industry Company, Buyout Fording Canadian Coal Trust


Mining giant Teck Cominco said Tuesday it will buy up all of the Fording Canadian Coal Trust for close to $14 billion in cash and stock. The deal is just the latest in a growing string of giant acquisitions centered on coking coal, a key raw material for certain steel mills.
Coking coal prices have gained [...]

Coal Price In World Market and Trade Higher


As consumers struggle to get used to $4-a-gallon gasoline, there’s another source of energy that is becoming more expensive: coal.
The price of a ton of Central Appalachian coal on the futures market was $42.65 a year ago and has risen to around $96, according to figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That increase comes [...]

Rio Tinto makes a recommended all cash offer for Alcan


Rio Tinto and Alcan today announced they have reached an agreement for Rio
Tinto to make an offer to acquire all of Alcan’s outstanding common shares for US$101 per common share in a recommended, all cash transaction. The offer represents a total equity consideration for Alcan of approximately US$38.1 billion.
The offer represents a premium of 65.5 [...]

Railroads put money on coal despite pollution, economic concerns


The cloud that hangs over the coalindustry for its contribution to global warming has yet to cast a shadow here, across the vast network of railroad lines that haul coal from the sun-baked flats of the Powder River Basin.
Railroads across the country are spending hundreds of millions of dollars buying locomotives, adding track and building [...]

U.S. Energy Corp. Announces a Stock Buy Back Program; Reviews Corporate Development Plans


U.S. Energy Corp. (Nachrichten), a diversified natural resource exploration company announced today that it will initiate a share buy back program. The Company is also pleased to provide its corporate development strategy along with several project updates as follows.
Share Buy Back Program
The Board of Directors of USEG has approved a share buy back program for [...]

Bulge bracket firms dominate in Asia


While bulge bracket firms did not dominate the Financial Times/StarMine Awards for Europe in 2006, they certainly did in Asia.
Independent research houses have made significant in-roads in the US and Europe but, judging from the results, when it comes to producing accurate company analysis the emerging markets of Asia require an altogether higher level of [...]