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Tri-Valley To Advance Alaska Gold Mine Exploration and Industria Mineral Properties
Tri-Valley Corporation announced that its minerals subsidiary, Select Resources Corporation, has entered into an official stage of information exchange with industry parties to advance its Alaska gold and industrial mineral properties.
Mining Exploration and Producer Companies Increase Profit and Added Cost
These are boom times for mining companies but the big profits are being eaten into not only by spiraling energy costs but suddenly rising prices for the explosives used to blast into the rocks.
It’s all because of the high price of natural gas, which when converted into ammonia is used to produce ammonium nitrate, [...]
Coal no longer a dirty word for Pike River float
Pike River Coal Company’s moment of truth arrives on Tuesday when its long-delayed attempt to raise $65 million-plus through an initial public offering for what will be the country’s only listed coal mine closes.
The signs look good.
There are indications Pike River has managed to get acceptances for not only the initial $65m, but for [...]
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 [...]
Origin Energy Starts Merger Talks With Rival AGL (Update4)
Origin Energy Ltd. started talks with rival AGL Energy Ltd. on a merger to form a company that would supply power and gas to half of eastern Australia’s households.
Any transaction may not be a “merger of equals” as proposed last month by AGL, Tony Wood, an Origin spokesman, said today. There is no certainty the [...]
Cuban Oil and Ethanol Could Prosper in Havana’s Hunt for Energy Supplies
• The pace is now quickening for the Cuban oil industry, whose previous dependence on Moscow for its supplies and operations ended with the demise of the Soviet Union
• Havana is on track for securing energy independence through relationships with foreign investors, including China and Venezuela, among others
• Venezuela proudly flaunts its involvement in the [...]
Telecoms Weigh on Europe
European markets finished largely in the negative, dragged by U.S. market losses and further weakness in the telecommunications sector. Deutsche Telekom dropped 3%, Vodafone Group lost 1.8% and BT Group lost 0.3%. Companies in France gained on strong second-quarter GDP figures. The German DAX 30 lost 0.1%, London FTSE 100 fell 0.1%, while the French [...]
