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Norilsk Nickel consolidates R&D assets
Norilsk Nickel has consolidated its research and development assets into a single entity on the basis of Gipronickel Research and Project Development Institute (St. Petersburg) with two branches in Norilsk and Monchegorsk, the company’s press office reported today.
This reorganization will allow Norilsk Nickel to strengthen its management of the company’s assets, decrease the costs of [...]
Linn Energy Agree to Buy Gas Properties in Northen Michigan from HighMount
Linn Energy LLC has agreed to buy natural gas properties in Northern Michigan from HighMount Exploration & Production LLC for $330 million.
The independent natural gas company, which explores and acquires natural gas properties mostly in the Appalachian basin, also announced it would publicly offer 12 million units of its limited liability company to partially fund [...]
Randgold Resources Opinion Gold Mine Deposit and Discovery in Senegal Exceeds Expectations
Randgold Resources Ltd., the owner of gold mines in West Africa, said a deposit in Senegal has exceeded expectations and may be one of its top discoveries.
Read moreUranium mining spurs jump in claims on federal lands
Metal mining claims on federal lands in the West have increased almost 50 percent in the past four years, in large part because a resurgence in nuclear power has led to a renewed interest in uranium exploration.
An advocacy and research organization said Thursday its review of Bureau of Land Management records found that the number [...]
Congress takes up offshore drilling bill
Congress is making a final push to open a large area of the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling, aware the Democratic majority next year is less likely to embrace new offshore energy development.
The House was to vote Tuesday on a Senate plan to open 8.3 million acres of the Gulf that [...]
