The Start-up of Ledong Promotes CNOOC Limited’s Gas Production Growth

CNOOC Limited announced today that Ledong (LD) 22-1, an independent gas field of the Company, has successfully commenced production. Currently, it is producing approximately 30 thousand cubic feet of natural gas per day via 5 wells. About 47 kilometers eastern of the producing field Yacheng 13-1 and 20 kilometers western of LD 15-1 gas field, LD 22-1 is located in the Yinggehai Basin of the Western... 

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Entree Gold Discovers Coal in Mongolia

Entree Gold Inc. announces a new coal discovery on its 100% owned Togoot license, which forms the western portion of its Lookout Hill Property in Mongolia. Exploration in 2008 is focused on a number of geological targets on the Togoot license including the new coal discovery, Nomkhon Bohr. Entree is evaluating a coal target known as Nomkhon Bohr, located in the northwest corner of the license, approximately... 

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Yankee Hat Acquires Two Additional Tungsten Properties

Yankee Hat Minerals Ltd. announce that it has entered into two option agreements to acquire 100% interest in the Achtung Tungsten Project located in northwestern British Columbia and the Birdtung Tungsten-Tin Project located in southern Yukon Territory. With these latest acquisitions, Yankee Hat now has eight tungsten projects at varying stages of development and one of the most active tungsten exploration... 

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Great Western Minerals Group Updates Activities

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. is pleased to provide an update of its unique “mine-to-market” strategy to become a fully integrated explorer and global supplier of rare earth elements (“REE’”) and other strategic metals. The Fundamentals of the Rare Earth Sector Remain Strong: The world demand for REE continues to accelerate while China, the primary supplier of REE,... 

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China’s CNPC, South Korea’s Daewoo Intl tie up for Myanmar oil/gas exploration

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the parent of PetroChina, said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s Daewoo International for joint oil and gas exploration in Myanmar. The deal was signed during the state visit to China by South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak. The company did not provide further details. CNPC, the country’s top oil and gas producer, signed... 

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Victoria seeks brown coal opportunities with China

Brown coal, a low grade of coal, has been ignored in China because it’s not easily exploited. But, Victoria state in southwestern Australia, has been seeking brown coal opportunities with China and solving environmental problems by its mining and utilization. “It’s actually quite significant for China to exploit brown coal because its energy needs have grown, and Victoria has realized... 

Saudi’s Western Way, US Gerald Metals sign $4bn aluminium deal

Saudi Arabia’s Western Way For Industrial Development yesterday said it had signed three agreements with Gerald Metals of the US to help it develop an estimated $4bn aluminum complex on the country’s Red Sea coast. Under the agreements, Connecticut-based Gerald and its affiliates will supply bauxite to Western Way’s aluminum refinery and offtake all aluminium produced at the smelter. Gerald... 

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Xinfa’s Australian investment hunts more bauxite

Cape Alumina Pty Ltd., part owned by Chinese aluminium group Chiping Xinfa Huayu Alumina Co Ltd., has gained approval to look further afield for bauxite in Australia, underscoring China’s hunger for the raw aluminium-making material outside its borders. Cape Alumina is prospecting in Australia’s bauxite-rich Cape York region, where world No.2 miner Rio Tinto Ltd./Plc. also has mining operations. Australia’s... 

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Canadian Superior Launches Kan Tan IV Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig Out of Brownsville Harbour to Trinidad

Canadian Superior Energy Inc. Speaking from the dockside of the harbour in Brownsville, Texas, Canadian Superior’s Chairman, Greg Noval, said today at 7:00 AM Central Daylight Time, “We have launched the Kan Tan IV semi-submersible drilling rig on its way to Trinidad. The rig is being towed to Trinidad by Secunda International Limited of Nova Scotia, Canada and Tidewater, Inc. of Houston,... 

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Canadian Superior Launches Kan Tan IV Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig Out of Brownsville Harbour to Trinidad

Canadian Superior Energy Inc. Speaking from the dockside of the harbour in Brownsville, Texas, Canadian Superior’s Chairman, Greg Noval, said today at 7:00 AM Central Daylight Time, “We have launched the Kan Tan IV semi-submersible drilling rig on its way to Trinidad. The rig is being towed to Trinidad by Secunda International Limited (‘Secunda’) of Nova Scotia, Canada and Tidewater,...