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Geovic Mining Appoints Conrad Houser as President of Geovic Energy

September 12th, 2008

…  of Senior Vice President, as well as President of Geovic Energy Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary. Mr. Houser has more than 25 years …  Powder River Basin, Wyoming During the last commodities boom in the 1970s and 1980s, several members of Geovic’s senior management team …

Coal mines offering immediate opportunities for engineering grads

May 4th, 2008

…  Virginia is 50,” Owensby said. “When all these baby boomers retire, there will be a lot of jobs open. Consol has told me that 2 or …  demand for employees in the natural gas business. “The energy field is wide open for our graduates right now,” he …

Oil Price hits new record $117 a barrel

April 19th, 2008

…  in the dollar and fears of an economic slowdown in giant energy consumer China. U.S. light crude settled up $1.83 at $116.96 a …  quadrupled since 2002 as supply struggles to keep up with booming demand, especially in China and other emerging economies. “The bulls …

Indonesia plans to limit mining areas

April 17th, 2008

…  chairman of a parliamentary commission in charge of energy and mining issues, said. He said there are currently no such …  and power plant are included. Despite a global price boom for most commodities that has prompted a fresh flurry of investment and …

The Biggest Oil Discovery in U.S. History

April 17th, 2008

…  by the USGS. This comes after a 2006 report by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), which stated, “A study provides …  and Manitoba, Canada. According to Brian Hicks, Energy and Capital publisher and author of the soon-to-be released book, …  to get in on the ground-floor of a bona-fide oil boom.” To learn more about the oil rush occurring in Montana and North …

Billions of gallons of oil in North Dakota, Montana

April 17th, 2008

…  Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada, according to the Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy. The EIA …  should give “a significant boost to North Dakota’s already-booming oil industry,” according to a news release from the office of North …

Surging oil and food prices fuel global inflation

April 17th, 2008

…  has spared neither rich nor poor countries as food and energy prices have surged worldwide with booming demand in fast-growing Asian countries such as China and …  shocks such as what we see with the rising food and rising energy prices can potentially derail that trajectory of growth,” she told a …

Indonesia feels the pinch as oil, commodity prices surge

March 31st, 2008

…  GDP growth of 6.2 percent. But the commodity boom has meant little gain for most people here, said Fauzi Ichsan, an …  a net importer of oil. But Indonesia is a net exporter of energy and commodities,” he said. The problem, according to Ichsan, is that …

Asia grappling with rising inflation, weaker exports as oil soars and dollar plunges

March 18th, 2008

…  prices. But most of Asia is dependent on imported energy and raw materials, and even some oil-exporting countries such as …  Lanka also face a risk of higher inflation due to higher energy costs, “said HSBC economist Peter Morgan in Hong Kong. “They …  reluctant to say that Malaysia a beneficiary of the oil boom, he said. In Japan, airlines have reacted to higher oil prices by …

Six Colorado oil and gas commissioners get preliminary confirmation

February 28th, 2008

…  concerns. The Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources & Energy Committee voted 4-3 to recommend that the full Senate confirm the …  had become too cozy with the industry amid an energy boom that was putting straining local communities. Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, …


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