No posts found. Try a different search?

Random News from Mining Top News

Futures Commission Looking for Price Manipulation

Federal regulators are six months into a wide-ranging investigation of U.S. oil markets, with a focus on possible price manipulation.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Thursday it started the probe in December and took the unusual step of publicizing it “because of today’s unprecedented market conditions.”
The commission said details of the investigation remain confidential, but [...]

CDC Software Adds Two Latin American Companies to Franchise Partner Program as It Expands in Rapidly Growing Emerging Markets

CDC Software, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation and a provider of industry-specific enterprise software applications and business services, announced today that it has added two new partners from Chile and Brazil to its growing and diversified Franchise Partner Program, that now totals seven companies.
The CDC Software Franchise Partner Program funds CDC Software’s investments, through [...]

Samson Oil & Gas Provides Operational Advice on Sabretooth Well

The Davis Bintliff #1 well was drilling ahead at a measured depth of 13,336 feet as at 0600 hours CDT this morning. A drilling break (an increase in the rate of penetration) was recorded from 13,196 to 13,267 feet measured depth. In line with industry practice, drilling was temporarily halted to observe the fluid level [...]

Uranium Energy Corp. Announces Results of AGM

Uranium Energy Corp. is pleased to announce that, in conjunction with the holding of the Company’s recent annual general meeting of stockholders on July 24, 2008, the following matters were duly ratified by the Company’s stockholders and have now been implemented by the Board of Directors in the following manner:
– [...]

Arch Coal Posts Profit Gain, Cuts Forecast on Prices

Arch Coal Inc., the second-largest U.S. coal producer, said third-quarter profit more than doubled as cost reductions more than made up for a decline in prices. The company’s shares dropped as Arch cut its profit forecast and said it will slow production while prices are low.
Net income jumped to $50.9 million, or 35 cents a [...]

Delek US Holdings, Inc. Confirms One Fatality from Tyler Refinery Fire

Delek US Holdings, Inc., a diversified energy company with assets in the petroleum refining, marketing and retail industries, today confirmed that there has been one fatality resulting from a fire which occurred at the Company’s 60,000-barrel-per-day Tyler, Texas refinery on Nov. 20.
“We are deeply saddened by the loss of our friend and colleague. Our thoughts [...]

BHP Billiton is squaring off against farming families in northwest New South Wales over some of Australia’s largest coal reserves.

The rural land south of Gunnedah contains an estimated 500 million tonnes of coal.
While the lands are rich in coal, they are also among the most productive agricultural lands in Australia and feature significant underground water reserves.
Farmers worry underground mining could disturb ancient aquifers, threatening livelihoods.
Tim Duddy is a fifth generation farmer whose 3000ha of [...]

BMB Munai: Kariman-2 Drilling Finished

BMB Munai, Inc. said that drilling of the Kariman-2 well was finished on December 25, 2006, by its drilling contractor. Drilling operations were concluded at the depth of 3,535 meters, upon reaching the end of the targeted Middle Triassic horizons. The well was spudded on August 15, 2006, and is the first well drilled from [...]

Tag: bmb munai

Franklin Electric sale of Bluffton plant, 2nd ethanol project top stories of 2006

From major economic development announcements and projects in terms of two ethanol plants to the nearly completed expansion of the Wells County Library and state accolades to Norwell students, Wells County experienced good times in 2006.
From the untimely and tragic deaths of several Wells County residents to the closing of an Ossian manufacturing plant that [...]

Tag: scott mossburg

Goodrich Petroleum to Present at Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference

Goodrich Petroleum Corporation announced that the Company’s Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Walter G. Goodrich and President, Robert C. Turnham, Jr., will present at the Raymond James 28th Annual Institutional Investors Conference in Orlando, Florida at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress on Monday, March 5, 2007, at 1:40 pm Eastern Time. A copy of the [...]