Shell Oil Company proudly announced that it has earned the top rating of 100 percent in the 2009 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), an annual survey administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Shell joins the ranks of 259 other major U.S. businesses that get top marks for their treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender [...]

Rio Tinto Alcan marked the signing of a one-of-a-kind labour agreement with sixteen labour unions for the construction of the Kitimat Modernization Project at a ceremony in Vancouver. This agreement between the Kitimat Modernization Employer Association and the unions facilitates access to the qualified British Columbia building trades workforce, with joint commitments to local and [...]

“Today’s 5.4 percent crude oil price increase to $121.18 a barrel despite decreased demand and increased supply is a clear sign that speculators continue to dominate the commodities markets hurting our national economy,” said Lea Wilson, executive director of the Washington Oil Marketers Association (WOMA).
“There is absolutely no economic reason for prices to increase the [...]

Below is a statement issued by T. Boone Pickens following his meeting this morning with U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL):
“I enjoyed the opportunity to meet Senator Obama and discuss an issue that is America’s top priority, which is ending our dependence on foreign oil that today is approaching 70 percent of our imports and is [...]

Komatsu America Corp.’s D51 EX/PX-22 crawler dozer won a silver award for their design in the IDEA® (International Design Excellence Awards) competition. The D51 design was honored in the Commercial and Industrial category for its super-slant nose engine hood which provides the operator with exceptional visibility of the top blade edge and area in [...]

Arctic Oil & Gas Corp., a petroleum exploration company, announce that The Company is a co-applicant for a group of offshore OCS and State leases in the Santa Barbara Channel covering known oil-gas deposits estimated to contain between 250 million to 500 million barrels of oil and gas equivalent. These resources have minimal geological risks [...]

Nucor Corporationannounced that its wholly owned subsidiary, The David J. Joseph Company (”DJJ”), has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the assets of the American Compressed Steel operations of Secondary Resources, Inc. American Compressed is based in Kansas City, Missouri. In addition, DJJ has completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Victoria, Texas-based [...]

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of the outstanding capital stock of PNA Group Holding Corporation, a national steel service center group. The transaction value of approximately $1.065 billion included approximately $725 million of PNA’s debt that was repaid or refinanced, including the settlement of Reliance’s cash [...]

CONSOL Energy Inc.’s Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share, payable on August 25, 2008, to shareholders of record on August 7, 2008.
CONSOL Energy Inc., a high-Btu bituminous coal and coal bed methane company, is a member of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Equity Index and has annual revenues of [...]

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity today issued the following statement in response to the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) passage of an air permit for the proposed Desert Rock power plant:
“ACCCE is pleased that the EPA has recognized the tangible environmental and economic benefits the Desert Rock project will provide for the [...]