Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), an international private equity firm focused on investing across the African continent, today announced a U.S. $30 million initial investment in Salt Investment S.A. (SI). The company is a new Djibouti-based salt production and export company that will harvest, wash and export salt extracted from Lake Assal, the largest undeveloped salt [...]
It is reported that as the trend continues its efforts to strengthen its operations and management team in such a hard way, freight railroad operator CSX Corp. said Tuesday its second-quarter earnings rose 19 percent on strong demand for coal, grain and metals. Besides, the company emphasizes its Full-year earnings prediction with a target of [...]
Ben Bernake, Federal Reserve Chairman, stated that the U.S. economy is facing “significant” risks to growth, while the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries lowered its forecast for world oil-demand growth for 2008 and 2009. in apart chances John Kilduff, an analyst at futures brokerage MF Global, said “Signs of economic contraction and financial-market malaise are [...]
After the Federal Reserve chairman sounded bleak notes on the U.S. economy, and world supplies loosened a bit, Crude-oil futures sank more than $6 a barrel Tuesday. After the U.S. opened its Strategic Petroleum Reserve at the onset of the first Gulf War.Light, sweet crude for August delivery settled down $6.44, or 4.4%, at $138.74 [...]
United Uranium Corp. announced that it has completed a property acquisition on the eastern side of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. The Cleveland Island property is located approximately 30 miles east - northeast of Hathor’s Roughrider zone. This most recent acquisition covers 987 ha of land in the Wollaston Lake area. The Company holds a [...]
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated expects second quarter 2008 earnings to be in the range of $1.65 to $1.67 per share, including a $0.11 per share one-time net tax benefit. ATI had previously said that it expected second quarter earnings to be somewhat higher than the $1.40 per share achieved in the first quarter 2008.
“ATI is benefiting [...]
Mantis Mineral Corp. is pleased to announce the completion of the first tranche of it previously announced private placement of units at price of $0.23 per unit with Citadel Securities Inc. and HDL Capital Corporation as agents. A total of 6,312,000 units were sold for gross proceeds of $1,451,760. Each unit consists of one “flow-through” [...]
Almaden Minerals Ltd. has received results from a 2008 winter exploration program on its 57.7% owned ATW diamond property located at Mackay Lake, NWT. The project is located proximal to a number of active diamond projects: The Diavik Mine lies about 18 miles north, the Snap Lake Project is about 42 miles southwest, and Mountain [...]
