DuPont Titanium Technologies today announced a price increase for all DuPont(TM) Ti-Pure® titanium dioxide grades sold in Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.
Effective Oct. 15, prices for DuPont coatings, plastics, specialty, paper and laminate titanium dioxide grades will increase by 150 Euros per tonne in all Euro markets of Western and Central Europe and North [...]

OAO LUKOIL President Vagit Alekperov and ConocoPhillips Chairman and CEO Jim Mulva today participated in a special ceremony on the occasion of the startup of the Yuzhno Khylchuyu (YK) field located in the Nenets Autonomous District.
One of the biggest fields in the north of the Timan Pechora oil and gas province, this field is developed [...]

Kronos Worldwide, Inc. announced a price increase for all titanium dioxide grades sold in Europe and Eastern Europe.
Effective September 15, 2008, prices for all Kronos titanium dioxide pigment grades sold in Europe and Eastern Europe will be increased by the equivalent of 50 Euro per metric ton.
This is a new price increase announcement and is [...]

Manas Petroleum Corporation announces that its wholly owned subsidiary DWM Petroleum AG has entered into a Letter Agreement for the Phase 2 Work Period on August 19, 2008.
DWM Petroleum AG has agreed to permit Santos to commence the Phase 2 Work Program prior to the end of the Phase 1 Work Period.
If Santos does not [...]

Carpathian Gold Inc. announce that it has entered into an option agreement with Caracal Gold LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Electrum Ltd., a private Global Gold Group with a portfolio of over 80 exploration projects around the world. Electrum is managed by a team of professionals with a proven track record of successfully discovering, [...]

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 [...]

A 32-year-old Ukrainian oligarch is planning to launch his $2bn (£1.01bn) iron ore mining group on London’s main market next month. The flotation will be the first full UK listing for a company from the former Soviet republic.
Konstantin Zhevago plans to raise around $500bn by selling a quarter of his holding in Ferrexpo, a mining [...]

Global Gold Corporation (www.globalgoldcorp.com) announced that its board of directors has unanimously elected the following individuals to the corresponding offices:
Van Z. Krikorian, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Michael T. Mason, President & Chief Operating Officer Hrayr Agnerian, Senior Vice President Dr. Ted Urquhart, Vice President Drury J. Gallagher, Chairman Emeritus, Treasurer & Secretary Lester Caesar, [...]

A dispute between Belarus and OAO Gazprom that threatens to interrupt gas supplies to the European Union next week may lead to a more integrated EU energy policy and greater diversification of energy sources.
Gazprom changed a June demand that Belarus pays four times more for its gas next year into a request this week [...]

Global demand for mining equipment is expected to rise 9.3% every year through to 2009 - by which time it will be worth US$27.5 billion, according to a new study.
Global demand for mining equipment is expected to rise 9.3% every year through to 2009 - by which time it will be worth US$27.5 billion, says [...]