TITANIUM 2008 is the 24th annual conference and exhibition hosted and organized by Colorado based International Titanium Association (ITA). The conference will be held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, September 21-24th.
The mission for TITANIUM 2008 will be to provide global insights on the state of the titanium industry from a world perspective. [...]
The European Commission says oil prices are bound to stay high and cautioned European Union governments against giving short-term handouts to fishermen, farmers, truckers and others suffering from high fuel costs.
The Commission is drafting a report on the issue for next week’s spring meeting in Brussels of the 27 EU leaders.
Against a backdrop of protests [...]
Soaring oil and food prices lifted inflation to record levels in Europe on Wednesday and posed a serious threat to governments worldwide amid expert warnings of social upheaval.
Record inflation 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 [...]
Genera-08, the International Energy and Environment Fair, will provide the framework for the staging of two business meetings among international companies on 27th and 28th February. One of these meetings forms part of an AL-Invest Programme run by the European Union, whilst the other is a ´Brokerage Event´ that will focus on the transfer of [...]
Genera-08, the International Energy and Environment Fair, will provide the framework for the staging of two business meetings among international companies on 27th and 28th February. One of these meetings forms part of an AL-Invest Programme run by the European Union, whilst the other is a ´Brokerage Event´ that will focus on the transfer of [...]
THE world’s largest untapped oil reserves - in the Canadian Arctic - have become the new front line in the battle between environmentalists and the energy industry.
Shell, a self-styled “green” energy company, is to invest billions of dollars in exploiting the Athabasca tar sands.
Environmentalists say the tar sands are the world’s dirtiest oil deposits and [...]
The European Commission Thursday ruled illegal EUR98.4 million of aid from the region of Sardinia to the mining company Nuova Mineraria Silius.
The company must pay back the money.
In its ruling, the Commission found that each year since 1997 the region of Sardinia has transferred public funds in order to cover the mine’s losses, keeping in [...]
Norilsk Nickel is set to close the deal with OM Group Inc. (USA) on March 1, 2007. Norilsk Nickel will thus acquire OMG’s nickel assets for $408m, the Russian company’s press office said. The European commission approved the deal on February 6.
OMG nickel assets include a nickel refining facility [...]
OJSC Mining and Metallurgical Company Norilsk Nickel (“Norilsk Nickelâ€) is pleased to announce that it has received necessary regulatory clearances for the transaction with OM Group, Inc. (“OMGâ€) to acquire its nickel business (the “Nickel Businessâ€). Receipt of these approvals concludes an important step towards closing the transaction which is expected on March 1, 2007.
On [...]
Norilsk Nickel is set to close the deal with OM Group Inc. (USA) on March 1, 2007. Norilsk Nickel will thus acquire OMG’s nickel assets for $408m, the Russian company’s press office said. The European commission approved the deal on February 6.
OMG nickel assets include a nickel refining facility [...]
