Samson Oil & Gas currently produces around 100 BOPD (gross) from a horizontal well placed in the Bluell Formation of the North Harstad oil field which is located in the central part of the Williston Basin. This well has been on production for 15 months and has demonstrated the productive capacity of this formation such [...]

Teton Energy Corporation announced today that it successfully syndicated its three-year $150 million bank credit facility to a group of four domestic banks. The facility was originally underwritten by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., which will continue to act as the administrative agent on the facility. Joining JPMorgan in the bank group are Royal Bank of [...]

ArcelorMittal, the world largest integrated metals and mining company, has acquired Astralloy Steel Products Inc. (“Astralloy”) a subsidiary of IMS International Metal Service. Astralloy operates three warehouses and employs 60 people in North America. Its 2007 revenues were USD 34 million.
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ArcelorMittal is the world’s largest integrated metals and mining company, with over 310,000 employees [...]

Oil prices surged past $143 a barrel for the first time and then fell back as a rising dollar prompted some investors to sell.
Crude gave back its gains after the Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Index of Midwest Manufacturing beat estimates and the dollar strengthened against the euro.
Light, sweet crude for August delivery fell 21 cents to [...]

ArcelorMittal today announces that it has increased its stake in Macarthur Coal Limited (ASX: MCC - News) from 14.9% to 19.9%, following the acquisition of a further 5 % stake (10,607,830 shares) from Talbot Group Holdings.
The shares were purchased at $ AUD 20, bringing ArcelorMittal’s total investment in Macarthur Coal to $ AUD 843 million. [...]

Hecla Mining Company has approved a revision to its agreement with Rusoro Mining Ltd. (Rusoro) to extend the date to July 8, 2008, for closing the transaction to sell its subsidiaries engaged in mining and exploring for gold in Venezuela to Rusoro for $25 million. The sale agreement was previously announced on June 19, 2008, [...]

AmMex Gold Mining Corp. announced that it has decided not to proceed with the acquisition of 100% of the mining rights to the Cold Creek Gold Project, located in Cassia County, Idaho, near the Utah-Nevada border.
Management and the Board of Directors concluded that the Cold Creek property, while being a property of merit, does not [...]

Pan African Mining Corp. announce the closing today of the Plan of Arrangement and related transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement dated May 9, 2008, as amended June 17, 2008, among Asia Thai Mining Co., Ltd., 0819615 B.C. Ltd., the Company and African Queen Mines Ltd., a newly formed subsidiary of the Company. A Final [...]

Pioneer Drilling Company (Amex: PDC) announced that it has been notified by the American Stock Exchange (”AMEX”) that AMEX has accepted the Company’s plan to regain compliance with the AMEX continued listing standards and that the Company’s listing will be continued pursuant to an extension.
The Company previously submitted a plan to AMEX outlining its ability [...]

Oil futures climbed to a new record near $143 a barrel as the dollar weakened against the euro, confirming expectations that the falling greenback, a major factor in crude’s stratospheric rise, will extend its decline and add to oil’s appeal.
Retail gas prices inched lower overnight, but are likely to resume their own trek into [...]