EnerCom, Inc., announced today the lineup and schedule for The Oil & Gas Conference®, http://www.theoilandgasconference.com. In its 13th year, the Conference, held in Denver Aug. 10-14, is the oldest and largest energy investment conference hosted in Denver, showcasing more than 70 companies with a combined enterprise value of more than $500 billion. This premier forum [...]

Some lawmakers on Capitol Hill say investors have a role in rising oil prices, pointing out that speculation in crude futures has nearly doubled since 2000.
Pension funds, Wall Street banks and other large investors that have no intention of taking delivery of fuel have increasingly pumped money into contracts for oil and other commodities as [...]

In its monthly market report, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said oil’s recent volatility — the price for a barrel has swung back and forth in a $10 range over the past week alone — “reconfirms the view that current price levels do not reflect supply and demand realities.”
Looking ahead to the second [...]

Western Australia’s iron ore boom is set to roll on, with fresh predictions that prices will rise again next year as yet another international steel producer joins the rush for WA iron ore assets ahead of a State visit by officials from one of Russia’s biggest iron and steel groups.
Addressing shareholders of African iron [...]

Net profit at Russian mining giant MMC Norilsk Nickel , according to the company’s IFRS report, increased 140% year-on-year from $974 million in the first half of 2005
to $2.367 billion in the same period this year, which was much higher than forecast by analysts.
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