Laredo Petroleum, a rapidly growing independent oil and gas company with headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, today announced that it has closed a second round of equity financing of up to $300 million with Warburg Pincus LLC, the global private equity firm, along with Laredo Petroleum’s senior management team. Funding of this line of equity will [...]
Pure Nickel Inc. announce that it has entered into an exploration and option agreement with ITOCHU Corporation, a multi-billion dollar Japanese conglomerate. The agreement provides ITOCHU with the right to earn up to a 75% interest in Pure Nickel’s 720-square-kilometre MAN Alaska property by investing up to $40 million in further exploration and development of [...]
Major oil companies have maintained their stronghold as the world’s most financially effective energy businesses, according to the 2008 Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company rankings announced here Monday evening. But the rankings also point to a performance resurgence by non-oil firms, such as electric utilities, and to the rising importance and influence of Asia-Pacific [...]
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Asia-Pacific Oil & Gas Sectors : A Company and Industry Analysis (August 2008)” report to their offering.
This report updates the previous Asia-Pacific oil and gas report, focusing on the markets in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea
Current Environment - Key Points
- Crude oil prices [...]
Elray Resources, Inc., a technically-driven gold and precious metal mineral exploration company that recently entered into a joint venture to develop a zircon sands deposit in Indonesia, is pleased to provide shareholders with the following background information on the global zircon market, which looks set for ongoing growth.
Zircon is a highly valuable mineral used in [...]
Diadem Resources Ltd. announce that it has entered into an agreement to retain Wakabayashi Fund LLC of Tokyo, Japan to assist Diadem in structuring and arranging one or more financings over a six month period. This will provide the Company with funding for general corporate purposes and to carry out a drilling program at its [...]
Uranium One Inc. announced that it has reached agreement with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. of Japan to create joint ventures in relation to the Australian assets of Uranium One. Under the agreement, Mitsui will acquire a 49% interest in the Honeymoon project and the company’s Australian exploration portfolio. This includes the Goulds Dam and Billeroo [...]
Russell Industries, Inc., is actively seeking leasing and joint venture partners to work its 255 Unpatented Uranium and Vanadium Mining Claims located in San Juan County, Utah. “For the foreseeable future demand for uranium will grow far faster than the present world production. The successful nuclear power initiatives enjoyed by France and Japan are forcing [...]
Ameron International Corporation reported net income of $15.0 million, or $1.63 per diluted share, in the third quarter ended August 31, 2008, compared to $21.1 million, or $2.32 per diluted share, in the third quarter ended August 26, 2007. Sales in the third quarter of 2008 totaled $170.1 million, compared to sales of $165.0 million [...]
Servigistics, the leading strategic service management solution provider, announced today that Japan-based Komatsu Ltd., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction and mining equipment, will implement Servigistics’ award-winning Service Parts Pricing solution globally to optimize pricing and to strengthen its service parts pricing strategy worldwide.
Servigistics Service Parts Pricing is a solution that supports manufacturers [...]
