Geovic Mining Corp. announced the appointment of Conrad B. Houser to the position of Senior Vice President, as well as President of Geovic Energy Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary.
Mr. Houser has more than 25 years experience in international mining activities, including project management, strategic planning, finance, administration, mine design, environmental permitting, compliance, and marketing. Additionally, as [...]

WSP Holdings Limited, a leading Chinese manufacturer of API (American Petroleum Institute) and non-API seamless casing, tubing and drill pipes used in oil and natural gas exploration, drilling and extraction (”Oil Country Tubular Goods” or “OCTG”), and other pipes and connectors, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipes Company, Limited (”WSP China”), [...]

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 [...]

Pan Australian Resources Ltd has officially opened its $US241 million ($A257.03 million) Phu Kham copper-gold mine in Laos.
Commissioning was completed several months ahead of the company’s mid-2008 target date, and within budget, enabling it to move quickly to take advantage of record copper prices.
Managing director Gary Stafford said the Lao government had exercised its right [...]

Indonesia has denied that it will set a quota for coal exports as it wants to reserve the coal for future use.
The reports had prompted rising interest in the country’s natural resources from energy-hungry China and India.
The reports were baseless and the new mining law likely to be passed by Parliament by June would in [...]

Oil Search Ltd has sold a package of its Middle Eastern assets for $US200 million ($A216.01 million) to focus on the development of a liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea.
The oil and gas producer, PNG’s largest, has sold eight assets across Egypt and Yemen to private outfit, Kuwait Energy Company KSC.
“The sale of [...]

Asia faces the threat of higher inflation, slower growth and tougher times for exporters after oil prices hit new highs and the dollar plunged last week.
Farmers, miners and oil companies could benefit from high commodity prices. But most of Asia is dependent on imported energy and raw materials, and even some oil-exporting countries such as [...]

Thailand and Cambodia plan to set up Joint Development Areas (JDA) covering 26,000 square kilometres of overlapping border areas to facilitate the exploration of natural gas and crude oil, Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama said yesterday. Mr Noppadon said the Thai and Cambodian foreign ministries will hold talks on the establishment of the JDA to [...]

Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Kuwait will host on Monday the World Energy and Chemicals Exhibition and Conference held under the auspices of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah with participation of 70 local and international companies.
The four-day conference and exhibition will be inaugurated by the Minister of Electricity and Water and [...]

PTT PC , Thailand’s top energy firm, said on Thursday it would sell its stake in Star Petroleum Refining Cc (SPRC) if a planned listing of the oil refiner went ahead this year.
PTT, which owns 36 percent of SPRC, wanted to list the refiner in the fourth quarter of 2007, but that would depend on [...]