Iron Road has declared that its Stage VI drilling program at the Central Eyre iron project (CEIP) is progressing as planned.
Brenham Oil & Gas has acquired an oil field, which consists of 20 oil wells, and is located on around 700 A land in the Texas-located Permian Basin next to Abilene.
By Joel Scanlon
3 Aug 2011
Black Raven Energy has acquired an 80% working interest in the Adena Field for $15.75 M. The area of this field is 18,760 gross acres located in Morgan County of Colorado and will be operated by the company.
By Joel Scanlon
3 Aug 2011
Lundin Norway, a subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum, and their associates Talisman Energy Norge (Talisman) and Noreco, has submitted a plan for the development and operation (PDO) of the Brynhild field to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.
By Joel Scanlon
3 Aug 2011
Uranerz Energy has started on-site construction of its Nichols Ranch in-situ recovery (ISR) Uranium Project, which is situated in Wyoming’s Central Powder River Basin in U.S.A.
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. (FMCG), the world's largest producers of copper, gold & molybdenum, has had an excellent second quarter. Earnings have practically doubled based on soaring metal prices and sales growth in double digits. The company posted a net profit of $1.37 billion.
By Joel Scanlon
2 Aug 2011
Centrex Metals is now one step closer to establishing an export hub on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula. The Program for Environmental Protection and Rehabilitation for an iron ore mine near Lock was approved by the South Australian government.
Macarthur Coal Ltd refused an unsolicited $5.2 billion bid from a pair of industrial giants over the weekend. Peabody Energy Corp and ArcelorMittal had offered a 40% premium over the current stock market value for Macarthur Coal.
By Joel Scanlon
2 Aug 2011
Kulczyk Oil Ventures has tested the gas at the second zone of the Olgovskoye-9 well in Ukraine and updated the O-8 well.
By Joel Scanlon
2 Aug 2011
Cullen Resources has unveiled high-grade zinc discovery, which intercepted 8.98% zinc over 3 m at a huge sulphide zone in the TL property.
By Joel Scanlon
2 Aug 2011
Beach Energy has discovered two new oil fields at Bauer-1 well in the Western Flank, where one is the third in a five well exploration program at the PEL 91, and the other is the last well in the preliminary 11-well program in the PEL 92 at Rincon-1.
By Joel Scanlon
2 Aug 2011
Despite a World Trade Organization (WTO) decision that China’s restriction of rare earths export quotas is a violation of trade rules that nation has announced that it will further reduce the quotas for export. EU Trade Spokesperson John Clancy said that the decision was highly disappointing.
Bolivia and South Korea have agreed to a joint venture to exploit the lithium battery business sector. The Korean state run Korea Resources Corp or KORES as it is known announced on Sunday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Bolivia's state-owned mining corporation COMIBOL.
By Joel Scanlon
1 Aug 2011
The drilling program at the Twin Bonanza Gold Camp Project owned by ABM Resources is proceeding very well. The results from the Buccaneer Porphyry Gold Deposit have shown significant gold intersection of 0.52 grams per tonne over 427 meters.
By Joel Scanlon
1 Aug 2011
The second quarter earnings of Lundin Mining Corporation have shown an increase of 36% from the corresponding period last year. However this was less than what the company expected. The lower earnings were a result of poor ore grades at their Portugal and Sweden based mines.