Commodities

Providence and Lansdowne tick higher on news of conditional deal to farm-out Barryroe

By Amy McLellan Shares in Providence Resources edged higher on Monday as the AIM-quoted oil company confirmed it has reached…

A New Cape Town Conference Looks Set Dramatically To Alter The Dynamic Of Indaba

It’s not a rival. But it does run concurrently. The 121 Mining Investment conference got underway this week to coincide…

That Was The Week That Was … In Australia

By Our Man in Oz Minews. Good morning Australia, your market seems to have staged a solid recovery, recouping the…

Poweralternatives: SeaEnergy gets off to good start in 2015 with first contract win in Canada

By Amy McLellan SeaEnergy is one of those companies that has been through many reinventions. The Aberdeen-based company started life…

Infrastrata is on course to find the funding for the first well on its gas storage project in Northern Ireland

By Stewart Dalby Infrastrata’s potential salt cavern gas storage project in Northern Ireland has seemed like a bit of a…

Geopolitical nervousness and supply uncertainty move oil markets

By Eithne Treanor Geopolitical nervousness and supply uncertainty moved markets this week. The January jobs data from the US could…

Conference report 2: Tangiers Petroleum reinvents itself with “unique” Project Icewine on Alaska’s North Slope

By Amy McLellan Hit hard by the TAO-1 duster offshore Morocco, Australia's Tangiers Petroleum has re-invented itself, with new management…

Shanta Gold’s Record Production In 2014 Will Be Followed Up By Heavy Downward On Costs This Year

By Alastair Ford It’s been a rocky ride for shareholders in Shanta Gold over the past few years. The shares…

Conference report 1: Oilbarrel.com’s 70th conference sees discussions about conflict in Ukraine, the oil price and first oil from the Falkland Islands

By Amy McLellan Anthony Robinson, the FT's former Moscow correspondent and Oilbarrel.com's go-to expert on Russian affairs, made a bold…

Kibaran Begins To Show Real Ambition, With Plans To Increase Graphite Output At Epanko

By Alastair Ford “We think the numbers are reasonable”, says John Park, well-known veteran of the junior mining scene and…