Legal-Regulatory News
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The Queensland government has withdrawn its support for a 9 billion Australian dollar (US$8.86 billion) coal port expansion in the northern part of the state, in a sign the country's resources boom is losing steam. |
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The Atlantic Wind Connection offshore wind transmission line cleared a regulatory hurdle Monday as the Interior Department said it hadn't received any overlapping interest in similar projects from competitors. |
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InterOil Corp.'s first-quarter earnings surged as the oil and gas company posted a jump in revenue from its refining and downstreambusinesses and benefited from foreign exchange gains, while the company also said it received notice that the government of Papua New Guinea intends to ax its embattled plan for a major new liquid-gas project in the country. |
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First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) today announced that it has received a written confirmation of an offer from Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation Limited ("Zesco"), for the connection and supply of power to the proposed Sentinel copper project in Zambia at a mutually-agreeable electricity tariff level. |
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Chilean regional environmental authorities approved global diversified mining company Xstrata PLC's Cuervo hydroelectric project Tuesday. |
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Newmont Mining Corp. plans to complete a review of recommendations for its stalled Minas Conga copper and gold project in Peru in the next few weeks, a company spokesman said Tuesday. |
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Origin Energy is seeking proposals for the planned development of the 547-megawatt Stockyard Hill Wind Farm in Australia's Victoria state, a person familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal Tuesday. |
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German engineering conglomerate Siemens AG plans to use common platform and production strategies and the introduction of components to lower costs in the wind plant business, the head of the wind power unit tells German weekly WirtschaftsWoche in an interview. |
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Apache Corp. said Thursday it has a positive outlook for its operations in Egypt despite the ongoing political struggles in the Arab country. |
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Brazilian mining company Vale SA is "very concerned" about the political and institutional situation in Argentina following that country's decision to expropriate part of oil company YPF SA, and is "analyzing the merits" of its Rio Colorado potash project in Argentina as a result, CEO Murilo Ferreira said Thursday. |