Oil sands giants Suncor and Petro-Canada agree to merge

Oil sands giants Suncor and Petro-Canada agree to merge

Suncor Energy Inc. and Petro-Canada, both major players in oil sands mining and refining, said today they have agreed to merge. The combined company, with about $C63 billion in combined assets, will operate as Suncor, but will maintain the Petro-Canada name is refined products. “This merger creates a made-in-Canada energy leader with the assets, cost [...]

March 23rd, 2009 by garydillard 
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Gabriel says it’ll cost another $238 million for Rosia Montana

Gabriel says it’ll cost another $238 million for Rosia Montana

Gabriel Resources Ltd. is now projecting it will cost $876 million (excluding working capital) to complete its Rosia Montana gold project in Romania, it said this morning.  That’s up from an estimate of $638 million in 2006, an increase of $238 million, excluding sunk costs of about $147 million, which include about $90 million for [...]

March 5th, 2009 by garydillard 
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Burnstone moves ahead with erection of permanent headgear

Burnstone moves ahead with erection of permanent headgear

Great Basin Gold Ltd. said Feb. 10 it has completed the successful erection of the permanent headgear at the No. 1 vertical shaft of its Burnstone project in the Mpumalanga Province, 80 kilometers from Johannesburg, South Africa. This is the second project for Great Basin Gold, which is now doing trial mining and metallurgical test [...]

February 10th, 2009 by garydillard 
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