The leader of the American Petroleum Institute will leave the industry's top Washington lobbying group in August, after helping win new places to drill, expand markets for U.S. oil and defeat a Trump administration plan to subsidize coal-fired power plants.Read full newsRead More
Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc agreed annual deals to buy Libyan crude, underscoring how the North African country's recovering production and improving security are enticing some of the world's largest oil companies.Read full newsRead More
Last year set a unique and exciting stage for 2018 and beyond. Globally, a trend of misinformation and misuse of information has brought a new thirst for credible and trusted science. Our common fu...Read full newsRead More
A wave of looting by hungry mobs across Venezuela has left streets of shuttered shops in provincial towns and pushed some store owners to arm themselves with guns and machetes, stirring fear that the turmoil could spread to the capital Caracas.Read full newsRead More
The World Gold Council recently highlighted four gold market trends that are expected to impact the market as 2018 continues.Read full newsRead More
A staggering rally in the shares of Indian graphite electrode producer HEG Ltd. shows no sign of losing steam as global shortages persist amid increasing demand from European steelmakers.Read full newsRead More
If regulatory concerns aren't enough to explain Bitcoin's 50 percent slump from its record high reached last month, how about blaming it on the moon?Read full newsRead More
Canada's Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) announced this week that a team of unionized employees and management has been gradually restarting priority areas of its El Lim??n-Guajes mine, located in the state of Guerrero and one of the richest open-pit gold deposits in Mexico.In an official statement, the Toronto-based miner said that more employees will be called back as additional sections of the...Read More
Phivida Activates Distribution Agreement for Washington MarketVANCOUVER, Jan. 17, 2018 /CNW/ - Phivida Holdings Inc. (Read full newsRead More
Clinigen Group PLC (LON:CLIN) chief executive Shaun Chilton discusses the group's half year trading update with Proactive's Andrew Scott.Chilton says they're well positioned for another year of growth with trading at the halfway stage in line with expectations.Revenues were up 28% year-on-year, although the figure was distorted by what are called 'pass through costs' associated with the unlicensed...Read More
3:00pm: Interserve shares fall on govt scrutiny, but broker says it is not the next CarillionInterserve Plc (LON:IRV) shares are under pressure in the wake of Carillion's collapse, on Wednesday the share was down 1.65% at 119p.It comes amid reports of government scrutiny over the financial health of contractors.The UK Cabinet Office has set up a team of officials to keep an eye on the outsourcer,...Read More
U.S. industrial production increased more than expected in December as unseasonably cold weather at the end of the month boosted demand for heating, but manufacturing output barely rose, pointing to moderate growth in the industrial sector.Read full newsRead More
Amid the wild Bitcoin ride that's wiped more than 40 percent off the cryptocurrency's price in a month, a pattern may be emerging: sellers are switching out of digital gold and into the real thing.Read full newsRead More
Bitcoin's recent wobbles have given fresh urgency to a question that's gripped market observers for much of the past year: Will the cryptocurrency go down as one of history's most infamous bubbles, alongside tulipmania and the dot-com craze?Read full newsRead More
Tim Coughlin, president and chief executive of Royal Road Minerals Ltd (CVE:RYR), updates Proactive on their current drill programme in Nicaragua.Coughlin says they're up to hole number four with the initial two drill holes sitting in the laboratory - results on those are due in the next couple of weeks.Another six holes in the programme are yet to be drilled. Meet Netscientific PLC, discove...Read More
The last we heard from Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) it claimed that an underlying 2% rise in revenue represented "a good start to the year".Offsetting the ongoing decline in the letters business, the group saw a 6% rise in UK parcels revenue and a 9% revenue increase in its General Logistics Systems (GLS) business in the six months to 24 September.As one might expect, however, the Christmas period is...Read More
The classic American school bus - yellow, loud and trailing diesel exhaust - may soon get an electric upgrade.Each weekday morning, buses running on nothing but battery packs shuttle students to schools in northern Sacramento and the neighboring suburbs. The vehicles - made by Lion Bus of Quebec, Trans Tech Bus of New York state and Motiv Power Systems of Hayward - are cleaner and quieter than the...Read More
Bitcoin has rebounded over $1000 off its lows, breaking back above $10,000... The question on everyone's mind, did the bubble just burst or do you BTFD?Read full newsRead More
RM Secured Direct Lending PLC's (LON:RDML) James Robson tells Proactive the portfolio has grown to 24 debt investments across 13 sectors.Robson adds three-quarters of the portfolio is in higher-yielding private bi-lateral or private club investments with the remainder in more liquid public debt transactions.The trust's investment manager, RM Capital Markets, continued to grow the portfolio of secu...Read More
Amid the wild Bitcoin ride that's wiped more than 40 percent off the cryptocurrency's price in a month, a pattern may be emerging: sellers are switching out of digital gold and into the real thing.Read full newsRead More