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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... trading was halted pending an announcement on its planned sell down of its equity interest in the Gladstone liquefied natural gas project in Queensland. BHP Billiton, which is also a significant oil producer, gained 84 cents to $45.94 while takeover ...

Baring Asia pumps $95m in green fuel

... Zou, chairman and president of CCBM. According to industry pundits, coalbed methane could be a good substitute for natural gas and China could be a leader in providing this alternative energy source. Latest statistics from the China Coal Information ...

Australia catches Dutch Disease

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... Economist magazine "to describe the decline of the manufacturing sector in the Netherlands after the discovery of natural gas in the 1960s." "The hypothesis is that an increase in revenues from natural resources will de-industrialise a nation's economy ...

Power up on low emission stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... buying," Baker said. "The recent correction had some positive effects including reversing overpricing in uranium and natural gas which now represented fair value with some good investment possibilities." According to Baker, Babcock & Brown Power's stock ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
... gained 15 cents to $14.15 and Oil Search rose two cents to $4.18. Santos announced today it would build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility at Gladstone in Queensland, which would process coal seam gas for sale into export markets. The facility is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
... Energy stocks fell, led by ConocoPhillips, because of concern about dwindling profit margins for gasoline. In addition, natural gas prices declined due to forecasts for below-normal summer temperatures, hurting utility stocks. But the Dow was lifted ...

Germany rebuffed on hedge fund regulation call

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
... recently come under renewed scrutiny after Amaranth Advisors LLC lost a record A$8.3 billion last September from bets on natural gas.

JPMorgan banks on alternative energy returns

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... Australian dollar." The fund invests in 15 of the largest global alternative energy companies in the energy sub-sectors of natural gas, wind, solar, ethanol, geothermal, hydro and batteries.

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
... 2005-06. The nation's largest ports Port Hedland and Dampier exported 220 million tones of mostly iron ore and liquefied natural gas worth nearly $16 billion, making them rank about the fourth largest port combination behind Shanghai, Singapore and Rotterdam. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
... retain about 20 per cent of offshore reserves because, as Premier Alan Carpenter noted, the state could run out of natural gas in 10 to 15 years and without a reservation policy local consumers may be forced to pay international market prices. The Washington ...