LONDON: Regal Petroleum plc has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the acquisition of PJSC Science and Production Concern Ukrnaftinvest (UNI), which holds the Belolisky and Alibeysk-Trapivska production licences in Ukraine. The Memorandum is made between the Company and Ms Lidiia Chernysh and Bolaso Investments Limited, who each own 50% of the issued…
Galena appoints Stewart Howe to its board
SUBIACO: Galena Mining Ltd has appointed Stewart Howe as a Non-Executive Director. The appointment of Howe, a mining and chemical engineer with considerable senior management experience in the global lead/zinc industry, has been made as part of Galena’s continuing evolution of its Board to ensure the best available skills are employed as the Abra Base…
Flex LNG enters into a long-term charter with Gunvor
HAMILTON: Flex LNG Ltd. through one of its subsidiaries has entered into a long-term time charter with Clearlake Shipping Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Gunvor Group Ltd. The period under the time charter is up to ten years where the first five years are firm. The vessel to be employed under this time charter will…
Nexans declares five-month extension for the CSV Polar King
OSLO: Nexans Skagerrak AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexans Norway AS, have today declared a five-month extension for the CSV Polar King, making the charter firm until July 2020. Polar King is a multipurpose subsea vessel specially designed for operation under severe weather conditions with high manoeuvrability and station keeping capabilities. The vessel provides…
US companies reluctant to visit Pakistan due to negative perception: Santella
KARACHI: Agricultural Counselor of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rey Santella has said although they were inviting the US business community but many of them were still reluctant to visit Pakistan mainly due to negative perception and also because of legal and Information Technology related hurdles that need to be addressed. “Pakistan had many…
Euromoney acquires Wealth-X for $20.4 million
LONDON, UK: Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, the global information business providing essential B2B information to global and specialist markets, announced the acquisition of 100% of Wealth-X Pte. Ltd. Wealth-X is the market-leading provider of data-driven intelligence on the world’s wealthiest individuals. The platform’s proprietary database is embedded in the workflow of banks, wealth managers, luxury…
Catalyst forms joint venture with St Barbara
PERTH: Catalyst Metals Limited’s wholly owned subsidiary, Kite Operations Pty Ltd have entered into an earn-in and joint venture agreement with gold producer St Barbara Limited. Under the agreement, St Barbara may acquire a 50% participating interest in EL006507 (the Drummartin Project) by funding not less than $3.5 million of Project Expenditure within 48 months…
Penelope Winn appointed to Coca-Cola Amatil Board
PETH: Coca-Cola Amatil notified that Ms Penelope Winn will join the Amatil Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director, effective 2 December 2019. Ms Winn is currently a Non-Executive Director of Caltex Australia Limited, CSR Limited, Goodman Limited and Goodman Funds Management Limited. Ms Winn will step down as Chair and Non-Executive Director of Port Waratah…
James Latham acquires of Dresser Mouldings for £1 million
LONDON, UK: James Latham Plc has acquired the entire issued share capital of Dresser Mouldings (Rochdale) Limited, a specialised processor of timber and cladding products. The Company has acquired Dresser for £1 million. The consideration will be satisfied in cash from the Company’s existing resources. For the year ended 31 December 2018, the turnover of…
Salmat to sell marketing solutions business for $25 million
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Salmat Limited has entered into an agreement to sell its Marketing Solutions business to a wholly-owned subsidiary of IVE Group Limited for $25 million cash. Under the terms of the agreement, completion is scheduled to occur on 1 January 2020, subject to the satisfaction of conditions precedent. As part of the transaction, IVE…
LNG Limited extends $4.623bn EPC contract with KSJV
SYDNEY: Liquefied Natural Gas Limited has extended the validity period of its current binding engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with KSJV (a KBR – SKE&C joint venture led by KBR) for its 100% owned subsidiary, Magnolia LNG LLC. The binding lump sum turnkey (LSTK) EPC US$4.623 billion contract providing an installed EPC cost/tonne of…
Savannah becomes sponsor to FST Lisboa
LONDON: Savannah Resources plc has become a sponsor to FST Lisboa, a team of engineering students from the University of Lisbon focused on the design and build of innovative, lithium-ion battery powered formula race cars. This season, FST Lisboa (www.fstlisboa.com) includes a team of 43 engineering students, working towards developing their next generation electric vehicle…