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Alaska sees TransCanada's LNG project stake worth $70-$100 million

By Osamu Tsukimori TOKYO (Reuters) – Alaska could pay $70 million to $100 million for TransCanada’s 25 percent stake in the midstream and upstream sectors of the proposed Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, Governor Bill Walker said on Thursday. Walker has recommended to legislators that the U.S. state should buy the stake, adding to a similar stake in a planned liquefaction plant and giving it a quarter share of

Glencore in talks on streaming deals on Chile, Peru mines -sources

[Reuters] – Glencore is in talks with Franco-Nevada Corp, Silver Wheaton Corp, Royal Gold Inc and two other companies to sell portions of the future production of three South American copper mines, two sources with knowledge of the talks said. The so-called streaming deals involve Glencore’s Antamina and Antapaccay copper mines in Peru, and its Collahausi mine in Chile, they said. Streaming transactions are a type of alternative financing in

Rand Paul begins shilling for Monsanto

(NaturalNews) In a strange twist, Rand Paul has recently allied with Monsanto and has joined the ranks of academic shill Kevin Folta after coming out against GMO labeling, stating that the labeling requirements would push up the price of food for consumers — particularly poor…