BG Group (LON:BG) confirmed that the eleventh well on the BM-S-11 concession in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, was successful.
Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) announced the pricing of the underwritten secondary offering of 25.6 million shares of Cloud Peak Energy Inc.'s common stock for US$19.50 per share. Following the completion of the offering, Rio Tinto will retain an approximately 6.2 per cent interest in Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC.
Serco Group (LON:SRP) reconfirmed the guidance given in its Interim Management Statement on 15 November.
“We remain on track to deliver our financial guidance for 2010, which is for continued strong organic revenue growth and further progress towards our 2012 margin guidance,” said Serco.
Goldplat (LON:GDP) announced a maiden JORC-compliant resource at the first target on the 246 square kilometre Nyieme gold exploration project located in Burkina Faso totalling 685,000 tonnes at 2.61 grammes per tonne (g/t) gold for 57,501 ounces of gold at a cut-off grade of 1 g/t gold for all categories.
Deltex Medical (LON:DEMG) announced that its French distribution partner, Gamida SA, has won a tender to supply the CardioQ-ODM to the Paris public hospital system.
Lipoxen (LON:LPX) has received positive Phase II clinical trial results for both efficacy and toxicity from the company's long-acting erythropoietin (EPO) candidate ErepoXen. EPO is a glycoprotein hormone secreted by the kidneys that controls red blood cell production.
Churchill Mining (LON:CHL) has completed the purchase of the land to be used as the site of the future port facility for the shipment of coal from the East Kutai coal project.