GCM Resources Discussion Board http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:GCM.L&display=discussion http://www.iii.co.uk/icons/logos/uk_logo.gif http://www.iii.co.uk tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.5613881 http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:GCM.L&display=discussion&id=5613881&action=detail Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:38:00 GMT Phulbari tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.5613745 Here is my gut feeling.

We have had press comments that the Coal Policy would be ready before "end of the current year".
Yet another committee was set up to oversee the environmental and social aspects of mining in the Phulbari area. This was being done by students.
Leone and small pension/investment funds have recently bought shares.
Dattels was incentivised with shares.
Gerald Holden bought shares.
The Germans are keen to help with Open pit mining and clean coal technology. Steve Bywater is reported to have been in Germany this weekend meeting the Energy Minister.
RWE are keen to get on board, perhaps JV?
Polo have set up a committee to specifically deal with the investments and divestments of their stakes in CDN and possibly GCM.
Steve Bywater has recently returned from Bangladesh where he has made friends at all levels of the GOB. He was there for 8 weeks.
At the Polo AGM, it was reputedly said that GCM are not censured regarding corruption.
The AGM is coming up.
The GOB are about to start Investment Roadshows at the beginning of December, the press are commenting on the lack of interest in investment in their country due to lack of energy and infrastructure.
If I had the money I would sooner buy a part-time football club in Kazakhstan, rather than invest in Bangladesh.
Hasina and her cronies have been in power for a year in January, the press are going to start running "what have they achieved in their first year" stories-nothing.
The gas is running out fast and no alternative has been found. The price of imported coal is rising and the Chinese/Indians will pay over the odds for it-leaving Bangladesh nothing.
A joint venture must be going on behind the scenes to appease the opponents and for GCM to gain finance.
Compensation has behind decided at Barakupuria and will be payable on same scale to residents of Phulbari.
My feelings tell me that something is close, there has been a lot of shares changing hands recently. This cannot go on indefinetely as GOB cannot survive without some action on energy.
Please feel free to correct any of the above.
Regards to all By misak ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:GCM.L&display=discussion&id=5613745&action=detail Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:20:00 GMT misak tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.5613600

http://images.stockopedia.co.uk/forum/view/30528/phulbari-ready-to-go By searcher3 ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:GCM.L&display=discussion&id=5613600&action=detail Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:06:00 GMT searcher3 tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.5613575
It should not cost you a single Lakh and investment of billions of pounds sterling would pour into your economy whilst the power shortages, you so obviously can not manage, could be eased.

The downside, to you only one, as individual members of the GoB you will not receive or be offered any form of incentive or bribe. A novel concept maybe, to you, but welcome to our world.

Weapons trading and aircraft procurement obvious exceptions


By Skinner77 ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:GCM.L&display=discussion&id=5613575&action=detail Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:53:00 GMT Skinner77 tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.5613246
http://research.scottrade.com/public/markets/news/news.asp?docKey=100-325c5651-1&section=headlines By searcher3 ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:GCM.L&display=discussion&id=5613246&action=detail Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:09:00 GMT searcher3 tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.5613128
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8372760.stm By Skinner77 ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:GCM.L&display=discussion&id=5612765&action=detail Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:06:00 GMT Skinner77 tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.5612075 http://gulfnews.com/business/economy/bangladesh-seeks-international-bids-for-projects-worth-10b-1.530687 By searcher3 ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:GCM.L&display=discussion&id=5612075&action=detail Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:08:00 GMT searcher3 tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.5611204
"In energy, Bangladesh will generate 5,000 mega-watts of new electricity by 2013."

The country's government is liaising with energy companies on the best way to take this forward

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/11/20091120/tpl-bangladeshis-upbeat-about-country-s-0a1c1a1.html By searcher3 ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:GCM.L&display=discussion&id=5611204&action=detail Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:15:00 GMT searcher3 tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.5610366
This is not my post, it is taken from the Polo site

Many Thanks to the poster By misak ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:GCM.L&display=discussion&id=5610366&action=detail Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:54:00 GMT misak tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.5610359
* Australia’s Bowen Basin
* Mongolia
* Mozambique

I expressed the concerns that I had regarding GCM & Phulbari, which had deterred me from investing in Polo until relatively recently (as GCM has become such a small part of Polo's portfolio, by market value). Neil advised that Steve Bywater was highly regarded by the Bangladeshis and had been working hard to build links at various levels of government in the country. He also advised that the new government in Bangladesh had recently conducted an enquiry into corrupt practices by past governments involving foreign companies, and that GCM (ex Asia Energy) was one of few companies that were not censured. By misak ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:GCM.L&display=discussion&id=5610359&action=detail Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:52:00 GMT misak tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.5607423 http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:GCM.L&display=discussion&id=5607423&action=detail Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:49:00 GMT 10Zico tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.5607050 http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:GCM.L&display=discussion&id=5607050&action=detail Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:01:00 GMT celtasia tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.5604867 By searcher3 ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:GCM.L&display=discussion&id=5604867&action=detail Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:16:00 GMT searcher3 tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.5603020 http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20091119/pdf/31m54np0v3r44n.pdf By Paesano ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:GCM.L&display=discussion&id=5603020&action=detail Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:27:00 GMT Paesano