20:38 09/08/2010 Re: 20 Year UK Support for BioMass
correct me please,if i am wrong - but these guys have not even starting planting yet?? By buy-low-sell-hi
11:52 28/07/2010 Re: 20 Year UK Support for BioMass
what news? i dont see anything to drive sentiment, am i missing something? By ethicalman
9:06 28/07/2010 Re: 20 Year UK Support for BioMass
still think something very strange is going with this share - very small volumes and the price rockets.
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Ethicalman,
Look at the MarketCap. It's tiny, so any buys (or sells) affect the SP dramatically. This is normal for companies with MCs less than £5m. Right now there is a bit of appetite here considering the news this week. By PayZone
8:45 28/07/2010 Re: 20 Year UK Support for BioMass
Why is this great news for VIR? so they have an offtake (not difficult unless you are GIP), but its worthless without any biomass product....

still think something very strange is going with this share - very small volumes and the price rockets. By ethicalman
22:25 27/07/2010 20 Year UK Support for BioMass
Financial support for UK's BioMass companies announced today. Great timing for holders of VIR and DRX.

Ref:
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/uk-to-fix-biomass-energy-support-for-20-yrs-reuters_molt-985a4226ede5.html By PayZone
16:46 27/07/2010 Re: INVESTMENT
Panpin, i don't see a link between MHG and VIR, am i missing something?

Something strange with these share movements. By ethicalman
16:28 27/07/2010 Re: INVESTMENT
With a market cap of £3m, this is worth a few quid after the partnership agreement announcement yesterday.

Good luck all. By PayZone
13:35 27/07/2010 INVESTMENT
MERCHANT HOUSE GROUP/MHG

galaxy launch imminent 1st investment.

http://www.viridasplc.com/investors/
 Merchant Capital has recently signed a distribution agreement with a global retail asset manager (currently subject to confidentiality agreements) and this will enable eligible clients to seek funding which will itself assist in attracting high quality clients to establish their funds on our UCITS III platform. The Merchant European Equities Fund has invested its initial capital. I am pleased to confirm the launch of a Green Tech Equity Long/Short Fund, expected to have US$20million under management, and the UCITS III version of the Galaxy China Opportunities Fund which will launch in July with up to $500 million dollars under management and in which Merchant Capital is partnering with Galaxy Asset Management. As part of this development, Joe Chan and Johnson Cheung will work as part of Merchant Capital to develop and run the fund. Joe Chan was appointed in 1993 as a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and Johnson Cheung worked for Goldman Sachs. We look forward to working with both; and By panpin96
9:01 26/07/2010 NEWS
Viridas signs new partnership with UK generator
26th July 2010

BIO-ENERGY firm Viridas believes a deal to supply a UK energy company with 240,000 tonnes of biomass every year could open the door to revenues of almost £700m over ten years.

Viridas grows bio-energy crops on plantations in Brazil and the company expects the partnership will lead to the signing of an "off take" agreement.

The Yorkshire-based firm has already signed a similar agreement with INEOS, the largest independent distiller of petroleum products in Europe which will buy Viridas's planned annual production of 450,000 barrels of bio-oil.

Viridas chairman Stanley Wootliff said: "The future signing of a bio-mass "off take" agreement with an important major electricity generator for the annual purchase of 240,000 tonnes of bio-mass, coupled with the bio-oil agreement already in place with INEOS, will give Viridas gross revenue potential in the region of $1bn over the next ten years.

"Having two very credible development partners, together with $1bn of contracted forward sales, will enable us to crystallize our development programme and establish Viridas as a leading producer of truly sustainable, renewable dedicated bio-fuels."

The bio-mass will come from the seed cake produced by Viridas by crushing the seeds of the energy crop jatropha curcas to produce both bio-mass, for the electricity generating industry, and bio-oil, for the production of bio-diesel and bio-kerosene for the road and air transport industries.

Viridas is expecting to bring commercial production on stream in 2013. By panpin96
9:45 07/06/2010 Re: Given up yet?
that should have been HEGY.L and GBF.L By buy-low-sell-hi
9:42 07/06/2010 Re: Given up yet?
there has been a raft of biomass schemes going through planning in the UK of late (see HGY).
theyre gonna need fuel from somewhere..and the uk cant provide it nationally...

with regards to biofuel - this too seems to be a vast european market potentially.

i already hold GEM which is also asleep - but at least theyve started to export japoil! By buy-low-sell-hi
16:52 12/05/2010 Re: Given up yet?
I care cause I have got (or should I say had £5k's worth of them), I can't see the reason for todays price move. It seems like its a good business model, it just needs the funding to get it off the ground. By Billy Brag
13:48 12/05/2010 Given up yet?
This stock has lost 31% today - cannot see any particular reason why as no news has been published as far as I can see.

Does anyone know anything, or even care now? I care, simply because it makes me laugh.

What do Caldwell and Viridas have in common? - they keep raising cash via share placements and then spend it without ever making a dime. The track record continues. By Chucko1
12:35 03/09/2009 started planting yet?
have these guys even started planting yet....

if not i'd guess it will take 5years before anyone sees any revenue?

I like this kind of product.... but dont want my money asleep for years and years!
By buy-low-sell-hi