Mining
ENRC co-founder plans $6-bn bid for Kazakh miner
22 Apr 2013
The UK Takeover Panel has stepped in and given the Machkevitch consortium until 17 May to either announce an intention to bid or pull out
SC extends bauxite ban in Odisha, eases iron ore restrictions
19 Apr 2013
The Supreme Court stripped about 49 mines of their leases because they had been mining illegally
$76-bn Glencore-Xstrata merger wins Chinese conditional approval
17 Apr 2013
The Chinese regulators were concerned on the merged entity's hold on global copper resources as both companies currently account for around 7 per cent of worldwide copper supply
‘Coalgate’: Oppn seeks SIT probe into alleged tampering of CBI report
13 Apr 2013
The Congress has rejected the charge that law minister Ashwani Kumar has intervened to doctor the CBI report on the coal scam prepared for the Supreme Court
Majority Inmet shareholders accept First Quantum's C$5.1-bn hostle bid
23 Mar 2013
Vancouver-based First Quantum said that about 85.5 per cent of Inmet Mining’s outstanding shares have been tendered to its takeover proposal and that it has extended the offer to 1 April for the remaining shares
Tata Steel forms alliance with Canada’s Labrador Mines
12 Mar 2013
The agreement also includes transfer of 51 per cent stake in one of the deposits owned by the Canadian entity, for C$30 million
CIL to spend Rs35,000 cr on foreign acquisitions by 2017
12 Mar 2013
Coal India Ltd, the world’s biggest coal producer, has proposed an ad-hoc provision of Rs35,000 crore for acquisition and development of mines abroad by 2017
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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