Mining
Canadian mining giant Potash Corp to buy German rival K+S AG for nearly €8 bn
30 Jun 2015
PotashCorp, the world's largest potash producer and the third-largest producer of nitrogen and phosphate, is keen to combine with K+S, Europe's largest supplier of potash and the world's largest salt producer
Rio Tinto exits Zimbabwe selling off diamond and coal assets
29 Jun 2015
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Plc has sold its entire stake in Zimbabwe diamond and coal mines to local mining groups, to focus on its core diamond operations elsewhere
Adani halts work at Australia's Carmichael mining project
24 Jun 2015
Speculation is rife that Adani might scrap the project altogether amidst relentless protest and legal threats and a not-so-friendly government in Queensland
Vedanta annexes Cairn India in $2.3-bn all-stock deal
15 Jun 2015
The merger will help debt-laden Vedanta to use debt-free Cairn India’s cash reserves of over Rs16,800 crore to part pay its Rs37,636 crore debt