Mining
Vale to take full control of Belvedere coal project
04 Jun 2010
Vale had initially bought a 51-per cent stake by paying $45 million each to Aquila and AMCI
Gold scales new peak of Rs19,000 before settling slightly lower
02 Jun 2010
The retail price of gold in India crossed the Rs19,000-mark for 10 gm for the first time ever on account of a surge in global spot and futures markets as well as a weaker rupee
NMDC doubles price for Asian steel mills, moves to quarterly iron ore contract
31 May 2010
The price hike is in line with the prices secured by global mining giants Vale of Brazil, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, who secured a 90 -100 per cent increase for the April quarter with Asian steel makers in March, this year
India strikes manganese nodules in deep-sea exploration
14 May 2010
India has successfully used the remotely operable vehicle ROSUB 6000 to trace manganese nodules at the poly metallic nodule (PMN) site in Central Indian Ocean Basin
Despite new tax Chinese companies still optimistic on acquiring Australian mining assets
11 May 2010
SC allows Reddy brothers to resume mining
10 May 2010
Vedanta buys Anglo American Zinc for $1.3 billion
10 May 2010
The acquisition will be carried out through Hindustan Zinc Limited from is internal cash resources
Lihir Gold succumbs to Newcrest's $8.79 billion sweetened merger offer
04 May 2010
The combination of Lihir Gold Limited, Australia's second-largest gold miner, and rival Newcrest Mining Ltd will create the fifth largest gold producer in the world.
Glencore mulling $84-billion merger with Xstrata: report
03 May 2010
Xstrata's largest sharholder Glencore is one of the world's largest suppliers of a wide range of commodities and raw materials to industrial consumers
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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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?
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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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