Mining
Norway’s Norsk Hydro buys Vale’s aluminium assets for $4.9 billion
03 May 2010
Oslo-based Norsk Hydro is the world’s third-largest integrated aluminium supplier with operations spread across the globe, and a major producer of
renewable energy
Vale acquires 51-per cent in BSG for $2.5-billion; may scuttle Rio-Chinalco Guinea deal
30 Apr 2010
Privately-owned BSG Resources moves in to protect its Simandou iron ore concession from Anglo-Chinese bid to get it restored to Rio Tinto
Government likely to raise export duty on iron ore by 20 per cent
23 Apr 2010
Bowing to pressure from the steel industry to curb excess exports of iron ore in order to meet local demand, the government is planning to raise the export tax on it by 20 per cent
Two CIL unions backtrack from no-strike deal
21 Apr 2010
Anglo American to sell Peace River Coal Limited
20 Apr 2010
Noble rejects Macarthur's deal with Gloucester
19 Apr 2010
Macarthur postpones EGM to talk with Peabody
17 Apr 2010
Japan’s JFE to take stake in JSW: reportsril
16 Apr 2010
JSW Energy to acquire South African coal mine
16 Apr 2010
JSW Energy will acquire an initial 29-per cent stake in the South African Mining Company and finance the reopening of the debt-ridden mines ahead of making an open offer for its entire issued equity
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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