Mining
Iron ore prices set for massive hike
04 Mar 2010
Chinese steel makers have been asked to agree to a 50 per cent increase in the price of contract iron ore, even as production recovers globally and producers try and match spot and contract prices.
Chile earthquake drives copper prices higher
02 Mar 2010
Supreme Court bans mining in Aravalli Ranges
20 Feb 2010
JSPL could lose EL Mutun iron ore development rights in Bolivia
18 Feb 2010
Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL) is in danger of losing its 50 per cent interest in EL Mutun iron ore deposit in Bolivia, for failing to invest $2.1 billion as stipulated
Anglo Platinum to raise $1.6 billion, pare debt
08 Feb 2010
Australia's Resourcehouse in $60-billion export deal with China's CPI
06 Feb 2010
Commodity powerhouse Resourcehouse has signed a 20-year US$60-billion export contract with China to supply 30 million tonnes of coal anually from its proposed mine in Queensland
Church of England divests Vedanta investments on human rights concerns
06 Feb 2010
The Church of England has sold all its shares worth £3.8 million in British mining company, Vedanta Resources Plc due to concerns over the miners human rights record in Orissa
Vedanta Resources to list subsidiaries as separate entities
01 Feb 2010
Market speculation in London has it that Indian mining conglomerate, Vedanta Resources, may be mulling the spinoff of six of its subsidiaries as separately listed companies.
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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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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