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British Mining Firm To Explore Gold, Copper Sites In Cordillera
Anglo American PLC Group, the world’s fourth-largest diversified mining group, is exploring copper and gold deposits in several areas of Cordillera region, a ranking official of the company said today.
Iron Ore Price and Demand Future, Vale Beats BHP, Rio as Top Pick on China Ore Demand
Cia. Vale do Rio Doce fell 27 percent this year in Sao Paulo, heading for the first annual decline since 2000. Now analysts say the world’s largest iron-ore producer is poised for its best performance in a decade.
Vale may double in the next year, more than twice the expected gains for the world’s biggest mining [...]
Mining Investment Oppurtunity Chinese Companies
China now boasts at least one top-ten company in six industrial sectors, highlighting the country’s position as a growing economic force. But are the stocks over-priced? We take a look at your investment options for Chinese success.
According to an analysis of MSCI data by Fidelity International, the investment management group, despite representing just 3.3% of [...]
Platts to Announce 2007 Top 250 Global Energy Companies
Platts, the world’s leading energy information provider and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), will announce its annual Platts Top 250 Global Energy Companies in Singapore on September 13, 2007. For the first time, the rankings also will showcase the
world’s fastest-growing energy companies, based on each company’s compounded revenue growth over a three-year [...]
FACTBOX-Recent metals mergers
Mining merger activity continues to hot up with Russia’s Norilsk Nickel upping its bid on Wednesday for Canadian miner LionOre International Ltd. and topping rival Xstrata’s latest offer.
Norilsk’s revised C$6.8 billion ($6.3 billion) bid for the world’s 10th largest miner was 10 percent higher than Xstrata’s.
Canada’s Alcan rejected Alcoa Inc.’s unsolicited $27 billion bid on [...]
Bulge bracket firms dominate in Asia
While bulge bracket firms did not dominate the Financial Times/StarMine Awards for Europe in 2006, they certainly did in Asia.
Independent research houses have made significant in-roads in the US and Europe but, judging from the results, when it comes to producing accurate company analysis the emerging markets of Asia require an altogether higher level of [...]
Terex Ranks Number 4 on 2007 Barron’s 500 Survey
Terex Corporation today issued a statement from Ronald M. DeFeo, its chairman and chief executive officer, upon the company’s listing as the number 4 best performing company on the 2007 Barron’s 500 survey.
“All of us at Terex are honored to receive this recognition because it reflects the many years of dedicated work by our team [...]
Gemcom Signs Agreement With the University of Sao Paulo to Establish Centre of Mining Research Excellence
Gemcom Software International (TSX:GCM), a global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, and Laboratory of Mine Planning Technology (LAPOL), from the Department of Mining and Petroleum Engineering of University of Sao Paulo (USP), announced today the signing of a technical cooperation agreement, to establish LAPOL as a Centre of Mining Research Excellence of Gemcom technology [...]
Komatsu: The Japanese Caterpillar
Faisal Laljee submits: Komatsu Ltd. is a Japanese entity that engages in the manufacture and sale of construction and mining equipment, industrial machinery & vehicles and electronics products. It is also expanding its businesses into other areas such as housing, transportation and logistics equipment.
