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Iron Ore Price Contracts Trends in 2009
Global iron ore trade, which is dominated by companies like BHP and Rio Tinto and Vale of Brazil, is poised to see radical new price trends in 2009, thanks to production cuts and volatile market conditions in the last few months.
India’s steel industry steps onto world stage
Tata Group’s new status as the world’s fifth-largest steel firm signals a milestone for the Indian economy.
There was much jubilation in India when the Tata Group, an Indian conglomerate, won a bid late last month for the Corus Group, an Anglo-Dutch steel firm. The deal catapulted the new global entity to become the world’s fifth-largest [...]
Petro-Power and the Nuclear Renaissance
With global demand for energy constantly rising and supplies contracting (or at least failing to keep pace), the world is being ever more sharply divided into two classes of nations: the energy haves and have-nots, says Michael Klare.
Not “Islamo-fascism” but “Energo-fascism” — the heavily militarized global struggle over diminishing supplies of energy — will dominate [...]
Mining Leader Sees Gold Boom Continuing
Buoyed by high prices, demand from Asia and a weak U.S. dollar, the gold industry has flourished since prices bottomed out in 2000 and probably is only halfway through the current boom, a leading industry official said Wednesday.
“Overall, our market is strong and will remain strong for some time to come,” said Ronald Stewart, senior [...]
Canada and India expanding bilateral trade
For the first time, Canadian exports to India have crossed $1-billion while two-way trade approaches $3-billion. Trade includes not just Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), from call centres and tech support to the sophisticated financial services, auto parts, pharmacy, and information technology, but also cutting-edge R&D, especially in engineering. Non-conventional areas are also growing: oil and [...]
