China's sudden cuts to rare earth export quotas and domestic production marked the beginning of a Rare Earth Economic War, proposes Jacob Securities' Senior Mining and Metals Analyst Luisa Moreno. The good news is that partnerships between ...
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It is reported that Strike Resources is set to provide an update on its Apurimac iron ore JV in Peru and has requested a voluntary suspension from the ASX until 31st December 2012. Strike's two principal projects in the bulk commodities ...
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Business Line reported that infrastructure construction and development company Hindustan Construction Company and its JV partner Coastal Projects Ltd have bagged a project of the Northeast Frontier Railway to build a railway tunnel on a ...
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The discovery of high grade mineralisation has been confirmed by African Eagle's joint venture partner on the Miyabi gold project in Tanzania. Rift Valley Resources has just completed the second phase of drilling for 2012 at the project, ...
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Business Line reported that IVRCL Ltd and its JV partner Unity have drilled a record 57.38 meter of tunnel in a cycle of 24 hours. This record was achieved on a Raw Water Tunnel project being executed for the Municipal Corporation of ...
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Iron ore producer BC Iron said that its USD 190 million deal with Fortescue Metals to boost output to 6 million tonnes will not be affected by any sale of Fortescue's infrastructure assets. Fortescue Metals Group said that it was in ...
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White Cliff Minerals and its JV partner T2Gold have identified several new zones of copper mineralization at their Chanach copper and gold project in Kyrgyz Republic. Channel sampling identified copper zones including 8 meters at 1.72% ...
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Denmark based AP Moller Maersk Group, one of the largest port operators in the world, has emerged as the frontrunner to acquire a significant stake to be offloaded by Infrastructure major, Larsen and Toubro at Dhamra Port located in Orissa. ...
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The West Australian reported that BC Iron surged more than 9% after the iron ore miner raised USD 47 million in a placement at a premium as part of a deal with Fortescue Metals Group to take a bigger stake in its Nullagine JV project. BC ...
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AFP reported that Sudan and Saudi Arabia are targeting 2014 start for deep water mining of a Red Sea basin believed rich in gold and copper. Mr Ali al Naimi Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said that Manafa ...
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AAP reported that shares in Aquila Resources fell more than 3% on November 30th after the company said it could reduce its costs by USD 2.4 billion. The minerals explorer said that there was potential to reduce capital costs from USD 7.4 ...
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German carmaker Volkswagen along with its joint venture (JV) partner China First Automobile Group (FAW) is planning to build a new vehicle manufacturing plant in Wuhan, China. Currently, FAW-Volkswagen joint venture is in discussions with ...
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Musstir, the hospitality and property development company of MB Group in Oman and its 50% JV partner, Omran announced last week that further to a tender process Carillion Alawi has been named main contractor for the prestigious Al Baleed ...
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BluGlass Ltd of Silverwater,Australia says that its patent US2008272463'Method and apparatus for growing a group(III)metal nitride film' has been allowed in the US.Once granted in the next few weeks,the patent will bring BluGlass'total ...
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German cement major, HeidelbergCement and domestic giants including Ultratech and Reliance Cements have reportedly displayed interest in becoming a joint venture partner in state-run Rashtriya Ispat Nigam s proposed Rs. 1000 crore, 3 ...
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