Global steelmaker ArcelorMittal has announced the approval by its board of directors of phase two of the company's mining operations in Liberia. The second phase of the project will bring the annual capacity of the iron ore mine from 4 ...
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Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal has announced that it produced 14 million mt of iron ore, excluding strategic long-term contracts, in the fourth quarter of 2012, down 7.5 percent, while its annual output for the full year 2012 ...
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Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal has announced that it has signed a $40 million deal with the government of Liberia to build a 70 km road between the towns of Ganta and Yekepa, close to the company's iron ore mine in Mount Tokadeh. ...
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Fair Trade USA's Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) for apparel released a report on the recently completed Fair Trade Certified apparel pilot program. Launched in 2010 after an extensive feasibility study and stakeholder consultation period, ...
Indian iron ore producer Sesa Goa has announced its financial and operational results for the third quarter and the first nine months ended on December 31 of the financial year 2012-13. In the third fiscal quarter, Sesa Goa's net profit ...
OAO Severstal announced the signing of a compromise and settlement agreement amongst, inter alia, the Government of Liberia, Afferro Mining Inc and the company’s indirect subsidiary Lybica Holding BV in relation to tax claims made by ...
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Russia's OAO Severstal one of the world's leading vertically integrated steel and steel related mining companies,announced on Dec 18 that the company had completed the transaction and now it holds a 100%interest in the Putu Iron Ore project ...
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Reuters cited a source familiar with the situation as saying that BHP Billiton has selected mining venture B&A Mineração as the preferred bidder for its stake in Mount Nimba, one of the largest iron ore deposits in Guinea. ...
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Bloomberg quoted Clarkson Plc, the world's largest shipbroker, saying that Australia is poised to overtake Brazil as a source of demand growth for ships as the nation's iron ore supply to China expands faster than the Latin American ...
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The ratings on the Russian vertically integrated steel group OAO Severstal are constrained by our view of the highly cyclical, capital-intensive, and competitive nature of the steel industry. Steel margins are relatively weak, and in our ...
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Monrovia announced that the transaction between its indirect subsidiary Lybica Holding BV and Mano River Iron Ore Holdings Limited,a wholly owned subsidiary of Afferro Mining Inc,on purchasing a 38.5%minority interest in Severstal Liberia ...
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OAO Severstal announced that its indirect subsidiary Lybica Holding BV, Afferro Mining Inc and Afferro's wholly owned subsidiary Mano River Iron Ore Holdings Limited have entered into an amendment to the agreement relating to the sale of ...
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Mining companies and investors including some heavyweight industrial combines in China are pouring into the region in a quest for iron ore, driving a railway building and mining boom whose worth JPMorgan Chase & Co recently estimated at USD ...
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African students who were given LearnKey's video-based training passed their Microsoft certification exam at a rate of 91 percent, compared with a 20 percent pass rate for students with no access to LearnKey training. ST. GEORGE, UT, ...
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Afferro said that it has brought forward the deferred element of the sale of its 38.5% stake in the Putu iron ore project in Liberia by 6 months. It means it will receive an injection of USD 50 million from Russian steel giant Severstal ...
Tags: Afferro Mining, Metallurgy, Mineral, iron ore