Smith & Nephew, a medical technology company, has agreed to acquire the assets and business of Politec Saude relating to Smith & Nephew’s Advanced Wound Management products in Brazil. In 2013 Smith & Nephew announced its intention ...
Russian mining and steel group Mechel has announced that it has received the $150 million first tranche of project financing for the Elga Coal Complex's first stage from Russian state-owned Vnesheconombank. The total financing for the ...
Tags: CIS, Mechel, mining, Dnepropetrovsk
Rio Tinto has set out its breakthrough plan to optimise the growth of its world-class iron ore business in Western Australia. Mine production capacity will rapidly increase towards 360 million tonnes a year (Mt/a) at a significantly lower ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, iron ore
Whilst the countdown to Christmas has been planned for months, the dawning of Black Friday on Friday 29th November now signals the start of the final flurry for seasonal sales. The phenomena started in the US, to capitalise on the ...
Tags: Christmas Sales, UK Retailers
Tower Resources plc (the "Company" or "Tower" (TRP.L, TRP LN)), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Neptune Petroleum (Namibia) Limited ("Neptune"), has received formal notification from Repsol Exploration (Namibia) (Pty) Limited ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Australia-based mining giant Rio Tinto has set out its breakthrough plan to optimize the growth of its iron ore business in Western Australia. Accordingly, mine production capacity will rapidly increase towards 360 million mt per year at a ...
Cambodia had imported 1.31 million tonnes of petroleum in the first 10 months of 2013, a 2 percent decline compared with the 1.34 million tonnes over the same period last year, according to the data of the Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday. ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Oil
Bassett Furniture Inds.' board has declared a special dividend of 20 cents per share, payable Dec. 20 to shareholders of record on Dec. 10. "2013 has been a year of improved performance for Bassett as sales and operating profit have ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
China's 23 state-owned refineries plan to operate at an average 75% of capacity in November, processing a total 16.42 million mt, or 4.01 million b/d, of crude, according to a Platts monthly survey. The survey this month covered 13 ...
Tags: refineries, Mineral
Morrisons has invested more than £31M over 18 months in its Farmers Boy fresh food processing facilities in Bradford, creating 150 jobs, and plans further investment in jobs and production. Morrisons runs factories across the UK as ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
After the successful organization of the Buyer Seller Meet by AEPC in Tel Aviv last year, the Council once again organized Buyer Seller Meet in Tel Aviv, Israel from 25 –26 November, 2013. The BSM was inaugurated by Mr Jaideep ...
Central Petroleum Limited (ASX: CTP) ("Company" or "Central") and farmout partner Total have agreed to increase expenditure for the Stage 1 exploration program of their Joint Venture in the South Georgina Basin by US$35 million. Stage 1 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
LGO today announces that plans to drill the first new wells at the Goudron Field have progressed and the Company is working with the authorities to complete all final approvals. Each of the initial two wells is planned to a total depth of ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The Gazprom Board of Directors approved the work being done by the Company to implement the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline. It was noted that the construction process had undergone several milestones since the project moved ...
Tags: oil, gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Archer Daniels Midland Company today announced a package of additional commitments related to its proposed acquisition of GrainCorp Limited. Key elements of that package are: An additional A$200 million investment to strengthen ...