World stock markets sink on US, Europe worries The Boston Globe | BANGKOK-World stocks fell Friday after credit downgrades slapped on Spanish banks unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currency union. | The fall in European shares followed a sharp downturn in Asia where markets were also rattled by weak U.S. manufacturing...
Newcrest Mining named most attractive employer to work for in Randstad awards The Australian | NEWCREST Mining has knocked Virgin Australia from its top spot as Australia's most attractive employer to work for. | The gold mining company was awarded first prize in recruitment firm Randstad’s 2012 awards for offering competitive salaries, good training and long-term job security. |...
Ghana to set up Minerals Development Fund Ghana Business News | The Minerals Development Fund Bill will soon be passed into law, to emphasise Government’s commitment to boost infrastructure development in mining communities. | The bill makes room for the establishment of a mining community development scheme ...
R&D central to exporting powerhouse Irish Times | JOHN REYNOLDS | Clontarf-native Sir David McMurtry, who co-founded precision tools manufacturer Renishaw in 1973, makes no apologies for putting invention at the heart of the company | PLAYING in his father's tinned foods factory - whose clunking, ...
Toro firms as WA uranium mining frontrunner Canberra Times | Toro Energy has solidified its position as the frontrunner to mine uranium in Western Australian after the state's Environmental Protection Authority today backed its Wiluna mine proposal for the Northern Goldfields. | Toro shares entered a trading...
EPA tipped to back Toro uranium mine in WA Sydney Morning Herald | Western Australia could be a step closer to getting its first uranium mine. | Industry and equity market observers are tipping the state's Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) will back Toro Energy's plan to construct its Wiluna mine in the Mid...
Toro tipped for WA's first uranium mine Sydney Morning Herald | AAP | Western Australia could be a step closer to getting its first uranium mine. | Industry and equity market observers are tipping the state's Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) will back Toro Energy's plan to construct its Wiluna mine in t...
Nautilus offers underwater mining Papua New Guinea Post | By PATRICK TALU | THE world's first underwater exploration and mine undertaken by Canada based Nautilus Minerals (Nautilus) for the Solwara 1 Project in PNG presents huge opportunity for more mineral exploration and underwater mining. | Mel Togolo,...
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World stocks mixed amid Greek political impasse Atlanta Journal | BANGKOK — World stocks were held in check Tuesday by a political impasse in Greece that could lead it to a destabilizing exit from the euro currency union. Shizuo Kambayash...
Asia stocks fall as Greek worries rattle investors The Boston Globe | BANGKOK-Asian stock markets were mostly lower Tuesday, rattled by a political impasse in Greece that could lead the debt-stricken country to a destabilizing exit from the euro cu...
Inflation surges 7.23% in April Indian Express | India's wholesale price inflation accelerated 7.23% in April, compared with 6.89% in the previous month, as food and manufactured items turned dearer, heaping pressure on the cen...
Gold steadies as euro lifts from 3-1/2 month low Business Day | GOLD steadied on Thursday after falling to a four-month low in the previous session, as an uptick in the euro after Spain moved to clean up its banks and Europe’s bailout fund ...
Exxon, BHP pushing to link Bass Strait gas contracts to overseas oil prices The Australian | THE effects of surging Queensland domestic gas prices driven by $60 billion of planned LNG plants have hit southern states, with Exxon Mobil and BHP Billiton pushing to link Bass Strait gas contracts to international oil prices. | Industry sources ...
Platinum's Price Hangs in the Balance Wall Street Journal By FRANCESCA FREEMAN | Platinum's sliding price stands at the mercy of competing "swing factors" that make forecasting prices and the market's balance between physical supply and demand particularly challenging. | As the curtain fell on last week's P...
A debate: Should you jump in on Facebook debut? Lexington Herald-Leader | EDITOR'S NOTE - Facebook began selling stock to the public Friday in the most talked-about market debut in years. The stock closed 23 cents above its initial offering price, at $38.23. Two Associated Press business writers debate whether the stock ...
A debate: Should you jump in on Facebook debut? The Boston Globe | EDITOR'S NOTE -- Facebook began selling stock to the public Friday in the most talked-about market debut in years. The stock closed 23 cents above its initial offering price, at $38.23. Two Associated Press business writers debate whether the stock...
