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...ING and Maike declined to comment on the case, as did law firms Reed Smith and King & Wood Mallesons, which represent ING and ICBC respectively....
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...If the two rivals do get together, it would produce “the world’s largest copper producer, and they are also significant producers of iron ore and coal,” said Tom Smith, a former CMA director now at Geradin...
...Smith reckons that hidden stashes of copper, not declared in official inventories but available on the market, help explain why the rebound in prices has not been stronger....
Anil Agarwal is splitting the group into six entities in an effort to raise their valuation
...Nick Austin, shipping partner at Reed Smith, a law firm, said owners or charterers of non-Russian ships wrongly refused entry to the UK “may seek legal redress”....
...“It’s not just a programme or project,” added Andrew Smith, director of British Lithium. “It’s an industry being born in the UK.”...
Indian tycoon Prateek Gupta accused of ‘systematic fraud’ by world’s largest private metals trader
Silver Bank’s shareholder has ties to alleged fraudster Prateek Gupta
Commodity trader alleges the ‘controlling mind’ behind nickel scheme repeatedly tried to stall for time
...Additional reporting by Stephen Morris, Ian Smith and Joshua Franklin...
...“I think it would be very difficult for the government to walk away from De Beers completely,” Peter Leon, partner and Africa chair at Herbert Smith Freehills, said....
...Additional reporting for Robert Smith and Joshua Franklin...
...Plus, the FT’s Harry Dempsey explains why investors and central banks are piling into the gold market....
...asks Daniel Smith, head of research at AMT. “If it’s the government then they may sit on it longer”, which would keep prices higher longer term....
...(Harry Dempsey) Data Drill The EU will enforce another round of sanctions next week against Russia....
...The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer....
...“The impact of a UK and EU maritime insurance ban on ships carrying Russian oil cannot be overstated,” said Leigh Hansson, sanctions partner at law firm Reed Smith....
...Leigh Hansson, partner at Reed Smith, another law firm, said the EU’s sanctions amendment was a “big retreat”, adding that lawyers had also been expecting “more robust” measures by now from the UK....
Italian insurer set to shut down operations, becoming latest big group to exit over Ukraine war
...and Leslie Hook and DD’s Rob Smith....
...DD’s Rob Smith along with the FT’s Harry Dempsey and Cynthia O’Murchu took a closer look at Silver Bank and its sole shareholder Silver Star SPC, detailing some of their links to the man at the centre of...
...Here’s the FT’s industry reporter Harry Dempsey....
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