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...Polska Miedz: shares in the copper miner and producer of precious and other non-ferrous metals rose 4.6 per cent in early trading, joining other miners in a sector-wide rally driven by rising metals prices...
...Big share price moves in Europe this morning include spirits house Rémy Cointreau, gold miner Endeavour Mining and video game maker Ubisoft....
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...Jonathan Price, chief executive of Teck Resources, one of Canada’s largest mining groups, said government and local opposition to mines for copper, lithium and iron ore will grow unless the industry improves...
...Divisions between “striking miners” and “working miners”, on picket lines or within neighbourhoods, provide a plangent counterpoint here to the police brutality that Gildea’s sources also recount, as well...
...Big share price moves in Europe this morning include London-listed Tirupati Graphite, UK drugmaker Ividior and Sartorius Stedim of France Tirupati Graphite: shares in the London-listed miner soared 25 per...
...The Anglo-Australian miner announced a $14bn impairment in January 2013 and the departure of chief executive Tom Albanese....
...Jonathan GuthrieHead of Lex The most exhilarating event in the fashion calendar returns to London today....
...Enjoy your weekend, whatever the weather, Jonathan GuthrieHead of Lex...
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...Recall Kazakh miner Eurasian Natural Resources Corp, a one time-FTSE 100 member with ghastly governance, which ultimately delisted. Of course, Air Astana is a different company....
...Jonathan GuthrieHead of Lex *Don’t do this. It could end badly. In an explosion. And divorce, which would be even costlier....
...Miner BHP, building materials group CRH, and plumbing supplier Ferguson are among the companies to have left the FSTE 100 for primary listings in Australia or the US....
...Coalesce Capital, the private equity group founded by former Warburg Pincus dealmaker Stephanie Geveda, has appointed Jonathan Gurss as a partner. He was previously at Sentinel Capital Partners....
...However, the interests of mining companies and carmakers are not always aligned, with miners seeking high prices for their output and car manufacturers seeking to keep costs down....
...Glencore has said it is willing to better its $23bn bid for Teck Resources if the Canadian miner agrees to enter discussions on a deal, raising the stakes ahead of a shareholder vote next week....
...Teck’s chief executive Jonathan Price said that the company would revise its separation proposal....
...In a call late on Tuesday, Teck chief executive Jonathan Price told investors that the proposed split would immediately benefit shareholders....
...Teck’s chief executive, Jonathan Price, said on Wednesday the company would revise its separation proposal, taking some shareholder concerns into account....
...The latest offer comes a day after Teck chief executive Jonathan Price told the Financial Times the deal was a “non-starter”....
...Enjoy your weekend, Jonathan GuthrieHead of Lex...
...Teck chief executive Jonathan Price told the Financial Times that Glencore’s sweetened offer proposed this week, was “unworkable” and a “non-starter”....
...With the help of a handbook, I identified them at first as miner bees, but a scientist then brought clarity....
...Enjoy the rest of your week, Jonathan GuthrieHead of Lex Further reading Sarah O’Connor on why pay negotiations are not a winner/loser situation....
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