Business
Fluor Daniel Inc. said Monday that it has won a $575-million contract for construction of a major new nickel-cobalt mine in Western Australia for Murrin Murrin Operations Pty Limited.
Sept. 16, 1997
Russia’s Rusal is buying rival Sual and assets of a Swiss trading firm in an acquisition that would supplant Alcoa.
Oct. 10, 2006
World & Nation
A consortium comprising Anglo American Coal Corp. of South Africa, Billiton of Britain and Swiss-based Glencore International bid $383.7 million in cash to buy Colombia’s state coal company, Carbocol.
Oct. 4, 2000
Global wheat production expected to drop 4%
Aug. 5, 2010
Balkans: Critics say West turns a blind eye to corruption in Montenegro because of leader’s anti-Milosevic stance.
April 19, 2000
Latin America: Auction of government’s 50% stake could improve country’s ability to attract foreign investment.
Oct. 3, 2000
Technology and the Internet
Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet and other top tech firms knowingly profit from children laboring under brutal conditions in African cobalt mines, a lawsuit says.
Dec. 17, 2019
Marc Rich is everywhere and nowhere in this world-class tax haven.
Feb. 22, 2001
Alcoa Inc., seeking to keep pace with growing Russian rival Rusal, launched a hostile $27-billion bid for Canadian aluminum rival Alcan Inc. on Monday after failing in almost two years of private talks to reach a negotiated deal.
May 8, 2007
BlackRock Inc., with $7 trillion in assets, plans to “place sustainability at the center of our investment approach.”
Jan. 14, 2020