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Jakarta halts deforestation in Sumatra's Kampar Peninsula

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

Environmentalists claimed a small victory on Thursday after Indonesia ordered one of the country's biggest pulp and paper companies to halt forest clearing in the Kampar Peninsula. Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan told reporters he had ordered Asia Pacific Resources International Holding Limited ...

Army, police 'vacate Zimbabwe diamond fields'

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

Zimbabwean security forces have started withdrawing from the country's eastern diamond fields to meet Kimberley Process reforms over human rights abuses, the government said Thursday. Mines Minister Obert Mpofu said Zimbabwe had complied with more than 90 percent of the requirements set ...

Ball Corp. shuffling senior management in 2010

AP News 3 days ago

Colorado-based plastic, metal packaging company Ball Corp. shuffling senior management in 2010 Plastic and metal packaging company Ball Corp. says Chief Operating Officer John A. Hayes will add the title of president at the start of 2010 and will join the company's ...

Silver mining stock should be in your portfolio

Stockhouse 3 days ago

Company can mine silver for free Q: What is your favorite silver investment right now? – A.H. A: My answer to that question used to be Silver Wheaton, the $5 billion silver "streamer." Silver Wheaton doesn't run mines. The company buys a ...

Fund manager Paulson to start new gold fund: report

Reuters US Online Report Business News 4 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson is launching a new gold fund, which will include $250 million of his own personal investment, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Paulson is among a number of hedge funds managers ...

Poet reduces cellulosic ethanol production costs

AP News 4 days ago

Poet says it has reduced cellulosic ethanol production costs to $2.35 per gallon Poet LLC, the nation's top ethanol producer, says it is has reduced its cellulosic ethanol production cost during the past year from $4.13 per gallon to $2.35 per gallon. ...

Aquila shares soar as Baosteel stake gets nod

AFP Asian Edition 4 days ago

Shares in Australia's Aquila soared Wednesday after Baosteel won Chinese approval to take a 285.6 million dollar (265.7 million US) stake in the coal miner and iron ore explorer. Aquila's shares rose 58 cents, or 6.63 percent, to 9.33 dollars in early ...

Silver prices to hit new highs in 2010

Stockhouse 4 days ago

Global electronics industry has begun to replenish severely-depleted inventories Silver may yet outshine gold in 2010 as spot prices for the white metal respond to the prospect of a surge in industrial demand. With a little additional help from investment demand, silver ...

Gold is safe haven as the dollar worsens

Stockhouse 4 days ago

Interview with Louis James of the Casey Report In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Louis James, Senior Editor of Doug Casey's International Speculator, reiterates his conviction that the dollar is on death row with no one prepared to grant a ...

Chance of new BHP-Rio bid less than 30 percent: Liberum

Reuters US Online Report Business News 5 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - The chance of BHP Billiton making another attempt to take over rival Rio Tinto after a bid ban expires later this month is less than 30 percent, Liberum Capital said on Tuesday. BHP, the world's biggest mining company, scrapped ...

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