JAKARTA: US mining giant Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc halted its copper exports from Indonesia, less than an hour before a controversial...
JAKARTA: US mining giant Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc halted its copper exports from Indonesia, less than an hour before a controversial...
OSLO: Increased demand and higher rates will improve the prospects for oil tanker firms this year as world economic growth accelerates and exports...
Officials pose for a group picture in Doha. DOHA: SEEF Ltd, a local petrochemical company, which recently completed its ambitious ‘Integrated Management System...
A view of the General Dynamics NASSCO ship building complex in San Diego, California, yesterday.
The logo of the Hellenic Postbank at the headquarters of the institution in Athens, Greece, yesterday. Corruption attorneys pressed charges against 25 people,...
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde visits a cooperative farm in Samanko, Mali, yesterday.
Workers at the Lauzoua manganese mine, some 180km from Abidjan. Ivory Coast aims to quadruple its manganese production to around one million tonnes...
A ladle of iron is poured into a basic oxygen steel making vessel at the SSI steel plant at Redcar, northern England LONDON:...
WASHINGTON: US employers hired the fewest number of workers in almost three years in December, but the setback was likely to be temporary...
LONDON: London’s Heathrow warned it could struggle to grow its business after accusing the industry regulator of imposing a “draconian” cap on the...
LONDON/ANKARA: Iran and Russia are negotiating an oil-for-goods swap worth $1.5bn a month that would let Iran lift oil exports substantially, in defiance...
LONDON: London’s Heathrow warned it could struggle to grow its business after accusing the industry regulator of imposing a “draconian” cap on the...
LONDON: Gold rose around one percent yesterday after sharply weaker-than-expected US jobs data supported the view that the US Federal Reserve will take...
NEW DELHI: India’s environment ministry has approved South Korean multinational Posco’s plans to build a long-delayed $12bn steel plant, the company said yesterday,...
LONDON: First it was the Brics. For a while the Civets were in vogue. Now the Mints are the ones to watch. Confused?...
A Valeo representative holds an iPhone showing the app used to initiate and monitor a driverless car while it parks, at the 2014...
Pedestrians pass a Marks & Spencer store in central London. The British retailer announced a 2.1 percent fall in sales yesterday. Pedestrians pass...
A Qantas flight (top) seen on final approach as another aircraft taxis at Adelaide airport. SYDNEY: Australian carrier Qantas said it was facing...