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GLOBAL MARKETS-Japan leads world stock decline, Brent dips
World stocks slid to six weeks lows on Monday as the devastating toll of the earthquake in Japan, the tsunami and the nuclear crisis continued to unfold, raising fears for the impact on industries ranging from insurance to electricity generation.
Oil prices fell on expectations of slower demand from Japan, the world’s third largest economy and a major oil importer. Growing unrest in a Yemeni border Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, limited the decline in oil prices. (more…)
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Newmont gold finish production forecasts
Gold miner Newmont fell from its long-term production forecasts for the Boddington mine in Western Australia by up to 100,000 ounces per year, equivalent to $ 140m in lost annual revenue as the nation’s largest gold mine struggling with a less than expected figures.
The fall in expected production could mean a reduction of up to 2 million ounces in the estimated reserves of the project at the U.S. company issues its results next month, unless new finds.
Boddington, about 100 km southeast of Perth, started production in 2009.
The aim was to more than 1 million ounces of gold per year for the first five years and an average 850,000 ounces per year to produce the entire 25-year life. (more…) -
Ghana’s oil wealth May Trigger Borrowing Spree, Raising debt
Ghanaian President John Atta Mills says the country will learn from the mistakes of other African oil producers and save part of the revenues for future generations after the production begins today. The government agreed to lend more than 14 billion U.S. dollars say otherwise.Ruling party lawmakers a bill amended on December 9 for the government to borrow against future oil revenues and a weight of plans to establish a sovereign wealth fund delay. The move comes on the heels of September loan agreement with China worth about 45 percent of gross domestic product. (more…)
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TOP Oil Market News: Oil tumbles; BP Stops Work in Alaska Rig
Oil tumbles, a result of fuel oil on the European Corporate Debt. Oil drops, following oil lower, as concern the European Union may have more to bail States pushed the euro to its lowest level in 10 weeks.TOP markets news
BP cuts Alaskan construction of Liberty Rig
BP Plc, the largest producer of oil and natural gas in the U.S., suspended construction of a drilling platform at its Liberty project in Alaska to “take the time to evaluate safety” on the rig, Steve Rinehart, a spokesman for the company, said In a telephone interview.ONGC to invest in the largest oil field to two decades of decline Voice
Oil & Natural Gas Corp., India’s largest energy explorer, plans to increase spending on the redevelopment of the largest oil field more than two decades of decline in steel production. (more…) -
BHP Resumes Purchase, $ 40 billion Potash Scraps Bid
BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s largest mining company, resumed the repurchase of shares after leaving the 40 billion U.S. dollars cash offer for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. of Canada following rejection of the bid.BHP will be 4.2 billion U.S. dollars to buy shares under a buyback of $ 13,000,000,000 shares was suspended in 2007, the Melbourne-based company said today in a statement. BHP, which said the offer could not Canada’s requirements, had 30 days to appeal after November 3 rejection.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper government said that sales of the world’s largest fertilizer would not benefit Canada. It is the third time Chief Executive Officer Marius Kloppers, 48, has failed to consummate a deal in the past two years, scoring at least $ 800 million in transaction costs. (more…)