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Paris élude la nationalisation de Florange, Mittal investira (Reuters)
Pelosi veut contraindre les républicains à voter sur les impôts (Reuters)
Inmet Mining rejects 2nd First Quantum US$4.89 billion takeover bid
Inmet Mining has adopted a poison pill or shareholder rights plan in the wake of a second unsolicited takeover bid from copper rival First Quantum Minerals. As Inmet Mining announced Wednesday that it had turned down a C$4.86 billion (US$4.89 billion) unsolicited 50/50 cash-and-stock bid by First Quantum Minerals, Inmet also revealed its board of directors had approved the adoption of a shareholder rights plan the company claimed “is not intended to prevent takeover bids.”
France vs ArcelorMittal : L’État a trouvé un repreneur pour le site de Florange (Montebourg)
Paris (Le Figaro) – Le gouvernement a trouvé un repreneur pour le site ArcelorMittal de Florange (Moselle), qui est prêt à investir près de 400 millions d’euros si le sidérurgiste accepte de le céder, a déclaré aujourd’hui le ministre du Redressement productif, Arnaud Montebourg.
French govt. finds potential buyer for ArcelorMittal site
PARIS (Reuters) – Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg says a potential buyer for ArcelorMittal’s Florange site has been found and is willing to invest 400 million euros to renovate it.
TFM and miners need more electricity, Gecamines Plans 500 Megawatt Coal-Fired Plant (Bloomberg)
TFM and miners need more electricity, Gecamines Plans 500 Megawatt Coal-Fired Plant
Lubumbashi (Bloomberg) – Gécamines, Democratic Republic of Congo’s state-owned copper miner, will build a 500-megawatt coal-fired plant to help mining companies address electricity shortages,
Menacer de nationaliser Florange est scandaleux, dit Parisot
PARIS (Reuters) – Menacer de nationaliser le site ArcelorMittal de Florange comme le fait le gouvernement est scandaleux, a déclaré jeudi la présidente du Medef, Laurence Parisot, une critique rejetée par plusieurs membres du gouvernement.
Global platinum mining capacity to increase 38,000 kg by 2015—U.S. Geological Survey
While the United States will continue to be highly dependent on foreign PGM exports through 2020, the nation could ease its dependence through recycling, the U.S. Geological Survey suggests.