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Miner records 6.2% year-on-year decline in production to 71.7 Mt, warning of risks from rising inflation, war in Ukraine and China’s Covid-19 lockdowns
The Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) found that 54% of its members were expected to take until 2023 to remove references to Libor from their existing loans
The offer represented a 37% premium on Ramsay’s closing share price on Tuesday. The stock rose more than 25% on Wednesday to A$81 on news of the approach
Zijin said it signed a deal with Xanadu Mines to buy a 19.9% stake at A$0.04 ($0.0296) per share, and another 50% stake in Xanadu unit Khuiten Metals for $35 million.
In contrast to most major economies that have started to tighten monetary policy to combat inflation, China has stepped up easing to cushion the slowdown
The Fed began raising interest rates last month, and is expected to ramp up its rate hikes starting next month to slow demand for goods and services
The company has had issues accessing some projects in New South Wales due to flooding, while a worker crunch caused by Covid-19 has made it tough to staff operations
In proposing to install an independent chair, the National Legal and Policy Center said the roles of CEO and chairman are "greatly diminished" when one person holds both
Maha Prasad Adhikari was suspended on April 8 as governor of the central Nepal Rastra Bank by the government, which named his deputy the interim chief
Quantitative Tightening could hit weaker economies with high debt levels and “cause a ripple of sovereign debt crises around the world that disrupts markets” and affects developed nations
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Oil & GasIndia Is Likely Exporting Refined Russian Oil to the WestIndia’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
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MarketsApple Asks Suppliers in Taiwan to Meet China Label StandardsUS tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
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MarketsIndian-Owned Tech Firms See Sharp Growth in UKDespite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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