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Oil prices and mining shares recover

2015-12-09 10:17:31| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Oil prices recover and shares in mining companies bounce back from Tuesday's steep falls, but there is little hope for a sustained recovery.

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Churchill Mining Plc's (CHL) "Speculative Buy" Rating Reiterated at Northland Securities

2015-12-06 16:56:22| Telecom - Topix.net

's stock had its "speculative buy" rating restated by equities researchers at Northland Securities in a note issued to investors on Thursday, MarketBeat reports. Churchill Mining Plc opened at 17.50 on Thursday.

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New US Asteroid Mining Law Could Violate International Space Treaty

2015-12-01 00:59:10| TechNewsWorld

President Obama last week signed the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, which governs ownership of asteroid resources, possibly triggering a new battle in the commercial space race. Section 5103 of the Act gives U.S. companies the right to resources mined from asteroids, although it does not give them rights to the asteroids themselves.

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Brazil to sue mining companies BHP & Vale for $5bn over dam disaster

2015-11-28 03:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Brazils government has announced it will sue mining giants BHP Billiton and Vale for $US5.2bn after the deadly collapse of a dam at an iron ore mine sent 60 million cubic meters of mud and mine waste cascading into the Atlantic ocean and left more than 13 people dead. Environment minister Izabella Teixeira said a lawsuit would be filed demanding that the companies and the mine operator Samarco, which they co-own, create a fund of 20 billion reais to pay for environmental recovery and compensation...

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