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Biden close to blocking Nippon Steel deal to buy U.S. Steel, sources say
SYNDTGAM - Wed Sep 4, 7:17AM CDT
SYNDTGAM
Wed Sep 4, 7:17AM CDT
U.S. Steel had earlier warned on Wednesday that a failure to merge with Nippon Steel would put thousands of U.S. union jobs at risk
Nippon Steel boosts capital commitment to U.S. Steel plants
SYNDTGAM - Thu Aug 29, 12:12PM CDT
SYNDTGAM
Thu Aug 29, 12:12PM CDT
Nippon Steelโs $1.3-billion commitment to upgrade facilities in Pennsylvania and Indiana is on top of an earlier commitment to spend $1.4-billion
Revisiting 3 Stocks With Unusually Active Options From August 2023
Barchart - Fri Jul 26, 12:00PM CDT
Barchart
Fri Jul 26, 12:00PM CDT
On Aug. 18, 2023, I recommended three stocks with unusually active options worth considering. Nearly one year later, I'll revisit those stocks looking for new opportunities to profit from the three of them.
Teck cuts copper forecast as it experiences grades problems with QB2 copper mine in Chile
The Globe and Mail - Wed Jul 24, 9:39AM CDT
The Globe and Mail
Wed Jul 24, 9:39AM CDT
Vancouver-based Teck on Wednesday lowered its full year copper forecast by just under 7 per cent to about 468,000 tonnes as it rolled out its second quarter financial results
BHP proposed bid for Anglo American spurs talk of Canadian copper mining M&A
The Globe and Mail - Thu Apr 25, 5:50PM CDT
The Globe and Mail
Thu Apr 25, 5:50PM CDT
Analyst says mergers and acquisitions in the copper industry make sense given growing demand for metals used in low-carbon energy sources and the challenge in building new copper mines
Nippon Steel emphasizes its โdeep rootsโ in the US as it pursues U.S. Steel deal
Reuters - Sun Mar 31, 12:07PM CDT
Reuters
Sun Mar 31, 12:07PM CDT
The Japanese firm has agreed to buy U.S. Steel for roughly $15 billion but the deal faces an uphill battle to approval in a U.S. election year
Buy This Stock to Profit from the Bank of Japan's Historic Policy Shift
Barchart - Tue Mar 19, 1:17PM CDT
Barchart
Tue Mar 19, 1:17PM CDT
The BOJ today ended eight years of negative interest rates that began in 2016. Itโs a symbolically important policy change, but the benefits to Japanese banks should be very real. Here's how investors should approach this historic policy shift.
Top Reasons to Invest in Stainless-Steel Stocks in 2024
BayStreet.ca - Tue Jan 9, 8:26AM CST
BayStreet.ca
Tue Jan 9, 8:26AM CST
Investors may want to pay close attention to the stainless-steel market this year. Analysts at The Insight Partners, for example, say the market could grow from about $1.96 billion in 2021 to more than $2.6 billion by 2028. Much of that is because...
Paramount Globalโs Unusual Options Activity Heats Up on Merger News: Time to Buy?
Barchart - Thu Dec 21, 2023
Barchart
Thu Dec 21, 2023
The CEOs of Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery met in New York this week to talk about a merger. The formerโs unusual options activity has been much busier than the latter. Is PARA a buy?
From bad blood and public bashing to an $8.9-billion deal: How Teck made nice with Glencore
The Globe and Mail - Fri Nov 17, 2023
The Globe and Mail
Fri Nov 17, 2023
After six months of battling, Teck announced a plan to sell the majority of its coal business to Glencore this week
Glencore-Teck deal reveals the irony of coal: Profitable and vital, yet endlessly shunned
The Globe and Mail - Thu Nov 16, 2023
The Globe and Mail
Thu Nov 16, 2023
Teck Resources has agreed to sell its coal business to Swiss commodities trading giant Glencore PLC and two Asian steelmakers
Deputy PM Freeland says Ottawa will scrutinize Glencoreโs proposed takeover of Teckโs coal business very carefully
The Globe and Mail - Tue Nov 14, 2023
The Globe and Mail
Tue Nov 14, 2023
Ms. Freeland and two other federal ministers had expressed reservations about about Glencoreโs attempts to buy all of Teck in April, including the companyโs copper and zinc mines
Teck to sell coal business to Glencore, Nippon Steel and POSCO in $8.9-billion deal
The Globe and Mail - Tue Nov 14, 2023
The Globe and Mail
Tue Nov 14, 2023
Deal comes after Canadian miner rebuffed several advances by Glencore earlier this year, and will now require approval from Ottawa before moving forward
Teck planning full exit from coal business, in event of partial sale will spin off remainder
The Globe and Mail - Thu Aug 17, 2023
The Globe and Mail
Thu Aug 17, 2023
Glencore PLC is the only known bidder for 100 per cent of the coal segment, with an offer worth up to US$8.2-billion
JOGMEC selected a feasibility study on the establishment of an overseas CCS value chain in the "Survey on the Implementation of Advanced CCS Projects"
JCN Newswire - Wed Aug 2, 2023
JCN Newswire
Wed Aug 2, 2023
JOGMEC selected a feasibility study on the establishment of an overseas CCS value chain in the "Survey on the Implementation of Advanced CCS Projects"
Protest outside Japan's Mitsubishi over wartime forced labor
Associated Press - Fri Oct 30, 2020
Associated Press
Fri Oct 30, 2020
TOKYO (AP) โ About a dozen people protested outside the headquarters of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Tokyo on Friday, demanding Japanese companies pay compensation for their wartime abuse of Korean laborers.