NATURAL RESOURCES Newsletter-Issue 014 July 2014 LME “Ring” to remain open beyond 2015 Download PDF On 23 June 2014, following a six month review and consultation period, the London Metal Exchange (LME) announced it plans to maintain and further invest in...
NATURAL RESOURCES Newsletter-Issue 013 June 2014 Baosteel faces competition in bid for Aquila Resources Download PDF Baosteel Resources Australia Ltd (Baosteel) has announced they will not improve their US$1.3 billion takeover bid for Australian explorer Aquila...
NATURAL RESOURCES Newsletter-Issue 012 May 2014 HKEX to launch its first asia commodities contracts Download PDF Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) have announced that it plans to launch its commodities business with four futures contracts that will be...
NATURAL RESOURCES Newsletter-Issue 011 April 2014 Rio Tinto walks away from massive pebble copper-gold project Download PDF Rio Tinto (Rio) has announced that it is pulling out of the Pebble Mine copper and gold project in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. The project...
NATURAL RESOURCES Newsletter-Issue 010 March 2014 Glencore in Talks on Russneft Debt-for-Equity Deal Download PDF Glencore Xstrata PLC (Glencore) is in talks to convert US$900m of debt in Russian oil producer RussNeft OAO NK (RussNeft) into an equity stake of...
NATURAL RESOURCES Newsletter-Issue 009 February 2014 SouthGobi’s 2013 coal output more than doubles Download PDF Hong Kong listed SouthGobi Resources Ltd (SouthGobi) more than doubled its coal production in 2013 after the resumption of its Mongolian operations....
NATURAL RESOURCES Newsletter-Issue 008 December 2013 Hess to sell Indonesian assets for US$1.3 billion Download PDF Hess Corp. (Hess) has entered into two separate agreements with a joint venture formed by Indonesian state-owned PT Pertamina and Thailand’s national...
NATURAL RESOURCES Newsletter-Issue 007 November 2013 China Machinery and Engineering Corp. invests us$700 million in Serbian coal Download PDF Serbian state-owned power utility company EPS has signed a US$715 million deal with China Machinery and Engineering Corp....
PRESS RELEASE Friday, 22 November Download PDF Charltons wins Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Award November 2013. Hong Kong leading boutique law firm, Charltons, has been named Hong Kong’s top Independent Law Firm in the Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law...
NATURAL RESOURCES Newsletter-Issue 006 October 2013 Charltons Natural Resources Newsletter Download PDF Malaysia’s PETRONAS Carigali (Petronas) plans to drill exploration wells at two upper Myanmar onshore blocks in January 2014. It acquired the two blocks RSF-2 and...
