Sentences with phrase «years large mining companies»

Over the last few years large mining companies and investment banks cut staff almost to the bone in that regard because no one was interested in doing deals or looking at acquisitions.»

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One of the state's largest mining services companies has received a boost, with BGC Contracting securing a five - year contract extension worth $ 520 million at Cliffs Natural Resources» Koolyanobbing iron ore mine.

Mr. Rutherford has more than 25 years of experience in investment banking and investment management, both as an institutional investor and analyst and, since November 2013, has served as a director of Anglo American plc, one of the largest UK - listed diversified mining companies.

On a large scale, these companies are pursuing what many people have been doing with computers in their basements for years: mining for a digital asset that is now trading at around 13 times the price of an ounce of gold.

By: Robyn Wilkinson 16th December 2016 Mining services company Murray & Roberts Cementation will complete its contract at diamond miner Petra Diamonds» Gauteng - based Cullinan mine this month, concluding the largest portion of the R4 - billion Phase 1 expansion project that will initially extend the diamond mine's life span by about 15 year →

Munk founded his most significant venture, Barrick Gold Corp., in 1983 and built it into the world's largest gold mining company in less than twenty - five years.

-- Frontier Communications (NYSE: FTR), now the largest rural telecom company in the U.S., has long been a favorite of mine, although it tested my devotion a few years ago when it cut its dividend twice in six months, from $ 1.00 a year to 40 cents.

Metals X, Australia's largest tin mining company, is defying a two - year slump in prices with plans to increase output by about 14 per cent.

Images of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (to which the Colombian government solemnly dedicates the nation every year) are abundant, and a large statue of Mary stands just outside the pay office of the mining company.

Any geologist who works for Exxon Mobil, Shell, BP, Haliburton, Schlumberger, Gasprom, Saudi Aramco, Baker and Hughes, Petrobras, China's national oil company or any of the thousands of mining or oil or natural gas related companies that make a living finding fossil fuels, will tell you these fossil fuels take millions of years to develop from the remains of large forests or marine creatures.

This report comes on the heels of accusations from local groups that a Kentucky mining company has violated the Clean Water Act nearly 28,000 times, likely the largest non-compliance of the law in its 42 - year history, while state regulators continue to give only slaps on the wrists.

This has had a huge impact on the companies engaged in mining it, with over two dozen going bankrupt and many others losing over 80 % of their share value over the past three years, including Peabody Energy Corp, the largest producer in the US.

It's just within the past few years that mining companies and trading houses and large corporations have started looking at it as something that they might want to really tap into.

According to a new analysis by The Guardian, Peabody Energy, the U.S.'s largest coal mining company, has been funding dozens of different climate change - denying organizations for years.

Alix has secured a promotion to partner with the move, joining from London - headquartered Herbert Smith Freehills, where he spent six years as a senior associate in the energy, mining and infrastructure practice in Paris and London, a period that included a 20 month secondment as senior M&A counsel at Anglo - Australian mining giant BHP Billton, the world's largest mining company.

For a number of years Mr. White worked for insurance companies and large corporations defending them in personal injury cases, including auto and trucking accidents, construction defect claims, insurance coverage, and mining and other personal injury claims.

Over the past 10 years Rozee, who is senior vice president commercial and legal affairs at Teck Resources, has been involved in a number of large transactions, including the company's $ 14.8 - billion purchase of the Fording River coal mine and its $ 825 - million sale of its stake in the Waneta hydro - electric dam.

In acquiring Bitfarms, BLCM says it will be «creating one of the world's largest cryptocurrency mining companies by installed power and hash power» and it reportedly plans to open three more facilities this year.