Oct 20, 2014 | Africa, Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow Times Gaborone — Russia’s Norilsk Nickel, the world’s top nickel and palladium producer, said it had agreed to sell stakes in two African nickel mines for $337 million to BCL, a Botswana-based copper mining firm looking to expand. Norilsk will...
Jul 11, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow Times Onexim Group, owned by billionaire and Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov, has bid to purchase 100 percent of shares in the influential Russian business daily Vedomosti, Russian media reported, citing sources close to the tender. Vedomosti — which is...
Jun 24, 2014 | Africa, Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow Times June 24, 2014 Russia’s No. 2 oil producer LUKoil has bought a 37.5 percent share in the Etinde project off the coast of Cameroon from Edinburgh-based oil and gas explorer Bowleven, both companies said Tuesday in online statements. At the same time,...
Mar 31, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow Times March 31, 2014 SIMFEROPOL, Crimea — Russia will make Crimea a special economic zone offering tax breaks and reduced bureaucracy to attract investors, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Monday. “Our aim is to make the peninsula as attractive as...
Dec 8, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America, News, Russia
Dec 6 (Reuters) – Russia’s No. 2 oil producer, Lukoil, has been in talks with international majors about selling its stake in a consortium developing a large oil project in Venezuela, Kommersant daily reported on Friday, citing sources. Lukoil declined...
