Russia&#39;s Norilsk eyes Gold Fields-Harmony deal options
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Norilsk Nickel (NILSY) , the Russian mining company that&#39;s the largest shareholder in Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI) , has held &quot;preliminary&quot; talks aimed at exploring alternatives to the offer
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Russian and French gas companies Gazprom  and Gaz de France  will sign several major deals on Tuesday, guaranteeing the Russian firm access to more end users in Europe, industry sources said on Monday.
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MOSCOW : A deal between French energy group Total and Russian gas firm Novatek shows that oil majors have an appetite for Russia&#39;s energy riches despite the Yukos affair, but also the limited role now possible for foreigners in this strategic sector
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The Russian government does not intend to nationalize the Yukos oil company, but state-owned organizations will be able to bid if the embattled company&#39;s assets are put up for auction, President Vladimir Putin said Friday.
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Gold Fields will be expected to sell its international assets valued at up to $3.5 billion and return the cash to shareholders as part of its defence against a hostile all-share bid from rival gold producer Harmony.
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The boss of UK-based gold miner Peter Hambro Mining is to fly to Russia for urgent talks on the firm's future there.
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RUSSIAâS stricken oil industry is facing what some have branded a return to Soviet Union days after gas monopoly Gazprom said it might bid for the production arm of energy giant Yukos.
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MOSCOW  - Russia's natural resources minister said Monday foreign companies would be welcome to help develop offshore oil fields, the same day a senior U.S. diplomat expressed concern about the minister's earlier statement that foreign access to oil and gas deposits would be limited.
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Russia's United Company RUSAL said on Friday it would go ahead with the purchase of a stake of 25 percent plus one share in Norilsk Nickel  from Mikhail Prokhorov's Onexim Group.
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The nascent petroleum division of natural gas giant Gazprom will bid for the crown jewels of the battered Yukos oil empire, its chief said Tuesday - a widely anticipated move that could put the heart of the company jailed billionaire Mikhail
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Business & money: Firm to explore in oil and gas sites in landmark agreement that could help plug Russian gap.
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Johannesburg - Norilsk Nickel included escape clauses in its pact to support Harmony&#39;s takeover bid for Gold Fields, according to the agreement.
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Russia's Gazprom monopoly will bid for the crown jewel of the embattled Yukos oil giant during an upcoming December auction, its chief said confirming long-held market rumors.
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Harmony, the listed gold miner, has not put a final figure on how much it will have to spend on its hostile bid for local rival Gold Fields.
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Moscow - Russia plans to combine Gazprom, the world&#39;s biggest natural gas producer, with state-owned oil producer Rosneft, easing rules for trading Gazprom shares and creating a company that may dominate the country&#39;s energy industry.
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Investors from Russia have moved in to take control of what is believed to be one of Armenia's biggest gold-mining operations.
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[Business India]: South African gold producer Harmony has bid to take over larger rival Gold Fields, a merger that would create the world&#39;s biggest gold producer.