http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/blog Get to know International Businesses Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:27:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The potential £50 billion (US$82 billion) merger-of-equals between Swiss commodities and mining neighbours Glencore International Plc (“Glencore”) and Xstrata Plc (“Xstrata”) is quite literally yesterday’s news now that early market indications have thrown mining multinational Anglo American (“Anglo”) into the mix. Rumours abound on whether Anglo may prove to be a ... http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/blog/%e2%80%9cglenstrata%e2%80%9d-is-old-news-now-all-eyes-are-on-anglo/ Don’t bank on it, says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who took to the national television networks to once again lambaste multinational energy players for supposedly taking advantage of his country. Chavez says that Exxon Mobil’s (“Exxon”) circa US$12 billion sought during World Bank international arbitration proceedings over assets previously seized is ... http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/blog/will-exxon-get-us12bn-for-cerro-negro-suit/ Fresh from our blog hiatus and a mag and web redesign later, IRJ editor Nuala Gallagher writes on whether 2012 will be a better year, with or without the death knell for gold’s bull run. London does gloomy well at the best of times, but as the city begrudgingly returns to ... http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/blog/a-balanced-view-of-gold%e2%80%99s-death-cross/ The tragic news of a second explosion at Pike River Coal's New Zealand mine, now likely claiming the lives of 29 men, has shocked the world and serves as a grave reminder that not all mining disasters deliver so happy an outcome as we have seen in Chile this year. Today ... http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/blog/the-other-side-of-the-story/ It’s been quite some time since I last blogged over the goings on in the resource sectors. That’s why today, I attempt to make it up to you by looking at a few key announcements which, lest you spot the clues, may offer a thinly veiled nod to what is ... http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/blog/capping-the-oil-slick-electing-an-aus-president-and-going-green-in-the-uk/ Perhaps it’s because I’m not close to the situation, but I just can’t fathom why anyone would want to buy BP—thinking from a brand fall-out perspective. This rumoured move by Exxon Mobil has sent BP shares upwards last week—but I’ve got an inkling that possible purchases won’t do much for ... http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/blog/who-wants-to-buy-bp/ It’s a given, we all enjoy Fridays,  but over in Australia this one is really something special. The nation's new Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has come in, cleaned up and thrown out that dastardly 40 per cent Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) we have all endured sleepless nights over between ... http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/blog/rspt-is-no-more-iron-orecoal-30pc-tax-is-born-a-big-day-in-australian-mining/ Today the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has announced that the nation will postpone talks with western countries as a direct counterattack for the new UN sanctions imposed on the country, aimed at preventing its uranium enrichment nuclear programme activities. Speaking from Tehran, he stated that this latest measure is, “a ... http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/blog/sanction-imposing-account-freezing-and-no-talks-postponed-what-is-going-on-in-irans-nuclear-programme/ Today Australia’s now notorious Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, stood and spoke, choking back tears, at his final press conference as Prime Minister at Parliament House. Amongst the remarks made, Rudd managed to say he was “proud of the fact that we kept Australia out of the global financial crisis,” and “did ... http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/blog/so-long-rudd-oh-and-thanks-for-all-the-headlines/ As the news buzz worldwide is filled with the sound of vuvuzela’s and everyone turns their attentions to the World Cup in South Africa, the George Media team have thrown our hats into the ring and despite yours truly drawing Algeria in the office sweepstakes —seriously conflicting any sense of ... http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/blog/know-your-host-beyond-the-world-cup/