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Amazon to create 900 UK jobs

Online retailing giant Amazon has announced that more than 900 new permanent and temporary jobs will be created over the next five years with the opening of its new customer ser

Yellow River Water Reclamation Facility

Mark Twain described synergy as “the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously.” Rob Harris reports on a project in Gwinnett County, Georgia, where an except

Steel giants agree coated products joint venture

Bluescope and Nippon Steel have formed a $1.4 billion joint venture encompassing BlueScope’s ASEAN and North American building products business.

China: Two decades of change (part three)

The last in our three part series about market creation in China examines how selling has become an important business function.

Ajwa Port Services: From berth to maturity

Ajwa Port Services is investing 200 million Saudi riyal in a programme of expansion at the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea.

Rio sells its share in major Australian coal mine

Rio Tinto is to sell its 50.1 percent share in the Clermont thermal coal mine to Glencore Xstrata and Japan’s Sumitomo 

Upturn in European O&G deals

After a poor showing in the second quarter of 2013, there were signs of renewed M&A activity in the third

IT projects doomed to fail

Three quarters of respondents to a new survey believe their IT projects are doomed to fail from the very beginning.

Alan M. Clegg

Alan M. Clegg, founder and executive chairman of Red Crescent Resources Ltd, talks trust, global warming, and the danger of assumption.

Morano to purchase Rumri gold project

Morano Resources has entered into an option agreement to purchase Zarmadan Resources Corporation and its Rumri gold project in Tajikistan, it has been announced.

Xstrata Alloys

Supply chain: sales & operations planning

Effective and dedicated sales and operations planning (S&OP) is a crucial aspect of any successful business.

BritainÔÇÖs new Gateway to global trade opens

On November 7 the first ship called at DP World London Gateway, Britain’s new high-tech shipping port and Europe’s largest logistics hub,  amid hopes that businesses will save m