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Zimbabwe to take over steelmaker’s $500 million debt

Zimbabwe plans to take on about $500 million of debt owed by state-owned steelmaker Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company to allow company revival.

Reuters | January 31, 2018 - 2:07 pm

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Brazil’s Vale expects to meet $10bn net debt goal by mid-2018

Speaking at an event in São Paulo, Schvartsman also said the recent rise in nickel prices should generate an additional $750 million in cash flow.

Reuters | January 31, 2018 - 2:05 pm

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Congo shocker fells Ivanhoe Mines stock

Vancouver-based company headed by billionaire mining financier Robert Friedland loses 11% of its value after DRC stuns with new mining code.

Frik Els | January 31, 2018 - 1:52 pm

Animation: human population growth over all of history

Imagine that for every million people on Earth, there was a single dot on a map. What if we went back in time, watched dots accumulate over human history?

Visual Capitalist | January 31, 2018 - 1:44 pm

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January 2018

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