5:01pm

DS Smith shows SCA unit takeover benefits

Deal helps offset weakness in the UK paper market

From WORLD 4:53pm

Tata raps India for driving off investment

Group plans to look to other emerging economies for expansion

Inside Business 2:05pm

French steel promises are built on clay

Clashes over Lorraine furnaces reveal hopes followed by betrayal

From LEX 10:23pm

Europe’s steel – outlook is bleak

Moody’s warns about next year

A barge powers its way up the Mississippi River Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 ©AP From WORLD Dec 5, 2012

Low water levels threaten US farm goods

Commodities could be marooned if Mississippi closed to barges

Inside Business Dec 4, 2012

Olam spat strains Singapore’s politeness

The city-state has fought back against Muddy Waters

From LEX Dec 4, 2012

Olam / Muddy Waters – eat my shorts

Singapore wins a battle, but the war with short-sellers is not over

Arcelor Mittal ©Arcelor Mittal Mines Canada Dec 4, 2012

Posco seeks stake in Canada iron ore mine

South Korean steelmaker preferred bidder for ArcelorMittal asset

Norilsk Nickel headquarters ©Bloomberg Dec 4, 2012

Abramovich buys Norilsk stake to end row

Potanin will be metal producer’s new chief executive

From INDUSTRIAL GOODS Dec 3, 2012

Cookson splits to allow Alent to thrive

Separate units can be more accurately valued, says group

Dec 2, 2012

ThyssenKrupp manager seeks suspension

Steel group launches probe into trips for journalists

From WORLD Nov 30, 2012

France and Mittal reach steel plant deal

Agreement averts threat by Paris to nationalise operations

Nov 30, 2012

Monti acts in bid to save Taranto plant

Future of Europe’s largest steelworks hangs in the balance

Inside Business from ENERGY Nov 29, 2012

Kremlin retains influence on business

Ties between Russian politics and business as strong as ever

Nov 28, 2012

Fibria prepares for pulp consolidation

Brazilian group warns of looming overcapacity

Nov 28, 2012

Olam hits back at Muddy Waters allegations

Asian commodity group issues defence of its business

From WORLD Nov 27, 2012

Backlash over Mittal’s furnace plans

France furious over steel magnate’s planned site closures

From WORLD Nov 27, 2012

Hollande’s nationalisation threat to Mittal

Face-to-face guarantees sought for steel plant’s future

From COMPANIES BY REGION Nov 27, 2012

Mittal experiences ‘annus horribilis’

Tycoon embroiled in dispute with French government minister

From WORLD Nov 27, 2012

London mayor mocks French over Mittal

Johnson invites Indian business to ‘come to London’

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