Dubai-based City Energy & Infrastructure LLC plans to build a copper smelter and sugar plant in Tanzania over the next three years at a total investment of $500 million, a senior company official said on Monday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 24, 2011
Janet Jackson is putting her Australian tour on hold and returning to the United States to be with her family in the midst of the trial of her brother Michael's doctor.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 24, 2011
The funeral for Dan Wheldon, the IndyCar driver who died in a horrific mid-race crash last week, was held in St. Petersburg, Floria on Saturday.
Daniel Tovrov
Oct 24, 2011
For Libya, it is a form of liberation and rebirth, following the death of former dictator, Col. Moammar Gadhafi. The new rulers have made a statement, by leaving Gadhafi's body, for the third day, in Misrata. The whole scene looked quite like a carnival, as people lined up to look at the decomposing bodies of Gadhafi, his son and an army chief.
Drishya Nair
Oct 24, 2011
It seems like everything Rihanna touches turns to gold. Who else could pull off Raggedy-Ann's hair color, fringe briefs, a skirt made out of an entire garden of flowers, or a pageboy haircut? Rihanna is a renegade vixen who always takes risks not only when it comes to her music but also when it comes to her personal style.
Cavan Sieczkowski
Oct 23, 2011
Martha Marcy May Marlene may be drawing attention as the movie with the weird title, or the movie with the other Olsen sister in it. But there's a lot more to first-time Sean Durkin's creepy, unsettling drama than those obvious hooks.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 23, 2011
Libya's chief forensic pathologist says an autopsy has confirmed that Moammar Gadhafi died from a gunshot to the head, as he uttered his last words.
Jason Van Hoven
Oct 23, 2011
The Irish host the Trojans at Notre Dame Stadium.
Bobby Ilich
Oct 21, 2011
Actress Lindsay Lohan arrived on time to her court-ordered community service at a morgue on Friday, after nearly jeopardizing her probation one day earlier by turning up late and being refused entry.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 21, 2011
Hocus Pocus is a cult classic in its own right, and quite possibly one of the greatest. Here are five reasons why.
Cavan Sieczkowski
Oct 21, 2011
Mining strikes are proliferating around the world, hitting global mining companies as well as regional ones.
Mike Obel
Oct 21, 2011
For the small club of companies who trade the food, fuels and metals that keep the world running, the last decade has been sensational. Driven by the rise of Brazil, China, India and other fast-growing economies, the global commodities boom has turbocharged profits at the world's biggest trading houses.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 21, 2011
Vancouver-based Sacre-Coeur Minerals Ltd. said Friday that a new dredging machine and related equipment has boosted gold production by more than 50 percent at its north-central Guyana operations.
Mike Obel
Oct 21, 2011
Platinum production is falling at a South African mine because of a nearly week-long strike, Royal Bafokeng Platinum Ltd. said Friday.
Mike Obel
Oct 21, 2011
Mongolia's Supreme Court has ordered the government to enforce a ban on mining in river and forest areas following an appeal submitted by activists who said the country's fragile environment was threatened by reckless mining.
Mike Obel
Oct 21, 2011
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. resumed pay talks on Friday with its Indonesian mine workers union in a bid to end a month-long strike as gunmen killed three people near the giant facility.
Mike Obel
Oct 21, 2011
Stocks bounced on Friday after France and Germany said a comprehensive euro zone debt deal was on its way, if a little late, although a weaker euro and rising bund futures suggested not everyone was convinced.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 21, 2011
Asian shares inched up while the euro clung to overnight gains on Friday, but markets largely stayed within range, as investors awaited a weekend meeting of European leaders for signs of progress in resolving the region's debt crisis.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 20, 2011
People across the globe look at death from different perspectives, but few deal with the issue more than the undertaker at the cremation ghats of Varanasi, India.
Mark Johanson
Oct 20, 2011
The Libyan fighter who captured Moammar Gadhafi on Thursday, Mohammed El Bibi, was wearing a New York Yankees cap, according to multiple reports.
Jason Van Hoven
Oct 20, 2011
Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was late to her court-ordered community service at a morgue on Thursday, further jeopardizing her probation only one day after seeing it revoked for missing past appointments.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 20, 2011
Tanzania's mining sector grew only slowly this year due to uncertainty over government policies, a prolonged energy crisis and infrastructure constraints, a senior mining official said on Thursday.
Jack Kim
Oct 20, 2011