Glencore signs zinc treatment charges deal with Noranda

LONDON, Mar 09 (Reuters): Global trader and miner Glencore has struck a deal with its Canadian subsidiary Noranda Income Fund on the terms of zinc treatment charges for the coming year, but did not disclose the fees, the fund said on Friday.Noranda, whose operations include a zinc processing facility in...

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Venezuela must pay Conoco over $8.0b: World Bank

HOUSTON, Mar 09 (Reuters): Venezuela must pay ConocoPhillips more than $8.0 billion to compensate for the 2007 expropriation of oil assets by the country's late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, the World Bank ruled on Friday, making the US energy company the largest victor in claims stemming from nationalisations in the...

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