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Australia-listed Aguia Resources has appointed Tim Hosking to the role of country manager for its Brazil operations. As country manager living full time in Brazil, Hosking will assume overall...
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By Pieter Lochner, Operations Executive, Crossroads Distribution South Africa's mining industry, a vital artery of the nation's economy, pulsates with activity deep within the earth. But extracting...
Australia's Woodside Energy and Santos said on Wednesday they had ended talks to create a possible A$80-billionglobal oil and gas giant, and Santos flagged it would look for other ways to bolster...
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