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Afren thrown a lifeline

Afren slumped to a pre-tax loss of $1.75bn for 2014, but the company has been thrown a lifeline from bondholders

News & Tips: Syngenta, Hayward Tyler, Greene King & more...

European bourses were mixed on early trading on Tuesday, with most markets still held in check by concerns about Greece’s bailout negotiations, together with mounting worries over the French economy.

Athens, Delhi and gold prices

The prospect of a Greek default has left peripheral bond markets untroubled, but are there any portents for the gold market? Mark Robinson launches his inaurgural monthly Commodities column.

Golden opportunity at high-yield Pan African

Pan African Resources is a low-cost producer among the mid-tier gold producers and is set to commence exploitation of higher-grade ore bodies.

Reserves dilemma for oil majors

As the oil majors churn out their first-quarter numbers, expectations of relative price stability could give way to further industry consolidation

Debt the priority for Petropavlovsk

Petropavlovsk halved its net losses in 2014 - but debt reduction remains the priority for this year

Chairman triples Arm holding

Stuart Chambers, chairman of Arm, has tripled his stake in the specialist microchip designer

Velocys hit by 'hesitancy'

Velocys reported a widening loss for 2014, but the focus is on its new Oklahoma factory

Commodity falls cloud BHP spin-off

Ahead of the vote on the planned demerger, BHP Billiton released a third-quarter update, including details of a project deferral in Western Australia.

News & Tips: Kier Group, BP, Whitbread & more...

Asian shares were mixed on profit-taking overnight, while Chinese equities remain buoyant into the second quarter.