VANCOUVER, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Slater Mining Corporation (TSX-V: SLM) is pleased to announce that the Ministry of Industry and New Technology of the Republic of Kazakhstan has extended

A FURTHER sharp slide in oil prices helped power the London market to a positive close yesterday as travel firms and airlines soared on the lower cost of crude.

By Nick Clark The London-listed miner Kazakhmys is in talks to merge with Metalloinvest, run by the Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, in a move that could lead to an approach for its rival Kazakh miner Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC).

LONDON. July 14 (Interfax) - Kazakhmys, Kazakhstan's biggest copper producer, is in merger discussions with Metalloinvest, the Russian metals conglomerate controlled by billionaire Alisher Usmanov, the Financial Times said on its Alphaville website.

LONDON. July 14 (Interfax) - Kazakhmys, Kazakhstan's biggest copper producer, is holding "very preliminary discussions about a possible combination of its business with a third party," the company said in a statement.