In her quest for "fair skin", an Ivorian YouTuber recently visited a market stall in Abidjan to receive several injections promoted as containing whitening agents.

Clamping down harder and faster on abuses of power by the world's biggest digital companies: such is the promise of the European Union's new legal arsenal, which comes into full force from Thursday.

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT, ASX: NEM, PNGX: NEM) (“Newmont” or the “Company”) and Newcrest Finance Pty Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont (“Newcrest Finance” and, together with Newmont, the “Issuers”) announced today that they have priced a private offering (the “Offering”) of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.300% notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.350% notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes” and, together with the 2026 Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by Newmont USA Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont. Subject to customary closing conditions, the Offering is expected to close on March 7, 2024.

HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) (together with its subsidiaries, Assured Guaranty), the leading financial guaranty insurance company, has hired Melissa Gribble to expand its reach within the Australian market. An Australian with decades of experience in global financial markets, Ms. Gribble is based in Sydney. She reports to U.K.-based Managing Director and Joint Head of Origination Suparna Dar.

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT, ASX: NEM, PNGX: NEM) (“Newmont” or the “Company”) and Newcrest Finance Pty Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont (“Newcrest Finance” and, together with Newmont, the “Issuers”) announced today that they have commenced a private offering (the “Offering”) of their notes due 2026 and notes due 2034 (together, the “Notes”). The Notes will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by Newmont USA Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont.

Specialty Closures for Use in Carbon Capture and Storage Systems

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pan American Silver Corp. (NYSE: PAAS) (TSX: PAAS) (“Pan American” or the “Company”) today announced that the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) has accepted the Company’s notice of its intention to make a normal course issuer bid (the “Bid”) to purchase up to 18,232,990 of its common shares, representing up to 5% of Pan American’s issued and outstanding shares as at February 29, 2024. Purchases pursuant to the Bid will be made on the open market through the facilities of the TSX and the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and alternative trading systems in Canada and the United States. The period of the Bid will begin on March 6, 2024 and will continue until March 5, 2025 or an earlier date should the Company complete its purchases.

ST. HELIER, Jersey--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Metals Acquisition Limited ARBN 671 963 198 (NYSE: MTAL; ASX: MAC)

ORLANDO, Fla. & GOLD COAST, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$TNL--Travel + Leisure Co. (NYSE:TNL), the world’s leading membership and leisure travel company, has successfully closed the acquisition of the vacation ownership business of global hospitality giant Accor (AC:FP). The acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to Travel + Leisure Co. earnings.

MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired The Lumery, a Melbourne-based marketing technology (martech) consultancy that helps leading organizations deliver seamless customer experiences and transform their marketing services. The acquisition will strengthen the marketing transformation capabilities of Accenture Song—he firm’s tech-powered creative group – and add significant depth to its offerings in Australia, such as personalization, CRM and loyalty, testing and experimentation and automation.

Jennifer spent her weekend calling California voters, urging them to cast their ballot in Tuesday's primary election for Democrat Peter Dixon.

In this week's "Super Tuesday" primaries, security guards will monitor the back door at one Shasta County polling precinct -- a sign of the high political tensions in rural northern California.

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bone Biologics Corporation (NASDAQ: BBLG), a developer of orthobiologic products for spine fusion markets, reports progress with advancing its product candidate NB1 into human clinical testing for spinal fusion. Following Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) approval last year in Australia for the multicenter, prospective, randomized pilot clinical trial, the Company reports that three hospital sites have been engaged to participate in the pilot clinical trial.

PRAGUE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Draslovka a.s ("Draslovka"), a provider of sustainability-led technologies, reagents and services for mining and the energy transition, has progressed its previously announced partnership with Barrick Gold Corporation ("Barrick") and today announces the start of commercial use of its revolutionary glycine leaching technology for gold, GlyCat™ (“GlyCat”), at Barrick’s Buylanhulu operation in Tanzania. In addition, Draslovka and Barrick’s strategic partnership will now include a broader testing programme in 2024 that will span multiple mining sites.

President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday of a "real" risk of nuclear war if the West escalates the conflict in Ukraine, offering a defiant and emboldened stance in his annual speech to Russians.

Program recognizes innovative and impactful sourcing industry partnerships

The US Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear Donald Trump's claim that as a former president he is immune from prosecution, further delaying his trial on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.

Delivering successful B2B strategy and record revenue growth

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vista Gold Corp. (NYSE American and TSX: VGZ) (“Vista” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Vista Gold Australia Pty. Ltd. (“Vista Australia”), has received the second instalment payment of $7 million (“Second Instalment”) under the royalty agreement between Vista Australia and Wheaton Precious Metals (Cayman) Co., an affiliate of Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (“Wheaton”), dated December 13, 2023 (“Royalty Agreement”), in relation to the Company’s Mt Todd gold project (“Mt Todd” or the “Project”) located in Northern Territory, Australia. All dollar amounts in this news release are in US dollars.

CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westwater Resources, Inc. (NYSE American: WWR), an energy technology and battery-grade natural graphite development company (“Westwater” or the “Company”), is announcing an additional increase in Phase I production to 12,500 mt per year of battery-grade natural graphite anode material. In November 2023, Westwater previously announced a capacity increase from 7,500 mt to 10,000 mt per year.

PERTH, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Woodside has achieved record production of 187.2 MMboe (513 Mboe/d) and excellent operated LNG reliability of 98%. We recorded full-year net profit after tax (NPAT) of $1,660 million, and underlying NPAT of $3,320 million when adjusted for exceptional items, and operating cash flow was $6,145 million.1

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On December 17, 2023, CRH plc, the leading provider of building materials solutions, together with the Barro Group (“Barro” and together with CRH the “Partners”), entered into an agreement with Adbri Ltd (“Adbri”) in relation to a potential transaction to acquire Adbri (the “Offer”) by way of a Scheme of Arrangement (“Scheme”).

C$34 million of expected proceeds to fund accelerated exploration program

Funding to accelerate commercial growth and expand clinical and health economic evidence for ReActiv8® Restorative Neuromodulation™ System

Nickel Sulphide Resource Doubled in Six Months Following Kinterra’s Investment

Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced Monday the resignation of his government, which rules parts of the Israeli occupied West Bank, citing the need for change after the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza ends.

AeriSeal System Shows Promise in Limiting Collateral Ventilation, Potentially Enabling a Greater Number of Severe COPD/Emphysema Patients to Benefit from Treatment with Zephyr® Valves, a Minimally Invasive Treatment Option

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE: AA or “Alcoa”) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Alumina Limited (ASX: AWC) on terms and process for the acquisition of Alumina Limited, subject to entry into a scheme implementation agreement.

2024 will be a year of change for the world's biggest tech companies as they bow to EU rules that come into force next month, shaking up how Europeans use vastly popular platforms from Google to Instagram.

Recognition by Great Place to Work Institute based on employee survey