Basic Materials News and Information on Yahoo! Financehttp://finance.yahoo.com/news/sector-basic-materials/Basic Materials News and Information on Yahoo! Financeen-USCopyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.Mon, 28 May 2012 22:18:51 +00005Basic Materials News and Information on Yahoo! Financehttp://finance.yahoo.com/news/sector-basic-materials/http://l.yimg.com/a/i/brand/purplelogo/uh/us/fin.gifXstrata committed to Peru despite protesthttp://finance.yahoo.com/news/xstrata-committed-peru-despite-protest-201050030.htmlProtests at Xstrata's Tintaya copper mine in southern Peru have blocked transport links, but it is operating normally and its port on the Pacific coast has stocks of concentrates for the time being, a ...

]]>Mon, 28 May 2012 20:10:50 +0000http://finance.yahoo.com/news/xstrata-committed-peru-despite-protest-201050030.htmlDuPont unit buys stake in S African seed businesshttp://finance.yahoo.com/news/dupont-unit-buys-stake-african-172024940.htmlDuPont Co. agricultural subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred received regulatory clearance to purchase a majority stake in the South African seed company Pannar Seed Ltd., the companies said Monday.Terms of the ...

]]>Mon, 28 May 2012 17:20:24 +0000http://finance.yahoo.com/news/dupont-unit-buys-stake-african-172024940.htmlTypical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study findshttp://finance.yahoo.com/news/typical-ceo-made-9-6m-100244495.htmlTypical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study findsProfits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs.The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data ...

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FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2010 file photo, David Simon, CEO of Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group speaks at the Economic Club of Indiana's speaker series luncheon at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Simon is the highest paid CEO at a publicly held company in America in 2011, according to calculations by Equilar, an executive compensation data firm, and The Associated Press. The Associated Press formula calculates an executive's total compensation during the last fiscal year by adding salary, bonuses, perks, above-market interest the company pays on deferred compensation and the estimated value of stock and stock options awarded during the year. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Charlie Nye, File)

]]>Tensions at TNK-BP lead to chief resigning, WSJ sayshttp://finance.yahoo.com/news/tensions-tnk-bp-lead-chief-151624681.htmlMikhail Fridman, chief of TNK-BP Ltd, resigned possibly a sign of trouble in the 50-50 joint venture between BP (BP) and its Russian partners, says the Wall Street Journal.

]]>Mon, 28 May 2012 15:16:24 +0000http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tensions-tnk-bp-lead-chief-151624681.htmlOil India eyes stakes in overseas assetshttp://finance.yahoo.com/news/oil-india-eyes-stakes-overseas-151344279.htmlOil India eyes stakes in overseas assetsNEW DELHI (Reuters) - State-run Oil India (OILI.NS) is looking to buy stakes in U.S. gas driller Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s (CHK.N) Mississippi Lime basin and ConocoPhillips' (COP.N) oil sand assets in ...

]]>Mon, 28 May 2012 15:13:44 +0000http://finance.yahoo.com/news/oil-india-eyes-stakes-overseas-151344279.htmlA worker fills a car with petrol at a fuel station as it rains in JammuA worker fills a car with petrol at a fuel station as it rains in JammuA worker fills a car with petrol at a fuel station as it rains in Jammu September 15, 2011. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/Files

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