Economic and Market News for 4 January 2021

Clean Energy company Berkeley Energia said that its home member state for the trading of its shares in the EU would automatically cease to be the UK, and instead would now be Spain. Following the...

Gold exploration and development company Panthera Resources said it had struck an agreement to extend the deadline to complete the sale of the Kalaka gold project to Moydow. The company agreed...

Oil and gas operator and producer Gulf Keystone Petroleum said it had appointed Jon Harris as chief executive officer. Harris has over 30 years' experience in the oil and gas industry and joins...

Pharmaceutical and services company Clinigen said it had appointed Sam Herbert as chief operating officer. Before joining Clinigen, Herbet spent seven years at World Courier, a provider of...

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust said it had acquired an additional 15% interest in Primary Energy, from a consortium led by Fortistar LLC for approximately $36 million, taking its total holding...

Business process outsourcing solutions company IEnergizer declared a special dividend of 49.4 pence per share, and confirmed that it was now a member of the FTSE AIM 100. At 9:38am: (LON:IBPO)...

Marketing specialists group M&C Saatchi confirmed it had appointed Moray MacLennan as chief executive officer. MacLennan joined Saatchi and Saatchi as a trainee in 1983, leaving to help start...

Nutrition company Science in Sport said its chief executive Stephen Moon and chief financial officer James Simpson would provide a live presentation on the pre-close trading update on 14 January at...

Managed services supplier group Westminster said it had repaid about £2.6 million of debt from its bonds and mezzanine loan facility. The company redeemed all remaining convertible secured loan...

Biotechnology company Tiziana Life Sciences said it had completed its clinical trial of Foralumab, a monoclonal antibody to treat COVID-19 patients in Brazil. The topline data from the trial was...

Mining company Caledonia Mining raised its quarterly dividend by 10% amid increased production and higher gold prices. The company declared a quarterly dividend of US$0.11 a share from $0.10 a...

Griffin Mining said it had been issued with a new mining licence from the Chinese Ministry of Land and Natural Resources covering both the zone 2 and zone 3 areas allowing the mining of...

Base metal exploration company Castillo Copper said its drilling contractor had completed 20 drill-holes at the big one deposit and expected to release results shortly. The 20-drill holes...

Mining company Great Western Mining Corporation said it had poured first gold and silver from its mineral jackpot property in Mineral County, Nevada. The company also produced a dore bar as a...

IT services provider IDE said it had won a 'significant' new contract, worth £22.5 million over the three years, with an existing customer within its partnership channel. The £22.5 million was in...

Solar assets investment company Foresight Solar said it had acquired a portfolio of three greenfield solar assets in Spain for €72 million. The 98.5-megawatt portfolio, comprised of three...

Music royalty investor Hipgnosis Songs Fund said it had acquired the music catalogue of record producer Jimmy Iovine. Under the terms of the deal, Hipgnosis acquired 100% of Jimmy Iovine's...

Ladbrokes owner Entain said a proposed merger offer of about 1,383 pence a share from MGM Resorts International undervalued the company. Under the terms of its most recent proposal, MGM Resorts...

Science and engineering group QinetiQ said it had won a five-year £127 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence to provide engineering services for the Typhoon combat aircraft. Under the...

Business parks operator Sirius Real Estate said it had completed the acquisition of three business parks in Germany for a total of €26 million. These comprised two previously announced...

Manufacturing company Melrose Industries confirmed it had appointed Peter Dilnot as an executive director on 1 January 2021. Dilnot had a 'deep understanding of the Melrose business model having...

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said it had completed the sale of commercial rights to its hypertension medications Atacand and Atacand Plus in over 70 countries to Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH....