04:27 AM EDT, 10/07/2024 (MT Newswires) -- EPAM Systems ( EPAM ) said Monday it has struck a deal to acquire First Derivative, a managed services and consulting firm specializing in the capital markets. First Derivative is headquartered in Northern Ireland and has over 1,800 employees, the company said. EPAM ( EPAM ) said the acquisition will add over 100...

By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila PRESTEA-HUNI VALLEY, Ghana (Reuters) - At an unlicensed gold mine in Ghana, men in t-shirts, shorts and rubber boots wade through pools of muddy water laced with mercury, pull out rocks with bare hands and operate a rickety sluice as they search for the precious ore. The ramshackle mine is part of a booming business that...

04:17 AM EDT, 10/07/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Ero Copper ( ERO ) said Sunday there was a temporary power disruption at its Tucuma operation in Brazil due to a severe windstorm. The operator of the transmission line expects to fully restore power to industrial consumers within two weeks, the company said. Ero Copper's ( ERO ) workforce is safe and...

04:09 AM EDT, 10/07/2024 (MT Newswires) -- United Microelectronics ( UMC ) said Monday its sales for September were 18.94 billion New Taiwan dollars ($588.7 million), compared with 19.05 billion New Taiwan dollars a year earlier. Sales for the January to September period increased 2.6% year over year, the company said. ...