TOKYO (Reuters) -Firefly Aerospace is exploring an option to launch its Alpha rocket from Japan as the U.S. rocket maker expands its satellite launch services globally, a Japanese company operating a spaceport in the country's northern Hokkaido said on Monday. The plan could make Japan the second offshore launch site - and first in Asia - for Firefly, the Texas-based...

Aug 18 (Reuters) - South African thermal coal exporter Thungela Resources' half-year profit fell 80% due to weaker prices for the fossil fuel, it said on Monday. Thungela posted headline earnings per share of 1.92 rand ($0.1093) rand in the six months to June 30, compared to 9.52 rand during the same period last year. ($1 = 17.5707 rand) ...

TOKYO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Firefly Aerospace ( FLY ) is exploring an option to launch its Alpha rocket from Japan as the U.S. rocket maker expands its satellite launch services globally, a Japanese company operating a spaceport in the country's northern Hokkaido said on Monday. The plan could make Japan the second offshore launch site - and first in...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish bearings maker SKF said on Monday it had agreed to sell its non-core aerospace operation in Elgin in the U.S. to Carco PRP Group for a total estimated enterprise value of $70 million. SKF said in a statement the sale of the precision elastomeric device (PED) operation is part a strategy to focus on its core aerospace...