Bloomberg Barrick Gold Corp. confirmed that an Argentine court will proceed with criminal charges against nine current and former Barrick employees in connection with a cyanide solution spill last year. Separately, the San Juan provincial government announced it intends to impose a fine of about $9 million against Barrick, the company said in a statement. Confirmation of the charges comes …

Bloomberg Global efforts to curb the use of coal-fired power plants may provide a lifeline to Brazil’s embattled sugar cane industry. That’s the bet of companies including Cosan SA Industria e Comercio, co-owner of the world’s largest sugar cane processor, which formed a $130 million joint venture for making sugar cane-based biomass pellets that can be burned to produce electricity. …

Geneva / AFP Syria’s warring sides prepared on Sunday for a new round of peace talks after locking horns over the fate of President Bashar Al Assad, with the regime insisting his ouster was a “red line” while the opposition vowed to see him go—dead or alive. The UN-brokered indirect negotiations are due to begin in Geneva on Monday, the …