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Thousands protest Romania gold mine plans

Sep 08, 2013 (AFP)

More than 15,000 Romanians took to the streets for the eighth straight day Sunday to protest a Canadian company's plans to open Europe's largest gold mine in a ...

Shipping suffering low water levels on Great Lakes

Sep 06, 2013 (UPI)

Shipping on the U.S. Great Lakes is suffering as a result of low water levels, a climate scientist and industry analysts say. Water levels have remained below a...

Hong Kong under threat from new Chinese trade zone: analysts

Sep 06, 2013 (AFP)

Hong Kong's status as a financial powerhouse is under threat, analysts say, after plans for China's first free-trade zone revealed a large-scale push to create ...

Outside View: The trade deal that can't afford to be derailed

Sep 06, 2013 (UPI)

Time is running out for what would be the world's biggest trade deal to be clinched on time. While rumblings of the possibility of the Trans-Pacific Partnership...

Smithfield gets US security OK for Chinese takeover

Sep 06, 2013 (AFP)

The takeover of US pork giant Smithfield Foods by China's Shuanghui International Holdings has received approval from a key US national security review, the two...

Israeli tycoon center of probe in $2.5B Guinea mining deal

Sep 05, 2013 (UPI)

An international investigation into a mining conglomerate controlled by secretive Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and a deal involving a mountain of iron wor...

BRICS urge careful US tapering as Putin hosts mini summit

Sep 05, 2013 (AFP)

The world's leading emerging economies urged the United States on Thursday to show caution in any tapering of its economic stimulus, as Russian President Vladim...

Nepal's smugglers cash in on India's love of gold

Sep 04, 2013 (AFP)

After a long drive from across the border in China, the white truck arrived in Nepal's capital at dawn with a seemingly innocuous cargo of Chinese-made clothes....

Romania PM admits 'controversial' decision on gold mine

Sep 02, 2013 (AFP)

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta Monday admitted a draft law on Europe's largest open-cast gold mine was "controversial" but said his government would press...

Western Australia ready to assist Africa's mining sector

Aug 29, 2013 (UPI)

Resource-rich Western Australia has signaled it wants to work with African governments to help boost their mining industries. Western Australia Premier Colin Ba...

Despite hiccups, Latin America heading for growth

Aug 29, 2013 (UPI)

Brazil may be slowing down and Argentina may be struggling with its foreign currency holdings, but Latin America on the whole is heading for strong growth, new ...

British home secretary introduces bill to fight 'modern slavery'

Aug 27, 2013 (UPI)

The sexual exploitation and forced labor of adult and child "slaves" in Britain will be tackled in a new bill, Home Secretary Theresa May says. May, writing in ...

China details charges against foreign fraud investigators

Aug 27, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese state television put two foreign fraud investigators on display Tuesday as police announced they had been charged with illegally obtaining personal info...

Service now trumps price for Asian consumers: survey

Aug 27, 2013 (AFP)

Consumers in Asia are fed up with poor service standards and are willing to pay more for a good customer experience, according to a survey which punctures the r...

Indigenous protesters rally against Sweden iron mining plans

Aug 26, 2013 (UPI)

Hundreds of indigenous Sami protesters and other activists gathered in northern Sweden this weekend to denounce iron ore mining plans in the Arctic Circle. An e...

World's biggest cargo 'megaship' makes Gdansk stop on maiden voyage

Aug 23, 2013 (UPI)

A stop in Gdansk this week by the world's largest cargo ship on its maiden voyage shows Poland's economic importance in Eastern Europe, port officials said. Pol...

Coal India Ltd. scouts for mines in Australia, Indonesia and Colombia

Aug 22, 2013 (UPI)

In a relentless search for coal to bolster domestic supplies, Coal India Ltd. is investigating sites in Australia. State owned CIL is also interested in possibl...

China arrests two foreign fraud investigators: diplomats

Aug 22, 2013 (AFP)

China has formally arrested a foreign husband-and-wife team of fraud investigators, diplomats said Thursday, whose firm did work for British pharmaceutical gian...

China government approves free trade zone for Shanghai

Aug 22, 2013 (AFP)

China has approved an "experimental" free trade zone in its commercial hub Shanghai as it tries to promote economic reforms, the government said Thursday. The S...

Anti-money laundering measures rattle S. America

Aug 21, 2013 (UPI)

Coordinated regional measures against money laundering have rattled banks and governments in Latin America -- not so much because of their merits as their feare...