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Gabon renegotiating Chinese iron mining deal
Jun 07, 2012 (AFP)
Gabon is renegotiating a deal with China for mining rights to the massive Belinga iron ore deposits and may ditch Beijing for another partner, Prime Minister Ra...
Panama -- what? Nicaragua has $30-bn plan for its own canal
Jun 06, 2012 (AFP)
China, Russia, Brazil and Japan are among six countries interested in funding a new $30-billion canal in Nicaragua linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the ...
Sri Lanka's Chinese-built port opens for business
Jun 06, 2012 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's first Chinese-built port, a strong symbol of Beijing's investment in South Asia, opened for international shipping on Wednesday with the arrival of ...
Australian shareholders OK Gloucester-Yancoal deal
Jun 04, 2012 (AFP)
Shareholders on Monday voted in favour of Gloucester Coal's tie-up with China's Yancoal, paving the way for what is expected to be Australia's largest listed co...
EU, China edge closer to hi-tech trade war
May 31, 2012 (AFP)
European and Chinese trade ministers stepped up a war of words over hi-tech subsidies Thursday in a spat that increasingly risks legal action and a potentially ...
Australian PM: miners don't own minerals
May 31, 2012 (UPI)
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard told the country's top mining executives that Australian citizens deserve to share in the mining boom. Speaking Thursday...
U.K., Spain work on S. America investments
May 30, 2012 (UPI)
Britain and Spain vowed to work together to protect business assets and investments under threat of nationalization and unilateral seizure by governments in Lat...
Japan's NEC buys Australian IT firms
May 30, 2012 (AFP)
Japanese electronics giant NEC said Wednesday it will buy two IT firms from Australia's CSG, with a report pegging the price tag at about $252 million. The move...
Peru arrests 15 activists protesting Xstrata mine
May 29, 2012 (AFP)
Peruvian police on Tuesday arrested 15 activists spearheading a protest against Swiss mining company Xstrata over allegations it is polluting rivers. Herbert Hu...
Clashes over Xstrata mine in Peru leave two dead
May 29, 2012 (AFP)
At least two people were killed in Peru when police used tear gas to put down a violent demonstration against Swiss-owned Xstrata staged by striking miners and ...
Japan taps pop idols to sell bonds: reports
May 25, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's cash-strapped government is turning to wildly popular music group AKB48 to help it sell government bonds, as interest in the low-yield paper wanes, repo...
New canal links S. Korea capital to Yellow Sea
May 25, 2012 (AFP)
A $1.9 billion canal linking the South Korean capital Seoul to the Yellow Sea opened Friday after two decades of controversy which halted or delayed constructio...
China challenges US trade duties
May 25, 2012 (AFP)
China signaled on Friday it will challenge anti-subsidy duties imposed by the United States on 22 products Washington deems to be unfairly subsidised by Beijing...
Asian casinos fight world's best cheats: experts
May 24, 2012 (AFP)
As billions of dollars pour into Asia's gleaming casinos, they are becoming the front line of a sometimes hugely lucrative battle between cheats and the house, ...
Rio Tinto chief dismisses China 'doom'
May 24, 2012 (AFP)
Global mining giant Rio Tinto said Thursday it was not worried by talk of China's economy slowing and would press ahead with plans to expand its iron ore busine...
Rebels threaten TVI mines in Philippines
May 23, 2012 (UPI)
Communist rebels in the southern Philippines have threatened to attack mining companies, including Toronto Ventures Inc. operating in the Zamboanga Peninsula. J...
Jeweller Graff launches Hong Kong IPO roadshow
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
High-end London-based jeweller Graff Diamonds on Monday launched the roadshow for its reported $1.0 billion initial public offering in Hong Kong, one of the big...
Show of NATO unity over unpopular Afghan war
May 20, 2012 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama and NATO allies put up a united front Sunday to persuade a war-weary public that the Afghan conflict will end in two years, as Preside...
Hong Kong artists cry foul over copyright bill
May 20, 2012 (AFP)
A plan to toughen Hong Kong's copyright law has sparked protests from artists, who say it will stifle free speech, criminalise satire and threaten the city's gr...
China jails fugitive smuggling king for life
May 18, 2012 (AFP)
A Chinese court on Friday handed a life sentence to Lai Changxing, the head of a vast smuggling operation who spent 12 years on the run in Canada before being d...
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