With flags and confetti, Venezuela launched three new oil tankers in the last 14 months that exemplify the socialist country’s ambitions to diversify exports to Asian markets and give a helping...
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- Oct 3, 2013
- Updated: 2:12am
Citic Pacific said it was moving into the initial production phase at its US$8 billion iron ore project in Australia, following years of delays at one of China’s costliest offshore mining...
11:51AM
Tianjin Materials & Equipment is buying a stake in Sierra Leone's largest iron ore mine for US$990 million.
3:20AM
Sitting atop vast mineral wealth and wedged between the fast growing economies of Russia and China, the potential for Mongolia to become a Norway of the steppes is tantalisingly close.
12:04PM
Gold rose almost 1 per cent on Wednesday, boosted by some safe-haven buying caused by uncertainty over US budget talks.
The US Congress, struggling to avert a government shutdown next week...
10:48AM
The Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society accepted its first overseas member in its 103-year history yesterday as part of its plan to go international. The local gold exchange welcomed Swiss...
4:04AM
BP on Monday renewed its request for a federal judge to temporarily suspend settlement payments to Gulf Coast residents and businesses following its massive 2010 oil spill, citing a scathing...
11:44AM
Hedge funds cut bullish gold bets for a second week last week, reducing long contracts to the lowest since June, before prices rose the most in a month as the US Federal Reserve unexpectedly...
3:23AM
Zhang Fei sums up one of the headaches for Premier Li Keqiang in his efforts to refocus the mainland's economy. The contractor, who earns 160 yuan (HK$202) for four hours work at a steel mill, is...
4:00AM
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