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21 Feb 2013

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Chinalco Mining offers investors exposure to Peru

21 Jan 2013

The initial public offering of Chinalco Mining Corp International will give investors an opportunity to gain exposure to the highly prospective but also risky business of mining in Peru.

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Chinese mining giant Chinalco to raze Peruvian peak, town of Morococha

22 Dec 2012

They call the Peruvian mountain Toromocho, which means "bull without horns". But to its new Chinese owners, the name is irrelevant: the peak is packed with copper, silver and molybdenum, an...

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Peru protests move to president’s doorstep

20 Sep 2012

After struggling for months to defuse protests against mining companies in far-flung provinces, President Ollanta Humala is now facing strikes in the capital by teachers and doctors who want a...

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Peru takes on the world

7 Jun 2012

To some, guinea pigs are adorable, fluffy pets. But in Peru, cuy as they are called, are a staple food that has been eaten since Incan times. Two paintings of The Last Supper, in churches in Cusco...

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Mainland metals firms bid for Peru company

7 Dec 2007

Jiangxi Copper, the mainland's largest integrated copper producer, has teamed up with China Minmetals, to take over Canadian miner Northern Peru Copper (NOC) in a deal worth C$455 million (HK$3.5...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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Howard Winn

Way to go

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Fund-raiser a tall order

To help raise funds for an educational trip to the developing world over the summer months, a group of West Island students will abseil off their school building on Saturday.

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Zijin group buys Peru mines in HK$1.4b deal

A consortium led by Hong Kong-listed Zijin Mining said yesterday Monterrico Metals, the owner of still untapped Rio Blanco copper and molybdenum mines in Peru, accepted a #94.6 million (HK$1.4...

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Exclusive tours for a centenary

High-end tour agent S.K.Y.Travel helped its parent Swiss tour operator Kuoni Travel Group celebrate 100 years in the business with a press lunch in the suitably aviation cabin decor of the...

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Fishery purchase helps lift Pacific Andes earnings 12pc

Pacific Andes International, a frozen fish and fish fillet supplier, said full-year profit rose 12 per cent, helped by additional income from buying a fishery firm.

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Key holder

THE LAST TIME Lara Shah was in Hong Kong - in 2003 - she was offering a form of healing called transmutation therapy, which is said to have its roots in ancient Peru.

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Not to be missed

Another crop of diaspora babes assembled for the opening of TVB's Miss Chinese International 2003 pageant yesterday. The 20 contestants were from Chinatowns as far afield as Peru and South Africa...

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