Zinc

Zinc hungry China asks Canada to back giant mine

5 Jan 2013

With zinc sources drying up and demand forecast to surge, resource hungry China is looking to Canada to approve two giant mines and close the gap – but environmentalists and roving caribou stand...

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Mainland alchemists turn damaged zinc into solid gold

22 Dec 2012

China has been telling the world not to worry about the bad debt of its banks. Central bankers reassure us the situation is manageable.

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Health bites

8 May 2012

Better late than never

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Rock stars

8 Mar 2012

Organic materials can improve your health while making you look good, writes Victoria Ip.

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Yunnan miner plans 1.55b yuan in spending

2 Dec 2011

China Polymetallic Mining said yesterday it plans to spend 1.55 billion yuan (HK$1.89 billion) utnil the end of next year to buy mining rights and to fund development and operating costs.

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The Litigators

27 Nov 2011

The Litigators
by John Grisham (read by Dennis Boutsikaris)
Hodder & Stoughton (audiobook)

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Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Minmetals Resources has five-year growth plan

Minmetals Resources, the Hong Kong-listed overseas mining arm of state-backed metals trading giant China Minmetals Corp, aims to quadruple its market capitalisation within five years.

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At home to cancer

Li Sherong, a villager who lives along the Xiang River in Hunan province, says she is counting her remaining days after she was diagnosed with cancer nearly three years ago.

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Hunan Nonferrous posts loss as prices fall

Hunan Nonferrous Metals Corp, the mainland's biggest producer of zinc and tungsten, posted a net loss of 212.4 million yuan (HK$ 241.39 million) in the first half because of lower metal prices and...

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Western Mining pares lead and zinc forecasts

Western Mining, a key lead and zinc miner on the mainland, yesterday cut its production forecasts for the two minerals this year amid rising costs, limited power supplies and falling zinc prices...

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EPI targets 4 mine deals

Nonferrous metals producer and trader EPI Holdings hopes to conclude four metals mining investments this year, including a copper project in the Philippines, with joint-venture partner Jiangxi...

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Sungreen to buy more metal mining assets

Sungreen International Holdings, a mainland agrochemical manufacturer listed on the Growth Enterprise Market, plans to diversify more into metal mining and related businesses after sealing a HK$...

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