Latest East Asia Mining News
- Investors emboldened by latest dip in oil price 21 Aug 2008 18:38 GMT
... in London gained 1 per cent, as mining and commodity stocks returned to favour. However, ... it was a more mixed picture in Asia. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 Average slipped 0.1 per ... 4bp to 4.11 per cent. The 10-year Japanese government bond yield edged up 1bp to ...
- Why Africa needs more cabbage 21 Aug 2008 18:35 GMT
... oil-producer, Zambia is one of Africa’s biggest recipients of Chinese investment, as the resource-hungry Asian giant pours capital into mining and agriculture. China’s president, Hu Jintao, inaugurated a massive mining-investment zone in the north ...
- Korea takes two golds in taekwondo matches 21 Aug 2008 17:28 GMT
... Korea¡¯s Lim Su-jeong, right, attacks Turkey¡¯s Azize Tanrikulu in ... Beijing. [YONHAP] Taekwondo has been a Games gold mine for Korea since it became an Olympic ... won the gold at the 2002 Busan Asian Games as a 16 year old, became ...
- Ministry recommends steep tax increases on mining, gas, coal 21 Aug 2008 17:09 GMT
... biggest exporter of coal and is Southeast Asia’s third-largest producer of crude oil. “Raising the natural ... in a statement seen Wednesday. Taxes on mining manganese, steel, lead, zinc, copper and tin ... mainly exports minerals to neighboring China and Japan. Facing rising domestic demand amid economic growth ...
- Small caps slip on soaring crude, sour financials 21 Aug 2008 16:17 GMT
... in some upbeat news out of the Asian stock market; alas, that turned out to be ... 7% rally from the previous day. Meanwhile, Japan was down 0.7%, Hong Kong off 2.5%, ... gold, oil and gas drillers, metal and mining stocks, oil exploration and gas utility stocks ...
- Financial Fears To Stifle Market Optimism - RTTNews Daily Market Analysis 21 Aug 2008 15:53 GMT
... trading at $1.4842 in the previous session. Asia Stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region closed ... 2.7%, Nippon Oil added 1.7% and Nippon Mining Holdings gained 1.4%. The South Korean market ... its rival Rio Tinto advanced 1.9%. Gold miners closed weak, with Newcrest Mining losing 0.8% ...
- Background Notes : Mongolia (08/08) 21 Aug 2008 14:37 GMT
... vegetables. Industry (36% of 2007 GDP, includes mining 27.4%, manufacturing 6.1%, and utilities (electricity, gas, ... billion: minerals, livestock, animal products, and textiles. Markets--Asian countries (approx. 75%), European countries (approx. 10%), ... boom in the number of informal gold miners, who frequently illegally use mercury, which may ...
- Georgia invasion worsens Russian downturn 21 Aug 2008 11:59 GMT
... nations (the others being the US, UK, Japan, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK ... they count the various natural resource sectors (mining and metals as well as oil and ... a Canadian international affairs analyst. (Copyright 2008 Asia Times Online (Holdings) Ltd. All rights reserved. Please ...
- Hong Kong shares close sharply lower on profit-taking, earnings worries UPDATE 21 Aug 2008 10:58 GMT
... Hong Kong shares close sharply lower on profit-taking, earnings ... 2008 | 05:33 AM ET HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices closed sharply lower on profit-taking ... Among gold and other metals firms, Zijin Mining was down 0.14 hkd or 2.82 pct ...
- Hong Kong shares close sharply lower on profit-taking, earnings worries 21 Aug 2008 09:58 GMT
... Hong Kong shares close sharply lower on profit-taking, earnings ... 2008 | 05:33 AM ET HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices closed sharply lower on profit-taking ... Among gold and other metals firms, Zijin Mining was down 0.14 hkd or 2.82 pct ...
- Mining company reports P523-M loss in H1 21 Aug 2008 09:31 GMT
... Money transfer firm iRemit Inc. is set to launch ... TOKYO - The dollar lost ground in Asian trade Thursday, pressured by continued worries about the ... report that it will announce hikes in Japan for next month. According to the Nikkei ...
- Remittance firm to launch new card service 21 Aug 2008 09:11 GMT
... Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corp. posted a consolidated net ... TOKYO - The dollar lost ground in Asian trade Thursday, pressured by continued worries about the ... report that it will announce hikes in Japan for next month. According to the Nikkei ...
- HYUNDAI STEEL INKS COAL DEAL WITH BHP BILLITON 21 Aug 2008 07:32 GMT
... WITH BHP BILLITON SEOUL, Aug 21, 2008 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX News Network) -- Hyundai Steel ... has reached a deal with an Australian miner to buy more than 1.6 million tons of ... Billiton Ltd. (ASX: ), the world's largest mining company, follows a similar contract with another Australian ...
- Growth talk sends shares up 21 Aug 2008 06:32 GMT
... Asian stocks rose yesterday from a two-year low, led ... Shanghai. BHP Billiton Ltd, the world's largest mining company, and CNOOC Ltd, China's largest offshore ... benchmark indexes in the region climbed, while Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average ended 0.1 percent ...
- ASIA-PACIFIC ENERGY EXPERTS, LAWMAKERS DISCUSS CLEAN COAL IN VIETNAM 21 Aug 2008 06:32 GMT
... HANOI, Aug 21, 2008 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- Energy experts, policy makers and ... Minister of Industry and Trade. "However, coal mining and usage includes the danger of worsening ... of which is mainly exported to China, Japan and Thailand. World experts predicted a 400 ...
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