December 21, 2011 Silvercorp Metals Inc.: Chinese law enforcement agents open criminal case to investigate creators of falsified reports Silvercorp Metals Inc. ("Silvercorp" or the "Company") (TSX: SVM- News)(NYSE: SVM - News) has been advised that Chinese law enforcement agents have opened a criminal case to investigate and find…
December 21, 2011 Shell and Beijing’s Tsinghua University join forces to undertake new lubricant research Shell Lubricants Technology has announced a two-year research and development partnership with State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Tsinghua University, one of China’s most prestigious institutions. The partners...
December 20, 2011 Adriana signs joint venture with WISCO on C$13bn iron ore project Adriana Resources makes progress on its Lac Otelnuk iron ore project in Quebec, inking a joint-venture agreement that sees Chinese steel-maker WISCO buy a 60 percent stake
December 20, 2011 Robust demand for bullion in Europe, Middle East and China again – very little selling Gold is mixed and marginally higher in dollars and euros today despite European finance ministers pledging extra funding to the IMF.
December 20, 2011 China’s Yancoal proposes assets merger with Gloucester Coal According to a source close to the deal, Chinese-controlled Yancoal Australia has approached Gloucester Coal with a plan to merge their neighbouring coal assets in Australia.
December 18, 2011 China unlikely to hit nuclear power target If the uranium industry was hoping that China would be the tide that floats all boats, it will have to wait longer than expected.
December 18, 2011 Shenhua invests $21b to produce alumina from coal ash China Shenhua Group, the country's largest coal producer, on Sunday kicked off construction on a project capable of producing alumina from coal ash, a waste byproduct of thermal power generation.
December 18, 2011 Chinese still buying gold big time – huge imports in October China’s gold purchase from Hong Kong hit 85.7 tons in October Mainland China’s gold purchase from Hong Kong hit 85.7 tons in October, from September’s 57 tons, according to Hong…
December 18, 2011 China Development Bank loans millions to Kazakhstan copper company China Development Bank (CDB), one of the country's three policy banks, has signed two agreements with Kazak copper giant Kazakhmys PLC, granting the mine and refinery operator 1.34 billion U.S.…
December 15, 2011 Shanghai copper set for longest losing streak in more than 2 yrs Copper prices in Shanghai fell for a sixth day on Thursday and are headed for their longest losing streak in more than two years, on the back of deepening euro…
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