AUSTRALIA: BHP Billiton rides a commodities boom

BHP Billiton is one of the world's largest mining companies, listed on a number of stock...

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CHINA: Beijing is failing to raise energy efficiency

China's energy consumption per unit of GDP rose again in the first half. The period 2002-05 was...

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Cultural shifts, the rise of Anglophone and Chinese influence across the continent, and growing...

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The country's reserves of tin, copper, zinc, iron and gold have long attracted foreign interest,...

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China's expanding economic relationship with Africa is viewed with much optimism in some...

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Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said on August 11 that accession to the WTO may be delayed in...

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A strike is crippling production at northern Chile's Escondida copper mine. Escondida, the...

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After four months of deliberations, the government announced on July 4 that it was planning an...

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President Jakaya Kikwete's government has prioritised maximisation of returns from Tanzania's...

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Apparently insatiable Chinese demand for iron ore, coupled with strong demand from a number of...

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