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China Minmetals Development Co., a listed subsidiary of the state-owned metal trader China Minmetals Corp., said that its net profits rose 88 percent in 2007, driven by domestic business. Net profits ... Read More

BHP Billiton Ltd is considering partnering Chinese miners to seek and invest in mineral ore mines overseas to meet increasing demand for raw materials. The world’s biggest mining company can wor... Read More

China’s Shougang Corp aims to double iron production at its Peruvian unit as demand from Chinese steel makers surged, Peru Energy & Mines Minister Juan Valdivia said. Shougang, the parent co... Read More

Two Chinese nationals were killed and four were injured in a face-off pitting striking Chinese workers against police in Equatorial Guinea, according to a message posted last Friday on the Foreign Min... Read More

Leaders from the six Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) nations – Laos, China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Thailand — concluded their two-day summit and issued a Joint Summit Declaration on... Read More

Governments from 163 countries will launch discussions today on forging a global warming agreement, a process expected to be fraught with disagreements over which countries should take the lead to red... Read More

For China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the country’s largest oil and gas producer, ensuring stable and safe energy supply to fuel the growth of the Chinese economy is its core social r... Read More

BHP Billiton Ltd is considering partnering Chinese miners to seek and invest in mineral ore mines overseas to meet increasing demand for raw materials. The world’s biggest mining company can wor... Read More

BHP Billiton Ltd is considering partnering Chinese miners to seek and invest in mineral ore mines overseas to meet increasing demand for raw materials. The world’s biggest mining company can wo... Read More

Gratifying achievements were made in the developments of relations between China and Africa in the past year, a senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official has said. Speaking at a symposium of Chin... Read More

Business leaders from the six countries sharing the Mekong River on Sunday held in Vientiane the GMS Business and Investment Dialogue (BID) aimed at addressing the key challenges in enhancing trade an... Read More

China’s economy would moderate but remain robust in 2008 with a growth rate of 10.7 percent, providing a cushion against the expected international downturn, according to a forecast issued by th... Read More

China has raised its minimum purchase prices for rice and wheat for a second time this year to encourage grain production and curb inflation, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said... Read More