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| When Will The Chinese Economic Agenda Be Noticed In Washington? (Part I) | | By Jack Lifton, 12 Nov 2008, 12:01 PM | | I've been writing for some time in Resource Investor (RI) on my concern about a hidden U.S. dependence. Currently, oil has masked the equally as serious (if not more so) growing and now near total dependence on other imported critical raw-materials and direct sources of raw materials, e.g. minor metals and industrial minerals. |
| Don't Be Afraid To Go Against The Flow | | By Michel Pireu, 12 Nov 2008, 09:35 AM | | It's like those situations we've all faced when a nice trend leaves the station and we're not on board. The market is moving, the trading pace is quickening, and every fibre of our being wants to pile on. |
| Gemfields Retreats From Offer For TanzaniteOne | | By Charlotte Mathews, 12 Nov 2008, 09:15 AM | | Coloured gemstones miner Gemfields Resources, which is 28% owned by JSE-listed Pallinghurst Resources, had allowed its offer for shares in Tanzanian-based miner of precious stones TanzaniteOne to lapse, it said yesterday. |
| Investors Hesitant To Exploit Tax Break For Junior Mine Firms | | By Charlotte Mathews, 12 Nov 2008, 09:31 AM | | Interest in taking advantage of the recently introduced tax breaks for investments in exploration and smaller enterprises has not been significant, possibly because of the number of conditions attached to the legislation, BDO Spencer Steward director Ursula van Eck said yesterday. |
| Miners At Lonmin In Limpopo Strike | | By Sapa, 12 Nov 2008, 09:01 AM | | More than 2,000 mine workers have downed tools at platinum producer Lonmin in Limpopo, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said today. |
| JSE Plans New Exchange For Africa | | By Stephen Gunnion, 12 Nov 2008, 09:12 AM | | Foreign interest in African-listed companies is likely to grow next year when the JSE launches its new Africa Board, says Maureen Dlamini, executive head of the Africa Board at the JSE. |
| Standard & Poors Has Dim View Of Rand, Rates | | By Mariam Isa and Renee Bonorchis, 12 Nov 2008, 09:06 AM | | Standard & Poor's (S&P) revised its outlook on South Africa's sovereign credit rating to "negative” from "stable” yesterday, warning that capital outflows could depress the rand more, keeping inflation high and delaying expected cuts in interest rates. |
| Mining Slowdown Takes Toll On Economy | | By -, 12 Nov 2008, 08:57 AM | | Faced with sharp declines in commodity prices and a contracting global economy, South Africa's mining companies are going to experience a significant decline in corporate profits, warned international growth consultants Frost & Sullivan (F&S) today. |
| Engineers Bill 'Will Lower Standards' | | By Sue Blaine and Sanchia Temkin, 12 Nov 2008, 09:21 AM | | South Africa's various engineering professional bodies continue to lobby against the Built Environment Professions Bill which, if promulgated, will change the way in which their professions are regulated. |
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