Archive for June, 2008
Company, bank, stock market briefs Jun 30
* Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (STC) announced that July 9 is the final registration for Ho Chi Minh Metallic Joint Stock Co (coded HMC) to close the list of shareholders to [...]
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VN Index adds 1.72% to 400 point threshold
The stock market today ended June with another surge and many key stocks increased strongly. The uptrend of many prime stocks helped the VN Index step close to 400 point [...]
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Oceana suspends costly Luzon venture
Oceana has suspended development of its crucial gold and copper mine in the Philippines as it seeks to raise US$185 million (NZ$244 million), which could include a joint [...]
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Philippine business group urged to help Australian firm in mining spat
THE Australian government has reminded the Mindanao business sector on the possible big investments of Australian companies in mining in the island even when the local [...]
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Solon seeks local government power to issue mining permits
A legislator on Friday filed a bill seeking to give provincial governments the authority to issue mining permits within their respective jurisdictions. “This measure [...]
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OceanaGold provides technical report for Didipio gold-copper project
OceanaGold has notched up another victory in its bid to reduce the impact of minority opposition to its Didipio gold project in the Philippines. A Court of Appeals decision [...]
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Acquisition of Pan African Mining Corp by Asia Thai Mining Co., Ltd closed today in accordance with plan of arrangement
Pan African Mining Corp (the “Company”) is pleased to announce the closing today of the Plan of Arrangement and related transactions (the “Plan of [...]
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Rolls-Royce wins new Thailand gas power contract
Rolls-Royce said today that gas compression and power generation units for Thailand’s third gas pipeline master plan, covering a total of 11 onshore and offshore [...]
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Malaysia’s Sumatec bids for regional O&G jobs
Sumatec Resources Bhd, an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) company, is bidding for some US$250 million worth of oil and gas contracts in [...]
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Australian firm finds gold in Kratie
Australian gold and base metals explorer Southern Gold Ltd announced the results of preliminary drillings in Kratie province, the firm’s first foray into Cambodia. In [...]
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H5N1 virus replikin gene counts indicate a new more virulent influenza cycle has begun
Replikins Ltd has found that H5N1 virus replikin peak gene counts in 2007 in Hong Kong, Russia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Israel indicate that a new replikin cycle has begun. [...]
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20,000 die from tainted water each year in Vietnam, says WHO
Unclean water and bad sanitation claims more than 20,000 lives per year in Vietnam, World Health Organisation (WHO) office in Hanoi said Thursday. WHO said severe diarrhea [...]
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New cholera outbreaks in Vietnam: health official
Vietnam is experiencing new outbreaks of cholera, the health ministry said Friday, despite efforts since last year to eradicate the dangerous bacterial disease. The country [...]
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Thai PM survives no-confidence vote
Samak Sundaravej, Thailand’s embattled prime minister, survived a no confidence vote on Friday, but lingering allegations of corruption and mismanagement threaten to [...]
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Thai bourse chief hopes to see foreign investors to return in 2nd half-year
Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) chair Pakorn Malakul Na Ayudhya on Thursday predicted that foreign investors will return to buy Thai stocks in the second half of this year [...]
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