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[NYBob]

China looks to buy more mining companies
China looks to buy more mining companies. March 9, 2009. THE president of China Minmetals, Zhou Zhongshu, says he is encouraging the establishment of a ...
business.smh.com.au/.../china-looks-to-buy-more-mining-companies-20090308-8ser.html - Cached - Similar
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China Investment to buy $1.5B stake in mining giant Teck Resources
China Investment buying stake in Teck ResourcesTORONTO — Mining company Teck Resources Ltd. said Friday it is selling a 17 percent stake to ...
blog.taragana.com/.../china-investment-to-buy-15b-stake-in-mining-giant-teck-resources-98922/ - Cached - Similar
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China Buys Stake in Teck Resources | Metals and Mining | Financial ...
Mining company Teck Resources says it is selling a 17% stake to China Investment Corp. for ... China Buys Stake in Teck Resources. 07/03/09 - 05:05 PM EDT ...
www.thestreet.com/newsanalysis/...mining/10534239.html - Cached - Similar
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Australia Blocking China from Buying Mining Company
On Friday, Australia blocked one of several acquisitions
China is seeking in the country's natural resources sector.
Although national security was cited as ...
b2bnewz.com/.../329-australia-blocking-china-from-buying-mining-company.html - Cached - Similar
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China Steel Company, Wuhan Plans To Buy Iron Ore Mines in ...
14 Mar 2009 ... Buying an Iron Ore Mine in Australia; price of iron ore in australia; Largest iron and steel companies in China; mining companies wanting to ...
paguntaka.org/.../china-steel-company-wuhan-plans-to-buy-iron-ore-mines-in-australia-and-cambodia/ - Cached - Similar
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China's Mining Companies to Buy Assets Overseas, Molyneux Says ...
8 Oct 2007 ... Mining companies in China, the largest consumer of copper, iron ore and coal, are likely to buy more metal deposits and oilfields in Africa, ...
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid...china - Similar
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coal mining companies, buy coal mining companies, China (mainland ...
coal mining companies products directory - over 8000000 importers and exporters from China and around the world, coal mining companies, coal mining ...
www.tootoo.com/buy-coal_mining_companies/ - Cached - Similar
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InfoMine - Mining Intelligence and Technology
6 Jul 2009 ... InfoMine provides comprehensive information on mining, the mining ... China is taking a major stake in Teck Resources Ltd. in a ... South Korea's state-owned utility company KEPCO has bought a major stake in Toronto's Denison Mines, and intends to buy African uranium mining assets within the year. ...
www.infomine.com/ - Cached - Similar
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China News: Australia Blocks China's Purchase of Mining Company ...
China's plan to buy an Australian mining company has stalled, according to the New York Times: The decision to block the purchase of OZ ...
chinadigitaltimes.net/.../australia-blocks-china’s-purchase-of-mining-company/ - Cached - Similar
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Chinese State Owned Mining Companies on a Global Buying Spree
Debt-strapped mining companies find themselves in the uncomfortable position of needing to lower debt obligations by selling equity stakes to strange ...
agmetalminer.com/.../chinese-state-owned-mining-companies-on-a-global-buying-spree/ - Cached - Similar

I wonder what those "hard assets" would be?

simultaneously positioning China to make much greater
profit on its investment of its reserves into hard assets
whose prices are now greatly beaten down, while