
Australia’s trade minister said the Philippines could take advantage of the newly minted ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement, which promises seamless trade in goods and services between the regional bloc and the two Pacific countries.

Newmont Mining, one of the world’s largest gold producers, says its first-quarter profit tumbled 48 percent, primarily driven by lower realized gold and copper prices.
The Obama administration wants to reverse a last-minute Bush-era rule that allows mountaintop mining waste to be dumped near streams.
Contradicting a Barack Obama campaign position, a former transition team official said mining companies could pay federal royalties of up to 8 percent for gold, silver and other hard-rock mining on public lands.
Contradicting a Barack Obama campaign position, a former transition team official said mining companies could pay federal royalties of up to 8 percent for gold, silver and other hard-rock mining on public lands.
Mining authorities promised Monday to compensate the families of 74 workers who were killed in a series of explosions in China’s deadliest mine disaster in a year, the official news agency said.
Mining company Anglo American PLC said Friday it will cut 19,000 jobs this year and suspend dividend payments after reporting a 29 percent drop in 2008 profits.
Newmont Mining Corp., one of the world’s largest miners, says it returned to profitability in the fourth quarter after taking a loss a year ago.
Newmont Mining Corp., one of the world’s largest gold producers, said Tuesday it will buy the remainder an Australian mine for about $1 billion and that this year’s equity gold sales will match or exceed 2008.
Indian anti-mining protesters have released four mining workers held captive for a week, a representative of the indigenous groups said Thursday.
Mining giant BHP Billiton announced plans Wednesday to slash its global work force by 6 percent _ about 6,000 jobs _ as it rushes to cope with plummeting demand because of the global financial crisis.
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