Stories for September 10th 2003

Wednesday, September 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

FIC oil partner exploring in West Africa.

An Australian consortium with interests in the Falkland Islands has started exploration drilling at the Chinguetti oilfield off the coast of Mauritania, West Africa.

Wednesday, September 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Argentina-IMF talks continue.

The Argentine government officially decided this Tuesday to suspend repayment of an IMF 2,9 billion US dollars credit that was due today. Argentina had anticipated that if an agreement, currently being discussed with the IMF was not reached by September 9 it would take this drastic action which means the country defaulted

Wednesday, September 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Fisheries News.

Headlines:
Processing plant opens in Puerto Deseado
Census shows 5,607 Galician vessels authorised to fish
Chilean industry targets hoki.