MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 12th 2009
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Thursday, February 12th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
China doubles stake in debt-pressed miner giant Rio Tinto
Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto has announced that China's state-owned Chinalco is to invest a further 19.5 billion US dollars in the business. The move - China's largest investment in a foreign company - could see Chinalco increase its stake in Rio to 18% from the current level of 9%.
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Thursday, February 12th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Bolivia reveals companies' interest in lithium reserves
Four foreign companies are interested in mining lithium in Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest known deposit of that metal, with the aim of producing automobile batteries, a Bolivian government official said this week.
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Thursday, February 12th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Chilean president ignores Cuban political prisoners
Cuban dissidents expressed disappointment that Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is not interested in meeting with them during her official visit to the island, adding that her personal history as victim of political persecution makes the issue even more regretful.
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Thursday, February 12th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina establishes TAC quotas for Patagonian scallop
Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) has fixed the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for whole and commercial-sized Patagonian scallops (Zygochlamys patagonica) in a number of Southern Sector Management Units.
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Thursday, February 12th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
UK expects “positive role” from CFK at London's G20 summit
Argentine diplomacy is working on plans for President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to address the Falkland Islands sovereignty claim when she travels to London at the beginning of April, for the G-20 summit on the global financial crisis hosted by PM Gordon Brown.
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Thursday, February 12th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
UK oil industry warns of low prices effect on production
Industry group Oil & Gas UK said the combination of low oil prices and the freezing of capital markets will have a marked effect on exploration and development activity in the UK over the next 12-18 months.
