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ArcelorMittal agrees to buy
US coal mining group
A1T, Pans
Arcelor Mittal, tire world s biggest steel producer, said Monday it had agreed to buy US coal mining group Mid Vol Coal for an undisclosed sum.
Mid Vol, based in Virginia and West Virginia, produced 1.5 million tonnes of coking coal last year and has reserves of 85 million tonnes.
"This acquisition further increases our upstream self-sufficiency in a primary raw material," said finance director Aditya Mittal in a statement.
ArcelorMittal is the biggest buyer of Mid Vol's coking coal, used to produce coke, which is a key raw material required in die steel-making process.
The acquisition fits with the company's strategy of buying mining groups to acquire its own supply of raw materials at a time of rapidly rising prices.
The company, controlled by Indian-born steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, has recently bought stakes in South Africa's Coal of Africa. Australian mining group Macarthur Coal and has bought three mines in Russia.
Malaysia-US trade talks resume July 14
AFP, Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia and the United States will begin their next round of talks on a free-trade deal on July 14, a minister saidTuesday.
The talks come after Malaysia indicated last month it would not compromise on the agricultural sector. The talks will be held in the US from July 14-18, deputy international trade minister LiewVui Keong said.
"The meeting is aimed at solving several issues that have yet to be resolved," he said, according to state news agency Bernama.
The negotiations, which began in March 2006, reached an impasse at the seventh round in January.
Critics fear an agreement would leave Malaysia in a unfavourable trading position.
Malaysia's list of sensitive areas -- including environmental protection and the practice of giving Malay companies a leg-up in lucrative government contracts -- have bogged down the talks.
The United States, which is Malaysia's biggest trading partner, wants the deal to be struck before President George W. Bush leaves office in January 2009, warning that efforts on a deal could be ended after that.
Shell, PetroChina, Qatar eye new China refinery
AFP, Shanghai
PetroChina said Tuesday it had signed a preliminary agreement with Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell and Qatar Petroleum International to study building a new refinery in China.
PetroChina would have a 51 percent shareholding in the new facility, while Qatar Petroleum International and Shell would each have 24.5 percent, the companies said in a statement
They gave no details of the facility's cost, size or location.
PetroChina's chief executive Jiang Jiemen said the project would promote and strengthen cooperation with international oil companies.
The letter of intent was signed in Qatar's capital Doha and witnessed by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, who is on a visit to the Middle East where he is discussing the challenges posed by soaring oil prices.
China agrees to nearly double ore price
AFP, Shanghai
China's Baosteel said Tuesday it would nearly double the price it pays mining group Rio Tinto for iron ore, in a deal experts said underscored the Asian giant's lynchpin role in the commodity boom.
Baosteel, China's largest steel maker acting on behalf of the nation's industry as a whole, negotiated to pay between 80 and 97 percent more than last year depending on the category of iron ore, which is used to make steel.
"China is a major iron ore importer. So China's iron ore imports will certainly impact die world's iron ore prices," said Lim Shuaik, a Beijing-based analyst with Fitch Ratings.
The new prices will affect all iron ore deliveries for the 2008 contract year that began on April 1, Anglo-Australian giant RioTinto said in a statement.
Baosteel called the deal mutually beneficial and said it would help the long-term development of the steel industry on both the rniningand milling sides.