- S Korean consortium offers to buy Australian coal mine
A South Korean consortium said on Monday that it has made a non-binding offer to buy Whitehaven Coal, valued at 3.5 billion Australian dollars (3.497 billion U.S. dollars).
The group consisting of Korea Resources Corp (Kores) and Daewoo International Corp said they have submitted a preliminary offer to acquire Whitehaven this month, and are examining the Sydney-based miner's books with a view to making a formal bid.
Whitehaven put itself up for sale last year. It said on Feb. 7 ... 韓国コンソーシアムは、それは35億豪ドル（3497000000 USドル）相当のホワイトヘブン石炭を購入し、拘束力のない申込みをしたことを明らかにした
- Australia encourages Japan to scrap food import tariffs
Australia will encourage Japan to eliminate its agricultural import tariffs, but will not insist on it during free-trade negotiations, Trade Minister Craig Emerson said on Friday.
Both countries declined to provide details of high-level talks between Emerson and Japan's Trade Minister, Banri Kaieda, in Sydney on Friday, according to Australian Associated Press (AAP) report.
Japan is keen to safeguard its heavily subsidized farm sector, which it protects with tariffs of 800 perc ... オーストラリアは、その農産物輸入関税を撤廃するために日本を奨励する自由貿易交渉の際、それを主張しませんが、通商クレイグエマーソンによると
- The Plastiki on mission to Australia
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The Plastiki, a 60-foot sailing catamaran built by British adventurer David de Rothschild, goes on a test sail in San Francisco Bay in Sausalito, California, February 11, 2010. The vessel, built from more than 12,500 reclaimed bottles and other recycled plastic and waste products, is preparing to set sail from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia. (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo)
... ＆$は＆$ Plastiki、60フィートのヨットカタマランロスデ建てられた英国の探検デビッドは、2010年2月11カリフォルニア州サウサリート湾行くのテストセールでサンフランシスコ
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