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  • Long known as a resource-rich region to international mining firms, Africa's economy has been turning heads recently for other reasons.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed DAVID BERMAN 2011

  • SYDNEY — Exxon Mobil Corp. said Thursday offshore gas projects it's helping to develop and operate in Australia are over budget and face delays amid rising costs for engineering services and a tight labor market in the resource-rich nation.

    Exxon Says Australian Projects Delayed, Over Budget Ross Kelly 2011

  • In 2010, the top destination for foreign investment was North America, but nearly half of that went to resource-rich Canada.

    China Turns Investment Eye to Europe Aaron Back 2012

  • Much of Hunnu's exploration and mining licenses are in the resource-rich Gobi desert, including in the coveted Tavan Tolgoi region in South Gobi, just across China's northern border, and comprise both thermal and high-quality coking coal reserves.

    Banpu Seeks Full Control of Australia's Hunnu Coal Phisanu Phromchanya 2011

  • The initial wave of overseas investment was led by the purchase of mining and energy companies by China's state sector, and therefore was concentrated in resource-rich regions like Australia and Latin America.

    China Turns Investment Eye to Europe Aaron Back 2012

  • To expand on this point, Chinese investment in resource-rich, troubled parts of the world may have some positive side effects, namely, China will have a greater stake in averting local conflicts.

    U.S.-China summit: New jobs, human rights, state dinner Daniel Kliman 2011

  • It should look no further than the oil-rich sheikdoms of the Middle East, which after a long history of investing overseas are poised to look seriously at the resource-rich Pacific nation for the first time.

    Australia May Be Poised to Draw Mideast Investment Andrew Critchlow 2011

  • Qatar has begun talks on supplying natural gas to China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., in the latest move by the resource-rich Arab emirate to build exposure to fast-growing Asian demand for clean er fuels.

    Business Watch 2011

  • A handful of resource-rich countries with poor governance grades—Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Equatorial Guinea —had broken through.

    Politics Plays Part in Achieving Rich-Nation Status Mark Whitehouse 2011

  • DOHA — Qatar has begun talks on supplying natural gas to China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, known as Sinopec Corp., in the latest move by the resource-rich Arab emirate to build exposure to fast-growing Asian demand for cleaner fuels.

    Qatar Discusses LNG Supply With Sinopec Alex Delmar-Morgan 2011

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