Topic: Australia
Australia Friday voiced confidence its vital trade ties with China would not be harmed by next week's sensitive trial of an Australian mining executive charged with bribery and industrial espionage. Trade Minister Simon Crean said Australia did not link the case of Rio Tinto's Stern Hu, set to be tried along with three Chinese colleagues, with the booming ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Arrow Energy Ltd <AOE.AX> asked for trading in its shares to be suspended on Friday, stoking speculation that Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> and PetroChina <0857.HK> would sweeten their joint $3 billion offer for the coal-seam gas producer. Arrow's trading halt will allow it to update the ...
CANBERRA/SYDNEY (Reuters) - China has told Australian diplomats they will not be given access to part of the trial of an Australian employee of Rio Tinto charged with commercial spying, Canberra said on Friday. Australia has registered its "disappointment" with Beijing over the ruling but will not make further attempts to allow officials access, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs ...
