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		<title>Historic Canada-China trade agreements benefit both mining sectors &#8211; by Dorothy Kosich (Mineweb.com &#8211; February 9, 2012)</title>
		<link>http://www.republicofmining.com/2012/02/09/historic-canada-china-trade-agreements-benefit-both-mining-sectors-by-dorothy-kosich-mineweb-com-february-9-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 20 years of negotiations, Canada and China are closer to ratification of a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement that may benefit mining and mining services in both nations. RENO - The Canada Mining Innovation Council applauded Wednesday&#8217;s announcement by Prime Minister Stephen Harper that Canada and China completed negotiations on a historic Foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEWS RELEASE: Canada world&#8217;s top exploration country for ten years</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metals Economic Group&#8217;s 22nd Corporate Exploration Strategies Study U.S. dollar currency is used throughout this press release. Vancouver, British Columbia, January 24, 2012 – According to Metals Economics Group’s (MEG) Corporate Exploration Strategies (CES), Canada has been the world’s top country for exploration for the last ten years, since overtaking Australia in 2002. Canada’s allocation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[Xstrata and Glencore] Last of the big mining deals &#8211; by Peter Koven (National Post &#8211; February 8, 2012)</title>
		<link>http://www.republicofmining.com/2012/02/08/xstrata-and-glencore-last-of-the-big-mining-deals-by-peter-koven-national-post-february-8-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Post is Canada’s second largest national paper. Mick Davis began his discussion of the biggest mining deal in history in an unusual way: by ripping his advisors. “An advisor is somebody who gives you advice on what you would like to do, and simultaneously advises the market on what you may do through the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glencore, Xstrata Turn to Selling Deal &#8211; by Dana Cimilluca, John W. Miller and Rhiannon Hoyle (Wall Steet Journal &#8211; February 7, 2012)</title>
		<link>http://www.republicofmining.com/2012/02/07/glencore-xstrata-turn-to-selling-deal-by-dana-cimilluca-john-w-miller-and-rhiannon-hoyle-wall-steet-journal-february-7-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/home-page Long-Awaited Deal Would Create Commodities Giant, but Some Mining-Firm Shareholders Balk at Premium Now that Xstrata PLC and Glencore International AG have unveiled their widely expected plan to merge and form a mining-and-commodities behemoth, the hard work begins: selling the deal to shareholders and regulators. As expected, the companies announced Tuesday they will combine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xstrata-Glencore deal a possible game changer &#8211; by David Ebner (Globe and Mail &#8211; February 7, 2012)</title>
		<link>http://www.republicofmining.com/2012/02/07/xstrata-glencore-deal-a-possible-game-changer-by-david-ebner-globe-and-mail-february-7-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Globe and Mail is Canada’s national newspaper with the second largest broadsheet circulation in the country. It has enormous influence on Canada’s political and business elite. VANCOUVER— The merger of Glencore International PLC and Xstrata PLC has the potential to spark a new wave of deals in the mining industry, particularly among copper producers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The natural resources deficit: the implications for German politics &#8211; by Anna Kwiatkowska-Drożdż (Centre for Eastern Studies &#8211; February 8, 2011)</title>
		<link>http://www.republicofmining.com/2012/02/07/the-natural-resources-deficit-the-implications-for-german-politics-by-anna-kwiatkowska-drozdz-centre-for-eastern-studies-february-8-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.osw.waw.pl/en The Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) is a Polish think tank dealing with analyses of the political, economic and social situation in the neighbour countries, Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Southern Caucasus, Central Asia and Germany. (Warsaw, Poland)  Falling amounts of natural resources and the ‘peak oil’ question, i.e. the point in time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia-China relationship a lesson for Ottawa [about resources] &#8211; by Matthew Fisher (National Post &#8211; February 7, 2012)</title>
		<link>http://www.republicofmining.com/2012/02/07/australia-china-relationship-a-lesson-for-ottawa-by-matthew-fisher-national-post-february-7-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Post is Canada’s second largest national paper. Canadians are about to discover that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has caught China fever. The Prime Minister arrives Tuesday in Beijing to shout that Canada is open for business. Australia caught China fever some years ago and because of it the Land Down Under has been creating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glencore-Xstrata deal meets shareholder opposition &#8211; by Sarah Young and Eric Onstad (Reuters &#8211; February 7, 2012)</title>
		<link>http://www.republicofmining.com/2012/02/07/glencore-xstrata-deal-meets-shareholder-opposition-by-sarah-young-and-eric-onstad-reuters-february-7-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.republicofmining.com/2012/02/07/glencore-xstrata-deal-meets-shareholder-opposition-by-sarah-young-and-eric-onstad-reuters-february-7-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article came from: www.reuters.com LONDON (Reuters) - Two top 10 shareholders in miner Xstrata said on Tuesday they would vote against a takeover by commodities trader Glencore, threatening the industry&#8217;s biggest deal to create a powerhouse spanning mining, agriculture and trading. Standard Life Investments, the fourth largest investor in Xstrata, and Schroders head of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xstrata agrees $41bn Glencore takeover deal &#8211; by Sarah Young and Eric Onstad (Mineweb.com &#8211; February 7, 2012)</title>
		<link>http://www.republicofmining.com/2012/02/07/xstrata-agrees-41bn-glencore-takeover-deal-by-sarah-young-and-eric-onstad-mineweb-com-february-7-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article came from: www.mineweb.com In the biggest merger in the mining sector since Rio and Alcan, Glencore and Xstrata will form a company worth $90bn, Mick Davis will be CEO. LONDON (Reuters) - Commodities trader Glencore agreed on Tuesday to buy the remaining 66 percent of miner Xstrata for $41 billion in a record [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada doesn’t know how to protect its [resource] interests [from China] &#8211; by Terry Glavin (Ottawa Citizen &#8211; February 4 2012)</title>
		<link>http://www.republicofmining.com/2012/02/06/canada-doesn%e2%80%99t-know-how-to-protect-its-resource-interests-from-china-by-terry-glavin-ottawa-citizen-february-4-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column is from the: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/index.html “We are sitting ducks.” That’s the way Anthony Campbell, the former head of the Intelligence Assessment Secretariat of the Privy Council Office, put it to me the other day. We were talking about Beijing’s designs on Canada’s energy resources, Beijing’s adroit cunning in enfeebling Canadian foreign policy, and how [...]]]></description>
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