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[cediwi]

Über Reuters: FIRB

POLITICAL ECONOMY
CHINA/AUSTRALIA RELATIONS
The Foreign Investment Review Board - protecting Australia from Chinese advances or frustrating growth?
Some Australians have raised concerns about the extent to which Chinese firms are taking stakes in their mining firms but, what is the policy and how well is THE FIRB applying it?

Posted: Tuesday , 08 Sep 2009

Sydney (Reuters) -

Resource-hungry Chinese firms are taking stakes in Australian miners to secure supplies of raw materials, at a time when ties between the two countries have been strained.

Some Australians have raised concerns about ceding control of natural resources, the country's top export earner, to state-owned foreign firms.

In the middle of this stands the government's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB), responsible for making recommendations on foreign takeovers of Australian companies.

Some experts argue that Australia's 34-year-old foreign investment regime remains murky and sometimes unpredictable, despite government claims to the contrary, and say the whole process can become a guessing game that turns investors away.

HOW DOES AUSTRALIA'S FOREIGN INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD WORK?

The FIRB examines proposals by foreign interests for direct investment in Australia and makes recommendations to the government on whether those proposals are suitable for approval.

The FIRB's functions are advisory only. The treasurer has responsibility for the government's foreign investment policy and for making decisions on proposals.

WHAT IS THE FIRB'S HISTORY ON RECOMMENDATIONS?

The FIRB rarely rejects foreign investment deals, but the treasurer has the final decision.

In 2001 then-Treasurer Peter Costello rejected oil major Royal Dutch Shell's (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile, Research) takeover of oil firm Woodside Petroleum (WPL.AX: Quote, Profile, Research) as not in the national interest.

In April 2009 Treasurer Wayne Swan rejected Chinese state-owned firm Minmetals' takeover of debt-stressed OZ Minerals (OZL.AX: Quote, Profile, Research) on national security grounds, saying the local firm's main mine lay too close to a weapons-testing area. Australia finally approved a revised deal whereby Minmetals would buy OZ Minerals' other mines.

In 2007-08, the latest figures on the FIRB website, the board approved 7,841 foreign investment proposals worth A$191.9 billion ($164 billion) compared with 6,157 the year earlier. Fourteen proposals were rejected in 2007-08 compared with 39 in 2006-07.

The mineral exploration and development sector was the largest industry sector by value, with investment approvals in 2007-08 of A$64.3 billion (A$32.3 billion in 2006-07).

The United States was the largest source country for foreign investment in 2007-08. The other major foreign investors were the United Kingdom, Germany, Singapore and Switzerland.

WHAT INVESTMENTS REQUIRE FIRB APPROVAL?

Vacant non-residential land, residential real estate, shares or units in Australian urban land corporations or trust estates and direct investments by foreign governments or their agencies.

WHO MAKES UP THE FIRB?

The FIRB has four members -- a former central bank deputy governor and university chancellor, a company director, a former politician, and a former treasury official.

HOW LONG DO FIRB DECISIONS TAKE?

Investments such as residential property take a short period, says the FIRB, but more complex investments may take up to 30 days to examine. In rare cases the review period may be extended a further 90 days.

Source: Foreign Investment Review Board of Australia, here ($1=1.169 Australian Dollar) (Reporting by Michael Perry; Editing by Jonathan Standing and Dean Yates)

© Thomson Reuters 2009 All rights reserved

[schlumpftrader]

hallo,

kann denn vielleicht jemand einen chart reinstellen wie's zurzeit im ami-land mit unseren Lynas läuft?

thx & bye

schlumpftrader

[urpferdchen]

Ich war unterwegs bis jetzt - Ein Chart sagt mehr als viele Spekulationen,
jedenfalls für mich.
3 Monate Candlestick-Chart - gestern oder vorgestern habe ich den 2-jähigen Chart reingestellt mit den
-charttechnischen - widerstandslinien.
Und an dieser Widerstandslinie mit langem Docht oben hat Lynas heute umgedreht.
Wenn man den Chart ansieht und etwas rechnet wie der Anstieg war.
von 0,44 auf 0,73, dann Rücksetzter bis zum schließen der lezten 2 GAP
bei 0,56 - ca. 50% des Anstieges, dann wieder der Anstieg bis 0,85.
Ich spekuliere auf das schließen der 2 GAPs bei 0,70 AUD$ - ca. 0,42 / 0,41 Euro.
Und dann den nächsten Anstieg bis zum nächsten Widerstand - mal abwarten.
Heute nachmittag mal sehen was die USA macht, ob die auch höher beginnen,
oder noch höher kaufen als in Australien.
gruß urpferdchen

[leKROEM]

auf der startseite vom handelsblatt ein guter bericht:

http://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/rohstoffe/rohstoffe-chi…

[Karlll]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 37.936.008 von Fuenfvorzwoelf am 08.09.09 10:10:42

Hier nochmal der Link, hoffe jetzt funktioniert es.


http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2009-09/14887264…

Karlll

[think_about]

Wäre eigentlich denkbar, dass der australische Staat selber einsteigt??

Was dann los wäre, kann sich ja jeder vorstellen!!

think_about

[teresas]

Bei Lynas beginnt erst die Rallye. Zumindest noch zwei drei Wochen.

Diese Woche kann gut und gerne noch 0,60 Euro drin sein.

Charttechnisch und vom Volumen her beste Ausgangslage.

[Fuenfvorzwoelf]

08.09.2009 08:47
SCENARIOS-Will Australia let China control Lynas' rare earths?

By Sonali Paul

MELBOURNE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Australia has delayed until October a decision on a Chinese firm's $400 million deal to fund Lynas Corp, owner of the world's largest undeveloped deposit of rare earths, even as resource-hungry China expands its footprint in Australian mining.
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[Fuenfvorzwoelf]

News über REE:

http://www.kereport.com/weekendshow/weekendr-sep0509-seg5.ht…

Interessantes Interview über den chinesischen Zugriff auf REE.

Oder hier: REE-Preise haben im August angezogen.

http://www.metal-pages.com/newsletters/200908/#Rare_Earths

Chinese suppliers have continued to raise prices for praseodymium/neodymium oxide in August, citing tight domestic availability, although according to traders business slowed down this month.

Bullish suppliers hiked their offer prices to Rmb 78,000-80,000/tonne ($13,149-13,486/tonne) in mid-August in comparison with around Rmb 75,000/tonne ($12,643/tonne) offered at the start of the month. Transactions took place in the range of Rmb 77,000-78,000/tonne ($12,984-13,153/tonne).

Higher prices for praseodymium/neodymium metal have also been reported, but the market was meeting resistance above Rmb 108,000/tonne ($19,795/tonne), although limited business for 99% rare earth metal has been reported at about Rmb 110,000-112,000/tonne ($20,162-20,528/tonne).

On the back of higher Pr/Nd prices, some suppliers also raised their prices for 99% neodymium metal to around Rmb 115,000/tonne ($19,400/tonne) in early August, up from about Rmb 110,000/tonne ($18,556/tonne) seen in the later part of July.

EUROPIUM

Europium oxide prices appeared to soften in August, with 99.9% rare earth oxide trading in the Chinese market in the range of Rmb 2,500-2,600/kg ($458-476/kg) mid-month compared Rmb 2,550-2,650/kg ($467-486/kg) in the later part of July - beginning of August. Most trade sources have been expecting prices for the rare earth oxide to stabilise.

ERBIUM

Erbium oxide prices in China firmed up in August, in line with the reduction in domestic supplies, caused by diminished raw material output.

Prices for 99% min erbium oxide moved up to about Rmb 135/kg ($22.77/kg) in the early part of August, in comparison with prices either side of Rmb 125/kg ($21.09/kg) seen at the start of June.

DYSPROSIUM

Chinese suppliers have been holding prices for 99% dysprosium oxide at about Rmb 620/kg ($114/kg) in the first half of August, but higher offer prices of around Rmb 630/kg ($115/kg) also began to emerge.

Meanwhile prices for ferro-dysprosium have headed up again, althoug downstream demand was not as active as expected, according to market sources.

The more bullish suppliers increased their quotations for ferro-dysprosium (Dy 80%) to about Rmb 660/kg ($116/kg) in mid-August, in comparison with offer prices of Rmb 640-650/kg ($113-114/kg) seen in the middle of July.

LANTHANUM/CERIUM

There has been little improvement in the lanthanum/cerium mischmetal market in August, as suppliers continued to complain of weak downstream demand.

Lanthanum/cerium mischmetal (La 35%, Ce 65%) has continued to trade at around Rmb 27,000/tonne ($4,949/tonne), little changed since July, although some producers have remained reluctant to sell material at less than Rmb 28,000/tonne ($5,132/tonne) because of their relatively high production costs.

Meanwhile prices for lanthanum oxide held steady in August after high purity material moved up in price in July. Transactions for 99% min lanthanum oxide were reported in the earlier part of August at Rmb 18,000/tonne ($3,036/tonne) little changed on the preceding month.

[Fuenfvorzwoelf]

Moin,

danke, Urpferdchen für deine Meinung.

Ich halte es für gut, wenn noch jemand an Alternativen für REE bastelt. Nicht, dass irgendwann jede entwickelte Nation sich zu Bittstellern in China entwickeln muss.