"The Hong Kong stock exchange is rushing to turn itself into a hub for international mining stocks, and global miners are lining up - lured by the current investor zeal for stocks on the local market." from South China Morning Post

"Since January, nine mining companies from outside China have either tapped the market or disclosed details of planned share sales, mostly initial public offerings. The latest two hopefuls are LontohCoal, a South Africa-headquartered coal miner whose main asset is in neighbouring Zimbabwe and which wants to raise up to US$500 million through an IPO, and Kazakhmys, a London-listed copper miner in Kazakhstan, which plans a secondary listing of its shares that could involve a share sale.

"Solar power generation is taking two major steps forward this week, with the US approving construction of the world's biggest solar plant and South Africa about to unveil plans for a project that it hopes will eventually have five times the output of the American plant." from South China Morning Post