{"id":15356,"date":"2016-02-03T10:41:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T02:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/?p=15356"},"modified":"2016-02-03T10:41:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T02:41:48","slug":"ertp030216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/?p=15356","title":{"rendered":"Energy &#038; Resources Talking Points 03-02-2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/energy-talking-points.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-14097\" src=\"http:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/energy-talking-points.jpg\" alt=\"energy talking points\" width=\"575\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ChemChina nearing buying Syngenta<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to sources for a deal worth around $42.2 billion, Chinese State Owned ChemChina is on the verge of buying Swiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta. This marks an increased shakeup of the world\u2019s agrochemicals industry, with China looking to increase domestic productivity. ChemChina previously bought Italy\u2019s Pirelli, and German machinery maker the KraussMaffei Group. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-syngenta-ag-m-a-chemchina-idUSKCN0VB1D9\">here<\/a> for article<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coal miners learning to code<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Miners from the Appalachian coal region of the USA are learning to code. Following the 2011 collapse of the coal market, fuelled by a global glut in supply, the Appalachian coal mining region lost 1,285 jobs, and over 26,000 in The United States. However people are finding salaries that are quite similar to when they were coal miners, leading to a push into learning these skills that will be so necessary in the near future. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-02-03\/from-coal-to-coding-appalachian-miners-getting-a-fresh-start\">here<\/a> for article.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>New way to extract gold<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Due to the relative lack of reactivity of gold, it is incredibly difficult to extract. With dangerous use of sodium cyanide, or recycling electronic scraps which is costly and with environmental impacts. The University of Saskatchewan team have found the use of a solution, comprising of an acetic acid, small amounts of an oxidant and another acid, could effectively extract gold without the concerns of older methods. This could revolutionise the industry, leaving the team on a figurative gold mine. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2016\/01\/160128122901.htm\">here<\/a> for article.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BHP credit rating cut<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Standard &amp; Poor\u2019s cut BHP Billiton\u2019s credit rating from A+ to A, with a further possible downgrade possible if they don\u2019t sure up cash levels. This has led speculation to believe that they will slash their dividend for the first time in 15 years. The company is expected to halve their dividend causing savings of an estimated $3.3 billion. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-bhp-billiton-ltd-ratings-idUSKCN0VB0X6\">here<\/a> for article.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChemChina nearing buying Syngenta According to sources for a deal worth around $42.2 billion, Chinese State Owned ChemChina is on the verge of buying Swiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15357,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15356\/revisions\/15357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}