Chinese state-owned conglomerate China Merchants Group has partnered with Australian fund manager Hastings Fund Management to secure a 98-year lease of Australian’s export port of Newcastle, according to China’s official Xinhua News Agency. The pair, as equal partners in the deal, will pay A$1.75 billion (US$1.63 billion) for the lease of the world’s largest coal […]

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