Trading Bougainville Copper (ADRs) 867948

..........ist quasi inexistent.

Zwischen 0,50-0,55 wurde massiv eingesammelt,und garantiert nicht von Jemandem der nur auf ein par Ct Gewinn aus ist.

Jetzt heisst es auf die offiziellen Gespraeche zwischen ABG u. BOC warten,dann wird der Kurs von ganz alleine folgen  

von nekro>@joebo

>noch besser wenn die B' viller das machen was sie wollen u. das auch noch mit den >Wuenschen der ESBC (u. aller anderen BCL Aktionaere) identisch ist. ;-))))))))))))))))))))

>Time will tell.


das ist nun sicher völlig i.O., allerdings stellt sich natürlich die Frage die Frage der Prioritäten, was ist wichtiger, die  B' viller Interessen oder die der Aktionäre (inkl. der ESBC-Mitgleider),


von Havanna @joebo

>Meld dich doch einfach an wenn dich die Informationen des ESBC interessieren!

>Mehr gibt es dazu aktuell nicht zu sagen.

mich interessieren die Informationen des ESBC nicht besonders, speziell die besonders exklusiven schon gar nicht, das hat einige eurer eigenen Mitglieder schon richtig Geld gekostet,

warum sind denn wohl ein paar der heftigsten Hoch-Preis-Kauf-Propheten hier schon längst wieder verschwunden,


@ centwatch

die Abgeltunsgsteuer, nun ich gebe zu, vielleicht noch morgen, natürlich kann das eine Rolle spielen, mag sein, aber die Reaktion heute war doch wohl eher dürftig,


@nekro

ich dachte eigentlich, dass du irgendwann einmal an den gezeigten Beispielen die Wertlosigkeit der Ask- und Bid-Verhältnisse erkennen würderst, jeden Tag sieht man das,

eigentlich schade darum,


@all

nun, zum guten Schluss, danke ich für die inspirierende Debatte dieses Jahre und wünsche allen – auch den ESBC-Mitgliedern – viel Erfolg mit Ihrem Investment in 2009,

und persönlich ein gutes Neues Jahr 2009,

Gruß
joebo  

Auch du wirst einmal die Werthaltigkeit des BID/ASK Verhaeltnisses erkennen:-))))))))))

Wenn kein ASK da ist geht notgedrungen das BID hoch (so wie z.B heute)

Auch ich wuensche allen- und ganz besonders den ESBC Mitgliedern alles Gute 2009 ;-)))))))))))))  

In diesem Sinne allen BOC-Aktionären: Ein Gutes Neues Jahr 2009! 

Der_Analyst

Landowners want Panguna mine re-opened, Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:00pm

The people of Panguna in the autonomous region of Bougainville are working towards reconciliation.

This comes after the decade long crisis that has left more than 15,000 people dead in all parts of the region.  The people, who are landowners of the Panguna mine, have now come to realize that Bougainville cannot move forward as an autonomous region if the people remain divided.

According to a spokesman of the Panguna Landowners Association Michael Pariu, the Panguna people want to return to total normalcy as they have been deprived of basic services for too long mostly because of the Me'ekamui roadblock.  Mr Pariu said the roadblock was completely meaningless because it was set up to protect the late Francis Ona.

He said the roadblock was stopping much needed government services from reaching the people of Panguna  The landowners understand that Bougainville cannot progress with its vision of becoming self reliant economically without the mine and are opting to renegotiate the reopening of the mine with Bougainville Copper Limited.  The landowners would like to see Bougainville and Papua New Guinea benefit from a new deal but it was up to the legal government on the ground to conduct a referendum on the possible reopening of the Panguna mine.

Quelle: http://www.nbc.com.pg/news/articles/2008/12/...una_mine_re-opened.htm

 

......ist ja mehr als erfreulich

Wer dort noch welche haben will muss jeden Tag etwas mehr drauflegen:-)))))))))))  

New Bougainville president puts focus on peace

Bougainville's new president, James Tanis, was sworn into office today in front of a crowd of about 3,000 in the city of Arawa.

The ceremony, which lasted most of the day, included indigenous music and dance and eight speeches before Mr Tanis took to the podium to outline his vision and policies for the province.

Mr Tanis, whose term only lasts for 16 months before the next general election, said he was focused on the peace process between rival groups in Bougainville.

He also said he would be seeking assistance from Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and the UN in disposing weapons that are being used in internal conflicts.

"Gun culture is not our culture, we've got to get back to resolving our differences," he said.

"If Bouganville could resolve the very deep differences with Papua New Guinea after 10 years of fighting then there should be no real difficulty in Bougainvilleans resolving their much smaller differences."

Anthony Reagan, an adviser to the Autonomous Bougainville Government of Papua New Guinea, says the peace process has been going on since 1997.

"The peace process was built around three main things: the guaranteed referendum of independence, guaranteed autonomy, and weapons disposal and reconciliation," Mr Reagan told the ABC's Pacific Beat.

Mr Tanis also said he would work on new mining projects in the resource-rich region, but that he would not force mining on Bougainvilleans.

He claimed victory in last month's by-election vote after former president Joseph Kabui died from a heart attack in June 2008.

Quelle:  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/06/2460292.htm?se…

 

.........for the province

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/programguide/.../200901/s2460215.htm

Bougainville's second president James Tanis was sworn into office today. The ceremony which lasted most of the day included indigenous music and dance, eight speeches before Mr Tanis took to the podium to outline his vision and policies for the province.

Geraldine Coutts

Anthony Reagan, Adivser to the Autonomous Bougainville Government of Papau New Guinea and a Fellow in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University.

Listen: Windows Media
REAGAN: James is a younger man from a new generation of leadership who was a student when the conflict began, he was at University in Lae.

He was a secretary to Francis Ona, the leader of the Bougainville Interim Government and Bougainville Revolutionary Army in the early period of the conflict and was one of the last of the main leadership to leave Francis Ona and join the peace process.

He did that in about 1998, some months after the peace process had begun.

But throughout the period since then, the ten to eleven years since then, he's been one of the main leaders of the negotiations with Papua New Guinea for a compromised settlement to the conflict. And so whilst he's seen by many as strongly pro-secessionist, he's in fact always been throughout the peace process very much an advocate for finding a middle way.

So I think we will see a continuation of support for the negotiated peace agreement for the autonomy arrangements for trying to make those work. I don't think we will see a dramatic difference there.

We'll just have to wait and see whether he takes a different position on some of the internal issues facing Bougainville. For example, the possibility of resumption of mining.

Joseph Kabui and his cabinet were certainly heading in the direction of restarting mining in Bougainville and that's of course a major controversial issue, whilst many support it, there is quite a lot oppose it.

COUTTS: Well, what about Joseph Tanis himself, because he was one of the militants around the mine in Panguna opposing mining during the conflict and was partly instrumental in the mine being closed down?

REAGAN; Well, not entirely. One of the myths about Bougainville is that it was all about closing the mine and Francis Ona never intended to close the mine in full.

What he wanted was to get a lot more revenue from the mine and to share it more equally in Bougainville and he got closure of the mine early on as part of his strategy to get a negotiated settlement, and he hoped that a closure of the mine early on would hasten the speed towards independence, but that the mine would then be the main source of revenue for an independent Bougainville.

So there is a lot of misconceptions about what people believed about mining in Bougainville and I don't think Tanis has a clearly stated position on those issues yet.

We just have to wait and see what emerges.

COUTTS: Well, with an interview that Radio Australia and Pacific Beat has already done with Mr Tanis. He has said that he is going to wait and see and he is going to leave it up to the people when it comes to mining,

But when it comes to voting, he was a clear first ahead of the second comer, Mr Kaona. Do you think that is going to allow him the time or will people give him the time now to find his feet and establish himself as a leader or will he be expected to hit the ground running?

REAGAN: He doesn't have much time. The next election is in the middle of next year, the middle of 2010, so he's really got less than 18 months to establish himself. So he will be under a lot of pressure to get himself established as a major figure with difference from others early on. The turnout in the election was quite low, around 35,000 voters out of an estimated voter number of about 120,000, so you are only looking at about a third of the people voting.

COUTTS: So why was do you think, are people not interested or have they just lost heart?

REAGAN: It's flattened in PNG and in Bougainville, the by-elections. The turnouts seem to be pretty low. I think in part it was because the election was quite different from the previous one, when there was two clearly presidential if you like candidates, Momis and Kabui, which clearly defined ideological positions.

This time there were 14 candidates. The ideological differences between them were much less clear. They didn't have party machines generating lots of support for them and people were a bit unclear, unsure of what it all meant and thinking well, the real votes next year anyway.

So and there was some difficulties also in some areas in getting to the vote and there were some problems of the rolls. So all of those facts together I think explain most of the problems of the turnout.

COUTTS: Well, people listening to this now will hear that you are clearly in an airport with all the announcements going on in the background. Anthony Reagan, thank you for taking the time before you board a flight to Bougainville for Monday's swearing in. We'll let you get your flight, and thank you very much for joining us on Pacific Beat today.

REAGAN: Not at all, good to speak to you Geraldine.  

http://www.thenational.com.pg/011609/nation31.php

THE Regional Member of Bougainville in the National Government Fidelis Semoso has called on the new president James Tanis to seriously work in line with the Bougainville peace agreement.
Mr Semoso said the Government would give its support to Mr Tanis and would want to see that Bougainville was made weapons-free.
“The Government is committed to support the new leadership of the ABG and one of its main concerns is to see that weapons disposal continues in order for Bougainville to be free of arms,” Mr Semoso said.
He added the Government was prepared to work closely with the ABG to ensure lasting peace.
Mr Semoso said the ABG could not achieve anything if a majority of the people still possessed weapons in their hands.
“The Government and the ABG must stand together under the peace agreement to deliver services to the people,” he said.
The ABG should work closely with the Government, Mr Semoso added.
He said the unnecessary set-up of illegal road blocks would hinder autonomy.
Mr Semoso urged all Bougainvilleans to become united as one people with a common vision for Bougainville.
He said as the vice-minister for Bougainville Affairs under the office of the Prime Minister, he would give his utmost support to peace in Bougainville.  

.....des neu gewählten Präsidenten James Tanis,der übrigens ein Neffe von Michael Pariu,dem Chairman der PLO (Panguna Landowners Association) ist,sei die Revision des BCA (Bougainville Copper Agreements)

Dazu haben gestern erste Telefonate mit Paul Coleman von BCL stattgefunden.

In 2 Wochen wird Tanis zu Gesprächen in POM erwartet ;-)))))))))  

dann müssten die Kurse in AU bald wieder auf 50Cent runtergehen. Immerhin 25% Einkaufsvorteil gegenüber heute bzw 34% Kursgewinn wenn man heute verkauft und dann bei 50Cent wieder einsteigt. Bisher setzte die Kursdrückerei zu wichtigen Ereignissen recht zuverlässig ein. Damit müßte sich doch ein bischen was verdienen lassen.

Wie seht Ihr das?

Gruß Tom  

........hat (fast) niemand BOC auf dem Radar,wie man an dem mickrigen VOL dort unschwer feststellen kann.

http://au.finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=BOC.AX

Wenn also in naher Zukunft die offizielle Meldung über  Verhandlungen zur Pangunawiedereröffnung zwischen BCL und ABG veröffentlicht wird und dem ein quasi leeres ASK Orderbuch gegenübersteht könnte es mit dem Wiedereinstieg eng werden ;-)))))))))  

Liebe Freunde,

im Hinblick auf ein besseres Verständnis der auf unserer Homepage veröffentlichten Texte, haben wir uns entschlossen, ein Glossar auf unserer Homepage www.bougainville-copper.eu einzurichten. Es ist über die Navigationsleiste auf der linken Seite zu erreichen.

Sollten wir einige Begriffe oder Abkürzungen versehentlich nicht berücksichtigt haben, was wir stark vermuten, meldet uns diese bitte, damit wir sie noch einfügen können. Danke!

Mit besten Grüßen

Axel G. Sturm



Escaldes-Engordany,  16.01.2009  

„ Die "Top Priority"..........  

.....des neu gewählten Präsidenten James Tanis,der übrigens ein Neffe von Michael Pariu,dem Chairman der PLO (Panguna Landowners Association) ist,sei die Revision des BCA (Bougainville Copper Agreements) „

wer sagt denn so was, man lese mal das Posting Nr. 1881, da steht aber ziemlich etwas anderes, Quelle ist dort angegeben,

und dann folgt wieder einmal der Hinweis auf die Ask´s und Bid´s in AU,

zitiere mich mal selber,

„ das absolute Verhältnis von Byers zu Sellers spielt überhaupt keine Rolle, Kurse entstehen da, wo Byers und Sellers sich (annähernd) treffen,

aber was ist hier, Byers limitieren streng bis zu einer relativ niedrigen Grenze, und dazu gibt es ein paar (derzeit) fantasievolle Sellers, „

es gibt derzeit nicht viel anders dazu zu sagen,

Gruß
joebo  

ich kann eigentlich schon feststellen, dass viele zukünftige Ereignisse, die nekro gepostet hat, dann so oder in so ähnlicher Form dann auch eingetreten sind. Ich muss halt akzeptieren, daß der Junge einfach näher dran ist, als ich. Trotzdem ist es wichtig, dass ich immer wachsam bin und den nötigen Zweifel seinen Lauf lasse. Dass Du Deine Zweifel hier postest finde ich gut - es kann die eigenen Zweifel bestätigen und auch immer wieder zeigen, dass die Zweifel großteils unberechtigt waren. Weiter so!

Auf diese Weise gelingt es uns, einen klareren Blick für gegenwärtige und zukünftige Ereignisse zu erlangen.

Gruß Tom  

.....betrachten.Das Eine (#1881) ist vielmehr unabdingbar für das Andere (#1884)

Die Reconciliations,wären im Dezember abgeschlossen worden ,wenn die dazu von PNG bereitgestellten 150K Kina,welche von MP Jimmy Miringtoro verwaltet werden sollen auch schon effektiv geflossen wären.Jetzt wird sich dieser Prozess wohl bis März hinziehen.Das heisst aber noch lange nicht dass an anderen Fronten Ruhe herrscht, ganz im Gegenteil.Um in 18 Monaten,wenn die regulären Präsidentschaftswahlen wieder anstehen eine Chance auf Wiederwahl zu haben,muss der Präsident substanzielle Erfolge in der Verbesserung der Lebensbedingungen der Bevölkerung haben.Die einzige Option dazu ist der Start der BCL Investitionen in die Pangunamine.

James Tanis hat als sein "Wahlprogramm" das im Mai anlässlich der HV am Swimingpool in POM upgedatete   "Landowners Proposal" in vereinfachter Form vorgestellt,damit auch der einfache Bürger seinen Vorteil einer Wiedereröffnung der Pangunamine erkennen kann.Dass seine und Sam Akoitais Strategie voll aufgegangen ist beweist das Wahlresultat.Bei der in ganz B' ville äusserst geringen Wahlbeteiligung hat der Distrikt Arawa das Wahlergebnis bestimmt und kann wohl ohne weiteres als lokales Pro Mining Referendum betrachtet werden.(Die Ankündigung vor jeder Mineneröffnung ein lokales Referendum unter der betroffenen Bevölkerung abzuhalten war ein sehr kluger Schachzug,welcher die ABG Befürworter des Pro Invincible Deals auf Dauer schachmatt gesetzt haben dürfte ;-))))))))))

Für nächsten Donnerstag steht ein Treffen Tanis/PLA Chairman Pariu in Buka auf dem Programm,bevor Tanis in 14 Tagen zu einem BCL Meeting nach POM fliegt.Dort sollten dann die Vorbereitungen zu einem BCL/ABG Treffen in Buka finalisiert werden.

Paralell dazu wird in Arawa mit den Meekamuis über die Aufhebung der No-Go-Zone um die Pangunaarea verhandelt,unabdingbar für eine BCL Besichtigung der Mine.

Im 1 Quartal steht dann das durch Kabuis Tod gecancelte JSB Meeting zwischen PNG und ABG auf dem Programm,bei welchem die Uebertragung/Aufteilung der PNG Shares an BCL ans ABG abgesegnet werden sollte.

Im Mai  die BLC HV in POM.(Bleibt zu hoffen dass dabei dann auch endlich Details zur Hatch Studie bekannt gegeben werden sowie die Details des JORC Up-Dates)

Für Ende 2009 steht laut Planung der Abschluss des 16 Mio USD Weltbankprogramms zur Implementierung der Bougainviller Mineral Resources Autority an.(Als kompetentester Anwärter auf den Direktorenposten gilt unbestritten Sam Akoitai)

Die lokale Situation verbessert sich also von Tag zu Tag,und die Fortschritte sollten sich auch im Kurs bemerkbar machen.Der einzige negative Aspekt ist der rel. niedrige Kupferpreis,der aber durch steigende Gold- u. Silber Notierungen mehr als wettgemacht werden könnte.

Für die Investierten bleibt 2009 auf jeden Fall sehr spannend ;-))))))))))))  

http://www.thenational.com.pg/011409/nation6.php

By AUGUSTINNE KINNA
AUTONOMOUS Bougainville Government (ABG) President James Tanis yesterday underwent a traditional ritual at the Bougainville House of Representatives.
The ceremony, in the Bana dialect, is called kamokamoni, which literally means “sacrifice”.A small fire, with food placed upon it,was given as an offering to the spirit, asking for blessing.Special herbs were put into the fire, producing a sweet fragrance that filled the House of Representatives.
The ritual was purposely done to offer the new president his seat and to expel any bad spirit within the office.Mr Tanis also paid his respects to the late Joseph Kabui, before taking the president’s office.Mr Tanis held a brief meeting with his cabinet ministers – Vice-President John Tabinaman, Police Minister Ezekiel Massat, Finance Minister Mathias Salas, Works Minister Patrick Nisira, Minister for Trade and Industry Joseph Watawi, Education Minister Michael Ottoroa and Minister for Economic Services Taehu Pais.Mr Tanis thanked the ministers for their good leadership in governing the ABG after Mr Kabui’s sudden death.
He also acknowledged their solidarity in ensuring that the ABG by-election was conducted peacefully.
“I would like to point out here that the ABG had gone through a bad time but still you leaders maintained your position in guiding ABG through,” Mr Tanis said.
He urged the current ministers to continue their support and work closely with him to develop and deliver services to the people.
Mr Tanis assured the ministers that he looked forward to working with them.
If there was a need for realignment, he would make changes in accordance with constitutional provisions.
He also directed the ministers, divisional heads and the first secretary to the president’s office to submit a full report of their past, present and future development of the offices.“I want a full report on how far each ministry and division is progressing on their job because we have no time to waste any more,” Mr Tanis added.
He directed the cabinet that, from now on, no minister was to leave the region without his knowledge or release any information to the media without his approval.  

http://www.thenational.com.pg/011609/index.php

THE Bougainville administration has been urged to work closely with and between the autonomous region’s politicians.
Bougainville acting chief administrator Patrick Koles made the call when addressing dignitaries at the welcome dinner of the ABG president-elect James Tanis in Arawa last week.Mr Koles said the administration was confident of joining the new leadership to steer the ABG forward.He said one of their roles at the moment was to ensure that the gap between his administration and the ABG was narrowed in order to develop a good working relationship.Mr Koles added the administration would be challenged to take responsibility as well as to deliver efficient services to the public.
He said another area the administration would start on improving was the mobilisation of and partnership with key stakeholders of development to enjoy a strong relationship.  

..........at this stage we have not finalised the date of the AGM  but I expect that it will be the 21st or 22nd April, the first meeting of the Board of BCL is on the 3 March and the date will then be set.

Wer hat Lust ??????  

..........von unserem Korrespondenten in Buka wurde soeben unter

http://www.bougainville-copper.eu/pageID_6914683.html

online gestellt ;-))))))))  

http://www.stocknessmonster.com/

das Uebliche ;-))))))))))))  

http://www.thenational.com.pg/012009/nation31.php

By ALOYSIUS LAUKAI
AUTONOMOUS Bougainville Government president James Tanis yesterday appointed his deputy, Ezekiel Massat, amid pressures from both Central and North Bougainville regions for their members to be appointed.
Mr Massat was the former police minister and now takes over from the former deputy and acting president, John Tabinaman.
He was immediately sworn in by senior magistrate Bruce Tasikul yesterday afternoon at the House of Representative.
The appointment puts an end to intensive lobbying from interested parties in the region.
The first call came from Central Bougainville leaders during the inauguration ceremony in Arawa, and was repeated at Marai near Panguna the next day.
In Buka, many leaders called for the deputy to be from the North, some even giving the names of their candidate.
Mr Massat is the member for Tonsu constituency on Buka Island, and is a lawyer by profession.
Meanwhile, the ABG will vote for its speaker today, the seat was left vacant when Nick Peniai resigned to contest the presidential by-election at the end of last year.
The Bougainville constitution requires that the speaker must be an outsider.
Mr Tanis also has to appoint a new team of ministers for the remaining term of the ABG Parliament, which ends next June.
Writs for the general election will be issued next April.  

http://www.northnz.co.nz/index.php?news_id=2240

Jetzt wirds wohl so langsam Ernst  mit dem Einsammeln der restlichen noch verbliebenen Waffen ;-)))

A welcome return to the tropics



Inspector (as she became on Monday) Tracee Knowler and son Griffyn - swapping burglaries and assaults in Kaitaia for a six-month stint in a training role in Bougainville.


Kaitaia police officer Tracee Knowler spent a significant chunk of her childhood in Papua New Guinea, where her father, the late Darrell Knowler, worked in the forestry and construction industries, and last week she was anticipating a return to the tropics with some relish.
She took up her duties as part of a small New Zealand police contingent in the town of Buka, in Bougainville, the long-troubled semi-autonomous province of Papua New Guinea, yesterday, with the rank of inspector, and will spend the next six months there.
She is actually employed by NZAid, and will devote much of her time to training and mentoring local police recruits, no small task in a country which still effectively operates along feudal lines, and where each separate community needs its own law and order personnel.
Tracee has been in the force for 13 years, the last 12 of them spent in Kaitaia, initially as a uniformed constable, later transferring briefly to traffic and more recently the CIB and the Tactical Response Group (TRG). She was born in Kaitaia so knew the community well when she returned in  uniform, although the family moved to Papua New Guinea when she was seven, returning seven years later.  
"It might sound a bit corny but I really enjoyed my time there," she said last week, "and this as an opportunity to give something back. It was an amazing place to live with fantastic people, and I'm really looking forward to going back."
The common perception of Papua New Guinea and Bougainville as places where Europeans settle at their peril, and must take extreme precautions for their personal safety, was somewhat exaggerated, she added.  
"People think something like that about Kaitaia," she said.
"Sure we have our issues here but it's nothing like some media portray it. You can say the same about Bougainville. It's only the bad press that makes the headlines, and I certainly don't expect to feel unsafe there."
Precautions had been taken by the family in Papua New Guinea all those years ago, but they weren't quite as extreme as some who hade never been there might imagine. "Mum (Irene Knowler) did keep a van of fly spray by the bed, just in case the rascals showed up, but the good far outweighed any bad," she said.
The family had lived in some very remote locations, including one village which was six hours by boat from 'civilisation' and had no roads, although another European family lived no more than a brisk walk away, and the experience has given Tracee, who left for Bougainville on Saturday, significant advantages over most, including an ability to speak 'the language.'
"There are 700 (languages), but the main one is pidgin, or tok pisin if you want to be precise," she said, "and I won't have any trouble communicating."
She wasn't sure at that stage what the future might hold post-Bougainville. She would be looking at her options towards the end of her stint there, although it was possible that by then she would have decided that there was no better place to live and work than Kaitaia, and she certainly had no plans to leave the police, even if she might have some difficulty hanging on to the rank of Inspector Knowler.  

http://www.ftd.de/boersen_maerkte/aktien/...vorraten-sich/462821.html

von Tobias Bayer (Frankfurt)
Die Rohstoffpreise sind auf niedrigem Niveau - Regierungen wittern eine günstige Einstiegsmöglichkeit: USA und China stocken bei Öl und Industriemetallen ihre strategischen Vorräte auf. Marktteilnehmer sehen darin ein Kaufsignal.

Die Vereinigten Staaten und China nutzen die tiefen Rohstoffpreise, um ihre strategischen Reserven aufzustocken. Beide Länder erhöhen ihre Puffer für den Notfall bei Öl und Industriemetallen. Der Zeitpunkt ist günstig: Der Ölpreis notiert mit rund 35 $ je Fass rund 76 Prozent unter dem Rekordhoch von Mitte Juli. Kupfer kostet 3475 $ je Tonne, im vergangenen Jahr hatte der Preis noch bei durchschnittlich 6500 $ gelegen.

Für Experten ist das ein positives Signal für die Rohstoffpreise. "Das könnte bedeuten, dass die Regierungen die Notierungen auf einem Tief sehen", sagt Nimit Khamar, Analyst beim Handelshaus Sucden Financial. "Allerdings steht der Zeitpunkt der Staatskäufe nicht genau fest. Deshalb wäre es verfrüht, dass die Regierungen schon den absoluten Tiefpunkt erreicht sehen."


USA stocken SPRs nach Wirbelstürmen auf
In den USA kündigte das Energieministerium bereits Anfang Januar an, die strategischen Ölreserven (SPRs) bis zur Kapazitätsgrenze von 727 Millionen Barrel (je 159 Liter) zu füllen. Derzeit lagern in den Salzkavernen rund 702 Millionen Barrel.

Das Auffüllprogramm vollzieht sich in zwei Phasen: Von Januar bis Mai werden Raffinerien, die wegen Verwüstungen durch die Wirbelstürme Rita, Katrina, Gustav und Ike in den Jahren 2005 und 2008 Öl aus den SPRs erhielten, die Darlehen der Regierung zurückbezahlen. Mit diesem Geld wird die Regierung auf dem Markt zukaufen. In der zweiten Phase ab Mai wird das Auffüllprogramm im Umfang von 25.000 Barrel täglich wieder gestartet. Es war von Präsident George W. Bush angesichts der Preisrally ausgesetzt worden.

China kauft Industriemetalle
China schloss vor kurzem den Bau von Reservevorrichtungen ab, die 100 Millionen Barrel Fassungsvermögen haben. Nach Aussagen von Zhang Guobao, Leiter der nationalen Energiebehörde, wird das Volumen um 170 Millionen Barrel erweitert werden. Guabao zufolge werden die Tanks bereits gefüllt. Genaue Zahlen nannte er nicht.

Auch Industriemetalle hortet die Regierung für den Notfall. Dazu zählen nach Angaben des Minenministeriums Mangan, Wolfram, Chrom und Kupfer. Wang Chiwei, Vorstand bei Jiangxi Copper, der zweitgrößten Kupferschmelze des Landes, kündigte an, dass China Kupfer kaufen werde. "Das entspricht unseren nationalen Interessen. Die Frage lautet nun, wann und wie wir kaufen werden", sagte Chiwei auf einer Konferenz in Schanghai.  

.......in der Mailbox ;-)))))))))))  

...job to restore peace and unity, writes ILYA GRIDNEFF

WHEN young Bougainvillean James Tanis worked at the giant Australian-run Panguna copper mine in 1988, he was one day told not to come to work because the mine’s finance office would be targeted by saboteurs.
The warning proved right and, the following day, the 23-year-old’s job was to sift through his burnt office’s charred remains and pick up the pieces.
Twenty years on, following a long and destructive secessionist conflict and further years of arrested development, another chapter of Bougainville’s history begins, with Mr Tanis taking up office as president of the troubled autonomous region.
Once again, he has to pick up the pieces.
Mr Tanis, 43, admits he’s young for the role, and knows he has 16 months before he faces the voters at fresh elections.
In his maiden speech after his inauguration last week, Mr Tanis did not shy away from what he knows is a mammoth task ahead.
“An enormous amount of work and patience and tolerance (is needed). It will not be done in 16 months. But it will be done,” he said.
Mr Tanis outlined a Martin Luther King style “dream” to bring together rival groups, factions, clans and sub-clans. He wants to unify the regions and inspire a disaffected younger generation to become, once again, a proud, peaceful and prosperous Bougainville.
“I have a dream of a truly united Bougainville, free of weapons, where people resolve their differences through traditional ways of discussion, reconciliation and customary forgiveness – not through the barrel of a gun,” he said.
“I am driven by the concept of unity of one Bougainville.
“The only true road is peace,” he said.
“We will be one people – one Bougainville.”
Tensions on the island ignited in 1988 when disgruntled locals blew up power pylons at the massive Panguna mine.
This act of sabotage, and further such acts that followed, proved an insurmountable setback for the copper and gold mine, which was forced to close.
Central Bougainville landowners, embittered by disputes over royalty payments and the environmental damage caused by the mine, had begun a decade-long armed secessionist struggle, first against the mine, then against PNG’s security forces.
By late 1997 after the infamous Sandline affair unfolded in Port Moresby, including the flying in of mercenaries, an army mutiny and a defiant prime minister losing his job, Bougainville’s civil war dissipated and ended.
The mercenaries, who were meant to quash Bougainville’s secessionists, were sent packing, prime minister Julius Chan was forced to step down and the new administration of prime minister Bill Skate, with Australian and New Zealand support, opened the way for peace talks.
But, many thousands had died on the island.
Lost income from what was once the world’s largest open cut gold and copper mine left central Bougainville’s impressive infrastructure decaying and dilapidated.
The civil conflict was over but the next decade saw Bougainville struggle through a legacy of post-conflict trauma, including widespread destruction and arrested development.
Part of the 2001 Bougainville Peace Agreement offered an independence referendum some time after 2015. This much sought-after vote remains at risk as disputes and feuds between different factions on the island continue.
Mr Tanis has acknowledged the legacy of former president, the late Joseph Kabui, who died from a heart attack last June.
Mr Kabui, in the final stages of his life, was increasingly criticised over a series of controversial deals on future mining concessions.
Mr Tanis distanced himself from his friend and former boss.
“I cannot be another Kabui,” he said.
“I am James Tanis. I will continue his (Kabui) works but, at the same time, I am not just a photocopy. I must continue the good work my way.”
Mining was what brought Bougainville into the world’s focus and made it the hub of PNG’s economy.
It brought Bougainville boom but it also brought bust and sparked the civil war.
“I want to make it very clear that I will not force mining upon you,” Mr Tanis told Bougainvilleans.
“Any decision on mining rests in the hands of the people of Bougainville.
“We must remember that Bougainville’s future does not depend on mining alone.
“We need a broad-based economy,” Mr Tanis said.
“To the Panguna landowners, I say I support you in your moves to end the conflict where it started,” he said.
The conflict and formative events of 1988 interrupted Mr Tanis’ undergraduate degree in PNG.
Instead of continuing studies, he went home and joined the armed struggle.
But despite his close association with former Bougainville Revolutionary Army leaders Francis Ona and Mr Kabui, Mr Tanis is more recently known as a key player forging the peace agreement.
After that, from 2003 to 2005, Mr Tanis worked as Bougainville’s minister for peace and autonomy where he pushed for reconciliation, peace building and gun reduction in troubled south and central Bougainville.
In the 2005 presidential elections, Mr Tanis came third behind John Momis, PNG’s current ambassador to China, and the overall winner Mr Kabui.
Since then, Mr Tanis has operated a small tradestore in Bougainville’s relatively peaceful capital Buka.
In an essay Mr Tanis wrote in 2005, he recalled the Panguna mine office fire in 1988 when he worked as a casual employee in the mine’s finance section.
He heard workers complain that expatriate staff were better paid and Australian bosses showed favouritism and failed to employ enough locals.
The mine’s toxic tailings polluted a river his clan relied on for food and customary practice near where he was born in Panam village, Lamane, South Bougainville near the border with Central Bougainville.
A 10-year secessionist conflict followed by many years of slow peace building racked by continuing internal division with little economic development means Bougainvilleans face tough challenges to rebuild their infrastructure and economy.
Mr Tanis knows if Bougainville’s pieces are to be put together again, he has to first pick up the peace process, then comes the ultimate goal – independence.