Grupo Mexico "Confident" It Will Regain Control of U.S. Mining Company Asarco

Robert Moore, a lawyer for Grupo Mexico, the world's third largest copper producer, told press sources that the company is "confident" that it will regain its former U.S. subsidiary Asarco, when the result of that company's bankruptcy process is announced on December 1, 2009.

Brazil's Central Bank Mulls Eliminating Use of Dollar in Commercial Transactions Among BRICs

Brazil's central bank chairman, Henrique Meirelles, announced that the bank is considering eliminating the use of the dollar in commercial transactions with other BRIC countries, and investigating the possibility of using local currencies in these transactions.