"I"ve lived in Beijing for the last nine years and the number of cars has quadrupled in that time and it"s getting harder to get around."

Nigel Clark, chairman of the China Mining International Group (CIMG) presenting at the Mine Exploration and Investment Asia conference held in Singapore recently.

"There is always going to be a lot of political noise in the Philippines. You have to realise what is reality and what is noise. Even we at the Chamber of Mines make a lot of noise. So if you come to invest in the Philippines you have to realise that."

Philip Romualdez, ASEAN president of the Federation of Mining presenting at the Mine Exploration and Investment Asia conference held in Singapore recently.