Forestry a better investment: JES
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CHINESE shipbuilding firm JES International said it was switching from an earlier mining investment to forestry as the latter provided a better deal for the company.
"In almost everything, this new forest investment will present a much more worthwhile investment as compared to the magnesium announcement," its chief financial officer Patrick Kan told The Business Times.
JES International had on Tuesday said that it was acquiring a controlling stake in an African forestry business, while putting on hold its investment into Chinese mining exploration firm Mineriver.
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