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BHP Billiton dropping its takeover bid for Rio Tinto. Billiton ...

MERGER: BHP Billiton withdraws offer for Rio Tinto

AUSTRALIA — Heightened risk within the mining industry has BHP Billiton dropping its takeover bid for Rio Tinto. Billiton has reportedly spent US$450 million toward the merger. BHP Billiton issued ...

Canadian Mining Journal - 3 days, 2 hours ago
Taken another hit, with about 60 more jobs going at ...

Another 60 mining jobs lost on Coast

THE struggling mining industry has taken another hit, with about 60 more jobs going at two sites. OZ Minerals confirmed yesterday about 35 Barminco contract workers would lose jobs at ...

The Advocate - 5 days, 10 hours ago
Come to the point where everyone is putting the blinders ...

A Tale of Mining Woe

"Rio could easily fall $20 today after BHP canned its takeover bid. But that's not what investors should take from this. It's a sign of the times. The mining industry ...

The Daily Reckoning - 1 week ago
Already railing against the Rudd government’s draft workplace laws, even ...

Mining industry rails against new draft IR laws

The mining industry is already railing against the Rudd government’s draft workplace laws, even though parliament has yet to see the legislation. Miners say the legislation is more about resuscitatin

The West Australian - business - 1 week, 1 day ago
Welcomed the move saying it will help boost the economy, ...

WA opens up to expanded uranium mining

As many as eight new uranium mines have been pinpointed for Western Australia after the Barnett Government lifted a long time ban on uranium mining. The uranium mining industry has ...

AM - 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Still the most important export earning sector of the Australian ...

Minerals still Australia's best earners

The mining industry is still the most important export earning sector of the Australian economy, and could continue to be for many decades, research has found.

ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Readying itself for more falls in global commodity prices

Mining industry battens down

The Tasmanian Minerals Council says the state's mining industry is readying itself for more falls in global commodity prices.

ABC News mining - 3 weeks, 1 day ago

3 weeks ago Fortescue likely to miss iron targets

ANDREW Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group looks likely to ship and produce well below the downgraded 2008 iron ore mining target.Fortescue would not be able to reach a production target of ...
The Australian | Science - 11:24 p.m. Wednesday 12th November 2008

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1 month, 1 week ago PRIVATE BIN: Graeme Hart closes in on Australia’s (current) richest man

Yes, it’s grim out there and yes some people have lost loads of money, at least on paper anyway. Take Australia’s richest man for example. Andrew Forrest, who topped BRW ...
National Business Review (NZ) - 4:10 a.m. Wednesday 22nd October 2008

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2 months ago Poseidon Nickel suspends operations

The global financial turmoil has hit the Andrew Forrest - chaired Poseidon Nickel Ltd, with the company suspending mining activities at its Mt Windarra underground mine in the Goldfields.The ...
WA Business News - 4:25 p.m. Thursday 2nd October 2008

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Poseidon Nickel delays operations

The Perth-based Poseidon Nickel, which is chaired by one of Australia's richest men, Andrew Forrest, has suspended underground operations at its main project at Mt Windarra in the Goldfields. The ...
ABC farm labour news - 3:32 p.m. Thursday 2nd October 2008

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Poseidon shares lower as operations suspended

Andrew Forrest-chaired Poseidon Nickel will suspend rehabilitation works at its underground Mt Windarra nickel mine, after announcing it was “the most sensible course of action in the current period
The West Australian Mining & Industrial - 5 a.m. Thursday 2nd October 2008

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4 months, 1 week ago FMG seeking to move into New Zealand

The Fortescue Metals Group, headed by Andrew Forrest, is making its first foray into international mining by applying to test for minerals in a vast area in New Zealand.
ABC News mining - 9 a.m. Wednesday 30th July 2008

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4 months, 2 weeks ago FMG seeking $5 billion to expand Pilbara mines

Andrew Forrest is seeking to triple the size of FMG's Pilbara iron ore operations. ( AAP : Tony McDonough / FMG )A mining analyst says Fortescue Metals Group ( FMG ...
4 Corners - 8:51 a.m. Monday 21st July 2008

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5 months, 1 week ago Twiggy sparks a modern-day gold rush

MINING tenements in Western Australia's iron-ore rich Pilbara have all been snapped up in a goldrush-style land grab triggered by Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group.
The Mercury - 12:04 a.m. Saturday 28th June 2008

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5 months, 1 week ago Miners snap up all of Pilbara

MINING tenements in WA's iron-ore rich Pilbara have all been snapped up in a goldrush-style land grab triggered by Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group.
Perth Now - 6:02 p.m. Friday 27th June 2008

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5 months, 3 weeks ago Forrest’s Second Fortune, Or, The Alchemist's Way To Turn Paper Into Cash

Making money from resources in Australia has, so far, been about mining. Andrew Forrest, the...
minesite - 9:26 p.m. Monday 9th June 2008

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6 months, 1 week ago Mining magnate ousts media mogul as Australia's richest person (AFP)

SYDNEY (AFP) - The Asia-driven resources boom has seen iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest replace gaming and media mogul James Packer as Australia's richest person, according to an annual list ...
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 2:28 a.m. Thursday 29th May 2008

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6 months, 2 weeks ago Andrew Forrest: Australia's new iron man

Last week, Australia's richest man Andrew Forrest realised a five year dream when he shipped his first load of iron ore to China, breaking the stranglehold of rival mining giants ...
Woolly Days - 10:12 p.m. Wednesday 21st May 2008

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6 months, 3 weeks ago FMG donates funds from maiden ore shipment to China quake victims

Australia's richest man Andrew Forrest says history is being made as his mining company Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) begins loading its maiden commercial shipment of 170,000 tonnes of iron ore ...
ABC News mining - 2 p.m. Thursday 15th May 2008

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8 months, 1 week ago Executive wealth: Miner beats Murdoch and Packer

AUSTRALIA'S resources boom has pushed mining boss Andrew Forrest ahead of Rupert Murdoch and James Packer to the top spot on a list of the nation's wealthiest executives.
Topix - 6:55 a.m. Thursday 27th March 2008

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8 months, 1 week ago Forrest beats Murdoch and Packer

THE resources boom has pushed mining boss Andrew Forrest ahead of Rupert Murdoch and James Packer to top a rish list.
The Mercury - 11 p.m. Wednesday 26th March 2008

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