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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 - 2 days, 22 hours ago
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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, 6 hours ago
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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
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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
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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, 1 day ago
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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
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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 ago
3 hours, 4 minutes ago
Rio Tinto Drops After ABN Amro Cuts Profit Estimate (Update3)
By Rebecca Keenan and Brett Foley Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group, the world’s third- largest mining company, dropped to a five-year low in London trading after ABN Amro ...
Bloomberg - 3:23 a.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
Bloomberg - 3:23 a.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
Rio Tinto denies rights issue talk
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Mining giant Rio Tinto has denied rumours it is planning a huge rights issue, but its shares still plunged over 13% at one stage as investors remained ...
ShareCast - 1:53 a.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
ShareCast - 1:53 a.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
8 hours, 14 minutes ago
Broker tips: BHP, Rio, Tesco, Shaftesbury
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Citigroup has resumed coverage of mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, both of which it regards as worth buying. The US bank believes the decision by ...
ShareCast - 10:13 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
ShareCast - 10:13 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Rio Tinto Drops After ABN Amro Cuts Profit Forecast (Update2)
By Rebecca Keenan and Brett Foley Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group, the world’s third- largest mining company, dropped to the lowest in five years in London trading after ...
Bloomberg - 9:23 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Bloomberg - 9:23 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Rio Shares Drop After ABN Cuts Profit Forecast 36% on Ore, Coal
By Rebecca Keenan Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group, the world’s third- largest mining company, dropped to the lowest in four years in Sydney trading after ABN Amro Holding ...
Bloomberg - 12:25 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Bloomberg - 12:25 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Rio Tinto’s Profit Forecast Cut 36% by ABN on Lower Ore Prices
By Rebecca Keenan Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group, the world’s third- largest mining company, had its 2009 profit estimate cut 36 by ABN Amro Holding NV because of ...
Bloomberg - 10:38 a.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Bloomberg - 10:38 a.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Rio Tinto upbeat on US nickel find
By Eric Onstad of Reuters LONDON -- Mining group Rio Tinto has had "spectacular" prospecting results at a US nickel deposit and is pushing two other successful projects into pre-feasibility ...
Business Spectator Alan Kohler - 7:04 a.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Business Spectator Alan Kohler - 7:04 a.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Loveless Rio slumps to four-year low
Rio Tinto, the worlds third largest mining company, dropped to the lowest in four years in Sydney trading after ABN Amro cut its 2009 profit forecast by 36 percent on ...
The West Australian - business - 4:15 a.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
The West Australian - business - 4:15 a.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
1 day, 15 hours ago
How a Rogue Geologist Discovered a Diamond Trove in the Canadian Arctic
<!-- pageType= magazinewide slug= ff_diamonds section= science subsection= planetearth headline= How a Rogue Geologist Discovered a Diamond Trove in the Canadian Arctic authorName= Carl Hoffman creditType= photo credit= Andrew Hetherington ...
Wired: Science - 3 p.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Wired: Science - 3 p.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Rio Tinto Cancels Housing Construction Contracts Pending Review
By Rebecca Keenan Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group, the world’s third- largest mining company, is pulling out of contracts to build housing for workers in Australia, pending a ...
Bloomberg - 11:49 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Bloomberg - 11:49 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
2 days, 11 hours ago
UK Stocks Retreat, Led by Mining Companies; Rio, BHP Decline
By Sarah Jones Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- UK stocks fell for the first time in three days, led by a sell off in mining companies as fears of a global ...
Bloomberg - 7:22 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Bloomberg - 7:22 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Green Group Calls for Tougher River Protection
BRISBANE—Conservationists want the Queensland Government to be tough on bauxite mining companies wanting to draw water from a "fragile" Cape York river. The Wilderness Society (TWS) said Rio Tinto ...
Epoch Times - Arts and Entertainment - 6:46 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Epoch Times - Arts and Entertainment - 6:46 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Rio terminates $25m Fleetwood contract
In a further sign that the global economic crisis is weighing on the mining sector, Rio Tinto has terminated its accommodation contract with East Perth-based Fleetwood Corporation. In a brief ...
WA Business News - 12:52 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
WA Business News - 12:52 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
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 - 8:02 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Canadian Mining Journal - 8:02 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Cazaly takes Rio to court again
Article from: Australian AP FEISTY iron ore explorer Cazaly Resources is set for another legal stoush with mining giant Rio Tinto next week, this time over the Rhodes Ridge project. ...
The Australian : Travel - 12:04 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
The Australian : Travel - 12:04 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
