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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
1 hour, 1 minute ago Straits Resources Says Has Received Offers for Coal Unit Stake
By Jesse Riseborough Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Straits Resources Ltd., an Australian copper, gold and coal mining company, said it’s received interest from potential buyers for its 47.1 percent stake ...
Bloomberg - 9:08 a.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
Green group urges mine approvals moratorium
An environment group opposed to coal mining under rivers and waterways has called for a three-year moratorium on mine approvals in water catchment special areas.
ABC News mining - 9:07 a.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
Oceana Gold mothballs project
New Zealand's biggest gold miner is effectively mothballing its huge gold-copper mining site at Didipio in the northern Philippines province of Nueva Vizcaya. "The deterioration of global economic ...
tvnz.co.nz - 7:52 a.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
Caroona group applauds Federal action
THE Caroona Coal Action Group has welcomed the announcement that the Federal Government would commit funding towards a water study in the region. Landholders in the Caroona area are demanding ...
Northern Daily Leader - 7:42 a.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
Mining jobs in Colorado and California
There are still good jobs going begging in the mining industry. The best place to find them is at CareerMine. Seems that in spite of no dividend, Freeport-McMoran is looking ...
I THINK MINING - 6:30 a.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
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
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
10 hours, 57 minutes ago Boart Longyear (BLY) 22c
LONG after the financial world imploded, the mining services story -- the one about the Chinese laundries making the real money in the gold rush -- was still compelling. The ...
The Australian : Travel - 11:12 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Zimplats halts open-pit platinum mining in Zimbabwe
Platinum miner Zimplats Holdings confirmed yesterday (2nd December) that it has closed open-pit mining at its Zimbabwe operation due to the current depressed market conditions. The Australia ...
Platinum today - 11:10 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Zimplats warns of tough times, stops opencast ops
[miningmx.com] -- IMPALA Platinum’s subsidiary Zimplats stopped opencast mining operations because of low metal prices and it warned of further negative repercussions if prices for platinum group ...
Mining mx - 10:39 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
Fire and Safety Australia discuss safety measures to prevent confined space fatalities
According to Steven McLeod, Managing Director, Fire and Safety Australia, within the mining industry workers regularly enter confined spaces such as furnaces, bag-houses, ore bins, chutes and grinding mills in ...
Ferret Product - 8 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Oceana Gold mothballs Philippines mine
New Zealand's biggest gold miner is mothballing its huge gold-copper mining site at Didipio in the northern Philippines province of Nueva Vizcaya.
Business Day - 5:04 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Brockman hires Ausenco for iron project
Brockman Resources has hired Ausenco to provide advice for the prefeasibility study over the company's Marillana iron ore project in the Pilbara. Ausenco will work with Coffey Mining to help ...
WA Business News - 2:53 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
= UPDATE: Zimplats Shuts Open Pit Mining On Platinum Price
Australia-listed platinum miner Zimplats Holdings Ltd. (ZIM.AU) said Wednesday it shut open pit mining at its Great Dyke operation in Zimbabwe because of poor metal prices. "Due to the continued ...
TradingMarkets.com - 12:30 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008

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