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By Dick Phelps |
August 8, 2008
Cloud Peak Energy, comprised of most of the North American coal assets of Rio Tinto Energy America, is the second largest producer of coal in the U.S, and reportedly provides the fuel for 6% of the U.S.' electricity. It's situated in the Powder River Basin of the U.S. West, operating...
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By Charlotte Mathews |
July 16, 2008
THE proposed merger of resources giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto has provoked protests from customers in Europe and Asia, but in SA the competition implications are still being digested.
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By The Canadian Press |
July 2, 2008
Ivanhoe's efforts to develop Oyu Tolgoi have been complicated by uncertainty over whether they will receive final approvals from the Mongolian government.
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By Ginger Ding |
July 1, 2008
Iron ore from different regions and of different grades have seen different price changes. This could lead to a revolution in the annual pricing mechanism next year.
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By Interfax-china |
June 26, 2008
BHP and Baosteel will likely agree on a deal similar to the one reached with Rio.
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By Ginger Ding |
June 25, 2008
Next year's talks will be no easier for Chinese steel mills, as the Aussie miners may seek to launch a proposed iron ore index to better reflect market prices.
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By Commodity Online |
June 25, 2008
The company has lodged mining lease applications for the Bunder diamond project, estimated to contain 40-70 million tonnes at a grade of between 0.3 and 0.7 carats per tonne.
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By Sure Kamhunga |
June 20, 2008
CEO Cynthia Carroll says the group has evaluated possible merger opportunities but has not yet found anything that could excite its shareholders.
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By Charlotte Mathews |
June 18, 2008
Markets have seethed with rumours for the past three years that consolidation would take place in the mining sector and that Anglo American would be a likely target.
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By Charlotte Mathews |
June 13, 2008
Rio signs a deal to earn up to 60% in some of BRC DiamondCore's Democratic Republic of Congo properties to offset the company's fall in diamond production.
