BHP Billiton

A study recently presented to the Department of Industry concludes that the energy industry is finding it difficult to raise investment capital, and that there is some danger the industry will cut bac…

The Ekati mine in the Northwest Territories is celebrating its fourth anniversary on a note of considerable achievement: production of more than US$1.6 billion worth of diamonds to date.Ekati was brou…

Shares in Cleveland-based cobalt refiner OM Group crashed to a three-and-a-half-year low during the report period following its mention in a UN Security Council report on illegal mining activity in th…

More than a decade after diamonds were first found in Canada’s Far North, new discoveries of kimberlite continue to be reported in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.An autumn drilling program on t…

The period ending Oct. 15 saw a dramatic surge in the broad U.S. markets, with both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 index surging more than 10% to 8,255.68 and 881.27 points, respecti…

This article is the first of two instalments devoted to base metals and was culled from Barclays Capital’s monthly commodities report The Commodity Refiner. Part 2 will appear in our Oct 21-27 issue.B…

Dow 36,000 receded further into the distance over the report period Oct. 1-8, with the bellwether U.S. stock index plunging 437.30 points to finish at 7,501.49. But the gold stocks, which have been fe…

It was a relationship that couldn’t last: BHP Billiton has notified its global rival, Anglo American, that it would not renew its agreement allowing Anglo subsidiary De Beers the right to marke…

Sept. 16-20 at a Glance- Copper — Chinese production rises, but net imports remain strong.- Aluminum — Company share-price declines highlight poor demand, while primary production rises.- Nickel — …

With prices surging US$8 into the mid-US$320-per-oz. range, producers of the yellow metal proved to be the only bright spot in the U.S. markets during the report period ended Sept. 24.The U.S.-listed …