Rio Tinto plc


A conveyor piles material at BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto's Escondida copper mine in Antofagasta Province, Chile. Photo by BHP Billiton

BHP and Rio double down on copper

BHP Billiton (BHP-N) and Rio Tinto (RIO-N) are feeling optimistic about copper. Six weeks into the first quarter of 2012, the two mining giants have unveiled plans to commit over US$4 billion to expand copper production at operations in Chile…



Canada and China sign landmark uranium agreement

A new trade deal allowing Canadian uranium exports to China is eliciting cheers from uranium companies across the country. The deal was one of several agreements signed during a visit to China in early February by Canadian Prime Minister…


Glencore, Xstrata in merger talks

Commodities trader Glencore (glen-l) is looking to combine with Xstrata (xta-l) in a possible all-share merger of equals, which will see the combined entity dominate the global markets for thermal coal, zinc, lead and ferrochrome, and become a…


Giustra shell graduate flops on Guinea iron ore assays

They say for every mine successfully put into production, 1,000 other geological prospects are tested and found lacking. Notwithstanding the small probability of achieving just one success over a life-long career in mining, a small group of…




Ivanhoe drops the poison pill and secures financing

Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) is moving ever closer to increasing its stake in Oyu Tolgoi through Ivanhoe Mines’ (IVN-T, IVN-N) equity. After winning a court ruling in late December of last year the sting was removed from Ivanhoe’s shareholders…



Geologist and project manager Guillermo Almandoz (left) and investor Ross Beaty at Lumina Copper's Taca Taca project in Argentina's Salta province. Photo by Trish Saywell

Taca Taca gets bigger and better

After a brief stop around midnight to refuel in Panama, Ross Beaty pulls out a sleeping bag from his carry-on and spreads it in the aisle of the luxurious Gulfstream III jet he has chartered to fly a group of mining analysts to Lumina Copper’s…


Rio wins filing, Ivanhoe stock falls

While being on the hook for half of a roughly US$6 billion mine construction is hardly small potatoes it is a bargain compared to shouldering the entire cost load alone.


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