Australia allows Chinalco a 15% Rio Tinto stake
The Australian government has approved a maximum limit of 14.99% holding in the shares of mining giant Rio Tinto PL…
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Aussie junior Waratah Coal takes Queensland by storm
It’s a coal exploration company that many investors in Toronto may never have heard of, but Waratah Coal (WCI-V, WGO-A) is certainly making a big splash in Australia.
‘Friedland envy’ haunts Diggers & Dealers
KALGOORLIE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA — Over the past five years, master entrepreneur Robert Friedland has created a guessing game at Australia’s biggest mining conference, the Diggers & Dealers Mining F…
BHP Billiton grapples with Olympic Dam expansion
PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA–By the end of this year, BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) will have completed a prefeasibility study for transforming the Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold mine into a massive open-…
BHP grapples with Olympic Dam expansion
Perth, Western Australia — By the end of this year, BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) will have completed a prefeasibili…
Xstrata eyes Lonmin’s platinum
Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) wants to widen its reach in its efforts to become the world’s pre-eminent diversified miner.
Rio Tinto to expand Corumba
Strong iron ore prices and rising demand in South America and the Middle East are behind Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-L) latest announcement that it will invest US$2.15 billion in a major expansion of its …
“Friedland envy” haunts Diggers & Dealers
Perth, Western Australia — Over the past five years, master entrepreneur Robert Friedland has created a guessing g…
JV buys Kintyre from Rio Tinto
Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) is teaming up with a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp. (MSBHY-O) to buy Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-L) Kintyre uranium project in Australia for US$495 million.
Rio Tinto to expand Corumb iron ore mine in Brazil
Strong iron ore prices and rising demand in South America and the Middle East are behind Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-…
Iron ore market to stay strong in 2009: forecasts
The iron ore boom continues, with the market expected to stay firm through next year, according to a report by the Iron Ore Trust Fund of Geneva-based United Nations Conference on Trade and Developmen…
Editorial: Miners need to be wary of McGuinty
The week ended July 19, the 29th trading week of 2008, kicked off with a surprise announcement by the Ontario government that it would “protect” at least 225,000 sq. km, or roughly half of the provinc…