Rio Tinto plc


Investors in love-in with commodities

Despite growing nervousness about the long-term effects of high oil prices on the broader economy, investors continued their love-in with commodities over the August 9-15 report period. Resource stock…



Freeport posts robust profits at Grasberg

Vancouver — A year ago, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) was struggling to recover from a late-2003 slippage event that clipped production and profits from the Grasberg m…





From left: Brian Baird, head of mine planning with Melbourne-based BHP Billiton; McGill University Professor Roussos Dimitrakopoulos; and Michael Eamon, head of hydrometallurgy and technology with BHP Billiton. The company acknowledged the work of Dimitrakopoulos at recent a ceremony where it presented the professor with $800,000 for further research.

McGill mines mineral expert

Renowned scholar Roussos Dimitrakopoulos has joined McGill University in Montreal to pursue his ongoing research into mine engineering….



Sold, down the river (August 01, 2005)

The Kelian gold mill, bought from Rio Tinto (RTP-N) by Guinor Gold (GNR-T), has started its journey from interior Kalimantan to Guinor’s Lero gold mine in Guinea,…



Copper the only bright spot

U.S. stock markets rose steadily through the first four days of the reporting period July 12-18, but the gains were almost wiped out on the final day of the period. The S&P 500 index was up 1.69 p…


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