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BHP H1 earnings up 8% on record iron ore, gas production
BHP Billiton raked in US$18.7 billion in the half-year ended December 31, 2011 — an 8.3% increase in Underlying EBITDA from the second half of 2010.
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BHP may sell $10 billion of smelters, mines, Deutsche Bank says
BusinessWeek | February 9, 2012BHP Billiton Ltd., the largest mining company, may consider selling about $10 billion of aluminum, nickel and coal mines and smelters as it trims its portfolio, Deutsche Bank AG said.
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CaNickel Implemented Long Hole Stoping Mining and Achieved Record Mine Production
Marketwire - Mining and Metals | February 7, 2012CaNickel Mining Ltd. (“CaNickel” or the “Company”) (TSX:CML), is pleased to report that it has successfully implemented long hole stoping mining method and achieved record mine production at its 100% own Bucko Lake mine, Manitoba, Canada.
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Panoramic Resources confirms hostile bid for competitor Magma Metals
Cecilia Jamasmie | February 7, 2012
ASX and TSX-listed Magma Metals (MMW) announced today the appointment of advisers in respect of the unsolicited proposed $40 million takeover offer for Magma by nickel miner Panoramic Resources Limited.
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Xstrata and Glencore to close $90bn merger
Cecilia Jamasmie | February 7, 2012
After months of speculations and secret negotiations, Xstrata PLC (LON:XTA) and Glencore International PLC (LON:GLEN) have formally announced an all-share merger that would create a $90bn giant named “Glencore Xstrata International PLC.”
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Vale employees returning to work at Sudbury operations
Mineweb | February 7, 2012Vale said the return to work process has begun at the company’s five Sudbury area mines following a temporary suspension stemming from three fatalities at those operations.
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URSA Major Minerals temporarily suspends operations at Shakespeare nickel mine
Marketwire - Mining and Metals | February 3, 2012URSA Major Minerals Incorporated (“URSA Major” or the “Company”) (TSX:UMJ) has temporarily suspended operations at the Shakespeare Nickel Mine, located 70 km west of Sudbury, Ontario.
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68% lift in Magma Metals on $40 million takeover bid
Andrew Topf | February 3, 2012
Shares in ASX and TSX-listed Magma Metals rocketed 68% after Panoramic Resources, a nickel miner, launched a $40 million takeout bid.
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Glenstrata: Not just mining’s biggest ever deal, a new kind of resource giant
MINING.com Editor | February 2, 2012
Glencore International is in talks with Xstrata to merge in a deal that would create a $80 billion rival to BHP Billiton, Vale, Rio Tinto and China’s Shenhua. Here’s a wrap-up of what people are saying about the birth of the globe’s first vertically integrated resource giant.
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BHP axes nickel operations in Western Australia
Cecilia Jamasmie | February 1, 2012
BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s largest mining company and the fourth-largest nickel producer, announced today that is decreasing mining operations at its West Australian locations by 30 percent.
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Vale closing eight mines while it investigates another fatality
Michael Allan McCrae | January 31, 2012
After a recent mining fataility at Vale’s Coleman Mine in Sudbury, the Brazillian miner is temporarily shutting down all eight mines in the region while it assesses safety procedures.
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