August 17, 2012 Anglo American completes acquisition of De Beers Anglo American (LON:AAL) has completed its acquisition of a 40% stake in the De Beers Group from the Oppenheimer family, which has had a major ownership stake in the diamond…
August 16, 2012 Rio Tinto Has ‘Multiple Options’ for Diamond Business Rio Tinto is “looking at multiple options" for its diamond business and plans to sell the diamond assets are “well advanced,” according to Chief Financial Officer Guy Elliott.
August 15, 2012 Faith in BHP’s Outer Harbour fading fast New doubts have emerged over world number one miner BHP Billiton's (LON/ASX/NYSE:BHP) $20 billion outer-harbour project at Port Hedland, Australia, with big names such as JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank saying…
August 15, 2012 Codelco not worried over potential Anglo chief’s exit The chairman of Chile's state-owned Codelco, Gerardo Jofre, said Tuesday that an eventual change of management in London-based Anglo American (LSE:AAL) shouldn’t affect the ongoing negotiations between the miners over…
August 14, 2012 De Beers aggregation moves to Botswana ahead of schedule The migration of worldwide diamond aggregation in Gaborone, Botswana, which began Tuesday, marks the first phase of the relocation of De Beers’ sales activities to Botswana as part of the…
August 13, 2012 Archeologists uncovered treasures at Rio Tinto coal mine Some of the oldest aboriginal artifacts have been discovered at Rio Tinto's Warkworth coal mine in Australia’s Hunter Valley.
August 13, 2012 Sinking coal prices force major job cuts in Australia Xstrata Coal confirmed Monday it has cut a number of jobs from its coal mining operations in Australia, due to sinking prices for both coking and certain kinds of thermal…
August 9, 2012 Goldcorp appoints new chief operating officer Canadian miner Goldcorp appointed George Burns as the new executive vice president and chief operating officer. Burns replaces Steve Reid, who is leaving the company to pursue other interests.
August 8, 2012 Rio Tinto banking on China rebound as profits drop 34% Giant miner Rio Tinto is closing down its Blair Athol coal mine in Australia as the company considers whether to limit spending on new projects next year.
August 8, 2012 Rio Tinto’s Blair Athol Mine to finish production Rio Tinto Coal Australia's Blair Athol Mine, near Clermont in Central Queensland, will finish mining operations this year after almost 30 years of production.
Northern Star climbs to record high as first-half profit surges 49% The gold miner reported underlying net profit after tax of A$759.8 million ($541 million) for the half year ended December 31. February 11, 2026 | 03:33 pm
