February 9, 2012 BHP may sell $10 billion of smelters, mines, Deutsche Bank says BHP 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.
February 8, 2012 Namibia uranium deal on the boil for Rio Rio Tinto is eager to secure a joint venture with the likely new owners of the huge Husab uranium deposit in Namibia.
February 8, 2012 Codelco forced to disclose Mitsui loan contract A Chilean civil court ordered world's largest copper producer Codelco to publish the agreement for a financing deal of up $6.75 billion with Japan's Mitsui & Co. (TYO:8031), reports the…
February 8, 2012 Goldcorp chairman denies implication in insider trading scheme Ian Telfer, one of Canada’s most well-known mining executives and chairman of Goldcorp Inc. (TSE:G), denied yesterday’s Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) allegations that connect him with an alleged illegal insider-trading…
February 8, 2012 Rio Tinto to invest a further US$3.4 billion in expansion of iron ore operations in Western Australia Rio Tinto has committed a further US$3.4 billion (Rio Tinto share $2.9 billion) to the major expansion of its Pilbara iron ore operations in Western Australia.
February 8, 2012 BHP sees little impact from Glencore, Xstrata merger The world's biggest miner, BHP Billiton (Hamburg: BHP1.HM - news), said Wednesday the planned blockbuster merger between Glencore and Xstrata (Dusseldorf: XTR.DU - news) would not impact on its strategy.
February 8, 2012 BHP closing in on A$3.5 billion Gabon iron ore deal – report BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) is close to striking a A$3.5 billion deal with the government of Gabon over the Belinga iron ore project, which is said to contain about 4…
February 8, 2012 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.
February 7, 2012 Gunmen kill Indonesian police officer near Freeport-McMoRan’s gold, copper mine Unidentified gunmen have killed a police officer near the U.S. company Freeport-McMoRan’s gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia.
February 6, 2012 Codelco already struggling to match 2011 copper output Chilean state giant Codelco, the world's biggest copper producer, will have to strive this year to match record 2011 copper production of 1.735 million tonnes, said CEO Diego Hernandez to…
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
