October 16, 2011 Three miners shot dead at world’s biggest gold mine Gunmen shot and killed three miners in the latest attack near the world’s largest gold mine in eastern Indonesia, officials said yesterday.
October 16, 2011 BHP rumoured to be bidding $1.3B for Brazilian iron ore producer Mining M&A is heating up with more takeover rumours, says The Australian, quoting a report from UK-based newspaper The Sunday Times. The Times reported that BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), the…
October 16, 2011 New South Wales to section off part of park for mining BHP Billiton has convinced the New South Wales state government to carve out a piece of a proposed national park to be used for coal mining. Sydney Morning Herald reported…
October 16, 2011 Rio Tinto Q3 production slowly recovering Rio Tinto’s third quartet diamond production increased 29 percent compared to production in the second quarter of 2011, however remains flat year-over-year.
October 14, 2011 Walter Energy jumps on hopes BHP’s US buying spree will continue In play Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT) jumped higher by more than 7% in pre-market trading to over $80/share after the UK's Independent newspaper reported that Anglo American (LON:AAL) and BHP…
October 14, 2011 With ‘Global Ore’ BHP enters new age of iron Fox Business reports global number one miner BHP Billiton plans to create a new, more transparent system for pricing iron ore called Global Ore by the end of the year…
October 13, 2011 Rio rocks: iron ore output now tops half a million tonnes a day Rio Tinto, the world’s second- largest mining company, said third-quarter iron ore output and coking coal production reached record highs after recovering from disruptions caused by flooding in Australia earlier…
October 10, 2011 BHP set for the mother of all digs as $30 billion Olympic Dam expansion is approved Australia on Monday gave environmental approval for BHP Billiton to expand its Olympic Dam mine but set more than 100 environmental conditions on the uranium, copper and gold project. The…
October 10, 2011 De Beers sets up synthetic diamond VC office in Silicon Valley Venturebeat reports De Beers has set up investment offices in Silicon Valley to find and fund synthetic diamond startups through the investment arm of a subsidiary Element Six. Element Six…
October 9, 2011 Pyrrhic victory for Mugabe as Rio Tinto gives up control of tiny diamond mine, but likely drops $200 million expansion News reports on Saturday say Rio Tinto's Zimbabwe subsidiary Murowa Diamonds has ceded 51% of its equity to comply with a new law that requires Zimbabweans to own the majority…
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
