August 16, 2011 BHP profit to top $2.5 million per hour The market is expecting BHP Billiton to post record-setting annual profits of $US22.1 billion next week on revenues forecast to be a staggering $71.9 billion. BHP investors, whose stock has…
August 16, 2011 Barrick shrugs downgrade, but foray into copper weighs on prospects Barrick Gold Corp. closed down slightly and outperformed a weak broader market on Tuesday despite a downgrade from CIBC World Markets, which is advising investors to remain cautious as the…
August 11, 2011 Rio Tinto signs MOU with Jindal Steel and Power on advancing HIsmelt technology Rio Tinto has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) to take the next step in global commercialisation of the HIsmelt technology to be…
August 10, 2011 Rio Tinto Alcan Weipa bauxite mine expansion a boon for Australia Far North © The Cairns Post THE $1.5 billion Rio Tinto Alcan bauxite mine expansion at Weipa has wide reaching economic, employment and export benefits which have been underestimated by the business…
August 10, 2011 BHP-Lundin rumour likely much ado about nothing, investors say Lundin Mining is once again the target of takeover speculation, after the Daily Telegraph fed the rumour mill with talk of JP Morgan advising BHP Billiton and Belgian zinc miner…
August 9, 2011 BHP buys Leighton iron ore business for US$727m Leighton Holdings has sold mining services provider HWE Mining to BHP Billiton. 9News reports that Leighton has signed a heads of agreement for the sale of HWE, which accounts for…
August 8, 2011 Unusual tactics in mining bid The potential joint bid by Rio Tinto and Mitsubishi Development for Coal & Allied Industries (CAIL) is a curious beast because it proposes to involve a mechanism normally used to…
August 8, 2011 Rio in joint bid for coalminer Rio Tinto and Mitsubishi are being pressured to offer a special dividend to seal a $1.49 billion attempt to mop up the shares of 150-year-old Hunter Valley miner Coal &…
August 7, 2011 Diamond giant De Beers proposes hazardous waste dumps, prisons at old mines TimesLive reports diamond giant De Beers plans to put hazardous waste - and up to 1,000 prisoners - into its disused property and diamond mines in the picturesque Namaqualand region…
August 5, 2011 Rio Tinto Diamonds posts $10m loss for H1 Rising rough diamond prices were not enough to keep Rio Tinto's diamond operations profitable. Lower production and increased costs eroded Rio Tinto Diamond's bottom line in the first half of…
South32 confirms Mozambique plant wind-down after profit beat South32 last year took a $372 million impairment on the business. February 11, 2026 | 05:03 pm
