July 25, 2011 Canada makes a deal a day as mining M&A head towards $200 billion The value of mergers and acquisitions in the mining sector more than doubled to $96.3 billion in the first six months of the year and could top $200 billion for…
July 25, 2011 Indonesia coal boom creates jungle wealth Indonesia’s huge reserves of thermal coal — used for power plants — are being aggressively targeted by energy-hungry China and India. The demand, combined with high commodities prices, is driving…
July 25, 2011 Australia’s carbon tax may slash coal industry value by $8.7 billion Australia’s planned carbon tax may reduce the value of the coal industry by about $8.7 billion as producers including Xstrata Plc and Anglo American Plc bear higher costs, according to…
July 25, 2011 Strikes hit BHP, Anglo, De Beers and Xstrata across three continents Bloomberg reports BHP workers in Chile voted Sunday to extend their strike at the world’s largest copper mine. Stoppages at BHP’s Australian coal operations may resume this week. Thirty thousand…
July 25, 2011 Foreign money invades Mongolia A freeze on licenses to explore for minerals is no small matter in Mongolia, a country undergoing a huge resources boom, as miners such as Anglo-Australian giant Rio Tinto (RIO)…
July 24, 2011 SA braces for massive coal strike About 150 000 South African coal workers seeking 14% wage increases plan to walk off the job from Sunday in a strike that could dent exports and hurt power supplies…
July 24, 2011 Xstrata buys cattle farm for coal mine A large Queensland pastoral farm used for wagyu cattle breeding is set to become a coal mine after Australian Agricultural Company (AAC) agreed to sell a property to mining company…
July 24, 2011 External recruiters in BHP plans despite email scam BHP Billiton will continue to source workers through external agencies despite a recent legal stoush over a rogue employment scam. The mining giant was forced to take legal action through…
July 24, 2011 New coal terminals for Mozambique Construction work on a coal terminal at the northern Mozambican port of Nacala is to begin in July. Sources in Mozambique have revealed that Brazilian firm Vale, which will be…
July 24, 2011 Coal India not afraid of losing monopoly: Jha Brushing off fears that commercial mining in coal sector may erode its monopoly and profitability, Coal India (CIL) today said it was geared up to face the challenge and would…
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