August 19, 2014

BHP demerger news crashes company website

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August 19, 2014

BHP shares hammered on demerger, profit miss

World's number one miner hopes to save $3.6 billion spinning off aluminium, coal, manganese, nickel and silver assets into new company.

August 18, 2014

Demerged BHP may not hold on to coal assets for long: analysts

The division contributed just $746 million of the $21.12 billion earnings BHP reported for the 2013 financial year.

August 18, 2014

BHP spinoff could be worth $12 billion

Speculation is of a new Perth-based company with current CFO Graham Kerr at the helm housing non-core assets including Australian lead-silver mine.

August 17, 2014

INFOGRAPHIC: Looking at meteor impact craters from around the world

A size scale showing danger of impact.

August 17, 2014

High expectations for the mother of all lodes in Afghanistan

$908 billion of mineral wealth.

August 16, 2014

Knowing where you are in the market’s cycle

Elon Musk says the lessons of history would suggest that civilizations move in cycles.

August 15, 2014

Queensland approves rail line to coal port by Great Barrier Reef

Adani now only needs to get the federal government green light on the same railway to have all required permits in place.

August 15, 2014

Trading pure play iron companies

Double bottom over June and July a strong bullish signal.

August 15, 2014

Nearly 17,000 Australian mining jobs to disappear by 2019

Compares with a near doubling of mining, exploration and services positions in the country over the previous five years.