BHP Billiton back into the black, pays higher-than-expected dividend
Net profit was $3.2bn for the six months to December 31, compared with a loss of $5.7bn in the same period a year earlier.
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Sherritt mulling Ambatovy retreat to pop debt balloon
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This oil nation aims to colonize Mars
The UAE may not be the first country that comes to mind when one thinks of space exploration, but it has big plans to colonize mars, and it’s got the oil money to do it.
Insights on the resource market with Brent Cook and Joe Mazumdar
I recently had the opportunity to ask Cook some questions about the current gold market, and how he thinks the average investor can tilt the odds in their favour when buying companies in the junior resource sector.
Iron ore price sets fresh 30-month high
Despite new survey showing consensus for a steep correction this year.
Potash demand destruction likely in India, after Gov’t hints at subsidy cut
Already reeling from decades-low prices, potash miners are staring at another headwind, this time from India, a major importer of the crop fertilizer ingredient.
Copper price turns higher again – Grasberg gashed
Top listed copper producer Freeport says negotiations with Indonesia going nowhere – will slash production at iconic mine by 60%.
China leading the charge for lithium-ion megafactories
As exciting as Tesla's Gigafactory 1 project is, it’s actually just one of multiple large-scale “megafactories” being built – with many of them being in China.
North Korea lights fire under coking coal price
The totalitarian state is the number three supplier to China of the steelmaking raw material.
