January 19, 2012 BHP Billiton: Queensland coal rail-line on track BHP Billiton Ltd. BHP -0.59% is pushing ahead with plans for a dedicated rail line linking one of its mines in eastern Australia and the country's most northerly coal port.
January 18, 2012 OZ Minerals spends up big in SA OZ Minerals will spend nearly $100 million exploring for copper and gold in SA this year, hoping to build on the two deposits it already owns.
January 18, 2012 Due to European debt worries Oyu Tolgoi gets an additional US$1.8 billion shoring up Perceiving a cloudy future for world markets, Ivanhoe Mines (NYSE:IVN) announced that they had negotiated an additional US$1.8 billion bridge financing for Oyu Tolgoi.
January 18, 2012 BHP sees record iron ore output BHP Billiton (BHP.AX) (BLT.L), the world's biggest mining company, forecast record iron ore production this year after quarterly output jumped by a fifth, shrugging off predictions that growth in top…
January 17, 2012 Rio Tinto iron-ore production climbs to record Diversified resources giant Rio Tinto increased its iron-ore production to a record in the fourth quarter, as the miner pushed ahead with its expansion programme in Western Australia.
January 17, 2012 New China system hopes to break iron ore monopoly China has launched a rival online iron ore trading platform it hopes will allow it to weaken the monopoly of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.
January 17, 2012 Atlas Iron flags need for 1,000 mining jobs Atlas Iron chief executive David Flanagan says the Pilbara iron ore miner might need an extra 1,000 workers within three years to feed its expansion projects.
January 17, 2012 Uranium makes a move After a rough 2011, uranium companies started January looking up.
January 17, 2012 POSCO to pay $1.6bn to raise stake in Roy Hill Holdings The company plans to spend $1.6 billion to expand its stake in Roy Hill Holdings, an Australian iron ore miner of which it already owns 3.75%.
January 17, 2012 Australian Wet season impacts Argyle diamond production The Argyle diamond mine, long a dominant force in the global diamond market saw production drop 14% year on year during the last quarter of 2011.
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