November 8, 2011 With $3.1 billion in fresh funding, Peabody moves operations HQ to Australia Platts reports that the global operations headquarters of US giant Peabody Energy will be relocated to Brisbane following the acquisition of Australia's Macarthur. Peabody raised $3.1 billion with the sale…
November 8, 2011 Uranium One’s Q3 earnings lifted by higher prices The company, which sells most of its uranium on the spot market or on contracts tied to the spot price, posted a profit that beat analysts' estimates in the third-quarter,…
November 8, 2011 Historic vote turns Australia carbon tax into law The Sydney Morning Herald reports in a major policy victory for Australia's Gillard government's controversial carbon pricing scheme has passed parliament with Labor and the Australian Greens forcing the 18…
November 8, 2011 Spongebob Squarepants one ounce silver coins legal tender on South Pacific island Animation Insider reports SpongeBob SquarePants contributes a hefty amount to Nickelodeon Consumer Product's estimated $5.5 billion in annual, worldwide retail sales. For international coin collectors – or for that one…
November 8, 2011 Asian Activities Report for November 8, 2011: Stanmore Coal (ASX:SMR) completed pre-feasibility study for the Range Coal project in Queensland Stanmore Coal Limited (ASX:SMR) has completed the Pre-Feasibility Study for its wholly owned the Range Project, located in Queensland's Surat Basin. The Study has confirmed the technical and economic feasibility…
November 7, 2011 China’s thirst for coal strips lush Australian farmland bare The Vancouver Sun reports the Liverpool Plains were long considered off-limits to mining, their rich black soils ranking among Australia's best farming land. Until China came to town.
November 7, 2011 Fly-in, fly-out ‘coal girls’ find rich pickings in Australia’s remote mining towns The CourierMail reports fly-in, fly-out "working girls" travelling from as far away as New Zealand to the remote mining regions of Queensland and Western Australia are making as much as…
November 7, 2011 Port Hedland sees lower iron ore shipments in October Iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland slipped to 19.9 million tonnes in October from 20.0 million in September, according to data released by the port authority on Monday. Iron…
November 7, 2011 BHPB approves Caval Ridge coal project BHP Billiton has approved development of the Caval Ridge mine project as well as an expansion of the Peak Downs mine in the northern Bowen Basin in Central Queensland, Australia.
November 6, 2011 ‘Coal girls’ hit paydirt at mines Fly-in, fly-out "working girls" travelling from as far away as New Zealand to the resource-rich regions of Queensland and Western Australia are making as much money in one or two…
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
