September 22, 2011 ASX slumps on global fears About $30b was wiped off the value of shares after the Australian sharemarket plunged more than 2.5 per cent mid-session after big falls on Wall Street amid global economic uncertainty.
September 22, 2011 GVK in talks with Indonesian firm to divest coal mines stake – report GVK group, of which GVK Power & Infra is a part, is in talks with Indonesia's PT Kideco Jaya Agung for divesting part of its stake in the coal mines…
September 21, 2011 Global miner Rio Tinto says customers asking for commodities shipment delays Global mining giant Rio Tinto plc says some of its customers are asking the company to delay shipments of iron ore and other metals as the global economy slowdown is…
September 21, 2011 Macarthur Minerals increases its Snark and Drabble Downs direct shipping hematite mineral resource by 46% to 14 million tonnes Macarthur Minerals Limited (TSX VENTURE:MMS)(OTCQX:MMSDF) ("the Company") is pleased to advise of a 46% increase in the Hematite Goethite Mineral Resource estimate for its Snark & Drabble Downs potential DSO…
September 21, 2011 China, India vie in tough race to acquire big chunk of Australian coal fields Three years before it has yet to really produce coal, the northern Galilee Basin is already fully booked to Indian and Chinese coal mining companies. The Australian Newspaper said India's…
September 21, 2011 BHP chief’s pay rises to $US11.6 million BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers’s annual pay grew by 8.5 per cent in the last financial year, to $US11.6 million ($11.37 million). The pay rise (in US dollars) came…
September 20, 2011 Rio on track to mine 240m tonnes of iron ore; analyst downplays oversupply concerns An $85 billion expansion of the iron ore industry in Australia will not depress the price of the crucial steelmaking ingredient because the major producers will simply curtail their outputs.…
September 20, 2011 Rio Tinto senses a shift in mood Despite order books that are full and robust commodity prices, Rio Tinto says that customer sentiment is now more cautious and physical markets are softer than they were six months…
September 20, 2011 NZ coal mine faces opposition Opposition is growing in New Zealand to a Perth-based company;s bid to mine on conservation land on the South Island.
September 20, 2011 Coking coal forecast cut as recovery lags Australia cut its forecast for coking coal production in fiscal 2012 as recovery from natural disasters takes longer than expected but lifted its projection for iron ore production a touch.
Column: Nickel market plays the Indonesia’s numbers game Nickel prices have been on an explosive rally as the market bets that Indonesia, the world's largest producer, will hit the brakes on its runaway output growth. January 25, 2026 | 06:54 am
