August 30, 2011 Wesfarmers selects ThoroughTec to support Curragh rampup As one of Australia’s largest independent coal producers, Westfarmers Curragh has made further investments into site safety, training and operational efficiency in the way it inducts, trains and up-skills new…
August 30, 2011 Perilya beats the odds BASE metals producer Perilya has posted a 15% jump in profit for the first half of the 2011 calendar year, despite the robust Australian dollar and weakening zinc and lead…
August 30, 2011 Auzex, GGG agree on merger to move ahead with WA gold project PERTH (miningweekly.com) Joint venture partners Auzex Resources and GGG Resources have finally buried the hatchet over control of the Bullabulling gold project, with the two agreeing to set up and…
August 30, 2011 Coal sector questions Grattan’s findings on carbon tax impact The Australian Coal Association (ACA) today questioned the results of the Grattan Institute research on the impact of the proposed carbon tax on the coal, LNG and steel industries.
August 30, 2011 Hiking our fair value estimate for BHP Billiton We are increasing our fair value estimate for BHP Billiton (BLT) by 5% and maintain our positive stance. Very strong cash flows leave the balance sheet in better shape than…
August 30, 2011 Macarthur Coal backs sweetened Peabody, Arcelor offer Australia's Macarthur Coal has backed a slightly sweetened A$4.9 billion ($5.2 billion) takeover offer from Peabody Energy and ArcelorMittal . Peabody and ArcelorMittal raised their offer by 3 percent to…
August 29, 2011 China to import about 66% of Australian ore, Tracking Data Show China will import about 66% of the iron ore loaded in the week ended Aug. 25 at Australia’s two largest export facilities, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.
August 29, 2011 New Hope moves to mop up Northern Energy shares New Hope Energy has offered A$2 ($2.12) a share for the outstanding 19.17pc of Northern Energy that it does not already own, as it looks to take full control of…
August 29, 2011 Canadian gold miner AuRico to buy Northgate Minerals for $1.48 billion TORONTO, Aug. 29, 2011 /CNW/ - AuRico Gold Inc. ("AuRico") (TSX:AUQ) (NYSE:AUQ) and Northgate Minerals Corporation ("Northgate") (TSX:NGX) (NYSE-Amex:NXG) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive…
August 29, 2011 Ventnor Resources – Ventnor confirms outstanding copper mineralisation at Thaduna/Green Dragon project Australian base metals explorer Ventnor Resources (ASX: VRX) is pleased to confirm outstanding results from the second phase of drilling at the Thaduna/Green Dragon copper project, 40 kilometres east of…
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