August 10, 2011 Banks, miners lead market recovery in Aus Financial and resources stocks led the local sharemarket's remarkable recovery at noon, with a number of blue chips trading at more than four per cent stronger. The big four banks…
August 10, 2011 International Coal readies to test Queensland coal targets Newly listed International Coal ( ASX: ICX ) has wasted no time with $7.7 million in hand to set its sights on an aggressive exploration program on its Queensland coal…
August 9, 2011 Richard Karn: Australian scandium could create new market Two junior explorers in Australia could dominate the world's scandium supply in the next two to three years, according to Richard Karn, managing editor of The Emerging Trends Report. In…
August 9, 2011 BHP buys Leighton iron ore business for US$727m Leighton Holdings has sold mining services provider HWE Mining to BHP Billiton. 9News reports that Leighton has signed a heads of agreement for the sale of HWE, which accounts for…
August 9, 2011 BlackRock to use gold, bond profits to buy beaten down stocks "Gold and bonds are doing really, really well and we're making profits on them and putting these into the asset classes that are getting cheaper and cheaper, which are definitely…
August 9, 2011 Republic Gold completes the sale of its share in Kangaroo Creek JV Republic Gold Limited (ASX: RAU) has now completed the sale of its share in the Kangaroo Creek Joint Venture in Queensland.
August 9, 2011 Australian workforce ‘too soft’, says mining company CEO A tough-talking mining company CEO is warning that Australia suffers from "rich country's disease" and is in danger of becoming a welfare state unless workers discover a "hunger for excellence."…
August 9, 2011 Stock market carnage spreads to Australia Australian stocks had plunged by more than four per cent at noon, following falls of over five per cent on Wall Street overnight, as carnage on overseas markets spread to…
August 8, 2011 Gold hits record high; stock markets and oil companies tumble After the S&P downgrade announced Friday evening, North American markets opened Monday and tumbled. The Australian stock market, measured by the S&P/ASX 200, finished the day down 2.91%, while the…
August 8, 2011 Unusual tactics in mining bid The potential joint bid by Rio Tinto and Mitsubishi Development for Coal & Allied Industries (CAIL) is a curious beast because it proposes to involve a mechanism normally used to…
Bolivia tightens gold buying rules after past irregularities Bolivia’s central bank has resumed purchases of domestically mined gold to bolster foreign reserves. January 20, 2026 | 01:35 pm
