“Owners of dry bulk ships and tankers face sharp falls in profitability after rates for the largest ships at least halved since […] The Business of Mining - thebusinessofmining.com | July 7, 2010 | 8:35 am
Asian buyers in spate of Australian deals “A spate of cross-border acquisitions in Australia’s mining and energy sectors was announced on Monday partly in response to the new government’s […] The Business of Mining - thebusinessofmining.com | July 6, 2010 | 7:53 am
Chalco drops $2.4bn Australian bauxite plan “Chalco, the second-largest aluminium producer, has pulled out of a A$3bn (US$2.4bn) deal to develop a bauxite refinery in Australia, blaming a […] The Business of Mining - thebusinessofmining.com | July 3, 2010 | 8:43 am
Japan’s Sumitomo to buy Brazil iron ore mine stake “Japanese trading firm Sumitomo Corp. said Thursday it will pay 1.93 billion dollars to purchase a 30 percent stake in an iron […] The Business of Mining - thebusinessofmining.com | July 2, 2010 | 8:44 am
Zijin Ends Offer for Indophil “China’s biggest gold producer, Zijin Mining Group Co., ended its offer to buy Australia’s Indophil Resources NL because the wait to get […] The Business of Mining - thebusinessofmining.com | June 30, 2010 | 9:16 am
Rio Tinto signs agreement on mining in Kazakhstan “Global miner Rio Tinto signed an agreement on Wednesday with Kazakh state company Tau-Ken Samruk on joint prospecting and mining in the […] The Business of Mining - thebusinessofmining.com | June 30, 2010 | 8:38 am
Top 10 Priorities for Rio Tinto’s CEO Tom Albanese In the series of specials on the priorities of the CEOs of the world’s leading mining companies we analyze Rio Tinto this […] The Business of Mining - thebusinessofmining.com | June 28, 2010 | 9:32 am
Alcoa bets on operating cost cuts “…the company is spending $1.5 billion to create a new, low-cost bauxite mine. The aluminum maker hopes that by spending now it […] The Business of Mining - thebusinessofmining.com | June 24, 2010 | 8:12 am
Australia and China sign over A$10bn of deals “Canberra and Beijing signed 10 commercial deals worth more than A$10bn (US$8.8bn) on Monday as the two nations strengthened trade links during […] The Business of Mining - thebusinessofmining.com | June 23, 2010 | 9:25 am
ACCC decision on Rio-BHP JV due July 22 “Australia’s competition watchdog has set a July 22 deadline to review a proposed $US116 billion ($A132.8 billion) iron ore joint venture between […] The Business of Mining - thebusinessofmining.com | June 22, 2010 | 8:46 am
Coal India Moves Toward IPO “State-owned Coal India Ltd. is likely to file a draft prospectus in the second half of July for a proposed 130 billion […] The Business of Mining - thebusinessofmining.com | June 21, 2010 | 10:23 am
EU to step up raw materials diplomacy “An EU expert group has identified 14 raw materials seen as “critical” for EU high-tech and eco-industries and suggested that the European […] The Business of Mining - thebusinessofmining.com | June 21, 2010 | 8:08 am
