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  • BHP Eyes Congo Smelter, Corridor Sands 20 Aug 2008 16:15 GMT
    ... Republic of Congo and the Corridor Sands mineral sands project in Mozambique. ) -- Yesterday, ... stage. The Bas Congo project, entailing an aluminium smelter and hydropower station, was first announced ... of Billiton when Billiton bought Australia’s Western Mining Corporation. Initial estimates showed it could be ...

  • The life of Brian 20 Aug 2008 14:17 GMT
    ... ago that his presidency at a Russian aluminium producer would be his last job. The ... churlishness here, of course. Gilbertson is virtually mining royalty, a group in which you'd have ... and erroneously I think – operates SA mines from London. But certainly Pallinghurst is a ...

  • Get real - there is no power 20 Aug 2008 14:17 GMT
    ... the renewed debate over whether the Coega aluminium smelter will go ahead it seems to ... news, which was there would be no more load-shedding this winter. Let me provide perspective ... and pulled the plug on the country’s mining industry. Back to Coega. I wrote in a ...

  • BHP Has Eye on Congo Smelter, Corridor Sands 20 Aug 2008 12:22 GMT
    ... Republic of Congo and the Corridor Sands mineral sands project in Mozambique, CEO Marius Kloppers ... stage. The Bas Congo project, entailing an aluminium smelter and hydropower station, was first announced ... of Billiton when Billiton bought Australia's Western Mining Corporation. Initial estimates showed it could be ...

  • BHP has eye on Congo smelter, Corridor Sands  20 Aug 2008 06:54 GMT
    ... Republic of Congo and the Corridor Sands mineral sands project in Mozambique, CEO Marius Kloppers ... stage. The Bas Congo project, entailing an aluminium smelter and hydropower station, was first announced ... of Billiton when Billiton bought Australia’s Western Mining Corporation. Initial estimates showed it could be ...

  • BHP Billiton: Australian Mining Giant Continues to Profit 19 Aug 2008 21:35 GMT
    ... The Anglo-Australian company -- the world's largest miner by market value -- announced on Aug. ... the company's performance. Protected Against Drop in Metals Prices No question, insatiable demand for commodities ... Tinto, which produces three times as much aluminum and 40% more iron ore than BHP, ...

  • Bottom-up industry the way to go for Ghana? 19 Aug 2008 07:30 GMT
    ... development, and sometimes even managerial and technical resources. The results are evident in places like ... be feeding on the scarcity of scrap metal for small-time foundries who do not work with ... are thus hand-recycled for their copper and aluminum components by unprotected child workers who are ...

  • Rio Tinto results hold the key to rival's consolidation ambitions 19 Aug 2008 03:13 GMT
    ... African-born chief executive of the world's largest mining company, has turned up the pressure on ... such as the sale of iron ore mines to ensure the European Commission approves the ... the threat of a rival bid from Aluminium Corp of China, or Chinalco. ...

  • Kloppers regards record results as road to Rio 19 Aug 2008 03:13 GMT
    ... African-born chief executive of the world's largest mining company, has turned up the pressure on ... such as the sale of iron ore mines to ensure the European Commission approves the ... the threat of a rival bid from Aluminum Corp of China, or Chinalco, which teamed ...

  • BHP's 2008 Result On Target 19 Aug 2008 01:35 GMT
    ... Newswire) - BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, says 2008 net profit came in ... prices and higher production. The company's base metals division was the biggest earner and delivered ... primarily due to higher royalties and LME-linked aluminium costs. "This was offset by decreased charges ...

  • BHP Billiton: One for the Record Books 18 Aug 2008 20:16 GMT
    ... ( ). The Anglo-Australian company—the world's largest miner by market value—announced on Aug. 18 a ... protect it against an expected drop in metals prices over the next year that some ... Tinto, which produces three times as much aluminum and 40% more iron ore than BHP, ...

  • NMDC in joint venture with Rio Tinto for iron ore mining 18 Aug 2008 19:58 GMT
    ... ore mining and later shift to other minerals as well. "We are jointly scouting in ... venture agreement with India's Spice Minerals and Metals, a part of the Spice Energy group, ... to iron ore, it mainly deals in aluminium, copper, diamond, gold and industrial minerals. The ...

  • ICMM Publishes Mine Closure Toolkit 18 Aug 2008 16:15 GMT
    ... - ICMM's new toolkit, Planning for Integrated Mine Closure , provides practical guidance for closing ... : The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) is a CEO-led organization representing many ... Mining Association, Instituto Brasileiro de Mineraçao, International Aluminium Institute, International Copper Association, International Molybdenum Association, ...

  • Terry McCrann: What a difference oil makes 18 Aug 2008 15:58 GMT
    ... 56 in the revenue dollar. Only base metals at 54 in the revenue dollar was ... oil division, the pluses and minuses in minerals last year would have left it with ... price rises because of the Queensland floods. Aluminium was hit by power shortages in South ...

  • Impala Platinum bid from BHP Billiton effectively ruled out by CEO Kloppers 18 Aug 2008 15:56 GMT
    ... Kloppers, in response to a question from Mineweb , effectively poured cold water on the ... week ago. While platinum, as an industrial metal was indeed of interest to BHP, Kloppers ... politically risky area was that of an aluminium smelter in Guinea. Overall, Kloppers was confident ...


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