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  • Oil slides, U.S. dollar rises 20 Aug 2008 17:29 GMT
    ... by a rally in heavyweight energy and mining stocks. Recently battered banking shares also trimmed ... Rio Tinto rose 7.4 per cent, and BHP Billiton and Kazakhmys each gained 6.7 per cent. ...

  • FTSE snaps 3-day losing run 20 Aug 2008 17:29 GMT
    ... Miners held onto earlier gains after metal prices ... eased in late trade. Rio Tinto , BHP Billiton , Xstrata , Anglo American and Eurasian ...

  • Commodity gains lift European shares 0.5 pct 20 Aug 2008 17:17 GMT
    ... in commodity stocks that tracked crude and metal prices. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index ended ... the benchmark. ) jumped 7.4 percent, while BHP Billiton ( ) jumped 6.8 percent after positive ...

  • Commodity gains lift European stocks, led by oils 20 Aug 2008 17:15 GMT
    ... strategist at AXA Investment Managers in Paris. Mining stocks and heavyweight oils were the biggest ... resources index was up 7.4 percent and BHP Billiton jumped 6.8 percent after UBS raised its ...

  • FTSE makes gains despite consumer worries 20 Aug 2008 16:54 GMT
    ... making strong gains today as oil and metal stocks traded higher. A good start on ... to 1027p, and Rio Tinto's unwanted suitor BHP Billiton, which added 102p to 1622p. Oil topping ...

  • FTSE snaps 3-day losing run, up 1% on commodities 20 Aug 2008 16:54 GMT
    ... and fund managers were away on holiday. Miners held onto earlier gains after metal prices ... eased in late trade. Rio Tinto , BHP Billiton , Xstrata , Anglo American and Eurasian ...

  • FTSE 100 rises 0.97% 20 Aug 2008 16:51 GMT
    ... Tullow Oil climbed 6.84 per cent and BHP Billiton rose 6.71 per cent. Heading the losers ... prices and gloomed by their inflationary effects. "Mining stocks rose this morning as metals prices ...

  • Commodities provide lift 20 Aug 2008 16:32 GMT
    ... rallied Wednesday thanks to big gains from mining giants and oil majors as commodity prices ... posts meaty gains. Miners Rio Tinto , BHP Billiton , Kazakhmys , Vedanta Resources , Xstrata ...

  • US dollar, gold up in European trading 20 Aug 2008 16:16 GMT
    ... sector. Asia markets fall sharply on worries about slowing growth across the world. Top miner, BHP Billiton, is yielding gold from its China ties, with record profits and Olympic sponsorship min... ...

  • BHP Eyes Congo Smelter, Corridor Sands 20 Aug 2008 16:15 GMT
    ... 20 Aug 2008 at 09:56 AM GMT-04:00 BHP Billiton is continuing to study two large-scale investments ... of Billiton when Billiton bought Australia’s Western Mining Corporation. Initial estimates showed it could be ...

  • Platinum to fall short 20 Aug 2008 15:31 GMT
    ... will fall substantially short of recent calls, mining industry veteran Brian Gilbertson forecast yesterday. Mr ... yesterday. Mr Gilbertson, formerly chief executive of BHP Billiton, told reporters on a conference call that ...

  • Macmahon profits from resources boom 20 Aug 2008 15:31 GMT
    ... the company, with government agencies, and miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto accounting for 75 per ... and drilling through to developing and operating mines. The enlarged company will enhance Macmahon's access ...

  • Miners lead local bourse higher 20 Aug 2008 15:31 GMT
    ... down in early trade but started to rally towards the end of the day." Mining giant BHP Billiton rose $1.73, or 4.68 per cent, to $38.73 while its takeover target Rio Tinto ...

  • Pallinghurst Debuts on JSE 20 Aug 2008 15:27 GMT
    ... Faberge, Pallinghurst has considerable interest in colored gemstones, steel feed-stock materials and platinum group metals. Company chairman Brian Gilbertson, formerly the CEO of BHP Billiton, said in a Thursday morning teleconference that Pallinghurst would be ready to market eyewear, ...

  • Techs Edge Higher on HP Earnings 20 Aug 2008 14:56 GMT
    ... Resource stocks gained on a rise in copper prices. Hong Kong and India closed higher. ... year. The rise in futures lifted Freeport-McMoran, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Southern Copper Peru and Sterlite ...


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