Mining Industry News

Rio, Chinalco, to develop iron ore field

MINING giant Rio Tinto and China's state-owned Chinalco will jointly develop a massive iron ore project in West Africa. Daily Telegraph - 2:44 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Rio Tinto and Chinalco Sign $2.9 Billion Mining Agreement

The deal to jointly develop an iron ore project in Guinea could help repair Sino-Australian relations. New York Times World Business - 2:36 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Rio, Chinalco agree on African joint venture

Mining giant Rio Tinto has signed a non-binding agreement with Chinalco to jointly develop an iron ore mine in Guinea. ABC News : World - 2:29 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Rio, Chinalco, to develop iron ore field

ANGLO-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and China's state-owned Chinalco have signed a non-binding agreement to jointly develop Guinea's massive Simandou iron ore project, Rio said today. The Australian Business News - 2:27 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Rio Tinto, Chinalco hook up for Africa venture

Mining giants bury the hatchet ... Business Day - 1:22 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Rio, Chinalco announce West African deal

Mining giant Rio Tinto has ... The West Australian Your Money - 1:20 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Abbott interview with Nick Rheinberger (ABC Illawarra) - The Coalition’s plan for paid parental leave

Subjects: The Coalition’s plan for paid parental leave; Kevin Rudd’s great big new tax; Julia Gillard’s bungled school halls programme. E&OE NICK RHEINBERGER: Tony Abbott, good morning to you. TONY ... Liberal Party - 1:17 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Rio Tinto, Chinalco sign JV for Simandou

Mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd has struck a deal with Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) to develop the Simandou iron ore reserve in West Africa. TheBull - 1:16 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Sandfire lodges mining application for Degrussa (The West Australian)

Sandfire Resources has lodged a mining application for its Degrussa copper/gold project after announcing an indicated and inferred resource of 7.13 million tonnes last month. The West Australian Your Money - 1:16 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Perseus Mining Limited - Exploration Update West African Gold Projects

PERTH, Australia, March 19 /CNW/ - Perseus Mining Limited (ASX/TSX: PRU) is pleased to provide an update on exploration activities at the Company's flagship Central Ashanti Gold Project (CAGP) in ... CNW Group - 12:04 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Mine group says raising gold royalties 'opportunistic'

The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) has welcomed the Western Australian Mines Minister's position on gold royalties. ABC News mining - noon Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Selling Uranium to Russia - a Really Bad Idea

by leave-I wish to speak briefly on the government response to the report of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, which Senator Faulkner has just tabled. The report was tabled ... Greens MPs - 11:58 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Call for mining and health inquiry

Greens MP and mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has called on the NSW government to hold an independent inquiry into the health impacts of the coal industry on people living in ... Lee Rhiannon - Greens MLC - 10:59 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Huddy's signs $21.7m Rio Tinto extension

Industrea subsidiary, Huddy's Mining Services, has signed a 24 month extension for the hire of seven of its Caterpillar 789C dump trucks with Warkworth Mining for the Rio Tinto coal ... Queensland Business Review - 10:37 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Ballarat Goldfields fined $20,000 over rock fall

A BALLARAT mining company has been fined $20,000 over a rock fall that trapped 27 miners below ground in 2007. Ballarat Courier - 10:14 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend