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Two Biggest Mining Companies After Merge, An Ambition Becomes The Biggest Mine Company In World
Marius Kloppers is determined to win his $127bn battle to merge BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, but must beat regulatory hurdles – and Rio’s opposition. Ruth Sunderland met a late starter who could become one of the globe’s most powerful men.
Marius Kloppers, chief executive of mining giant BHP Billiton, could be the patron saint of [...]
Canada Mining Exploration Company Shift Away From Metal Mine Exploration to Coal Mine Exploration
Canada’s biggest diversified mining company has made a major shift away from metals to coal.
Teck Cominco Ltd.’s $14-billion (U.S.) offer for Fording Canadian Coal Trust – the largest coal sector deal in history – amounts to a major bet by Teck on continued strength for the commodity, which is used to make steel and is [...]
Flooding at Canada Uranium Mine Is Tied to Blasting by Cameco
Cameco Corp. announced at 2:11 a.m. on Oct. 23 that its Cigar Lake uranium mine in northwest Canada had flooded after a “rock fall,” jeopardizing the world’s richest undeveloped source of nuclear fuel.
In the six months since, Cameco has said little about the circumstances behind a disaster that will delay production at its $25.5 billion [...]
Flooding at Canada Uranium Mine Is Tied to Blasting by Cameco
Cameco Corp. announced at 2:11 a.m. on Oct. 23 that its Cigar Lake uranium mine in northwest Canada had flooded after a “rock fall,” jeopardizing the world’s richest undeveloped source of nuclear fuel.
In the six months since, Cameco has said little about the circumstances behind a disaster that will delay production at its $25.5 billion [...]
