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FIRB Decided To Extend Review China Mining Company, China Minmetalss To Acquire OZ Minerals
The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has decided to extend its review of China Minmetals’ $1.8-billion offer to acquire OZ Minerals, the world’s second-biggest zinc miner, by 90 days, ie, till 22 June.
Several Mining Companies Hold Plans New Mines Onstream
The global financial crisis and sharp falls in metals prices have forced several companies to abandon or put on hold their plans to bring new mines onstream.
Subsidiary of Rio Tinto Cancel Aluminum Mine Exploration Investment in Saudi Arabia
A subsidiary of global mining giant Rio Tinto Group said Wednesday it is pulling its investment out of a $7 billion Saudi Arabian aluminum project due to the weakening global economy.
Mine Demand Analysis, Sales Results and The Future of The Mining Companies
Mining giant Rio Tinto is hiving off assets to pay down $US40 billion ($57 billion) in debt after BHP Billiton withdrew a $US66 billion bid, but in these turbulent times, who’s buying?
Rusian Mining Exploration Company, Russia’s Norilsk Nickel Stretches From Arctic to SA, US to Australia
In July 2007, a Canada-domiciled mining company was acquired by a Russian group for $5,2-billion. That company was LionOre, and it had assets in Southern Africa – an 85% share in Tati Nickel, in Botswana, and a 50% stake in Nkomati Nickel, in South Africa.
LionOre’s buyer was the giant Russian mining and metallurgical group, OJSC [...]
Problems of Permit Mine Exploration in Australian
Some mine companies doing mine exploration activity in Australian faces problems of permit location exploitation of mine exploration. The biggest mine company of Fortescue Metals Group, yesterday had done some clarifications about permit to do exploration for a few mineral.
Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), an iron ore company, has asked Crown Minerals for a two [...]
Xstrata Copper and Gold Mining Project in the Philippines US$2bn
Global mining group Xstrata, which has coal and alloys operations in South Africa, on Wednesday confirmed that its US$2bn Tampakan copper and gold mining project in the Philippines had been raided and two buildings had been torched.
Communist rebels representing the New People’s Army claimed responsibility for the raid, saying its singular objective was “punishing [...]
Indonesia’s Riches Draw China, India
When it comes to energy and industrial commodities, China and India are Asia’s fiercest competitors. For the last couple of years, both Chinese and Indian companies have done deals across the globe — from Latin America to Africa — to win oil exploration rights or secure long-term raw material contracts.
Now they have set their sights [...]
Surging mineral prices help Zimbabwe earn more from its minerals
The Southern African country of Zimbabwe has registered an almost six-fold increase in mineral sales for the first 10 months of the year. These totalled US$591m compared to US$103m earned in the same comparative period last year, the Minerals and Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ), which is charged with the duty to sale and market [...]
