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PTC India Plans Joint Ventures for Coal Mining Assets


PTC India Ltd., the country’s largest power trader, plans to form joint ventures to buy stakes in mining projects abroad to help secure fuel supplies for Indian power producers who face coal shortages, its chairman said Monday.
New-Delhi based PTC plans to buy coal assets with overseas and Indian companies in Indonesia and Australia and may [...]

Gold Prices Steady Near Two-Week Highs


Gold prices steadied near two-week highs on Wednesday after rallying on a rise in the euro the day before, with investors continuing to take their cue from the single currency for direction.
In the near-term, if investors keep cutting short positions on the view they had sold the single currency too much on worries about Greece, [...]

Shares of Iron Ore Exporter, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Fell


Changes in trade shares of mining companies experienced a sharp decline after the fall of commodity prices since August 2009. Shares of mining companies reported and the largest exporter of iron ore, Rio Tinto fell 5 percent to A $ 66.60 on the Australian stock exchange. Fortescue Metals slumped 5.5 percent to reach.

Steelmaker (Arcelormittal) And Mining Company (BHP Billiton) Discuss Joint Management Of Iron Ore Mines


Iron ore mining company BHP Billiton is the world’s largest company and the world’s largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in talks on iron ore mining in Liberia and Guinea.
Steel demand in 2010 is expected to rise sharply, so that the steel manufacturers have competed to supply iron ore to meet the target of steel production during [...]

Australian Mining Company Riversdale Plans To Build Coal Mines In Mozambique


Riversdale is an Australian mining company which has mining exploration investment in some countries. The increase in demand for coking coal and thermal coal from the steel industry and power plants to encourage increased investment in Riversdale opening new coal mines to increase coal production, so the company can compete with other coal mining.

Mining Demand Reported : China Increased Coal Imports Reached 16.4 Mln Tons


End of the year 2009 has changed the status of China as the country’s largest coal importer in the world. Previously China is the largest coal producer in the world. But closing some coal mines in China, especially coal mines in Shanxi, China’s coal production resulted in decreased sharply. Other factors increasing demand for coal [...]

Australian Iron Ore Producer, Atlas Iron Would Sell 70 Percent Stake In Iron Ore Mines Ridley


Steel maker China, India, Korea and Japan are interested in buying stakes iron ore mine owned by Australian iron ore producer, Atlas Iron Ltd. Purchasing stakes iron ore mines in order to anticipate competitive iron ore demand from steel manufacturers of the world.

Investment For Gold Mining Stocks Rose In The Year 2009


Investments in shares of gold mining companies to show indications of improvement in the year 2009. One of the factors that support increased investment in gold mining companies, because there is a trend increase in the price of gold.

Coal India Started Negotiations With Coal Mining Companies


Owned coal mining company of India, Coal India Limited (Cil) has started negotiations with several companies of the world’s largest coal mining for coal supply in 2010. This program is conducted in order to meet the electric energy supply in the country of India.
A total of 52 mining companies globally have shown interest in forming [...]