As BHP Billiton prepares to open a major uranium mining site in Western Australia next year, the clamour for the state to once more ban mining of the radioactive mineral has become louder. In fact, …
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Australian Aboriginal communities want a stop to new uranium mining
Flatulent dog to trumpet Australian mining industry
The heart-warming tale of a friendly, flatulent and hitch-hiking dog has seen major mining firms branch out into new territory, as they support an Australian film about the legendary “Red Dog”. Companies such as Rio …
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Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton pile tax pressure on Australian PM
BHP quoted saying mining tax lowers value of Rio JV
BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers said the Australian government’s proposed mining tax has cut the value of its proposed Pilbara iron ore merger with …
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Australian mining ‘super tax’ has miners running
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s proposed ‘super tax’ on miners has certainly got the companies raging. Like rich celebrities in a UK election, they are threatening to leave the country if they are over-taxed. Shares of …
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Blood and Iron: Rio Tinto heads to the top
Rio Tinto is talking up its future prospects, in advance of its London annual general meeting next month.
A huge nickel mine is slated for Indonesia; the company is about to take over a vast …
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BHP confident JV with Rio will go ahead this year
Global miner BHP Billiton said it expects to finalise its iron ore joint venture with Rio Tinto this year and took a swipe at a plan being considered by Australia to hike taxes on miners. …
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Australian regulator wants more time to review Rio/BHP JV
Australia’s competition regulator has asked for additional information before it makes a decision on whether or not the proposed $116bn iron ore joint venture between Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton may go ahead.
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Gas plant pipedream a nightmare
Another tick of approval on a $30 billion gas processing operation in the Kimberley has put Western Australia one step closer to Premier Colin Barnett’s stated aim of becoming the “Saudi Arabia of natural gas”. …
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Woodside deal with indigenous owners `farcical’
A FORMER Federal Court judge has flagged a likely legal challenge to plans to build a $30 billion gas plant in Western Australia’s remote Kimberley, citing concern over the validity of a compensation deal reached …
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BHP and Rio Tinto face new hurdles over world’s biggest mining merger
Earlier this year, two of the world’s three leading iron ore producers inked a deal to create what (by market capitalisation) would be the globe’s largest mining venture. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are still …
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