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Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Ltd. , the world’s largest mining company, sold its shuttered Ravensthorpe nickel mine in Western Australia to Canada’s First Quantum Minerals Ltd. for $340 million.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Ltd. is poised to sell its closed Ravensthorpe nickel mine in Western Australia to Canada’s First Quantum Minerals Ltd. for more than A$300 million ($271 million), the Australian Financial Review said.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 8, 2009) - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) - (All dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars, unless noted otherwise) First Quantum will host the following conference calls and webcasts to discuss the acquisition: UK and Europe Date: December 09, 2009 Time: 10:00 am (GMT) Webcast: www.first-quantum .com Dial in: 800-4222 ...
The plant is one of more than 12 planned in Australia and Papua New Guinea to meet growing Asian demand for less-polluting alternatives to coal and oil.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes in South Korea. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close. This preview includes news announced after markets shut.
A space-age powerboat which holds the round-the-world record sped off from Australia on Tuesday on a mission to harass Japanese whaling ships in Antarctic seas.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The World Steel Association and Eurofer, the European steel lobby group, called for regulators to examine the joint venture between BHP Billiton Ltd.
CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute announced Monday a $50 million annual fund to support large-scale carbon capture and storage projects worldwide.
Australia's competition regulator said Tuesday it had launched an informal review of BHP Billiton's proposed joint iron ore venture with Rio Tinto to seek comment on the controversial deal.
The energy giant is teaming up with partners in a liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea to supply China, Japan and Taiwan
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Exxon Mobil Corp. and its partners approved development of a $15 billion Papua New Guinea liquefied natural gas venture, the country’s biggest resource project, to supply the cleaner-burning fuel to China, Japan and Taiwan.
BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, the mining giants, signed an agreement over the weekend to combine their iron ore operations in Western Australia, a deal the companies said would save them $10 billion a year.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Australia’s competition regulator, reviewing BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group ’s iron ore joint venture, is seeking comment from their customers and rivals on the market for the steelmaking raw material.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Exxon Mobil Corp. and its partners approved development of a $15 billion Papua New Guinea liquefied natural gas venture, the country’s biggest resource project, to supply the fuel to China, Japan and Taiwan.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Kent Exploration Inc. is pleased to announce that through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Archean Star Resources Australia Pty Ltd. and Archean Star Resources Inc. , it has received a Plan of Work approval for the Company's proposed diamond drill program on the Gnaweeda Gold Project in the northern Murchison Province of Western Australia.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Chevron Corp. ’s agreement to supply liquefied natural gas from its Wheatstone project in Australia to Asia’s biggest utility puts rivals at a disadvantage as they seek customers and skilled labor, JPMorgan Chase & Co. said.
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