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Tuesday 16th September 2014
By John Conroy Tag will join First Solar in building the first stage of the ARENA-supported project 1. 7 megawatt solar PV project, which will serve the remote Weipa bauxite mining operation and associated town. "By...
By Daniel Palmer As a result benchmark iron ore for immediate delivery to the port of Tianjin in China is currently trading at $US87. 10 a tonne, down almost one per cent from its...
By Simon Frazer The mining sector was among those that gave up the ground it made earlier in the session. Rio Tinto closed 0. 25 per cent higher and BHP Billiton rose nearly 0....
By AAP CommSec chief economist Craig James said while it was the first fall in gross profits in six quarters, operating profits rose nearly eight per cent to a record $270. 8 billion for...
Beijing has launched a series of measures since April to bolster growth, including tax breaks for small enterprises, targeted infrastructure outlays and incentives to encourage lending in rural areas and to small companies. BHP...
“When there was no accommodation available there was a real dilemma as to how to address it, now there appears to be a solution, in that land is there and we just need to...
By Anita Savage Iron ore miners were generally higher as the key Chinese spot price for the commodity edged up off a two-year low of $US87. 30 to $US87. 90. Rio Tinto had gained...
By Sue Lannin Gindalbie’s project has been beset by production delays and cost blowouts and it announced a $640 million writedown on the Karara project earlier this month because of the fall in the...
By Simon Frazer After hitting a nearly two-year low yesterday, the benchmark iron ore price dropped again to hamstring the mining sector. Rio Tinto closed 0. 7 per cent lower while BHP Billiton fell...
By Daniel Palmer Falls overnight were again based on oversupply worries, with recent production expansion from the likes of iron ore heavyweights Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Fortescue Metals Group and Vale coming as weakness...
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