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Commodities in demand as battered dollar keeps on diving

16.11.09
A new lurch downwards in the value of the ailing dollar was the signal for another rush for commodities, such as metals and oil and gold ... more

Commodities in demand as battered dollar keeps on diving

16.11.09
A new lurch downwards in the value of the ailing dollar and news of better-than-expected GDP in Japan signalled another rush for commodities, such as metals and oil and gold ... more

Copper soars on accident

08.10.09
The price of copper shot up $55 to $6150 (£3846) a tonne on the London Metal Exchange today to give a two-day rise of $90 after a mechanical failure at BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine in Australia ... more

Bidders make beeline for Churchill

28.09.09
Suitors are queuing up for a slice of Churchill Mining... more

BHP wary over demand after a plunge in profits

12.08.09
BHP Billiton, the world’s largest miner, today gave a guarded outlook for global commodity demand, sending a worrying signal for weaker rivals, after a slump in metals prices triggered its first profit decline in seven years ... more

Coal prices halved at BHP

10.06.09
BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company, today admitted that it has slashed the price of the coal it sells to major steelmakers by 58% after a slump in demand ... more

...But BHP slashes 58% off the coal bill

10.06.09
Coal prices have tumbled by more than half — but only back to where they were in 2007 ... more

BHP Billiton 'has a new £18bn bid target in sights'

27.03.09
The world's biggest mining company BHP Billiton may be looking to flex its financial muscles by lining up another major acquisition... more

Barclays slump his Temasek portfolio

10.02.09
The crash in the value of Barclays and Merrill Lynch has dragged down the value of investments by Temasek, the Singapore government's global investment arm... more

BHP Billiton dives by 57% as demand slump bites

04.02.09
Mining: The world’s largest miner BHP Billiton has underlined the growing pain of the resources sector with a 57% slump in first-half profits as demand for its products and the prices of metals plummet... more

Market report: Rio Tinto makes gains on talk of swoop by big holder

19.01.09
There are still pockets of interest for stock-market investors, despite the gloom surrounding the banking sector at present... more

BHP chief warns of 'challenging times' ahead

27.11.08
Commodities The boss of BHP Billiton has said he does not expect BHP to be immune from the huge changes gripping the world economy... more

ING puts the boot into BHP after Rio pullout

26.11.08
The boost BHP Billiton received for dropping its £37 billion offer for rival Rio Tinto may prove short-lived... more

With the Rio wedding off, BP is free to hire its new chairman

26.11.08
Profile: After four decades at Shell, Paul Skinner swapped refining for mining. Now his sharp brain and calmness under fire could put him right at the top of the oil business... more

Rio Tinto dives by 35% after its mega-merger with BHP is called off

25.11.08
Mining: Shares in Rio Tinto crashed 35% after the year-long attempt to create a titan of the global economy through a merger with fellow mining giant BHP Billiton was aborted... more

Market report: RBS shares get a vote of confidence from Citi

25.11.08
If you want to test your patience, buy shares in Royal Bank of Scotland... more

Angel platform in production

03.10.08
Energy: The British-owned $1.2 billion (£679.52 million) Angel natural gas platform off Australia's north-west coast has begun production, with a daily capacity of 800 million cubic feet of gas... more

BHP, Rio lose Oz railways battle

24.09.08
Mining: BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have lost an Australian court bid to block a rival miner from using their rail networks... more

BHP Billiton confident over demand from Asia

16.09.08
Mining giant BHP Billiton has sought to reassure investors on Asian demand, which it says will hold up despite the global financial crisis... more

BHP suspends Oz iron-ore operations

05.09.08
Miner BHP Billiton has suspended West Australian iron-ore operations after a second fatal accident in two weeks... more

Market report: Demand for equities ‘at six-year low and falling’

02.09.08
It's not just the pound that is feeling the heat from the credit crunch and looming recession, the stock market, in case you hadn’t already noticed, is also suffering... more

BHP sets profit record for the seventh year running

18.08.08
Mining giant BHP Billiton has delivered a record profit for the seventh year in a row as it rides the global demand for commodities... more

Mine giants bet on solar power

12.08.08
BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are working on plans for the world’s biggest solar power station... more

BHP scales new heights but warns of Chilean output fall

23.07.08
Global mining giant BHP Billiton has produced another stellar quarterly production report, with a new record in iron-ore output and big gains in oil and gas as new projects pick up speed... more

Let's be minus rating agencies

26.06.08
Companies pay the agencies to rate their securities, creating a conflict of interest. It is as if one side in a football match paid the referee... more

China buzz puts BHP on a high

16.05.08
Shares in BHP Billiton soared to a record in Sydney on persistent rumours that a Chinese investor is looking for a stake... more

Rio pledges to tackle its $45 billion mountain of borrowing

24.04.08
Mining giant Rio Tinto pledges to reduce its borrowing over the next two years... more

Woodside alert on output blow

25.03.08
Woodside says a delay in the start-up of BHP Billiton's £555.3m Neptune oil and gas project in the US will reduce forecast production... more

Mining deals to soar, says PwC

18.03.08
Global accountancy PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts a surge in mining-company mergers and acquisitions... more

Merger plan of the miners is a big deal with a huge downside

13.02.08
What a strange world we live in when every twist and turn in the sale of a minor former building society in Newcastle commands the attention of politicians, bankers and the media, but elsewhere a proposal that will create a monopolistic giant bigger than BP or Shell sails serenely forward with almost no one paying attention... more

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