Mining
BHP Billiton cuts 6,000 jobs; closes mine
21 Jan 2009
BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company plans to cut 6,000 jobs from its global workforce and close a nickel mine due to weak demand brought on by the global economic slowdown
Neyveli Lignite to raise Rs1,850 crore capital
02 Jan 2009
BHP Billiton bullish despite crisis
27 Nov 2008
BHP Billiton abandons bid for Rio Tinto
25 Nov 2008
BHP Billiton has abandoned a year-long hostile attempt to acquire Rio Tinto and create a monolithic entity that could have exercised a stranglehold on pricing.
BHP Billiton to reactivate uranium mine in Western Australia
19 Nov 2008
BHP Billiton plans to reactivate its Yeelirrie mine in the Goldfields of Western Australia, the world's second largest undeveloped mine, which is estimated to hold 35,000 tonnes of uranium.
Ore miner Rio Tinto to slash output by a third
10 Nov 2008
With steel producers slashing production, The world's No 2 iron ore miner Rio Tinto has decided to follow suit and reduce output bya third
Japanese, Korean consortium to acquire stake in CSN's Brazilian iron ore mining business
04 Nov 2008
Copper falls to three-year lows
25 Oct 2008
European regulators may object to BHP-Rio merger
24 Oct 2008
Sail starts expansion of iron ore in Orissa; adopts Indian Railway’s freight management system
30 Aug 2008
Rio Tinto contemplating divestment of US assets
09 Aug 2008
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