December is normally associated with celebrating achievements and chalking out action plans for the year ahead. But for Andrew Mackenzie, the chief executive officer of mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd, December was the culmination of an ...
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Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) copper prices climbed on Wednesday, the last trading day of 2014. The market closed on January 1 and 2 due to the New Year holidays. The most-traded copper contract for March delivery on the SHFE ended at ...
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The Grib diamond mine in Russia, owned by the somewhat unlikely candidate of oil supplier Lukoil, is arguably the most prospective of the new generation of diamond mines. Therefore, its launch of commercial mining earlier this year and the ...
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The recent re-launch of the CanadaMark hallmark by Dominion Diamond Corporation is designed to enhance the company’s status as Canada’s primary diamond mining company. While CanadaMark is essentially a business-to-business (B2B) ...
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Australian miner BHP Billiton has announced its production results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2014 of the financial year 2014-15, achieving a new quarterly record from its Western Australian iron ore operations with an iron ...
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Brazil iron ore producer Vale, which has not been allowed to dock its ships at Chinese ports, could soon get permission to unload. According to media reports, the Chinese shipping industry, led mainly by Cosco, worked hard to keep out the ...
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In August this year, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 257,000 metric tons, decreasing by 4.22 percent from 268,321 metric tons in July and up 183.98 percent compared to the same month of 2013, according to the ...
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In August this year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland hit a new record monthly volume of 37.38 million metric tons, increasing by 3.59 percent compared to the previous volume in July and were up 36.47 percent year on year. ...
Australian mining company BHP Billiton has announced its financial results for the year ended June 30 this year. According to the company's financial statement, BHP Billiton has posted a net profit of US$13.83 billion for the financial ...
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In July this year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland increased by 7.39 percent compared to June and were up 35.59 percent year on year, totaling 36.08 million metric tons. The figure constitutes a 4.8 percent rise from Port ...
In July this year, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 268,321 metric tons, increasing by 60.19 percent from 167,500 metric tons in June and up 36.55 percent compared to the same month of 2013, according to the ...
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In May this year, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 157,500 metric tons, increasing by 34.24 percent from 117,325 metric tons in April, but down 28.28 percent compared to the same month of 2013, according to the ...
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In May this year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland increased by 3.54 percent compared to April and were up 29.23 percent year on year, totaling 36.05 million metric tons. According to the information released by Port ...
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Global aluminum producer Alcoa has offered third-quarter term shipments at a $408/mt premium to London Metal Exchange cash, CIF Japan, Japanese buyers said Thursday. The premium is for primary aluminum ingot to be shipped to Japanese main ...
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Import iron ore prices in China have undergone two rounds of declines so far in the current year, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement issued on May 28. By March 10, import iron ore prices in China ...