Industry News Archive

• Australia Brockman Has 12 interested Parties   Wednesday 07 January
• Canadian Base Metal Miners Enjoy New Year Rally   Wednesday 07 January
• JFE Wants Iron Ore Prices to Fall to 2007-08 Levels   Tuesday 06 January
• Japan's Sumitomo Mining Cuts Copper Output Plan    Monday 05 January
• Rio Tinto Restarts Australian Iron Ore Mines   Monday 05 January
• High River Gold Seeks Cash to Cover Operational Problems   Monday 05 January
• Areva Says to Operate Imouraren Mine in Niger   Monday 05 January
• US Steel Industry Urges 'Buy America' Recovery Plan   Friday 02 January
• Indian Gold Imports Fall 47% in 2008   Friday 02 January

• China Shenhua Signs 2009 Term Coal Deals With Three Firms   Wednesday 24 December
• Massey Unit to Pay $4.2m After Mine Deaths   Wednesday 24 December
• Barrick Gold Appoints Aaron Regent as CEO   Wednesday 24 December
• Rwanda to Triple Mining Revenues in Five Years   Tuesday 23 December
• China's 2009 Coal Term Price Talks in Stalemate   Tuesday 23 December
• Indonesia Says May Need to Adjust Mining Contracts   Monday 22 December
• Lanna Says Indonesia Coal Unit to Delay January Shipments   Monday 22 December
• Manila's Aboitiz Says Ferry Sale Hit by Crisis   Monday 22 December
• Rio Idles Australian Pig Iron Plant as Market Falls   Monday 22 December
• Red Tape May Slow Russian PGM Exports in 2009   Monday 22 December
• Century Aluminum to Cut 13% of Salaried Workers   Saturday 20 December
• Petra Diamonds H1 Revenue Jumps by 52%   Friday 19 December
• Oz Minerals Idles Mine   Friday 19 December
• China Shanxi Asks Coal Mines to Reduce Output   Friday 19 December
• BHP Billiton Maintains Sales Volume   Thursday 18 December
• POSCO to Cut Steel Output by 570,000t Till January   Thursday 18 December
• China Steps Up Iron Ore Hunt With Centrex Deal   Thursday 18 December
• Anglo in Talks With Unions Over Planned Cuts   Wednesday 17 December
• Indonesia's Bumi Sees 2009 Sales Output Rise 10%   Wednesday 17 December
• JBIC May Support 60% of Namisa Stake Purchase   Wednesday 17 December
• Steinmetz Firm Says Gets Half Rio's Guinea Iron Site   Wednesday 17 December
• Indonesia Set to Pass Coal-Mining Bill Tuesday   Tuesday 16 December
• China to Issue Half of 2009 Coal Export Quotas   Tuesday 16 December
• Aluminium Hits Five-Year Low,   Tuesday 16 December
• Mitsui, Russia's OPK May Develop Siberia Coal Mine   Monday 15 December
• Gem Diamonds Suspends Operations at Indonesia Mine   Monday 15 December
• Barrick Suspends Tanzania Mine Output After Clash   Monday 15 December
• High Financing Costs to Cool Mining Mergers   Monday 15 December
• Western Mining to Give Up Right to Buy Assets   Friday 12 December
• Harry Winston Could Seek Bigger Diavik Stake   Friday 12 December
• Iamgold to Buy Orezone for West African Deposit   Friday 12 December
• Indonesia Will Uphold Existing Mining Contracts    Thursday 11 December
• POSCO Hikes 2009 Domestic Capex to Record $4.3bn   Thursday 11 December
• Fortescue Metals says not in any advanced talks   Thursday 11 December
• Rio Tinto Moves to Slow Canadian Projects   Thursday 11 December
• Rio Gives BHP Sale Option Over South African JV   Thursday 11 December
• Chile Seeks to Foster Local Financing for Mining   Thursday 11 December
• LUKOIL Q3 Net Up 40%   Thursday 11 December
• China November Coal Exports Rose 5% on Month   Wednesday 10 December
• Rio Tinto to Cut 14,000 Jobs   Wednesday 10 December
• Australia Q3 Mine Output Up Even as Demand Wanes   Wednesday 10 December
• Australia's Bluescope says H2 Demand Looking Weak   Wednesday 10 December
• Teck Says Citi Advises on Possible Coal Sale   Wednesday 10 December
• India Sesa Goa Sees Iron Ore Demand Supported   Wednesday 10 December
• Australia's Oz Minerals Attracts Chinese Suitors   Tuesday 09 December
• China's Zhongjin Eyes 50% of Australian Zinc Mine   Tuesday 09 December
• China's Coal Miners to Decide 2009 Term Price   Tuesday 09 December
• BHP's Monthly Iron Ore Shipments Fall to Nine-Month Low   Tuesday 09 December
• HudBay CEO Says Needs Lundin Assets For Growth   Tuesday 09 December
• Ivanhoe Shares Jump on Mongolia Drill Results   Tuesday 09 December
• Arch Coal Sees Flat Output in 2009   Monday 08 December
• Sumitomo Mining Says to Cut Q1 Copper Output   Monday 08 December
• Nyrstar, Glencore Enter Five-Year Partnership   Monday 08 December
• Crane Failure Damages Wesfarmers Coal Mine   Monday 08 December
• Sandvik Sees Tough Mining Market for Next Two Years    Monday 08 December
• China Was to Probe BHP-Rio Bid   Friday 05 December
• Yanzhou Coal in Talks to Buy Aussie Miner   Friday 05 December
• China Coal-Fired Power Firms May Lose $10bn in 2008   Friday 05 December
• Mongolia Parliament Allows Oyu Tolgoi Copper Talks   Friday 05 December
• Nippon Steel, ArcelorMittal Delay US Auto Sheet Plan   Thursday 04 December
• Rio Rumoured to be in Talks to Sell China Aluminium JV   Thursday 04 December
• PanAust Says to Sell 27,000t Copper at Spot Price   Thursday 04 December
• Vale Layoffs Expose Brazil Vulnerability to Crisis   Thursday 04 December
• IFC Looks to Increase Mining Equity Stakes   Thursday 04 December
• Mining Industry Will "Recover" From Crisis Next Year    Wednesday 03 December
• Vale Does Not See Raw Material Prices Soaring   Wednesday 03 December
• Miners Delay Deliveries to Steel Makers    Wednesday 03 December
• Global Mining Sees China Mine Investment Switch   Wednesday 03 December
• China State Buy-Up Could Extend to All Base Metals   Wednesday 03 December
• Nippon Mining May Cut Copper Output on Weak Demand   Wednesday 03 December
• BHP Billiton Cuts Manganese Production   Wednesday 03 December
• Teck Cominco Sees Darker Coal Demand Picture   Wednesday 03 December
• Miners Must "Act Now" to Survive Finanicial Crisis Says Expert   Tuesday 02 December
• Discovery Metals Says May Delay Botswana Project   Tuesday 02 December
• Panic Guides Global Copper Slump, Prices to Stay Low   Tuesday 02 December
• Xstrata Cuts Ferrochrome Output, Merafe Shares Hit   Monday 01 December
• Oz Minerals Gets Less Time to Refinance Debt   Monday 01 December
• Australia's Fortescue Says Share Surge a Mystery   Monday 01 December
• Fortescue Shares Surge on BHP, China Bid Rumours   Monday 01 December
• Bay Street Week Ahead-Uranium Readies for Revival   Monday 01 December
• China's Shanxi Province Seeks Coal Mining Consolidation   Monday 01 December
• Australia's Exco Seeks Supply Deal With Xstrata   Monday 01 December

• Japan's JFE Plans Pellet Plant in Oman   Friday 28 November
• Alcoa Not Seeking to Raise Rio Tinto Stake   Friday 28 November
• China Coal-Spot Prices Slip to Six-Month Low    Friday 28 November
• First Uranium Sees South African Output in Early 2009   Friday 28 November
• Trimex May Bid for Indonesia's Bumi   Thursday 27 November
• BHP Defends Rio Decision in View of Gloomy Outlook   Thursday 27 November
• BHP Would Eye Top Tier Assets if Up for Sale   Thursday 27 November
• Hold Off Jaguar Plan, HudBay Tells Shareholders   Thursday 27 November
• No Winners Among BHP or Rio Shareholders   Wednesday 26 November
• Rio Tinto Under Pressure on Asset Sales   Wednesday 26 November
• Steel and Iron ore Industries Face Tough Road Ahead   Wednesday 26 November
• Osisko Quebec Gold Mine to Yield 628,000 Ounces a Year   Wednesday 26 November
• Steelmaker ArcelorMittal Warns of US Layoffs   Wednesday 26 November
• Kazakhstan to Boost Uranium Production in 2009   Wednesday 26 November
• China's Baosteel Cuts Jan Prices as Outlook Dims   Wednesday 26 November
• Collapse of BHP Rio Deal Hits Miners and Dents FTSE   Tuesday 25 November
• BHP Billiton calls off bid for Rio Tinto   Tuesday 25 November
• Oz Minerals to Cut Back Century Zinc and Delay Projects   Tuesday 25 November
• HudBay-Lundin Deal Wins Little Support from Market   Tuesday 25 November
• Congo Government Calls for End to Mining Review   Tuesday 25 November
• Bumi Jumps 20% whilst Miner Pulls Out of Bid Group   Tuesday 25 November
• Chinalco Plans Stake Increase in Rio Tinto   Tuesday 25 November
• Canada's First Quantum Cuts Jobs at Zambia Mine   Tuesday 25 November
• HudBay Agrees to Buy Lundin Mining as Shares Plunge   Saturday 22 November
• 2009 May Be Pivotal for Iron Ore Price Index   Saturday 22 November
• South Africa Passes New Mine Safety Bill   Friday 21 November
• Chinese Firms Back Off From Chile Iron Mine Talks   Friday 21 November
• Aussie Miners Turn to Solar Tower Power   Friday 21 November
• AngloGold Agrees $1bn Loan to Refinance Bond   Friday 21 November
• Waratah Keen for Australia Coal Partner   Friday 21 November
• Century Zinc Mine May Not Close    Friday 21 November
• Severstal Takes Control of Cash-Strapped High River   Friday 21 November
• Aussie Miners Turn to Solar Tower Power from Diesel   Thursday 20 November
• Japan Hopes EU Will Heed its Fears Over BHP/Rio   Thursday 20 November
• Voestalpine Confirms Gloomy Outlook   Thursday 20 November
• Norilsk Considers Closing Foreign Assets    Thursday 20 November
• Iron Ore Miner Fortescue Secures More China Demand   Thursday 20 November
• S.Korea to Offer $1bn Finance to Brazil's Vale   Thursday 20 November
• China Coal-Exporters Cut Prices   Thursday 20 November
• NWR Warning on 2009 Coal Prices   Thursday 20 November
• Western Mining to Buy into Steel Mill for $161m   Wednesday 19 November
• Western Mining to Buy into Steel Mill for $161m   Wednesday 19 November
• Oz Minerals Warns of Lower Profits and Possible Writedowns   Wednesday 19 November
• Price and Credit Troubles Stifle Canada Mining   Wednesday 19 November
• Caterpillar CEO Sees Long-Term Demand for Minerals   Wednesday 19 November
• De Beers to Cut Canadian Diamond Output   Wednesday 19 November
• Platinum Rises on Mine Closure   Wednesday 19 November
• Australia Mine Shuts as Nickel Price Tumbles   Tuesday 18 November
• BHP to Dig New Australia Uranium Mine After Ban   Tuesday 18 November
• Petro-Canada Defers Decision on Fort Hills Mine   Tuesday 18 November
• Lonmin Closes Mines and Defers Projects as EPS Rises   Tuesday 18 November
• Freeport-McMoRan Cutting 600 Mine Jobs in US   Tuesday 18 November
• Sumitomo Corp to buy Bolivia Mine from Apex Silver   Monday 17 November
• Indonesia's Bumi to Raise $600m by Issuing Notes   Monday 17 November
• BHP Maintains Iron Ore Output Amid Deferrals   Monday 17 November
• Ecuador Introduces Mining Law Amid Protest Threats   Monday 17 November
• Eight Killed in Romanian Coal Mine Accident   Sunday 16 November
• Miners to Invest $57bn in Brazil Despite Crisis   Friday 14 November
• Indian Villagers Protest Against Vedanta Project   Friday 14 November
• Rio Tinto Begins Sale of Mineral Units   Friday 14 November
• BHP Scraps Study into Indonesian Nickel Project   Thursday 13 November
• Northstar to Go Ahead with Bumi Buy    Thursday 13 November
• ENRC Year Results at Low End of Expectations   Wednesday 12 November
• Indonesian Coal Miner May Quit Bumi Deal   Wednesday 12 November
• China's Zijin Mining sees More Buys Abroad in 2009   Wednesday 12 November
• Investors see Asset Grab in Russia Potash Mine Probe   Wednesday 12 November
• Lonmin says Strike Halts South Africa Platinum Mine   Wednesday 12 November
• China Datong Coal Sees Lower 2009 Term Prices   Wednesday 12 November
• Indonesia to Pass Mining Law Mid-Dec   Wednesday 12 November
• Anglo Wants Out of Philippine Mine Venture    Tuesday 11 November
• Australia's NSW State to Raise Coal Royalties   Tuesday 11 November
• Uralkali Future at Risk Over Flood Probe   Tuesday 11 November
• Australian Minnow Flies in Face of Iron Ore Drop   Tuesday 11 November
• Alcoa Shares Tumble on Production Cuts   Tuesday 11 November
• Rio Tinto to Cut Iron Ore Output as China Weakens   Monday 10 November
• Rio Cuts Australia Iron Output as China Weakens   Monday 10 November
• Oz Minerals Reviews Operations as Metal Prices Sink   Monday 10 November
• BHP Does Not Plan to Cut its Iron Ore Output   Monday 10 November
• Norsk Hydro's Qatar Aluminium Project on Track   Monday 10 November
• Rio Tinto to Review Saudi $10.6bn Aluminium Venture   Monday 10 November
• Indonesian Mining Law Seen By Year End   Monday 10 November
• Uralkali Future at Risk Over Flood Probe   Monday 10 November
• Australia's CBH Cuts Zinc Output and Reviews Takeover Plans   Friday 07 November
• Venezuela Offers Russians Big Gold Projects   Friday 07 November
• Mines Close as Indian Iron Ore Exports Slump   Friday 07 November
• Ghana Assembly Clears Sale of VALCO   Friday 07 November
• Seabed Miner Nautilus Pushes Copper and Gold Plans   Friday 07 November
• South Korea September Coal Imports Rise 4.6%   Thursday 06 November
• China Zinc Smelters Slash Output as Margins Bite   Thursday 06 November
• Kinross Gold Profit Leaps on Output and Price   Thursday 06 November
• Peru's PM Says No Talks Until Mining Protests Stop   Thursday 06 November
• Amgen Meeting to Focus on Bone Drug Prospects   Thursday 06 November
• Venezuela to Take Over Crystallex Gold Project   Thursday 06 November
• Chalco Shuts Down 38% of Annual Alumina Capacity   Thursday 06 November
• Russia Government Reps to Help Run Norilsk    Wednesday 05 November
• HudBay Profit Plunges    Wednesday 05 November
• China Coal Export Quotas Plentiful But Too Late   Tuesday 04 November
• Aricom Reviews Projects to Cut Capex Amid Crisis   Tuesday 04 November
• Farallon in Talks to Join Bumi Bid   Tuesday 04 November
• High River Gold Deepens Slide After Downgrades   Tuesday 04 November
• BHP Gets EU Objections Document on Rio Bid   Tuesday 04 November
• Shenhua says 2009 Coal Output to Rise 8.5%   Monday 03 November
• Vale Drops Iron Ore Price and Agrees to Pay Freight   Monday 03 November
• Mt. Gibson Iron Cuts Jobs and Faces Sales Defaults   Monday 03 November
• Rio Tinto in a Sturdy Position for Financial Crisis   Monday 03 November
• Peruvian Army to Curb Mining Law Violence   Monday 03 November
• Silver Wheaton Profit Up and Stock Climbs   Monday 03 November
• Harmony Gold Q1 Earnings Fall 79%   Monday 03 November

• Centerra Results Rise, But Cuts Production Outlook   Friday 31 October
• Coal miner Massey profit and shares up   Friday 31 October
• Thousands Protest as Peru Cuts Mining Royalties   Friday 31 October
• Chile Escondida 9-Month Copper Output Falls   Thursday 30 October
• Agnico-Eagle Profit Rises on Gain, Gold Prices   Thursday 30 October
• BHP Billiton Chief Says Rio Offer Still Compelling   Thursday 30 October
• Australia's Mincor Says Cuts Nickel Output Target   Thursday 30 October
• Australia's Newcrest Sees Deal Options   Thursday 30 October
• Kazakhmys May Cut 2009 Copper Output   Thursday 30 October
• Nippon Steel: Q2 Profit Down, Annual Outlook Up   Wednesday 29 October
• Minara: Rights Issue Will See It Through Hard Times   Wednesday 29 October
• Protesters Take Police Hostage in Peru Mining Row   Wednesday 29 October
• Rio Tinto to Revisit Capital Spending But Not BHP   Wednesday 29 October
• Ferrexpo Suffers From Slow Demand   Wednesday 29 October
• China's Baosteel Q3 Net Profit Rises 19%   Wednesday 29 October
• Gold Miner Newmont's Third-Quarter Profit Falls   Wednesday 29 October
• Eramet Keeps 2008 Profit Target as Q3 Sales Rise   Wednesday 29 October
• Mongolia Oyu Tolgoi Deposit Awaits New Minerals Law    Tuesday 28 October
• Small Miners Face "Critical" Times as Share Values Drop   Tuesday 28 October
• Inmet Mining Profit Falls on Prices and Costs   Tuesday 28 October
• Grupo Mexico Earnings Fall, Reviews Growth Plans   Tuesday 28 October
• Equigold Ivorian Mine Starts, Aims to Double Output   Tuesday 28 October
• Eurofer EU 2009 Steel Consumption Down    Monday 27 October
• Arch Coal's Quarterly Profit Up, Cuts Forecast   Monday 27 October
• Bolivia to Tap Huge Lithium Deposit in Salt Lake   Monday 27 October
• China's Top Aluminium Maker Chalco Q3 Net Dives   Sunday 26 October
• Brazil Miner Vale's Third-Quarter Profit Rises   Friday 24 October
• Europe to State Objections to BHP's Rio Bid   Friday 24 October
• Mechel Could Revive Preferred Share Issue Plan   Friday 24 October
• Russia Molybdenum Miner SMR Delays Hong Kong IPO   Friday 24 October
• Vale Says China Metal Demand Slides   Friday 24 October
• Anglo America Review Capital Expenditure Plans   Thursday 23 October
• China Hebei Steel Seeks to Finance Aurox Project   Thursday 23 October
• China's Top Coal Province Punishes More Officials   Thursday 23 October
• Rio Tinto Takes Biggest Tumble Since 1987 Crash   Thursday 23 October
• BHP Billiton Would Consider Small Takeovers   Thursday 23 October
• Consol Energy Posts Quarterly Profit but Stock Drops   Thursday 23 October
• Rio Tinto Shares Jump on BHP Bid Rumours   Wednesday 22 October
• LME Copper Hits Three-Year Low   Wednesday 22 October
• BHP Lifts Iron Ore Output but Warns China    Wednesday 22 October
• BHP Says Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter at Full Output   Wednesday 22 October
• Rich World to Blame for Global Pollution    Wednesday 22 October
• Delong Puts Workers on Leave and Shuts Some China Furnaces   Wednesday 22 October
• China's Chalco to Cut Aluminium Capacity 18%   Wednesday 22 October
• Norsk Hydro Q3 Profit Falls   Tuesday 21 October
• Xstrata Q3 Copper Down 8%   Tuesday 21 October
• Oz Minerals Weighs Closure of Big Century Zinc Mine   Tuesday 21 October
• Low Metal Prices Prompt Canadian Mine Closures   Tuesday 21 October
• Russia's Norilsk to Revise 2009 Investments   Tuesday 21 October
• Japan Steelmakers May Cut Output on Recession Fear   Tuesday 21 October
• Freeport-McMoRan's Profit Sinks, Delays Projects   Tuesday 21 October
• Australia's Atlas Says China Iron Ore Demand Falling   Monday 20 October
• Nippon Steel, JFE to Lift Profit Forecasts   Monday 20 October
• KGHM Workers To Go On One-Day Strike in Nov   Monday 20 October
• Czech NWR to Buy 25% Stake in Iron Ore Firm   Monday 20 October
• US Moves Toward New Dumping Rules for Mining Waste   Saturday 18 October
• Itochu and Asian Firms to Buy Part of Namisa Mine   Friday 17 October
• Rio Tinto Iron Ore Drivers Plan More Work Stoppages   Friday 17 October
• Manila Offers to Train Private Guards for Mines   Thursday 16 October
• China Plans to Close Over 4,000 More Small Mines   Thursday 16 October
• Marubeni Ups Resource Pacific Stake for $130m   Thursday 16 October
• Alcoa Says Confident of Getting Rio Stake Back   Thursday 16 October
• Rio Tinto Warns of Slowing Chinese Demand    Wednesday 15 October
• Miners Send Australia Shares Down    Wednesday 15 October
• Chalco to Shut Down One Million Tonnes Alumina Capacity   Wednesday 15 October
• Rio Tinto says Q3 Iron Ore Output Up 17%   Wednesday 15 October
• China Western Mining to Start Up Tibet Copper Plant   Wednesday 15 October
• China's MCC Eyes $1.5bn Philippine Steel Plant   Wednesday 15 October
• Sterlite's Asarco Deal Hits Credit Crisis Snag   Wednesday 15 October
• Coal Miner Consol sees Prices Staying High   Wednesday 15 October
• India Gold Demand to Pick Up on Volatile Stocks   Wednesday 15 October
• Indonesia coal firm Bukit Asam eyes Bumi shares   Wednesday 15 October
• Sumitomo Eyes $1.7bn Nickel Plant in Philippines   Tuesday 14 October
• Indophil May Okay Sale of Tampakan Stake to Alsons   Tuesday 14 October
• Indonesia's Adaro Shares Suspended on Buyback Plan   Tuesday 14 October
• Rio Tinto Unit ERA's Q3 Uranium Output Down 1%   Tuesday 14 October
• BHP Billiton Cautious About Short-Term Growth in China   Tuesday 14 October
• Gem Diamonds Output up as Prices Fall   Tuesday 14 October
• Tension in Indian State as POSCO Protest Leader Held   Monday 13 October
• China's Datong Coal May Revise $388m Mine Deal   Monday 13 October
• Uranium One Idles South African Mine Over Strike   Friday 10 October
• Gold Fields Cuts Q1 Output Forecast on Peru Mine   Friday 10 October
• Manila Plans New Tactic to Speed Mining Projects   Friday 10 October
• Oz Minerals Says No Change in China Orders   Friday 10 October
• High Acid Prices Add Pressure to Miners' Margins   Friday 10 October
• Kazakhstan Warns Miners, Oil Firms on Environment   Thursday 09 October
• Arcelor Confirms H2 Outlook Despite Global Crisis   Thursday 09 October
• Rio Still Selling Spot Iron Ore Despite Price Drop   Thursday 09 October
• Mt. Gibson Iron Asked to Delay China Deliveries   Thursday 09 October
• Norsk Hydro Board Affirms Backing for CEO Reiten   Thursday 09 October
• Indonesia Coal Sector Well Placed for Crisis   Thursday 09 October
• Jakarta Sinks as Citizens Mine Groundwater   Tuesday 07 October
• BasEl to Keep Norilsk Regardless of Market   Monday 06 October
• Rio Tinto Says Low-Cost Operations Help in Crunch   Monday 06 October
• Junior Mining Sector to be Trimmed   Monday 06 October
• Gold Fields Sees Falling Global Gold Supply   Monday 06 October
• BHP Pressing on with Rio Bid Despite Crisis   Monday 06 October
• South-African Mineworkers to March Against Racism   Monday 06 October
• Peru Mining Sector Hit by Protests and Strikes   Friday 03 October
• Implats to Buy Mvela, Northam to Expand Output   Friday 03 October
• Norilsk Net Profit Falls by a Third, Shares Drop   Friday 03 October
• Rio Tinto: Turmoil Won't Affect BHP Bid Rejection   Thursday 02 October
• Rio Tinto CEO Sees Spot Iron Ore Prices Improving   Thursday 02 October
• Australian Miner CBH Offers to Buy Rival Perilya   Thursday 02 October
• Teck Cominco to Reorganise Divisions and Change Name   Thursday 02 October
• Mvela's Stock Soars on Talk of Imminent Implats Deal   Thursday 02 October
• Colombia Aims to Make El Dorado Gold Myth a Reality   Wednesday 01 October
• BHP Bid for Rio Wins Australia Regulator Nod   Wednesday 01 October
• Xstrata Ditches Lonmin Bid Blaming Credit Crunch   Wednesday 01 October
• Xstrata Shuts Down Kidd as Talks Go Down to Wire   Wednesday 01 October

• KazakhGold Confirm Offer Aproach by Russian Polyus   Tuesday 30 September
• China's Sinosteel in Talks with Australian Miners   Tuesday 30 September
• Nippon Steel to Buy up to 20% of Topy Industries   Tuesday 30 September
• Strike Looms at Xstrata's Kidd Smelter Operations   Tuesday 30 September
• Buyers eye Felix Coal Despite Market Gloom   Friday 26 September
• Polyus Gold eyes Kazakhgold Majority Stake   Friday 26 September
• Highland Gold H1 Earnings Up 134%, Eyes Takeovers   Thursday 25 September
• Chile iron ore sale stirs Chinese interest   Thursday 25 September
• Komatsu says Demand Firm, Sees Growth in 2009-10   Thursday 25 September
• Outlook Good as Mining Industry Skips Economic Downturn    Wednesday 24 September
• Coal Demand Set to Increase to Meet Energy Demand   Wednesday 24 September
• Miner Vedanta Drops Restructuring Plans   Wednesday 24 September
• Fortescue Closer to Winning BHP Rail Access   Wednesday 24 September
• China's Minmetals says Door Open to Revisit Gaby Deal   Wednesday 24 September
• Creditors to Vote on Asarco Copper Mines Bankruptcy Exit Plans   Wednesday 24 September
• Chile Codelco suspends Minmetals Gaby stake option   Wednesday 24 September
• Freeport McMoRan Drills on Despite Wall St Woes   Wednesday 24 September
• Equinox says Shielded from Higher Zambian Taxes   Wednesday 24 September
• Indonesia's aims to boost processing of metals   Wednesday 24 September
• Arnco goes green to cut oil dependency    Wednesday 24 September
• Demand For Mining Equipment Unaffected by Downturn   Wednesday 24 September
• US Mining Companies Awarded for Environmental Achievements    Wednesday 24 September
• Australia Takes Lead in Mining Technology    Wednesday 24 September
• Education is Priority to Meet Mining Challenge    Tuesday 23 September
• Oz Minerals says Output Levels in Line with Plans   Tuesday 23 September
• Australia's Medusa says Crosby offer inadequate   Tuesday 23 September
• Russia's Medvedev Gives Boost to Mechel's Owner   Monday 22 September
• Coal Price Hikes Likely if Mine Ruling Sticks   Monday 22 September
• Gold miner Peter Hambro H1 EPS down 33 pct   Monday 22 September
• Australia Cuts Zinc, Nickel Production Forecasts   Monday 22 September
• Venezuela's Chavez says "taking back" Mines   Saturday 20 September
• India's Hindalco to Open Rights Offer   Friday 19 September
• BHP CEO Says Rio Bid Unaffected by Market Turmoil   Friday 19 September
• Crosby Bids $147m for Australian Miner Medusa   Friday 19 September
• Teck Cominco won't Revise Fording Offer   Friday 19 September
• Australia's Macmahon Gives up Hope on Ausdrill Bid   Thursday 18 September
• Australian Parliament Opposes Uranium to Russia   Thursday 18 September
• OZ Minerals to Cut Zinc Output on Weaker Prices   Thursday 18 September
• Manila's Atlas eyes London, Hong Kong Listing   Thursday 18 September
• China Steel Mills Denounce Vale Price Demand   Wednesday 17 September
• China's Lu'an Proceeds with CTL Plant Despite Ban   Wednesday 17 September
• Rio Share Discount as BHP Takeover Bid Deepens   Wednesday 17 September
• Fording Tumbles as Credit Crises Jeopardize Teck Deal    Tuesday 16 September
• S.Leone Underground Diamond Mine Sells First Gems   Tuesday 16 September
• Mali Pledges Transparent Gold Income Fund   Tuesday 16 September
• Europe Steelmakers Upbeat on EU Review of BHP-Rio   Tuesday 16 September
• Australia Uranium Explorers Shift Gear as Ban Ends   Monday 15 September
• Gold Up on Lehman Woes But Fails to Hold Highs   Monday 15 September
• Asia Coal-Prices Drop $10 on Tumbling Oil, Gas   Monday 15 September
• Small Bomb Explodes in Indonesian Copper Region   Sunday 14 September
• Cuba Resumes Some Nickel Production After Ike   Sunday 14 September
• Freeport Indonesia Mine Hit by Two Explosions   Friday 12 September
• Chinese Steel Mills Disagree on Response to Vale   Friday 12 September
• Gemfields bids 33 mln stg for Tanzanite One   Friday 12 September
• Canada Promises to Ease Foreign Investment Curbs   Friday 12 September
• Big Spenders Close in on CSN's Namisa Iron Ore Unit   Friday 12 September
• Ike Bears Down on US Oil Refining Hub   Friday 12 September
• US Miner Cleveland-Cliffs Offers to Buy Out Portman   Thursday 11 September
• Thai Lanna to Open New Coal Mine in Indonesia    Thursday 11 September
• Polyus Gold's Exploration Assets Sale on Hold   Thursday 11 September
• Australia's Linc Energy in China coal-gas venture   Thursday 11 September
• Freeport CEO Confident on Congo Project   Thursday 11 September
• Shortage in China Rail Capacity to Persist to 2012 Affecting Coal Transport   Thursday 11 September
• Quake Shakes North Chile Copper Area   Wednesday 10 September
• Cuba to Restart Nickel Production Halted by Ike   Wednesday 10 September
• Barrick Confirms Cost View but No Imminent M&A Deal   Wednesday 10 September
• NovaGold sees Galore Creek mine plan this month   Wednesday 10 September
• US Steel says new 4-year contracts ratified   Wednesday 10 September
• Mincor Sees Nickel Price Falls Persisting   Tuesday 09 September
• Intec Says it Needs Better Prices for Restart   Tuesday 09 September
• Norway Oil Fund Ejects Rio Tinto on Ethical Grounds   Tuesday 09 September
• Metka Wins Lucrative Syria Power Plant Deal   Monday 08 September
• Severstal Eyes US Steel Market For Growth   Monday 08 September
• No Restart Date Set for Yandi Iron Ore Mine   Monday 08 September
• Guinean Youths Torch Vehicles at Disputed Rio Mine   Sunday 07 September
• Chinese Zinc Prices Seen Sliding on Oversupply