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Rio Tinto buys more of Ivanhoe

Rio Tinto plc has spent C$244.7 million (US$232.5 million) to increase its stake in Ivanhoe Mines Ltd

Capital markets

01 MAR 2010

Head banging

At the end of January, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (Cafod) published a report (Golden

Africa

25 FEB 2010

Costing for carbon

Unlike a simple carbon tax, cap-and-trade schemes allow the authorities to set economy-wide limits to

Africa

25 FEB 2010

MEG Monitor: In the pipeline

The mining industry is awash with data. This would seem to be a boon, but often it is not. It is the

Africa

25 FEB 2010

Copper market case study: BME

Metals-price modelling The mathematical modelling of metals prices is a useful tool for the mining

Africa

19 FEB 2010

No resumption of dividend from Anglo

Anglo American plc has not followed its peers, and has not reinstated its dividend. Both Xstrata plc

Australia

19 FEB 2010

NovaGold settles lawsuit

Canadian miner NovaGold Resources Inc has entered into a memorandum of understanding for a proposed C$28

North America

19 FEB 2010

ENRC buys copper assets from founders

Eurasian Natural Resources Corp (ENRC) is to buy a 90% stake in Chambishi Metals plc, as well as a trading

Africa

19 FEB 2010

Planting Season

The northern hemisphere might still be in the grip of winter, but the mining industry's thoughts have

PGMs

19 FEB 2010

African Copper reports profit

African Copper plc has reported a profit for the full year to end-December 2009 after partially reversing

Africa

19 FEB 2010

Frontier and partner in merger talks

Frontier Mining Ltd has begun discussions with Coville Intercorp Ltd to merge the latter's assets into

Capital markets

19 FEB 2010

Nevsun raises Bisha funds

Canadian miner Nevsun Resources Ltd has confirmed completion of a non-brokered private placement it announced

North America

19 FEB 2010

Silver Wheaton buys Augusta's life of mine precious metals

Silver Wheaton Corp has announced another life-of-mine streaming accord – for the Rosemont Copper project

North America

19 FEB 2010

London Stockpile: Majors reinstate dividends, lifting markets

Large-cap commodity producers restarted dividend payments this week, giving the London market a much-needed

Europe/Middle East

12 FEB 2010

Trading places

At the end of last week, the chief financial officer of Rio Tinto, Guy Elliott, said that the global

PGMs

12 FEB 2010

Freida joint venture budget doubled

The 2010 budget for Xstrata plc's Freida copper-gold joint venture with Highlands Pacific Ltd in Papua

Australia

12 FEB 2010