Mining Companies Stock Up On Iron Ore Assets

By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor As BHP Billiton (BHP) continues its pursuit of the white whale known as Rio Tinto PLC (RTP), the world's second...

Harmony Appoints Graham Briggs as New CEO; Gold Moves to Make Now

By Mike Caggeso Associate Editor After three months of interviewing dozens of candidates, board members of Harmony Gold Mining Co. (HMY) have...

The Iron Giant That Could Challenge the Chinese Mega-Market

By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor With its landmark bid for fellow mining giant Rio Tinto PLC (RTP), BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) has made it clear it...

Three Ways to Profit From the Mining Sector's Takeover Boom

By Martin Hutchinson Contributing Editor If you bought Rio Tinto PLC (RTP) following my recommendation in November's Money Map Report, you've made...

Production Report Drives BHP Estimates Down

BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), the world's largest mining company, released a lackluster output report Tuesday. According to the report, the company...

The One Russian Emerging Market With the Most Profit Promise

By Martin Hutchinson Director of Global Investing Research Readers may well have missed the news that Ukraine is currently putting together a new...

BHP to Sell its Rio Algom unit to Uranium Resources

From Staff reports Uranium Resources Inc. (URRE) agreed to buy a uranium mining company and a mill license from BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) for about...

'Trillion-Dollar' Mine for BHP

From Staff Reports After reporting a near-doubling of the ore reserves at its massive Olympic Dam ore deposit in Southern, BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP)...

Australia's Moly Mines Turns Attention to New Project

From Staff Reports With prices for the metal molybdenum remaining high, Australia's Moly Mines Ltd. has turned its attention to the huge financing...

Rio Tinto Antes up $350 Million for Ivanhoe's Mongolia Mining Deal

From Staff Reports Global mining giant Rio Tinto PLC. (RTP)  has agreed to provide a credit facility of up to $350 million to Ivanhoe Mines Ltd....

Fund Manager Favors BHP, Which is Striking it Big in India

From Staff Reports Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE:BHP), which on Wednesday reported a $13.42 billion fiscal 2007 profit, said...

BHP Earnings Soar 28.4 Percent

From Staff Reports The Anglo-Australian BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE:BHP), the world’s largest mining company, reported its fiscal 2007 net profit...

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