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Steel: Creating backward linkages

thehindubusinessline.com     15 hrs ago          

Galloping iron ore and coal prices have posed a potent threat to the margins of steel producers, especially with pressures mounting on them to hold their domestic price line. On an average, the proportion of raw material...                    

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Aust can survive global instability: Rio Tinto boss

yahoo.com     yesterday   1 related          

Saturday September 6, 2008, 10:06 am Rio Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese says Australia is well placed to ride out the global economic downturn. Mr Albanese has admitted there is a growing level of anxiety globally...                    

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Market round-up: Oil ups and downs

thisismoney.co.uk     yesterday          

Philip Scott, This is Money A falling oil price is welcome for both motorists and businesses but it is causing chaos with the oil dependent shares, notably BG Group. On Thursday shares in the group, which has huge oil...                    

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7. BHP suspends iron ore mining Down Under

thestar.com.my     yesterday   8 related          

BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc yesterday suspended all its iron ore mining in Australia, shutting in a third of the country's production after the second mine worker death in the past 10 days, raising broader safety concerns in...                    

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Copper Bulls' Hopes Pinned On China Stimulus Plan (PCU, FCX)

investopedia.com     yesterday   1 related          

September 05, 2008 | By Eugene Bukoveczky Like the rest of the commodities complex, copper prices have pulled back sharply since hitting an all-time high of $4.07 a pound at the beginning of July. Recently, copper for...                    

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FTSE posts worst weekly fall in 6 yrs on growth woe

finanznachrichten.de     yesterday   6 related          

LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 .FTSE ended down 121.4 points at 5,240.7 for a weekly loss of 7 percent -- the biggest such fall since July 2002. The best we can hope is for the market to continue to trade in a...                    

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Steely ambition to be biggest miner

apn.co.nz     yesterday          

Marius Kloppers, chief executive of mining giant BHP Billiton, could be the patron saint of late starters. Some titans of industry start mapping out their destiny almost from birth, but not Kloppers, who in his twenties...                    

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Rio to expand Canada iron ore operations

yahoo.com     Sep 5, 2008   2 related          

Rio Tinto Ltd has approved expenditure of $US293 million ($A357.9 million) for continued expansion of its 58.7 per cent owned Iron Ore Company of Canada operations. This Montreal-headquartered company is Canada's largest...                    

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Australia stocks lose 2 pct as risk aversion grips

yahoo.com     Sep 5, 2008   1 related          

Friday September 5, 2008, 5:00 pm (Adds comment) By Miranda Maxwell MELBOURNE, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Banks sank, with National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB.ax) down 4.34 percent at A$23.60, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX:...                    

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Asia Markets: Tokyo deep in red on strong yen, Wall Street losses

marketwatch.com     Sep 5, 2008   61 related          

Region suffers heavily after Wall Street losses Hang Seng below 20,000; Tokyo exporters move deep into red on strong yen By V. Phani Kumar, MarketWatch HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets fell sharply Friday, with...                    

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