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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... miserable days on Monday and Tuesday," Mr Potter said. "I think we're going to have a strong Thursday." BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto were following the commodity cycle, after silver and copper hit two year highs in overnight trade, he said. The miners ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... banks into the miners." At 1200 AEDT, mining giant BHP Billiton was up 20 cents, or 0.44 per cent, at $45.47, while Rio Tinto was up $1.04, or 1.19 per cent, at $88.24. Fortescue Metals was up seven cents at $6.89. Mr Taylor said the second round of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... Thursday that the Canadian government had given BHP's bid for Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan an initial thumbs down. Rio Tinto Ltd was up $2.95, or 3.55 per cent, at $86.15.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... country "at this time". Shares in BHP Billiton were up $1.07, or 2.47 per cent, at $43.70. Fellow big miners were mixed. Rio Tinto had fallen $1.02 to $82.37, while Fortescue Metals was up 16 cents at $6.65.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... on Wednesday, was the best performer, up 44 cents, or 1.94 per cent, at $23.14. The big miners were also higher, with Rio Tinto was up 56 cents to $83.25 and BHP Billiton added 57 cents to $42.49.

Singapore makes $8.4bn grab for ASX

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... have proved a deal breaker for the FIRB in the past, most notably in Chinalco's attempts to acquire a large stake in Rio Tinto. Any deal between the ASX and SGX would mirror the global trend of consolidation in the securities exchange industry. In 2006 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... Parliament as "a proposal for an American-controlled company to be taken over by an Australian-controlled company". Rio Tinto was one cent lower at $81.74 while Fortescue Metals was 14 cents higher at $6.31.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... US dollar." On the local market, heavyweight BHP Billiton was down 56 cents, or 1.36 per cent to $40.60, while rival Rio Tinto lost $2.14 or 2.59 per cent to $80.46.

Pengana hires resources guru

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... 22 years in the resources industry, including stints at the country's two largest mining companies, BHP Biliton and Rio Tinto. West will link up with the fund's Melbourne-based managers Ric Ronge and Tim Schroeders, bringing the aggregate experience ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... issues are US centric. "They always tend to drag our banks lower." The major miners were lower after BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto announced they have formally scrapped plans for a $US116 billion ($A117.4 billion) joint venture in the Pilbara. BHP Billiton ...