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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton was 49.5 cents higher at $35.465, and Rio Tinto was up 83 cents at $65.95. Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals climbed 17 cents to $5.98. Oil and gas producer Santos was up 12 cents at $14.58, and Oil Search firmed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... the European Commission says. NEW DELHI - Mining giant Rio Tinto plans to invest $US2 billion ($A1.87 billion) in an iron ore project in eastern India in what it says will be Australia's "largest investment" in the South Asian nation. NEW DELHI - Anglo-Australian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... other mining sector news on Wednesday, Rio Tinto said it plans to spend $US3.4 billion ($A3.16 billion) on expanding its iron ore operations in Western Australia's Pilbara region. By 1023 AEDT, Rio Tinto had fallen 34 cents to $70.67. At 1027 AEDT, National ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... Billiton gained 0.6 per cent to $37.58 while Rio Tinto rose 0.9 per cent to $67.33. "This M&A activity in Brazil in the iron ore market shows how much interest there is in the sector right now and adds to positive results from the producers," Mr Escho ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... component of the local exchange, added 0.3 per cent to $36.82 after the miner said it expected to beat its full-year iron ore targets as first-half production rose by 23 per cent. Good results from local miner Oz Minerals added to more positive leads ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... stripped of its top credit rating by Standard & Poor's on Friday. News that Fortescue Metals, Australia's third largest iron ore producer, reported it shipped a record 14.77 million tonnes of iron ore in the December quarter sent the company's shares ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... offshore and investors dropped riskier bets. Fortescue Metals shed 2.3 per cent to $4.64 after the Australia's third-biggest iron ore producer resumed operations at two of its Pilbara excavations closed earlier this month because of Tropical Cyclone ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... at $2.85. Murchison Metals has agreed to sell its 50 per cent interest in the Oakajee Port and Rail project and Hills iron ore mine to joint venture partner Mitsubishi for $325 million. Murchison shares were up 14.5 cents, or 52.73 per cent, at 42 cents. ...

SG rise through House of Representatives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... through the lower House, which paves the way for the Superannuation Guarantee hike from 9 to 12 %. The 30 % tax on coal and iron ore profits, which successfully made it through the House of Representatives in the early hours of this morning, will support ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... Mining giant BHP Billiton shares had dropped 87.5 cents, or 2.36 per cent, to $36.165. Shares in Australia's biggest iron ore producer Rio Tinto were $1.07, or 1.57 per cent, worse at $67 after the company increased its offer for Canadian junior uranium ...