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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... Petroleum Ltd and OZ Minerals Ltd issue quarterly production reports. Metal Storm Ltd holds a general meeting, the Mining the Pilbara conference take places in Port Hedland, and Wah Nam International Holdings holds its annual general meeting in Hong ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... Takeover target FerrAus was up 15.5 cents at 79.5 cents after it recommended to its shareholders an offer from fellow Pilbara-focussed iron ore miner Atlas Iron that could put an end to a hostile bid from Hong Kong investment company Wah Nam. Atlas Iron ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... response to a weak domestic market. Qantas shares were half a cent lower at $1.88. Rio Tinto Ltd says it will accelerate its Pilbara iron ore expansion program in Western Australia by spending $US350 million ($A329 million) on early works and procurement. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... Mining services provider NRW Holdings improved six cents to $2.68 as it was awarded a $158 million 12-month contract in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Regional pay-tv provider Austar lifted 9.5 cents to $1.32 after it confirmed reports that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... million contract to Decmil Group Ltd to install permanent accommodation at the Warrawandu Village in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Decmil's shares firmed four cents, or 1.21 per cent, to $3.35. Newcrest Mining fell 19 cents, or 0.49 per cent, to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... and Rio Tinto announced they have formally scrapped plans for a $US116 billion ($A117.4 billion) joint venture in the Pilbara. BHP Billiton was down 25 cents at $41.40, while Rio was down 17 cents to $83.03. Fortescue Metals was four cents higher at ...

You're dreaming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... how about that pay rise boss? Yes, I know...I'm dreaming. Maybe I should just pack my pick and shovel, trek off to The Pilbara in Western Australia and go dig.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... The world's largest miner, BHP Billiton, had retreated $1.13, or 3.1 per cent, to $35.33 at 1206 AEST, but its potential Pilbara iron ore joint venture partner, Rio Tinto, had put on $1.0435, or 1.81 per cent, to $58.80. Rio' Tintos shares closed at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... though, coming through from Atlas Iron, which has raised a significant amount of capital to develop new projects in the Pilbara." Atlas shares had surged 25 cents, or 14.71 per cent, to $1.95 at 1205 AEST while Fortescue shares had sunk 19 cents, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... publishes research on the effect of the global financial crisis on Australia. In company news, the first day of the Mining the Pilbara 2009 conference will be convened. On Tuesday, weaker commodity prices and resource stocks pulled the Australian sharemarket ...