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Pacific Hydro joins $315m renewable energy JV

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... million consortium agreement between the industry fund owned Australian renewable energy company Pacific Hydro and Brazil's mining company Vale. The agreement formalises Vale's and Pacific Hydro's intentions to jointly build and operate two wind farms ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... in the global economy. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index closed down 0.99 per cent at 5,566.36 points on Thursday. The mining giants were all lower at noon, as were the four major banks. BHP Billiton was 79 cents down to $31.41, Rio Tinto was $1.01 lower ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... No major economic news is expected on Friday. In equities news, Central Petroleum Ltd, Orion Metals Ltd, Mount Burgess Mining NL, NuSep Holdings Ltd and Australasian Resources Ltd are due to hold general meetings. Commissioner of Taxation Michael D'Ascenzo ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... address the Australian Banking and Finance Retail Financial Services Forum 2012 in Sydney. In equities news, Allied Gold Mining Plc and Reclaim Industries are due to hold annual general meetings while HealthLinx has an extraordinary general meeting and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... Resources Ltd lists on the ASX. In Australia, the market on Monday gained almost two per cent as relieved investors bought mining stocks after the election result in Greece. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 79.6 points, or 1.96 per cent, higher at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... overcome the problem of a declining market. "Obviously the problems facing the sector won't just go away," he said. The mining giants all opened higher. BHP Billiton was 54 cents higher at $32.38, Rio Tinto was $1.23 higher at $55.73 and Fortescue Metals ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... part of the company, has agreed to an amendment that will take its $142 million takeover offer up to $145.6 million. The mining giants all opened higher. BHP Billiton was five cents higher at $31.85, Rio Tinto was up 25 cents to $54.52 and Fortescue ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... Wednesday, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment was up 0.3 per cent at 95.6 index points for June. The mining giants all opened higher. BHP Billiton was up 27 cents to $31.99, Rio Tinto was up 45 cents to $55.10 and Fortescue ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... Ratings cut Spain's credit rating by three notches to just above junk bond status. In local trading, gold major Newcrest Mining lost $1.05 or 4.07 per cent, to $24.73 after the gold price fell 2.4 per cent in offshore markets overnight after Mr Bernanke ...

CSIRO questions Aus economy after the boom ends

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... principal scientist, CSIRO, speaking yesterday at the ASX ETF conference. "It could be in the future that the Australian mining industry sells more knowledge and know-how than it does rocks," he said. "What's plan B when we don't have the commodities ...