Australian miners chase success in safer Africa
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An improving political climate, and the   potential for major mineral discoveries, has reawakened   interest in Africa among Australian mining companies that have   traditionally rated the continent too risky.
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Mining giant Xstrata tables a bid for Australian nickel producer Jubilee Mines for 3bn Australian dollars ($2.8bn; Â£1.34bn).
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Harmony Gold Mining Co., the biggest miner of South African gold, made a hostile offer to buy Gold Fields Ltd. for 52.9 billion rand ($8.
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The value of Australia&#39;s commodity exports is expected to hit $95 billion this financial year, with minerals and energy expected to drive the improvement.
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Gold miners on  Russia&#39;s Kamchatka peninsula contend with volcanic eruptions,  floods and poor infrastructure, but high metal prices mean the  hard work pays off.
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Mining and manufacturing have been hardest by the economic fall out from HIV and Aids in South Africa.
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Few PSAs are as harrowing as the new work by the Brooklyn Brothers for the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), the organization devoted to ridding the world of landmines. One new spot, which you can see at www.stoplandmines.org, shows a bucolic afternoon gone haywire as a girl playing soccer steps on a mine, triggering a huge explosion and widespread panic. "If there were landmines here, would you stand for them anywhere?" asks onscreen copy.
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BHP Billiton, the world's largest miner, is expected to post an annual profit exceeding 10 billion US dollars this week, setting a new Australian corporate record, analysts predict.
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This firm peddles its sought-after wares to the world's great miners.
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PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia  - Gold miners on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula contend with volcanic eruptions, floods and poor infrastructure, but high metal prices mean the hard work pays off.
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ANDREW Forrest&#39;s dream of becoming a third iron ore force in the Pilbara moved a step closer yesterday. The Fortescue Metals chief executive last night announced the signing of three Chinese contracts supporting
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ONE of Australia&#39;s biggest gold miners, Sons of Gwalia, has called in administrators after negotiations with its creditors collapsed.
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The latest scheme to spread  electric light in Africa may sound familiar, but this time  African leaders say they have the will, and financial backing,  to succeed.
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Sydney, Australia, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Australia&#39;s BHP Billiton said Friday that together with Korea&#39;s POSCO, it will try to develop an iron mine and steel mill in India.
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A fire at a Western Australian gold mine leaves 54 miners trapped underground but most are quickly rescued.
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Barrick Gold is offering a $10 million prize to anyone who can increase the amount of silver it recovers from a mine in Argentina.
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BHP Billiton, the AngloAustralian mining group, announced plans yesterday to increase production amid surging demand for commodities.