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Rio Tinto to sell assets to Vale

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Rio Tinto has agreed to sell its undeveloped potash assets, largely comprising the Potasio Rio Colorado (PRC) potash project in Argentina an...

New chairman for Rio Tinto

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Rio Tinto has announced that Jim Leng will be appointed its new chairman with effect from the conclusion of the company’s AGM on 20 April ...

French focus for GAC

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The GAC Group has announced its first new office opening of 2009 - a logistics business development office in Lille, France....

Hay Point coal exports down

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Queensland’s Hay Point coal terminal, one of the largest coal export ports in the world, has reported that its coal exports fell by just o...

Richards Bay coal exports down

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Coal exports through South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) in 2008 fell for the fourth year in a row because of falling demand an...

Bonython contenders chosen

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The Flinders Ports-led Spencer Gulf Port Link Consortium (SGPLC) has been selected to undertake a feasibility study for the development and ...

Sumatra to expand its railway

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The governor of Indonesia's South Sumatra province has revealed plans to invest 11 trillion rupiah (US$ 1B) in new railroads so that its coa...

Peabody to cut production

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Peabody Energy is reducing its 2009 targets for Powder River Basin coal and Australian metallurgical coal production, reflecting the effects...

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