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ANGLO AMERICAN

Anglo American nickel output cut until 2016

Design problems at its largest nickel plant will see Anglo American unable to reach full output capacity for the next three years.

  • Juan Pablo Spinetto
2 min read
BRAZIL

$1-billion boost for Malawi’s railways

Malawi has signed a $1-billion deal with Brazil’s Vale for the construction of a rail line to transport 18-million tonnes of coal from Mozambique.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
BRAZIL

Brazil businesses to invest $500-million in Mozambique

A group of Brazilian businesses on a visit to Mozambique have pledged to invest up to $500-million in the country.

  • Manuel Mucari
1 min read
BHP BILLITON

Things that go boom!

Lynley Donnelly investigates the reasons behind the quadrupling of the prices of commodities.

  • Lynley Donnelly
7 min read
ALCAN

BHP raises Rio bid; no immediate Chinese riposte

BHP Billiton launched a hostile ,4-billion bid for rival Rio Tinto in a move that could trigger a Chinese-led counterbid in the world’s second biggest corporate takeover.…

  • James Regan
4 min read
ALUMINIUM CORPORATION

Chinese sniff around Xstrata but unlikely to bite

China’s state-backed miners have looked at Xstrata but are unlikely to bid for it, leaving Brazil’s Vale or Anglo-American best placed to snap up the Anglo-Swiss miner. Vale,…

  • Tom Miles
3 min read