News from Australia

• BHP spent $279m on minerals exploration Friday, Jan 21, 2011
• BHP’s Second-Quarter Iron Ore Gains 4% to Record Thursday, Jan 20, 2011
• BHP Says Gas Venture Costs to Rise by $1.1 Billion Thursday, Jan 20, 2011
• BHP says floods knock coal output, iron ore hits record Thursday, Jan 20, 2011
• BHP Queensland Coal Output Falls Thursday, Jan 20, 2011
• BHP Billiton coal output suffering from floods Thursday, Jan 20, 2011
• Rio’s Quarterly Iron Ore Output Rises to Record as Prices Jump Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011
• Australia Consumer Confidence Falls Most in 7 Months on Floods Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011
• Iron boosts Rio Tinto but coal suffers Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011
• Rio Tinto 4Q Coking Coal Down 6%, Record Iron Ore Output Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011
• Fortescue expects new customer in South Korea Tuesday, Jan 18, 2011
• Fortescue's iron ore production up 9pct Tuesday, Jan 18, 2011
• Rio Tinto Q4 Iron Ore Production Up 6% Tuesday, Jan 18, 2011
• Floods Hit Rio Tinto's Coal Production Tuesday, Jan 18, 2011
• Australian Bauxite Limited 2011 Bauxite Drilling Program Underway Full Steam Ahead Tuesday, Jan 18, 2011
• Australia's Brisbane aluminum shipments remain under force majeure Tuesday, Jan 18, 2011
• Rio Tinto bid for Riverdale possible: Tata Monday, Jan 17, 2011
• Riversdale holder Passport Capital sells amidst Rio bid Monday, Jan 17, 2011
• Tata Steel 'open' to Rio Tinto bid for Riversdale Mining Monday, Jan 17, 2011
• In Hunt for Coal, Rio Tinto Presses Deeper into Africa Monday, Jan 17, 2011
• Rio Tinto veteran talks of a turnaround Monday, Jan 17, 2011
• Xstrata, BHP South African Coal Disrupted by Rain Friday, Jan 14, 2011
• BHP starts auctioning spot iron ore shipments to China Friday, Jan 14, 2011
• Australia floods, Pacific cyclone hit commodities Friday, Jan 14, 2011
• Australia floods cut 5% of world coking coal supply Friday, Jan 14, 2011
• BHP declared the safest and healthiest place to work Friday, Jan 14, 2011