News from Australia

• Royal visit for Rio Tinto and The University of Western Australia's 'needle in a haystack' exploration technology Friday, Oct 28, 2011
• Bauxite Resources and Yankuang one step closer to Western Australian alumina refinery decision Friday, Oct 28, 2011
• Ord River Resources quadruples JORC Resource to 77 million tonnes at Laos bauxite project Monday, Oct 24, 2011
• BHP Billiton：Aluminium industry carrying the can Friday, Oct 21, 2011
• Rio Tinto targets longer alumina position with asset sales Friday, Oct 21, 2011
• Rio Tinto approves further US$211 million study funding and US$1.117 billion early commitments in next stage of the Simandou iron ore mining project in Guinea Wednesday, Oct 19, 2011
• BHP Billiton Significant Commitmen to Olympic Dam ExpansionBHP Billiton announced today approval for US$1.2 billion in pre-commitment capital for the first phase of the Olympic Dam Project to develop Thursday, Oct 13, 2011
• Monax Mining commences maiden drilling to test 44.5% bauxite sample, Queensland Thursday, Oct 13, 2011
• Australian Bauxite inks maiden 16.8Mt high grade Bauxite JORC Resource at Binjour Thursday, Oct 13, 2011
• BHP Billiton Puts 1,400-Bed Construction Camp Up For Sale Thursday, Oct 13, 2011
• Global Alumina Announces Joint Venture Budget Approval Monday, Oct 10, 2011
• Rio Tinto Increases Its Stake In Ivanhoe Mines To 49 Per Cent Tuesday, Sep 27, 2011
• Rio Tinto eyeing Australia aluminum business spin-off Monday, Sep 26, 2011
• Rio Tinto closer to Malaysia power price deal to push aluminium smelter project Monday, Sep 19, 2011
• HP Billiton H2 profit soars 62%, misses forecasts Wednesday, Aug 24, 2011
• BHP, Anglo, Xstrata approve $1.3bn Colombia coal expansion Friday, Aug 19, 2011
• BHP Billiton Limited And Petrohawk Energy Corporation Receives Approval For Tender Offer Thursday, Aug 18, 2011
• BHP Billiton Approves Pit Pushback at Ekati Wednesday, Aug 17, 2011
• BHP boss confident in economy Thursday, Aug 11, 2011
• BHP Billiton to acquire HWE Ming subsidiaries Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011
• Rio Says Rising Labor Costs, Australian Dollar Put Pressure on Expansion Monday, Aug 08, 2011
• Koppers inks $100M Rio Tinto contract extension Tuesday, Aug 02, 2011
• Rio Tinto cautious on aluminum outlook Monday, Aug 01, 2011
• Energy costs hit AWC earnings Thursday, Jul 28, 2011
• Alucobond Architectural Develops Aluminum Composite Panels Wednesday, Jul 27, 2011
• Orbite alumina process has global appeal Tuesday, Jul 26, 2011