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RESOURCES giant BHP Billiton on announced today that it had reached terms for a significant portion of its hard coking coal volumes for 2010, based on a structural change to shorter term market based pricing for the contract period.
 
 

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British Rail Freight company may step in if Transnet fails to upgrade its rolling stock in time, according to sources quoted by Reuters.
According to Mvelaphanda Resources trading statement for the period ending December 2009, headline earnings per share dropped to 51c from 1,110c previously.
BANNERMAN Resources Limited announced in a SENS statement today that measured resources are expected to increase.
Australia’s Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton could hold out for — and get — an 80% increase in the price of iron ore, their second highest annual hike ever, to help fund expansion, if the mining giants should lose a battle to switch to spot pricing.
SA Government bails out state firm, then decides to drop project entirely saying it is no longer viable.
In June 2007, Sentula announced the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with Merafe Resources Limited known as Merafe Coal - but Merafe has pulled out.
Northam Platinum listed a 47,2% headline earnings per share drop in their results for the year ending 31 December 2009
 
 

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