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(SANTIAGO, Chile)BHP Billiton is seeking approval to build a US$3.5 billion water desalinization plant to service its Escondida copper mine in northern Chile, one of the world's top sources of the ...READ MORE

(DENVER)Shares of BHP Billiton Ltd. fell more than 8 percent Tuesday after European Union regulators put a hold on their investigation into the mining giant's takeover bid for rival Rio Ti...READ MORE

(DENVER)Shares of global mining giant Rio Tinto PLC fell more than 10 percent Tuesday after European Union regulators put a hold on their investigation into its proposed acquisition by BHP...READ MORE

(BRUSSELS, Belgium)European Union antitrust regulators said Tuesday that they had put on hold an antitrust probe into miner BHP Billiton's mammoth bid for rival Rio Tinto Inc. because the companies h...READ MORE

(SYDNEY, Australia)BHP Billiton Ltd, Australia's largest oil and gas producer, has shut down production and evacuated personnel from its operations in the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Gustav took aim ...READ MORE

(SYDNEY, Australia)Australia has approved Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd.'s stake in miner and takeover target Rio Tinto Ltd., Treasurer Wayne Swan said Sunday. Swan said he approved the Chinese state-o...READ MORE

(SANTIAGO, Chile)Chile's Central Banks says the nation's copper sales surged 8.8 percent in the first seven months of the year over the same year-ago period. The bank announced Monday that Chile ha...READ MORE