Commodity Broker News
Bhp, Rio Take A Battering As Stand-off Continues
Tuesday December 18, 2007
MINING heavyweights BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto were hammered along with the rest of the market as metal bulls grow increasingly nervous about the impact of the global credit crunch on commodity demand and prices.Chinese Steel Themselves For Ore Price Talks
Thursday December 6, 2007
GLOBAL commodity markets have become so dependent on Chinese domestic demand that a US recession "would hardly even register", says Rio Tinto.Coalminer A Hot Property
Wednesday December 5, 2007
THE NSW coalminer Resource Pacific became a hot commodity in the last hour of trading yesterday. Resource Pacific shares rose almost 20 per cent amid speculation that a suitor - potentially Xstrata Coal - was circling.