http://www.lse.co.uk/ BLT Financial Share News Feed - London South East en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:45:58 GMT 2007 London South East http://www.lse.co.uk/rss/ 15 SYDNEY, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The risk is 'high' that a tropical low off Australia's northwest coast will by strengthen into a cyclone by Sunday as it moves closer to the Pilbara iron ore mining belt, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said on Friday. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=rlrqhr06drmk1j1 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:05:21 GMT By Chikako Mogi TOKYO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Asian shares recouped some of the previous session's steep falls as investors reassessed fears of http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=bqow6jj5j2bypi1 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:15:58 GMT By Chikako Mogi TOKYO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Asian shares clawed back some of the previous day's steep losses on Friday as investors took some http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=vx5iigg0iw0fos7 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:40:33 GMT By Chikako Mogi TOKYO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Asian shares clawed back some of the previous day's steep losses on Friday as investors took some http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=y8biw5t7clh1iaq Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:40:33 GMT By Chikako Mogi TOKYO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Asian shares clawed back some of the previous day's steep losses on Friday as investors took some comfort in the Federal Reserve's commitment to ultra-soft monetary policy for now, but weak U.S. and European data capped prices. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=j34fk9qisa5wlvl Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:08:08 GMT By Chikako Mogi TOKYO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Asian shares edged higher on Friday, recouping the previous day's steep losses, as investors http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=drxfc1pqcsn51d8 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:32:18 GMT By Chikako Mogi TOKYO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Asian shares edged higher on Friday, recouping the previous day's steep losses, as investors http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=pgy5k2d57z2na98 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:32:17 GMT By John McGarrity LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - London Commodity Brokers and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange are drawing up plans for physically delivered thermal coal futures, a move that could enable junior miners to get higher prices and to attract investment. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=9a26kmbr9bww2ea Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:44:28 GMT SYDNEY/PERTH, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Heavy rains in Australia's eastern Queensland state have caused two major coking coal producers, Rio Tinto and Xstrata, to declare force majeure on exports this week after a rail haul line was shut last week due to flooding. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=0jmtonh16rc2dw5 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:46:44 GMT By Ed Stoddard LEDIG, South Africa, Feb 1 (Reuters) - China's scramble for resources is breaking new ground on South Africa's platinum belt. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=pdepeh148q6x3o6 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:49:52 GMT By James Regan SYDNEY, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Australian-listed Tigers Realm Coal is in talks with two Russian sovereign funds to help invest in its Siberian coal mining project close to Russia's eastern Pacific coast, which it believes can be mined more cheaply than in Australia. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=h7zdtfrr3300o1o Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:26:13 GMT By Antonio De la Jara and Anthony Esposito SANTIAGO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Chilean manufacturing http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=ie0d8nn32rf0oqi Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:34:15 GMT SANTIAGO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Chile produced 513,344 tonnes of copper in December, a 1.8 percent slip from a year earlier, http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=yrzt0ghp70dsl21 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:42:53 GMT SANTIAGO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Chile produced 513,344 tonnes of copper in December, a 1.8 percent slip from a year earlier, but boosted its red metal output by 3 percent to 5.455 million tonnes during all of 2012, the government said on Wednesday. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=qq03fztml2tdxqh Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:22:32 GMT Jan 30 (Reuters) - Bhp Billiton PLC: * Bernstein raises target price to 2450p from 2400p; rating outperform http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=qoon5940mi54i7p Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:17:54 GMT Jan 30 (Reuters) - : * Anglo American Plc : Deutsche Bank raises price target to 2,260p from http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=h8cccnw5dnna5iw Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:22:16 GMT SYDNEY, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Australian mining-to-retail conglomerate Wesfarmers on Wednesday cut its full-year coal sales forecast, citing flooding in Australia and weak demand in Asia that is depressing sales prices. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=a7uwkg589k1jrjz Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:36:28 GMT By James Regan SYDNEY, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Heavy tropical rains inundating Australia's eastern coalfields, among the largest in the world, have cut rail haulage lines and shut down mines that could takes weeks to fully reactivate. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=yylxk6yjsp2mquz Tue, 29 Jan 2013 05:34:55 GMT By James Regan SYDNEY, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Heavy tropical rains inundating Australia's eastern coalfields, among the largest in the world, have cut rail haulage lines and shut down mines. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=tqkxhstdaucxg1a Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:07:25 GMT SYDNEY, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Heavy tropical rains have inundated Australia's eastern coalfields, among the largest in the world, cutting rail haulage lines and halting production. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=h0zrcazmzmakwsl Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:35:26 GMT PERTH, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Rain and flooding in Australia's eastern state of Queensland caused by the remnants of Cyclone Oswald have stopped some coal exports and shut part of the coal transport rail system, but the wet weather is not expected to have a significant impact on mine operations, i http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=sywp0oen06ft65x Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:22:03 GMT By James Regan SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Australian miners like to say iron ore is the new gold. How about the new iPhone? http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=2gxcarrk7dzm6br Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:52:13 GMT Jan 24 (Reuters) - Bhp Billiton PLC: * Deutsche Bank raises target price to 2335p from 2325p; rating buy http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=5vr1remmk5c10ka Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:05:49 GMT By James Regan SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Australian miners like to say iron ore is the new gold. How about the new iPhone? http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=kl5ph2i862t9nec Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:33:29 GMT By James Regan SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Fortescue Metals Group, the world's fourth-largest iron ore miner, lifted shipments by 32 percent in the December quarter from a year ago, nearly all bound for Chinese steel mills. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=wkexorcs9o0ehqz Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:00:13 GMT SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Fortescue Metals Group, the world's fourth largest iron ore miner, lifted shipments by 32 percent in the December quarter from a year ago, nearly all bound for Chinese steel mills. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=fh7z8zrpjg72zjb Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:10:09 GMT SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group said it lifted shipments by 32 percent in the December quarter, nearly all bound for Chinese steel mills. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=2u0xec5snp94c7p Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:44:10 GMT By James Regan SYDNEY, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Australia's Port Hedland, which handles about a fifth of the world's seaborne-traded iron ore, will reopen on Wednesday after being spared the brunt of a cyclone that has also shut other major ports in Western Australia. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=801lrcr7r4pxger Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:19:33 GMT MELBOURNE, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.2 percent on Wednesday, enough to secure their highest close in http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=vgqxw3bfnhxpont Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:46:24 GMT MELBOURNE, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.2 percent on Wednesday, enough to secure their highest close in http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=cv6tuwp051nkl3h Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:46:23 GMT MELBOURNE, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.2 percent on Wednesday, enough to secure the highest close in http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=o3mftraltev20x3 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:32:49 GMT MELBOURNE, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.2 percent on Wednesday, enough to secure the highest close in http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=xm67rpopccbxrdk Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:32:49 GMT By James Regan SYDNEY, Jan 23 (Reuters) - A tropical low off Australia's northwest coast that brought nearly half the world's iron ore trade to a halt intensified to cyclone strength on Wednesday, keeping huge ports used by miners Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton idle. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=gl4lfwjz7jtx1lo Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:06:11 GMT By James Regan SYDNEY, Jan 23 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, boosted its iron ore output http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=d1b5w03zbz0p1ar Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:06:26 GMT MELBOURNE, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Wednesday, touching a 20-month high for a second http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=wx09dr20v8tn7ws Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:34:36 GMT MELBOURNE, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Wednesday, touching a 20-month high for a second http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=fojqk4l2vejqn55 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:34:36 GMT MELBOURNE, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Wednesday, touching a 20-month high for a second day http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=j25ccb3k2jkvh5x Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:49:05 GMT MELBOURNE, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Wednesday, touching a 20-month high for a second day http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=9d51q5nm6vjv1f0 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:49:04 GMT MELBOURNE, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.4 percent on Wednesday as top miner BHP Billiton gained http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=pnh8vi48hphmwoe Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:38:21 GMT MELBOURNE, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.4 percent on Wednesday as top miner BHP Billiton gained http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=735ixsazscwa8yg Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:38:20 GMT By James Regan SYDNEY, Jan 23 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, reported its quarterly iron http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=0zhsqywxz60xjay Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:24:56 GMT SYDNEY, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Following is a list of BHP Billliton production figures for key commodities in its second quarter ended December 31. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=4p13mb8u6xxc1k1 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:15:44 GMT SYDNEY, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Following is a list of BHP Billliton production figures for key commodities in its second quarter ended December 31. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=b9z02u69tmrx730 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:10:35 GMT SYDNEY, Jan 23 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, reported that its quarterly iron ore output rose 3 percent, slightly under analysts' estimates. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=2p2hf1gr2ixgeua Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:03:44 GMT By James Regan SYDNEY, Jan 23 (Reuters) - A tropical storm intensifying off Australia's northwest coast brought nearly half the world's iron ore trade to a halt on Wednesday, idling huge ports used by miners Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton . http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=568yluva75pivrm Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:52:56 GMT By James Regan SYDNEY, Jan 22 (Reuters) - A tropical storm intensifying off Australia's northwest coast brought nearly half the world's iron ore trade to a halt on Tuesday, idling huge ports used by miners Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=zsgtaxscxzs7uqb Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:57:10 GMT By James Regan SYDNEY, Jan 22 (Reuters) - A tropical storm intensifying off Australia's northwest coast brought nearly half the world's iron ore trade to a halt on Tuesday, closing huge ports used by miners Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton . http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=on5n69a3i3vt85c Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:34:38 GMT SYDNEY, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto, the world's second-largest iron ore miner, said its main Western Australian iron ore exporting ports were set to close on Tuesday due to a tropical storm threatening the region. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=nr5q6ba1tuf1z9v Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:50:31 GMT By James Regan SYDNEY, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Australia's Port Hedland, a major terminal for iron ore exports, will shut down operations on Tuesday due to a tropical storm threatening the country's far west coastline. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=9vmo73xdf73y2d2 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:46:18 GMT SYDNEY, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Ships waiting to dock at Australia's Port Hedland bulk export terminals started on Tuesday heading for safe waters as a tropical low which is forecast to reach cyclone strength makes its way down the far west coastline of the Pilbara iron belt. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=BLT&ArticleCode=yxfqwbfs9z8nxr7 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 03:14:57 GMT