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HONG KONG -- Rising operating costs and slumping commodity prices continue to create problems for global mining companies. The latest to come under pressure is Newcrest Mining, Australia's biggest gold [...]

A sharp drop in commodities prices triggered a 56.5 percent decrease in first-half profit at BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, which warned Wednesday of tougher times ahead. The […]

Rio Tinto, the global mining company, posted record first-half profit Tuesday, bolstering its effort to fend off a hostile takeover by BHP Billiton. Rio Tinto said the results had been […]

BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, posted record net income Monday, helping to dispel recent doubts about how natural resource groups would maintain the impressive growth they have built […]

Anglo American reported a 76 percent increase in annual profit as it increased production capacity and benefited from higher metal prices. It also said it would buy back $3 billion […]

BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, reported its third consecutive record full-year profit yesterday, as China's booming economy and surging world prices for copper offset rising costs and pressure […]

BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, announced a 48 percent jump in profit for the latest six-month period, as soaring prices for iron ore, coking coal and copper raised […]

BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, said yesterday that the boom in prices for iron ore and other commodities pushed its annual profits to a record and that demand […]

The Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation, the nation's biggest silver producer, reported a loss for the 13th time in 14 quarters yesterday as mine output fell, costs rose and the company […]

The Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation said yesterday that its net loss for 2004 was wider than originally reported after adjusting for accounting changes. The revised annual report came after the […]

The Brazilian mining company Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, known as C.V.R.D., said that its net profit more than doubled in the fourth quarter to $721 million from a year […]

The mining company BHP Billiton said its net profit more than doubled in the six-month period that ended Dec. 31 as record production contributed to a 42 percent increase in […]

Aquarius Platinum Ltd., which mines platinum and palladium in South Africa and Zimbabwe, said fiscal first-half profit plunged 59 percent after output dropped and costs rose. Net income for the […]

A power supplier, RWE, said its profit more than doubled in the first half of the year, helped by a sale of assets. RWE, based in Essen, said it earned […]

The Newmont Mining Corporation, the world's largest gold producer, restated financial results for part of the last two years, resulting in a wider loss for the first nine months of […]

The Newmont Mining Corporation said yesterday that its fourth-quarter earnings rose fourfold on higher gold sales and prices. Newmont, which was under review by securities regulators over its accounting for […]

Lower production costs and higher prices for nickel contributed to better-than-expected quarterly earnings at Inco Ltd., one of the world's leading metals businesses. The Toronto-based company earned $12 million (United […]

ANGLOGOLD LTD. produces about 10 percent of the world's gold, but the yellow metal may not be its most valuable asset. While gold prices continue to slide, Anglogold, the giant […]

One of the world's largest mining companies, Rio Tinto P.L.C., reported better-than-expected earnings of $509 million in the first half of 1999. While that was down from $551 million a […]

AFRICA ANGLO AMERICAN IN LONDON Anglo American P.L.C., South Africa's biggest company, with interests in diamonds, gold, base metals, coal and industrial assets, moved its primary stock listing to London. […]

The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, the maker of more than 50,000 industrial and consumer products, said today that its first-quarter profit fell 4 percent despite a rebound in sales […]

The Barrick Gold Corporation, North America's second-biggest gold company, expects to name a new chief executive within three weeks after the unexpected resignation of Paul Melnuk, who had served for […]

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, one of the nation's industrial and manufacturing giants, warned today that slumping global sales and a slowdown at home would probably cut fourth-quarter earnings 10 percent […]

The Homestake Mining Company said yesterday that it planned to take third-quarter pretax charges of $188 million because of continued low gold prices. The San Francisco-based gold producer said it […]

RWE A.G., Germany's second-largest utility, indicated yesterday that its net income rose 4 percent in the fourth fiscal quarter, led by higher chemical sales and cost-cutting. Net income for the […]

Veba A.G., Germany's largest utility, said yesterday that its fourth-quarter profit rose a greater-than-expected 16 percent as a stronger dollar and cost-cutting helped increase earnings from oil, transport and trading. […]

Rio Tinto P.L.C., the world's largest mining company, reported yesterday that its first-half profit rose 7.8 percent, at the high end of expectations, although it disappointed some investors by leaving […]

RWE A.G., Germany's largest diversified utility, said today that profit and sales each had risen 8 percent in the latest fiscal year, slightly higher than expectations. Profit in the fiscal […]

The new Hanson P.L.C., a building materials group left over from the company's four-way split-up, reported first-half pretax profits of £262.8 million ($431.7 million), which included a five-month contribution from […]

The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company said today that its earnings rose 13.3 percent in the first quarter, aided by economic strength in the United States. Net income increased to […]

Hanson P.L.C., the British building materials company, said yesterday that it had sold its electrical equipment business to Cinven, a British venture capital company, for £125 million in cash ($203.5 […]

The stock of the Material Sciences Corporation skidded 16 percent yesterday after the company said fake bookkeeping entries had forced it to restate profits for the last three years. The […]

De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd., the world's biggest diamond producer, reported yesterday that its earnings rose 32.7 percent in 1996, which was better than expected, aided by growth in mining […]

RTZ-CRA, the world's largest mining company, reported yesterday that its profits declined 24 percent in 1996. The British and Australian company said that profit after taxes fell to $1.1 billion […]

The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company reported a profit yesterday for the fourth quarter after a loss a year earlier that was caused in part by a charge for restructuring. […]

Gencor Ltd., one of South Africa's three biggest mining companies, said yesterday that earnings before one-time items rose 47 percent in the latest fiscal year. Income before one-time items was […]

The British conglomerate Hanson P.L.C. said yesterday that its profits had almost tripled to more than $1 billion in its third quarter, helped by the sale of several of its […]

Hanson P.L.C. detailed the spinoff of its chemicals, tobacco and energy businesses yesterday as it announced a 19 percent gain in earnings. Hanson said that beginning Oct. 1, Millennium Chemicals […]

The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, which is shedding a variety of businesses, said today that net income fell 3.7 percent in the first quarter but that profit from the […]

The RTZ Corporation and CRA Ltd., which combined into the world's largest mining company, reported yesterday that the merged concern had an 8.3 percent rise in after-tax profits in 1995, […]

Hanson P.L.C., the conglomerate based in Britain, said yesterday that its pretax profit in the quarter ended Dec. 31 fell 4 percent, with lower profit in chemicals offsetting gains from […]

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing reported a loss yesterday of $97 million for the fourth quarter as a result of charges for job cuts and write-downs. The company, which makes Post-it […]

The British-American conglomerate Hanson P.L.C. yesterday reported a 33 percent surge in profits for the year ended Sept. 30. Pretax profits before exceptional charges were L1.37 billion ($2.10 billion) in […]

b-Net loss and restated to reflect an accounting change related to post-retirement health care and life insurance benefits. The results now include an after-tax charge of $ 4 million or […]

b-Included a gain of $ 14 million on the sale of its interest in the Donohue Normick newsprint mill. Results are in Canadian […]

b-Included a one-time tax credit of $ 116 million and an exceptional charge of $ 114 million. Results for the year-ago quarter have been restated for adoption of average exchange […]

Sherritt is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol SE. Results are in Canadian […]

b-Net income (Loss) Echo Bay Mines said the latest second quarter results included pretax gains of $ 3.2 million on the sale of its Kensington unit and $ 2.1 million […]

Sherritt is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol SE. Results are in Canadian […]