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• Steel makers under pressure to unite.

  - 2007-05-10

  Byline: Greg Earl May 10, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The rumoured merger of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton in mid-May 2007 has Asian steel makers considering their future and market clout. Nippon Steel, Posco and Baosteel are acquiring...

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• Asian giants steel against ore price rise.

  - 2006-12-13

  Byline: Kevin Andrusiak Dec 13, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian mining companies are thought to have commenced the latest round of negotiations on iron ore prices. Asian steel groups, Posco and Nippon Steel, have agreed to work together to...

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• BHP denies pulling out of Orissa.

  - 2005-06-09

  May 16, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) BHP Billiton says it is still working on a plan for an iron ore mine, steel plant and port in India. The mining giant has denied media reports that it had withdrawn from a...

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• BHP set to dump Indian project.

  - 2005-05-16

  May 16, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) It is thought that Australian mining company, BHP Billiton, will withdraw from a venture in India. The company was in negotiations for a proposed $US10 billion ($A13 billion) iron ore, steel and port development in...

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• BHP still has taste for India.

  - 2005-05-16

  May 16, 2005 (Herald Sun - ABIX via COMTEX) The large Australian miner, BHP Billiton, is considering its options in east India. There is confusion about a planned project in the country. BHP Billiton was rumoured to have been involved in a $A10 billion...

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• Strong, but squeezed; Steel.(Has the steel industry peaked?)

  - 2005-01-08

  Steelmakers' prices have soared, but their costs are rising FOR the world's steelmakers, 2004 was a miraculous year of rising demand and soaring prices. They expect more of the same in 2005, and short of a sudden world or merely Chinese slowdown, they may...

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• NEWS BRIEFS

  - 2004-10-01

  Posco, a South Korean steel company, announced plans to build an $8.4-billion steel mill in India. And BHP Billiton will provide the iron ore, coal and infrastructure to the plant. The proposed plant would be located in India's eastern state of Orissa. Though plans are in the early stages, Posco...

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• INDIA: Joint venture construction plans for proposed $8,450,000,000 steel mill, iron ore mine and coke plant, BHP BILLITON [Australia] & POHANG IRON & STEEL CO. (POSCO) [South Korea] Order #: 094004.

  - 2004-09-01

  PROJECT OVERVIEW: An Australian/South Korean joint venture recently submitted a proposal to the government of Orissa regarding the development of an iron ore integrated business in the state. The partners in the proposed undertaking include Australia-based BHP BILLITON and POHANG IRON & ...

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• BHP BILLITON, POSCO LAUNCH AUSTRALIAN JOINT VENTURE.

  - 2003-10-30

  PERTH, Oct 30 Asia Pulse - BHP Billiton Ltd's (ASX:BHP) part-owned new $US213 million Area C iron ore mine in the Pilbara was officially opened today by WA Premier Geoff Gallop. BHP Billiton said the opening of the mine, rail and processing facilities, in which it has a...

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• This month in mining: BHP Billiton commits to major iron ore project

  - 2002-05-01

  BHP Billiton has given the go-ahead for development of a new iron ore mine at Mining Area C and an expansion of its Port Hedland port and rail facilities, both in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Capital costs for the two projects are expected to be $213 million for...

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