The Australian economy is lurking, waiting to re-emerge in coming months as the mining sector gains renewed confidence, with promising capex and construction figures announced yesterday.
Resources
Should Australia appeal for Chinese investors?
An easing of restrictions on foreign investment in Australia by Wayne Swan yesterday does little to change the current issue of Chinese investment in Australia’s rich resources industry.
China’s ore tactics eroded from within
China’s attempts to try and crack the iron ore producers is being undermined by soaring world prices, says Glenn Dyer.
Shouldn’t Rudd be using his Mandarin to address the Rio Tinto arrests?
Instead of donning his really serious look for the G8 meeting tonight, Kevin Rudd would be better placed turning his attention to Rio Tinto and the Chinese steel mills.
Things look grim in our May trade performance
The days of trade surpluses have gone, banished by the downturn in iron ore and coal prices, while the slump in imports shows the slowdown is still curbing demand, especially for capital goods.
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Resources: who’s using what?
Which country will be the first to run out of oil or natural gas? Which will be forced into building more environmentally friendly transportation systems? Mint’s map of the world’s resources and where they’re being consumed.
Japanese production growth disappoints
Japanese industrial production failed to improve its rate of increase in May, and with global demand weak, exports won’t save their slumping economy.
Greenland’s energy sector set to explode?
Although Greenland largely subsists on its fishing market, the country is a treasure trove of resources — from oil and gas to uranium, molybdenum, platinum, coal, gold and diamonds — just waiting to be tapped.
Budget countdown: no old fuels in Resources
The Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism is the Government’s delivery mechanism for its support for the coal industry, while Government investment in renewable energy lags far behind.
The Australian economy is all over the shop
The scatty nature of the slowing Australian economy is showing up in the interim results from banks, retailers, media companies, property, building and some of our major global groups, writes Glenn Dyer.
Ospraie jetisons Iluka shares, depressing prices
Iluka shares are being dropped by all and sundry, writes Glenn Dyer.
Morning Market Report
The highs and lows from today’s sharemarket.
Briefly Business: Charlie Aitken, Terry McCrann
Like the rest of us, Charlie Aitken is only right some of the time. One of Australia’s most oft-quoted stockbrokers is Southern Cross Equities’ Charlie Aitken. For a while, Aitken was hailed as a sage, almost a celebrity. However, as we learned from Henry Blodget and Mary Meeker, notoriety and accuracy are not necessarily correlated. […]
China’s mining giant gets ready to strike it lucky in NSW
China’s biggest coalmining company, Shenhua Group Corporation Ltd, has booked itself a profitable place with the Iemma Government. It is the front-runner to take the gold medal in two contests. Alex Mitchell explains.
Morning Market Report
The highs and lows from today’s sharemarket.
Morning Market Report
The highs and lows from today’s sharemarket.
Morning Market Report
The highs and lows from today’s sharemarket.
Morning Market Report
The highs and lows from today’s sharemarket.
Morning Market Report
The highs and lows from today’s sharemarket.
Morning Market Report
The highs and lows from today’s sharemarket.
Morning Market Report
The highs and lows from today’s sharemarket.
Here come the rentseekers
If anyone thinking the Green Paper scheme proposed this week is a solid start and can be strengthened later, wait til you see what it looks like after industry lobbyists and trade unions have got through with it, writes Bernard Keane.
Morning Market Report
The highs and lows from today’s sharemarket.
Resource boom hits rock bottom for zinc and nickel miners
Australian mines are set to be shut as the prices of zinc and nickel goes through the floor, writes Glenn Dyer.
AWB troglodytes still fighting for the single desk
The board of former monopoly wheat marketer AWB Ltd has dramatically split, writes Stephen Mayne.
