August 7, 2013 Rio’s Iron Ore Company of Canada too pricey for these bidders Apollo, Blackstone and Glencore are out.
August 6, 2013 Australia cuts rates to record low of 2.5% as mining boom ends Lowest rate since Australia’s central bank was established in 1959.
August 5, 2013 Tough luck: Western Australian government to miners West Australian Premier says no change in royalties.
August 5, 2013 Another win for Australian miner; loss for Tasmanian devil Venture Minerals gets green light from environmental minister.
July 31, 2013 Tasmanian iron ore mine faces fresh threats of legal actions Environmentalists claim mining in the region would imperil the survival of the only robust Tasmanian devil population still left in the wild.
July 31, 2013 Analysts expects several banks to follow JPMorgan commodities exit Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs likely to be the next ones.
July 31, 2013 Mining CEOs sent packing planning comebacks: report Aaron Regent (Barrick Gold) and and Mick Davis (Xstrata PLC) the two that might be back very soon.
July 30, 2013 Australian government has squandered spoils of mining boom: Grattan Institute Country has not saved enough from the largest income boost it has ever seen.
July 29, 2013 Simandou railway shows how ‘politics can interfere with economics’ in Africa Simandou is one of the richest concessions in all of mining with in excess of 26 billion tonnes of high grade iron ore.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
