11 July 2014 Nine News Depressed iron ore prices have dealt the Northern Territory mining industry a double blow, as Sherwin Iron goes into voluntary administration and Territory Iron tells Pine Creek […]
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Article – Growth needs sturdier base
11 July 2014 NT News THE closure of the Frances Creek iron ore mine at Pine Creek is a sobering reality check as politicians of all colours wax on about the development […]
Read moreArticle – North needs insurance rethink
15 July 2014 Matthew Cranston The Australian Dairyfarmer INSURANCE Council of Australia president Mark Milliner has warned the expected boom in insurance and investment in developing Australia’s north will never happen unless […]
Read moreArticle – Iron ore slump hits junior miners hardest
15 July 2014 Marty McCarthy ABC Rural A commodities expert says some Northern Territory iron ore producers may be struggling to stay afloat, despite a stable iron price because they are too […]
Read moreArticle – India’s coal shortage a boon for Australian miners
15 July 2014 Vicky Validakis Australian Mining In what could be good news for Australia’s coal industry, India’s power plants are running out of stock, forcing the country to increase its import […]
Read moreArticle – Export income set to rise
14 July 2014 Hailey Renault North West Star AS CONFIDENCE builds for Queensland’s export industries, the slump in copper prices this year is forecast to continue. This is despite Townsville-based Senator Ian […]
Read moreArticle – A Japanese Hamlet Is Now an Economics Lab
17 July 2014 Keiko Ujikane Business Week Tomiyoshi Kurogoushi sighs as he looks over the terraced rice fields that generations of his family tended in the mountains of central Japan. Most are […]
Read moreArticle – Chinese buyers for Kimberley sugar mill
16 July 2014 Tyne McConnon ABC Rural The Chinese company developing the second stage of the Ord irrigation scheme in Western Australia, has bought the old Kununurra sugar mill. Kimberley Agricultural Investments […]
Read moreArticle – Pilbara expansion boosts Rio Tinto iron ore output
16 July 2014 Cecilia Jamasmie Mining.com Giant miner Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) said second-quarter iron-ore production increased 11% in its fiscal first half, after expanding several vast mines in the remote Pilbara region of Western […]
Read moreArticle – Carbon tax axing tipped to help keep farmers 'profitable'
18 July 2014 ABC News The Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) of WA says the abolition of the carbon tax will improve the competitiveness of Australian producers in the international market. The […]
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