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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
14 July 2014 Ben Leahy and Nick Evans The West Australian Trans-shipping companies are targeting Port Hedland Ports major players as well as mining juniors as part of their push to win
David Sparkes Business Acumen A WORLD Bank senior economist says Northern Australia could host two or three special economic zones to tap into the economic growth expected in Asia this century. Douglas
8 July 2014 Sid Maher The Australian A HISTORIC trade deal to be signed today between Tony Abbott and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to spark a new wave of
9 July 2014 Vernon Graham Farm Weekly NATURAL gas has the potential to transform the Australian economy including cutting farm fertilisers costs, a major development summit in Townsville was told. A number