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New modelling shows that Australia’s distance from Europe and the United States hurts our exports, but this will change as Asia develops.
Even though commodities rallied after the election of Trump, the benefit of this to Australia’s budget could be short lived due to volatility.
The mining industry is more resilient because of the recent downturn and it will be global supply and demand that will affect these companies in the future.
Mining requires huge amounts of energy – could it be replaced with renewables?
Research has confirmed a knife found in the ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb was made with metal from the heavens.
Even if the price of iron ore remains low, Australia is still well placed to benefit from this resource in the future.
The government has given into the pressure from the big miners and formally abandoned the idea of a parliamentary inquiry into the iron ore sector.
High cost iron ore producers should either reduce their costs or leave the market if they cannot compete.
Tony Abbott has got into a terrible tangle over whether there should be an inquiry into iron ore prices.
While it’s easy for the large miners to argue increased iron ore production is business as usual, the overall cost to the sector warrants a closer inspection.
Proposed changes to Fortescue Metals Group’s rostering system may signal a trend across the whole industry that could have flow-on effects for regional economies.
In the wake of a falling iron ore price that has cut his personal fortune by more than A$2 billion, Andrew Forrest has remained unperturbed, saying: “I didn’t count on the way up, and I’m not counting…
The world’s biggest iron ore producer, Vale, has announced its intention to expand production despite a falling price. This follows similar announcements by Rio Tinto and BHP. This expansion in production…
The Australian iron ore industry is no place for the faint hearted. On April 11, Padbury Mining spectacularly announced billions in funding (reportedly backed by Chinese investors) to develop the Oakajee…
Iron and steel are components of an almost limitless number of infrastructure and consumer goods. From forks to tanks, syringes to satellites, cars to computers, from buildings to the power stations that…
Developed countries are using raw materials to sustain their economies at a much higher rate than that being captured in…
With several major mining projects being put on ice this week, talk has quickly turned to whether the Australian mining boom is about to go bust. Jumping on comments by the Resources Minister that “the…
An episode of extreme volcanic activity may have generated large iron formations long after a rise in atmospheric oxygen…
AUSTRALIA IN ASIA: In the seventh part of our series, James Laurenceson looks at the challenges in doing business with China. The headline numbers surrounding Australia’s exports to China make for impressive…
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, Director of the Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Research Fellow in Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, RMIT University
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Co-Founder, Critical Minerals Consortium, and Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
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Professor in International Relations / International Political Economy, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Economics, Dean of UWA Business School, The University of Western Australia
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Research Director, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Discipline of Politics & International Relations, Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University
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Associate professor, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Regional Economic Development, School of Business and Law, CQUniversity Australia
