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Australian gold miner Newcrest Mining Ltd will pursue its planned mine expansions as well as its annual target production guidance despite reporting a drop in its first quarter September production of the safe haven precious yellow metal gold.
Australia got what it came for in New York – the coveted UN Security Council seat--the country secured through intense diplomatic campaigns and a whopping price tag of $24 million, not to mention the billions spent and issued as aids to specific nations in order to win their support.
Stocks traded lower, threatening to snap a four-day streak of gains for the Dow Industrials, as a measure of U.S. layoffs rose more than expected and a surprise earnings report from Google weighed on the technology sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 22 points, or 0.2%, to 135536 in late-afternoon trading Thursday
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar was on a rollercoaster ride last night and enjoyed quite significant swings including a break through USD 1.0400 before settling to yesterday's levels.
After more two years since the change in Australia's political leadership, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd broke his silence on Thursday and admitted his removal as prime minister was a traumatic experience.
Australia won on Friday a United Nations Security Council seat in New York with 140 votes. The victory is the result of a four-year campaign initiated by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in 2008.
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Radio host Alan Jones played climate change expert in 2011 when he claimed “nature produces nearly all the carbon dioxide in the air,” and man hardly contributed to the rising air pollution, blamed by scientists as one of the leading causes of extreme shift in global weather cycles.
The unusual dry weather prevailing in top wheat exporting nations led by the United States and Australia had prompted prices of the basic commodity to dramatically shoot up.
Arrow Energy's final investment decision on its Moranbah Gas liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the northern Bowen Basin in eastern Australia will be out in late 2013, according to chief executive Andrew Faulkner.
Australian politics is sorely lacking in policy debate that the public longs for, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Wednesday, stressing that “the season has come for us to lift ourselves above the ruck.”
A total of 270 jobs will be slashed by Australia's Mount Gibson Iron Ltd from its Koolan Island operation off Western Australia's north Kimberley coast.
Plans of global mining firm Xstrata Plc to create a $5.9 billion copper-gold project in the Philippines' southern region has been relegated to the sidelines as the country's chief executive ordered the execution and implementation of a mining reform bill, effectively halting further new projects of other mining firms as well.
Manufacturers, users and researchers of rare earth elements from around the world have combined forces to create a Rare Earth Technology Alliance (RETA), and among its first plan of action is to map out an education and outreach strategy to enable its members cope with the supply shortages currently enveloping users of rare earths.
What will happen this week? Probably, about the same thing.
U.S. stocks pushed higher for a third straight day this week, boosted by strong readings on the U.S. housing sector, though a sharp fall at International Business Machines weighed on blue chips.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: Increasing investor confidence saw the Australian Dollar continue to climb overnight trading to 1.0380's.
Following the start of court proceedings against MP Craig Thomson over charges filed by Fair Work Australia (FWA) that he misused Health Services Union (HSU) funds, including use of the HSU credit cards to pay for prostitutes' services, the now independent legislator is no longer content on denying the accusation.
Central Queensland coal miner Ensham Resources will be cutting some 400 jobs from its coal mine operations near Emerald, west of Rockhampton to ensure business sustainability amid the continuing declining global market conditions.
Global gold miner Newmont Mining Corporation on Wednesday reported its third quarter gold production had slumped by 6 per cent on lower mill availability and recoveries as well as lower ore tons and grades.
Blame it on the shoe, yet again, as Prime Minister Julia Gillard was again haunted by shoe malfunction this time in India, in which Ms Gillard stumbled down face-first when her high-heel got stuck in grass grounds she was walking on.
BHP Billiton Ltd.'s iron ore production for its fiscal year first quarter remain unchanged, growing to only one per cent from a year ago.
For as long as the world's nations, specially China, continue to build cities and other infrastructure-related essentials, demand for iron ore will continue to grow in this decade, albeit slowly.
How stupid and intrusive can government possibly get? Pretty stupid and intrusive, it turns out. The latest outrage is a plan by Australia's health fascists to raise taxes on cheap wine so people will stop getting drunk on it.
Stocks approached their biggest one-day gain since the Fed announced new stimulus measures last month, driven higher by better-than-forecast earnings from blue chips like Johnson & Johnson and an upbeat reading from the housing sector.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has traded higher through USD 1.0300 in a fairly orderly fashion overnight with market sentiment buoyed by better than expected data in the US and Europe.
Wesfarmers Ltd. (WES), Australia's second biggest retailer, is mulling to spinoff the 25 shopping centres it owns under its Coles Group unit for $700 million.
The world could be facing a supply shortage of the element uranium, the power source of nuclear reactors in most developed countries, as alternative non-nuclear materials remain elusive.
Despite a volatile global market, Rio Tinto still managed to jack up its iron ore production by as much as five per cent in the September quarter to 62.9 million tonnes compared from 2011, beating analysts' and industry expectations.
