Rio hopes for third time lucky at Blair Athol
Rio Tinto is a step closer to completing its three-year mission to sell the Blair Athol coal mine in Queensland.
Rio Tinto is a step closer to completing its three-year mission to sell the Blair Athol coal mine in Queensland.
The Fed's inaction has again revived gold bulls, and industrial metals are getting a ride as well.
Mike Henry currently finds himself wedged between two extreme examples of Australia's capacity to create economic self-harm.
BHP Billiton's Mike Henry has warned that regional West Australians will be hit the hardest by a mining tax that would also threaten its dividend payout and expansion plans.
Bullish buying of Aussie gold stocks by US investors is set to continue, chief executives say.
BHP's Australian tax and royalty contribution over the past decade would build the NBN twice over.
Gold prices rose to 1-1/2-week highs, extending gains after the US Fed held rates unchanged.
Five former workers at a Rio smelter in Quebec were arrested following a fraud investigation.
The anti-coal lobby's campaign to stop India's Adani from building a coal mine has ironically made the project more viable.
After enduring a sustained decline in commodity prices, Australia's resources exploration sector is loosening its purse strings.
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