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Clive Palmer paid $250,000 to fly Kyrgyz woman to Singapore
Asked why he chartered the private flight, Mr Palmer said it was for staff safety reasons.
Asked why he chartered the private flight, Mr Palmer said it was for staff safety reasons.
South 32, the spin-out of orphan assets from BHP Billiton, has benefited handsomely from the surge in metal prices in the latter part of 2016, but has opted to hang on to a large chunk of its cash.
China is considering reinstating coal output restrictions to avoid the return of a glut after easing limits during winter.
Iron ore futures in China fell more than 1pc after reaching a record high in a rapid rally spurred by rising steel prices.
Clive Palmer has told a court he can't remember why he ordered Queensland Nickel to pay $US15 million into a personal bank account he held in Hong Kong, saying it might have been for parties.
Clive Palmer says he has formally launched legal proceedings against Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, through which people will find out "what really happened" in the collapse of Queensland Nickel.
Commodities are in the longest rally in almost three years, and investors in exchange-traded funds are taking note.
Striking workers at Chile's Escondida copper mine have accepted a government invitation to try to resume talks with BHP.
China's iron ore futures rose for a sixth session in a row, hitting their highest in more than three years.
It's the fight that has become the proxy war between the pro and anti coal forces in Australia and it's entering its fiercest round.
Day traders in China? Taxi drivers in Dalian? Take your pick, but either way the sustained surge in the iron ore price has caught the smart money by surprise while giving a second wind to a group of second tier iron ore miners which have been struggling with busted balance sheets and bloated costs to stay afloat.
Clive Palmer says he will sue Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Employment Minister Michaelia Cash for defamation over "lies" about his role in the collapse of Queensland Nickel.
Iron ore surged 6.5 per cent, confounding analysts, amid rising demand for steel in China and optimism about that demand.
China may force steel producers to cut more output next winter as it intensifies its war on smog, a draft document showed.
The price of iron ore has scaled new heights in recent days but analysts are proving reluctant to update their stock forecasts to match.
Newcrest has benefited handsomely from the stronger gold price, which, together with the ongoing operational turnaround, helped the miner lift earnings and restore the interim dividend.
Iron ore keeps getting told the end is nigh: so far in 2017, the response has been the end's just another high.
Copper prices surged after BHP Billiton declared force majeure due to a strike at the world's biggest copper mine in Chile.
BHP Billiton declared force majeure on shipments from the world's biggest copper mine, sending prices above $US6000 a tonne.
Rio Tinto has appointed three former senior managers from the energy industry to its board as non-executive directors, including Shell's departing CFO Simon Henry.
The head of the union at the world's biggest copper mine says he's never seen owner BHP Billiton this reluctant to cede ground over wages. That's why he's preparing for a long strike.
Iron ore futures in China gained further, with values underpinned by signs of strong demand in world's top steel consumer.
Clive Palmer's nephew and wife did a deal for Queensland Nickel to buy $135 million worth of shares in a coal project he was pursuing just five days before the company failed, the Federal Court has been told.
A little over a decade after it lost hundreds of millions of dollars on an ill-judged foray into New Zealand, energy utility AGL is again planning to expand abroad, although it is tight lipped on details.
The Federal Court has denied an application by Clive Palmer to delay being grilled by liquidators about the collapse of his Queensland Nickel business.
In a thinly reference to the new US president, Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto has warned of rising geo-political risk while also stating it expects China to continue to provide economic stimulus for much of the year ahead.
BHP Billiton has begun halting operations at its Escondida copper mine in northern Chile ahead of a planned strike.
Iron ore rose for a second session with expectations of strong demand in the world's top steel consumer buoying the market.
Rio Tinto shareholders will be the major beneficiaries of the company's parsimonious approach to capital expenditure.
Even with its coffers bulging,Rio Tinto has refrained from handing out too much of the spoils to shareholders.
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