Gold heads for $US1300 as risk flares
The metal has rallied to the highest since November.
Qatari solid, but banks look exposed
Despite this week's ructions, Qatar retains a lower borrowing rate than neighbouring Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain.
Supply shock hits east coast industrial gas users
Fresh evidence has emerged of the supply shock hitting industrial users of gas on the east coast, where prices have reached unaffordable levels.
Plunging sugar price is no health kick
A 40 per cent plunge in the price of sugar is being driven by a looming supply surplus and speculators shorting the market.
Global LNG on edge on Qatar-Gulf rift
LNG players worldwide have been set on edge by the sudden rift between LNG export powerhouse Qatar and four of its Gulf associates, with Australian producers set to feel reverberations from disrupted trade flows in the region.
Gold seen rising to four-year high
Gold may extend gains after climbing to the highest level in six weeks following disappointing monthly US economic reports.
Oil turns on rising US output
Futures fell after gaining as much as 1.7 per cent in New York, amid a rethink on the outlook for US crude inventories.
Iron ore slides below $US56 mark
After a miserable May, iron ore opened the new month on the back foot.
Smelting sunk without cheap power that built it
Metal smelting is sunk without the cheap, subsidised coal power that state electricity bodies used to lure the industry to Australia and und...
ExxonMobil shareholders rebel over climate change costs
ExxonMobil was defeated by a shareholder rebellion over climate change that included BlackRock, sources say.
