Iron ore

The news is full of new concessions from China to Australia. China appears to be reversing its shadow-ban on importing Aussie coal that wiped $1 billion off Australia’s balance sheet.This backflip is a revealing outrun of events given the…

Australian miners have posted a roaring trade week, with one critical Australian commodity experiencing a “remarkable” surge.BHP shares finished at $49.64 on Friday as it hit its new, all-time record high ($49.93) and nears the never-before…

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Since the colonies of Australia were first federated into a modern independent nation over 120 years ago, Australia’s economic fortunes relied on exports. At the nation’s founding in 1901, Australia was heavily reliant on agricultural…

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It’s been two years since China imposed a little-known policy on its property development sector that was to have enormous implications for Australia.Called the Three Red Lines, the policy aimed to de-leverage China’s ultra-indebted…

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Mining magnate Clive Palmer is planning to sue the commonwealth for billions of dollars in damages over a stalled iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.Mr Palmer, who was unsuccessful in suing WA for $32bn over the Balmoral…

In recent years, Chinese President Xi Jinping has been warning that the Chinese economy needed to prepare for “black swan” and “grey rhino” events. The black swan event being an unexpected crisis, while the grey rhino is a more predictable…