In April this year, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 53,803 metric tons, decreasing 59.3 percent compared to March, and down 65.6 percent compared to the same month of 2012, according to the monthly data ...
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Local shares closed higher yesterday, even after paring a sharp rise early on in the session, as investors took profits ahead of an interest rate decision due from the Reserve Bank of Australia today. The stockmarket was buoyed by growing ...
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In April of the current year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland increased by 4.4 percent compared to March and were up 63.75 percent year on year, totaling 26 million metric tons. According to the information released by ...
The Australian market opened higher, led by gains for the four major banks ahead of their first-half numbers. At 10.20am AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 23.2 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 5120.7 points. The broader All ...
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Australian iron ore development company BC Iron Limited has announced that in the quarter ended on March 31 it produced 1.20 million mt of iron ore, up 49 percent compared to the same quarter of the previous year, while its iron ore ...
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The sharemarket has closed slightly lower despite commodity stocks staging a comeback. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 4.9 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 5097.5 points. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 1.5 points, or 0.03 ...
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The sharemarket notched up its biggest gain for five weeks yesterday as the banks led broad-based gains thanks to lower-than-expected domestic inflation data and stronger offshore markets. The consumer price index rose 0.4 per cent in the ...
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THE Australian market has opened higher, with gains in all sectors but retail. RBS Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said the market was off to a promising start considering it had only received modest overseas leads. "Here, we ...
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A BRIGHTER end to what was a torrid week for mining stocks helped carry the sharemarket to a modest 0.2 per cent gain yesterday. After making a bold start, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index drifted lower throughout the trading session, only ...
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Australia's third-biggest iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (Fortescue) has announced its operating results for the first quarter of 2013. Fortescue said in its statement that its total iron ore shipments during the March ...
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The sharemarket fell for a second consecutive day, with goldminers leading declines in cyclical sectors as the gold price rout continued in the wake of Monday's disappointing economic data from China, which added to recent concern about the ...
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The sharemarket was hammered yesterday after Chinese economic data missed market expectations, adding to pressure from a slump in commodity prices that followed the release of disappointing US retail sales and consumer confidence data on ...
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In March this year, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 132,250 metric tons, decreasing 3.6 percent compared to February, and up 26.85 percent compared to the same month of 2012, according to the monthly data ...
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BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Woodside Petroleum jumped between 1.4 per cent and 3.5 per cent after commodities including copper, oil and iron ore rose between 0.6 per cent and 1.3 per cent early yesterday. Among iron ore pure plays, ...
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In March of the current year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland increased by 25.2 percent compared to February and were down 6.9 percent year on year, totaling 25 million metric tons. According to the information released ...
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