The Australian share market fell today as Japan's share market succumbed to profit taking, reports from Orica and Santos disappointed the market, and some traders predicted a sharp fall in the US share market. Investors were sidelined ...
Tags: Japan Fall, US Worries
It is reported that Rio Tinto sold two unprofitable aluminum plants in France to a German company and a state-run French utility. Trimet AG reportedly would acquire a 65% interest in the businesses while Electricité de France ...
Tags: Rio Tinto, Aluminum Facilities, Mineral
THE Australian share market has closed slightly lower as investors wait for an update on economic stimulus measures in the US from that country's top central banker. A strong production report from BHP Billiton boosted sentiment in the ...
Tags: share market, economy
Australia's government is to speed up the country's transition to a carbon emissions trading system by dropping its fixed-price carbon tax in 2014, a year earlier than planned, Australian treasurer Chris Bowen said over the weekend. From ...
AUSTRALIAN shares have closed slightly higher, boosted by gains from resource companies on the back of record production results from mining heavyweight Rio Tinto. Rio has announced it had increased iron ore production by six per cent to ...
Strength in the resources sector has pushed Australian shares higher, although the market lost some ground after China's finance minister lowered expectations for the country's economic growth. The S&P/ASX200 index passed 5000 points in ...
Tags: China Gloom, Miners
THE Australian stockmarket opened higher following gains on Wall Street and European bourses as Alcoa kicked of the US earnings season. The aluminium producer posted a sharp Q2 loss of $US119 million ($130.989 million) citing ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
THE sharemarket recovered strongly from a six-month low,with the resources sector leading gains after the People's Bank of China vowed to prevent a credit crunch in Australia's biggest trading partner and the world's second-largest economy. ...
Tags: sharemarket, trading partner, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto
The organiser of the JNA Awards, the most prestigious awards event to recognise and honour excellence and achievement in the jewellery and gemstone trade, is delighted to announce the addition of two industry veterans to the judging panel ...
China credit crunch fears sent the stockmarket tumbling almost 1.5 per cent lower, with investors fleeing materials as China called on its banks to control credit expansion risks and declared liquidity in its financial system was at "a ...
Tags: China, Investors, Banks, Financial System
Among the items that caught my attention during "Las Vegas Jewellery Week" was the number of exhibits from producers or marketers of jewellery-making materials. This has been going for the past few years but there were three exhibitions in ...
Australian shares have gained ground as investors took a cautiously optimistic stance ahead of a keenly awaited update on economic stimulus measures in the US. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 47 points, or 0.98 per cent, at 4861.4. ...
Tags: Stocks, US Fed Meeting
China Minmetals Corporation president assistant Wang Jionghui states that the company is considering bidding for Rio Tinto Canada iron ore business. Rio Tinto plans to sell 59 percent equities in its Canada iron ore business; analysts ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Australian shares have fallen as investors nervously wait for an update on economic stimulus measures in the US. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 11.5 points, or 0.24 per cent, at 4814.4. The broader All Ordinaries index was down ...
Tags: Australian Shares, Investors
Renewed demand for banking stocks has driven the overall Australian sharemarket higher. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 34.1 points, or 0.71 per cent, at 4825.9. The broader All Ordinaries index was up 29.5 points, or 0.62 per ...
Tags: Banking Stocks, Sharemarket