The sharemarket fell today, led by resources stocks after minutes of the Federal Reserve's December policy meeting sparked concern US stimulus measures might be scaled back sooner than expected. The Fed minutes, released Thursday, showed ...
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Japanese buyers have agreed an aluminium premium of USD 240 per tonne with Rio Tinto Alcan for some January to March shipments, down from a record this quarter, reflecting easing demand as the world’s third largest economy slips into ...
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In the week ended December 31, coal shipments from the Port of Newcastle in Queensland, the coal producing state of Australia, totaled 3.5 million mt, according to Newcastle Port Corporation. The figure constitutes an increase of 23.6 ...
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The sharemarket moved the dial a click further to boom conditions by closing at a 19-month high thanks to growing interest in blue chips and miners, and a strong tailwind from the US market's fiscal resolution-driven 2.35 per cent, ...
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The sharemarket closed higher for a second day yesterday, buoyed by a last-minute budget deal in the US that drove global equities and commodity prices sharply higher on Wednesday night. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 finished up 0.7 per cent ...
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Australian markets got off to a roaring start to 2013 yesterday, with the avoidance of the January 1 US fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts combining with rising iron ore prices to send the stockmarket on its biggest one-day ...
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The sharemarket ended the year on a sour note, falling for the first time in four days as the continuing US fiscal policy impasse weighed on market sentiment. However, the sell-off was limited by improved manufacturing data from China and ...
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Market watchers predict the local sharemarket will forge further ahead this year after surging almost 15 per cent last year, the result of a second-half recovery that defied concerns about sovereign debt in Europe and the US and a Chinese ...
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While stock and bond traders fretted over the US fiscal cliff and its potential impact on broader markets earlier this week, Chinese iron ore buyers were unconcerned, continuing to push the price of Australia's biggest export higher on the ...
Rio CEO Sam Walsh told The Australian that short-term factors like restocking and the cyclone season are behind the December spike from USD 115 to USD 145. Mr Walsh said “We’re seeing an unusual situation at the moment ...
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WITH just one trading day left this year, the sharemarket climbed to a 19-month high yesterday as stronger iron ore, copper and oil prices boosted miners, and investors bought shares in anticipation that US politicians can reach a deal to ...
West Australian quoted Sundance Resources has underscored the long term value of its West African iron ore project,saying that a reserve upgrade on the Congo side of the Mbalam-Nabeba venture has the potential to push the first stage mine ...
Publishers of TimeControl extend the relationship with Microsoft that started in 1995 HMS Software, the publisher of TimeControl, one of the world's most popular timesheet systems has announced that they have renewed their Microsoft ...
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The Australian sharemarket has opened higher with traders focusing on late gains made in the US session rather than the fact leaders there are yet to agree on avoiding the looming fiscal cliff. At 1045 AEDT,the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...
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Premier Colin Barnett has told Rio Tinto and Alcoa that they're dreaming about developing a massive bauxite deposit in the remote Kimberley and flagged the possible return of the resource to taxpayers. The global giants want a two to ...
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