Rock Stocks: Market stays afloat despite no hand on the tiller of govt
NOT having an ordained government in place seems to be paying dividends for the local market with the S&P-ASX 200 hovering around a 4% gain for the week following the announcement of a 1.2% rise for the economy for the June quarter. By RESOURCESTOCKS editor Wally Graham...full story. A ride across AfricaKATE Leeming is back on Australian soil after completing a massive bike trek from the west coast of Africa to the east, all in the hopes of raising awareness of how aid can be better directed and how private investment can help the people of Africa thrive....full story.
A green challengeHOW about the Greens putting their principles where their mouths are when it comes to the mining sector? The Outcrop by Robin Bromby....full story.
Money where his mouth isAFTER more than two decades of telling miners where to go and what to do when they get there, Rick Yeates has decided to take his own advice. Supply Side by Noel Dyson....full story.
A very ordinary mineA URANIUM mine is an ordinary thing. That’s the clear message you get on a visit to the test pit at Toro Energy’s uranium project in Wiluna, where the company recently finished the trial excavation of some 20,000 tonnes of material for bulk mineralised material samples for testwork. ...full story.
Rio and BHP’s Plan BWITH the Pilbara iron ore joint venture apparently in its death throes, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton are edging closer to a deal with the WA government that would enable a sensible Plan B. The Metal Detective by Stephen Bell. ...full story.
Worth the wait for IMXIT’S been a long, hard slog for IMX Resources at its Cairn Hill magnetite project, so the company had much to celebrate when it officially opened the South Australian mine last Thursday. Kristie Batten attended the opening....full story.
Put gender on the agenda ALLAN Trench does the maths on the number of female directors across the junior resources sector – and finds they are few and far between....full story.