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A mining renaissance courtesy of President Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... gained 82.4% since January. If Trump's true to his victory speech word - a big if for now - we needn't wait for the non-mining sector to take over from mining in driving domestic economic growth forward if the mining sector experiences a renaissance. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... October from 8 in September but remained above its long-run average of 5 with most industries recording a deterioration: mining ( down 12), wholesale (down 10) and recreation & personal services (down 10) Retail (up 12) and transport (up 9) improved ...

Australian investors retreating to domestic assets

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... uncertainty bodes well for gold. Should the price of gold bullion rally after the election it will be positive for gold mining stocks as they have traditionally outperformed gold bullion when the bullion price rises. "We believe gold bullion hasn't yet ...

Macquarie Infrastructure buys rail business

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... the Hunter Valley coal supply chain in New South Wales, complementing the firm's existing intermodal, agricultural and mining business in South Australia and the Northern Territory. MIRA has assets under management of US$104 billion invested in 130 portfolio ...

Low return world a boon for VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... to mine our vast natural resources, iron and gold, and land that allows for sheep and beef. It's about time we started mining our smart people and their smart ideas so we can adapt to an increasingly smart world. We need to find innovators, filter innovators ...

Aussie bonds attractive to global investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... adaptability, underwriting global interest. "We expect that interest to continue. Australia is digesting the end of the mining and commodity booms remarkably well, our investment offering remains attractive, and Asia continues to offer growth prospects ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... (downwardly revised from a 0.4% decline). A stronger than expected 0.2% gain in manufacturing production and a 0.4% rise in mining output over the month were offset by a 1.0% decrease in utilities. Year-on-year, overall industrial production declined ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... with its long-run average and while we would like to see confidence at even higher levels as a precursor to stronger non-mining business investment, this is still a good outcome given numerous uncertainties facing business, especially from offshore." ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... month. The monthly fall in industrial output was driven by a 4.4% fall in oil and gas extraction and a 3.7% decrease in mining and quarrying output. Manufacturing output rose by 0.2% after dropping by 0.9% in July. In the twelve months to August, industrial ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... engineering construction activity. Engineering construction continued to expand in September on the back of increased non-mining infrastructure work - particularly, road and rail projects in the eastern states -- but commercial construction activity ...