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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... chief executive Cameron Clyne is to address an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon in Adelaide. Rio Tinto Iron Ore executive director Sam Walsh addresses the Chamber at a breakfast briefing in Perth. Air Mauritius launches its Sydney-Mauritius ...

SG survives mining tax deal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... the government co-investment rebate concept, and a narrowing of the scope of the tax to the most profitable minerals in iron ore and coal. The compromise reduces expected revenue from the mining tax by $1.5 billion, which Treasurer Swan this morning ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... industry, replacing it with a 30 per cent levy which will hit a lesser number of companies. The new tax will apply to iron ore and coal projects, and the petroleum resource rent tax will be extended to all onshore and offshore oil and gas projects, including ...

Market Wrap - Mid-Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... Competition Tribunal ruled that BHP and Rio will not be forced to open up their main rail lines in Western Australia to smaller iron ore miners. The matter may be headed for the Federal Court, with BHP and its opponent, Fortescue Metals, threatening ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton picked up 40 cents to $40.90, and Rio Tinto added 18 cents to $72.77. Iron ore producer Atlas Iron improved three cents to $2.54 after it secured final government approval for its Wodgina iron ore project ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... fellow mining giant Rio Tinto had fallen 28 cents to $79.72, after saying it is negotiating with its customers to supply iron ore priced on quarterly contracts. Mr Daghlian said Harvey Norman and David Jones were performing well following upbeat retail ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... mining stocks, and there is obviously some flow through there from the sabre rattling that is occurring (in China) in iron ore." Of the iron stocks, Mr McCarthy said Grange Resources, Atlas Iron and Sims Metal had strong underlying fundamentals. Grange ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... on Tuesday, BHP Billiton is seen to have had a "significant win" by getting Asian steel mills to agree to shorter term iron ore contracts, an analyst says. On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 45.5 points, or 0.42 per cent, to 10,895.86 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... examination of the directors of the failed Allco Finance Group Ltd continues in the Federal Court in Sydney. The Global Iron Ore & Steel Forecast Conference continues in Perth, and the Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference also takes place in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... area," Mr Chatterton said. "It's a pretty mixed day." BHP Billiton was higher amid expectations of a substantial rise in iron ore prices this year, he said. Its shares were up 29 cents at $41.96 at 1203 AEDT while Rio Tinto had added 10 cents at $73.97. ...