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Carbon assets in valuation freefall

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
The NSW government's decision to sell its coal burning power stations before they lose all their value highlights how deeply our national focus on carbon reduction will impact the economy. The irony is the political debate around the sell-off was opposed ...

Goods and services trade deficit narrows to $2.7b

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... a cold. Behind the export rise is increased sales of metal ores and minerals, which rose $471 million or 16 per cent, and coal, coke and briquettes, which rose $341 million or 23 per cent. Offsetting the hard commodities export growth figures were imports ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... billion) takeover bid for rival miner Rio with the European Commission (EC) within a fortnight. By 1207 AEDT shares in Macarthur Coal were down 14 cents, or 0.79 per cent $17.61, after it said it remains in talks with an unidentified third party about ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... Association March quarter Trades Report is due. In equities, BT Investment Management Ltd releases interim results and Centennial Coal Company Ltd's third quarter production report is due. Aristocrat Leisure Ltd and Petsec Energy Ltd hold annual general ...

India's report card

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
... Illustrating the tension, electricity production increased 7.5 per cent, significantly below the macroeconomic growth rate. Coal production growing only 4.6 per cent against even the slow electricity production increase shows why managing energy demand ...

Carbon transport the next big thing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... new industries that will develop out of the storage and transportation of carbon dioxide, as the move towards using clean coal power stations continue to gain traction. "On a sector basis, power generating equipment, transmission equipment, electric ...

We just don't organise anymore

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
Despite the successful fight to overthrow WorkChoices and the explosive growth of industry super funds, union membership just keeps getting worse. The ABS has just released figures showing trade union membership is down to only 13.7 per cent of employees ...

Future Fund to adopt ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... renewable energy," said ACF executive director, Don Henry. "Rather than invest this public money in companies building new coal fired power stations and mining uranium, it should be invested in companies developing renewable energy and finding innovative ...

Baring Asia pumps $95m in green fuel

... for natural gas and China could be a leader in providing this alternative energy source. Latest statistics from the China Coal Information Research Institute found that the region boasts 37 trillion cubic-meter reserves of coalbed methane, ranking third ...

The looming inflationary upswing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... prices could top $US300 per barrel within the next five years And then we have electricity prices set to move upwards if coal prices keep following their current trajectory which is already predicted to reach $300 per tonne compared to $140 now. The ...