China’s demand for metals and energy is splitting Australia in two, pitting resource-rich Western Australia and mining companies from BHP Billiton Ltd. Xstrata Plc to Against the rest of the country. Coal and metal sales to the fastest-growing major economy Prompted Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens to raise interest rates six times in seven months, fueling a 27 percent gain in the Australian U.S. dollars since the first quarter of 2009 That hurt Exporters like wheat farmer John Springbett. Read more
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Director of the China Coal and Coke Holdings, Mr. Hua Zugui their views on the growth of coal production in China and changes in coal prices on world markets during 2010. Opinion on the strategy of “6th Steel Demand Supply & Development Forum”. Mr. Hua said the trades in metallurgical coal resources will remain tight global market, especially the coal market in China, while coal prices remain in the second quarter and will be perched on a relatively high level all along the year 2010. Read more
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Iron ore miners in the world are racing to dig new mines and expand old after ore prices . IO62-CNI = IF has more than doubled last year and prices moved to the spot market quarterly fixed annual indexing rates. Below are the expansion and new mine evolution.
* Rio Tinto (RIO.AX) (RIO.L) is expanding annual production its Pilbara operations in Western Australia to 234 million tons by the end of this year in a broader effort to increase production 600 million tons during the decade. Read more
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Prices are rising coking coal in the global recovery of the steel industry’s worst recession since the Second World War, fueling takeover Australian producer Macarthur Coal Ltd. Posco, JFE Holdings Inc. and Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. are among the Asian steel mills to accept an increase in contracts with producers for effective April 1. Heavy rains and floods in the state of Queensland in Australia are also adding pressure on prices by limiting exports. Read more
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The stock market in Asia has increased, resulting in the MSCI Asia Pacific Index to its second weekly advance, the Japanese retailers increased profit forecast and ZTE Corp. reported higher earnings. Seven & I Holdings Co. and Fast Retailing Co. climbed more than 3 percent in Tokyo after their earnings forecasts. ZTE, China’s second largest manufacturer of telephone equipment, rose 3.7 percent in Hong Kong. Samsung Electronics Co. sank 0.8 percent in Seoul that the won approached a record 18 months against the dollar. Canon Inc fell 2.8 percent in Tokyo after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. downgraded the stock. Read more
House Democrats took BP CEO Tony Hayward of the task Thursday for not living up to his 2007 vow to “focus like a laser on a safe and reliable operations,” charging that the company’s cost reduction efforts have led to the catastrophic bombing of a deep – water oil well in the Gulf of Mexico and the ongoing environmental disaster. After more than one hour and 20 minutes after opening statements by lawmakers, Hayward initiation began apologizing for the disaster only to be interrupted by a woman on the back of the room that hearing was clearly owned by the oil and shouted: “You should go to jail! “A commotion arose as guards arrested her and took her out of the room. (more…)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg on Tuesday apologized for speaking of “clumsy” to refer to those hurt by oil spill from his company as “little people.” “I spoke this afternoon clumsy and that saddens me,” Svanberg said in a statement after his remarks following a meeting of the White House with President Barack Obama earlier on Wednesday drew widespread ridicule and condemnation. (more…)
Second Oil containment system is opened
BP began collecting crude oil Wednesdays from half containment system that hopes the company will help stem the thousands of tons to escape from his damaged in the Gulf of Mexico, an amount that scientists say could be as high as 60,000 barrels per days. The company is transferring the oil through a series of tubes and hoses to a ship, then cleaning and burning of oil and gas in a mixture of equipment. (more…)
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