Australia to start uranium exports to UAE

The Australian Greens has called into question the federal government’s decision to export uranium to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr this week signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with that country....

Australia swings to trade deficit as iron, coal exports fall

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Friday reported the first monthly trade deficit in one year, on the back of falling iron-ore and coal exports. ABS reported a trade deficit of A$673-million in January, compared with a revised surplus...

Australian gold exports decline in October - ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Monday reported that exports of nonmonetary gold fell by some 15% on seasonally adjusted terms, or A$197-million during October, to just over A$1.1-billion. In trend terms, imports of nonmonetary gold...

Corrosion protection to ensure sustainable zinc production

The demand for corrosion protection will ensure the development and sustainability of zinc-related mining projects currently under consideration and in progress in the Southern African region, says the International Zinc Association of Southern...

Coal, iron-ore exports boost Australia’s trade surplus

Australia’s trade surplus increased to A$3.1-billion in August, driven by increased coal and iron-ore exports, mainly to the Asian markets. The trade surplus was A$300-million higher than the surplus recorded in July.

Iron-ore and coal help push Australia-China trade to over A$100bn

Australia’s two-way trade with China reached record levels in 2010, driven by major exports of iron-ore and coal. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said this week that total trade had grown by 23.6% during 2010, to over A$100-billion...

Australia earned record A$165m from commodity exports in 2010

Australia’s export earnings from energy and mineral commodities in 2010 were a record A$165-billion, 25% higher than in 2009, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (Abares) reported on Thursday. In its...

Lithium bringing Bolivia and South Korea together

The Memorandum of Understanding recently signed in Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea, by Bolivian President Evo Morales and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, has opened the way for the two countries’ State mining companies to...

Global production of iron-ore decreases

The ‘Iron-Ore Market 2009 to 2011’ report, produced by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) Trust Fund Project on iron-ore information, states that, after seven years of consecutive growth, global production of...

Port Hedland iron-ore exports up 1,7% in June

The Port Hedland Port Authority on Monday reported that iron-ore exports had increased to more than 15,27-million tons in June. This was 1,7% higher than the May iron-ore exports of just over 15-million tons.

Zinc surplus widens – study group

The global zinc market was in surplus by 78 000 t during the first four months of this year, compared with an oversupply of 43 000 t during the same period of 2007, according to estimates from the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG)....

South Korean minerals parastatal has $6bn for mining, beneficiation projects

South Korean State-owned minerals exploration and mining company Korea Resources Corporation (Kores) has announced that it and its partners plan to invest $6-billion in mining and energy projects across the world.