Peter Ker

Peter Ker

Jargon minefield to be swept

Peter Ker Australia's mining and resource stocks could face tougher disclosure requirements.

ASX may tighten disclosure rules

Peter Ker AUSTRALIA'S mining and resource stocks could face tougher disclosure requirements, as the local bourse seeks to protect investors from confusing and misleading information.

Hanlong sweetens bid

Peter Ker Chinese investment group Hanlong Mining wants to acquire more Australian companies.

Hanlong widens horizons beyond Sundance

Hanlong

Peter Ker Chinese investment group Hanlong Mining plans on acquiring more Australian mining companies.

OneSteel ore competencies strengthened by WPG deal

Peter Ker ONESTEEL'S plan to become a significant exporter of iron ore is a step closer to reality, after shareholders in WPG Resources agreed to sell a collection of iron ore assets to the struggling steel...

Profits set in stone, says Rio

Worker holding a turquoise rock taken from Turquoise Hill where they first discovered copper. Oyu Tolgoi mine.

Peter Ker Rio Tinto warns the Mongolian government they will not give away a bigger slice of the Oyu Tolgoi project.

OneSteel puts $346m on exports

Peter Ker OneSteel's plan to become a significant exporter of iron ore is a step closer to reality.

Bannerman flies the flag

yellowcake uranium

Peter Ker A small uranium explorer could emerge as the biggest winner from the looming marriage between Sundance Resources and its Chinese suitor, Sichuan Hanlong Group.

Wesfarmers slashes coal prices

Coal workers.

Peter Ker Experts insist that improved supply from Australian coal mines is more to blame than any deterioration in the global economy.

Wesfarmers agrees to coal price cut

Peter Ker COAL looks set to be the latest commodity to suffer from sliding prices, but experts insist that improved supply from Australian mines is more to blame than any deterioration in the global economy.

OneSteel faces test

Manufacturing

Peter Ker OneSteel's transition to become a significant iron ore exporter faces its moment of truth.

Forrest snaps up sliding Fortescue

Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest

Peter Ker MINING billionaire Andrew Forrest has continued to buy shares in Fortescue Metals Group heavily, despite the value of his holdings in the company diminishing by almost $1.

Paladin shares hit despite funds boost

uranium

Peter Ker Uranium miner Paladin Energy has secured more than $68 million in new funding, but appears to have lost some market support in the process.

Paladin raising fails to impress

Peter Ker THE uranium miner Paladin Energy has secured more than $68 million in funding but appears to have lost some market support in the process.

Rio and partners fall out over Mongolian riches

There was a nod to Mongolia's nomadic heritage when Rio Tinto opted to use traditional 'ger' tents for workers' accommodation at their massive Oyu Tolgoi mine.

Peter Ker in Mongolia Long-running tensions between Rio and its Oyu Tolgoi partner - Ivanhoe Mines - may flare again.

Rio Tinto embroiled in Mongolia feud

Peter Ker in Mongolia THERE was a nod to Mongolia's nomadic heritage when Rio Tinto opted to use traditional ger tents for workers' accommodation at the massive Oyu Tolgoi mine.

Rio Tinto vs Mongolian pollies

An undated handout photograph shows heavy machinery operating at Rio Tinto Group's Pilbara iron ore mine in Western Australia, provided to the media on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Rio Tinto Group, the world's third-largest mining company, said second-quarter iron ore production fell 2 percent on scheduled shutdowns during the period. Photographer: Christian Sprogoe/Rio Tinto Group via Bloomberg 
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Peter Ker Mining giant may have to contend with a fresh bout of 'resource nationalism'.

Cortona gets Dargues Reef project approval

29 October 2009, News, Canberra Times Photo by Andrew Sheargold, story by John Thistleton. A new Gold Mine has been proposed near the town of Majors Creek.  SPECIAL 000

Peter Ker Cortona Resources wins a long-running approval battle to mine the Majors Creek region.

Rio Tinto warns Gillard over carbon tax

An undated handout photograph shows heavy machinery operating at Rio Tinto Group's Pilbara iron ore mine in Western Australia, provided to the media on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Rio Tinto Group, the world's third-largest mining company, said second-quarter iron ore production fell 2 percent on scheduled shutdowns during the period. Photographer: Christian Sprogoe/Rio Tinto Group via Bloomberg 
EDITOR'S NOTE: NO SALES. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Peter Ker Multinational miner Rio Tinto intensifies its opposition to Australia's carbon tax.

Go back to the drawing board, Gillard told

gillard

Peter Ker RIO TINTO has intensified its opposition to the carbon tax, urging the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, to go back to the drawing board and start again on carbon policy.