Resources & Mining
How the BRW Rich 200 invest
| JOhn Stensholt
How the Rich 200 Invest | Veteran prospector Mark Creasy has faith in the resources sector.
Mining mourns
| Daniel Hall
A pioneer of pulverised coal injection technology, one of Australia’s leading mining industry innovators and entrepreneurs is dead at the age of 59.
Capital allocation tops tax on mining’s risk list
| Damon Frith
Resource nationalism is only one of the top 10 worrying factors for miners, a survey shows.
Tough time for Valemus float
| Dan Hall
Fund managers gave the construction group’s IPO roadshow a luke warm response.
Living with the tax
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Despite the change in leadership and potential for renegotiation, mining companies are still wary that investor confidence has been permanently dented.
Short-staffed in the long term
| Dan Hall
Asian economies are expanding and demand for Australian resources is rising again – yet skilled mining professionals are thin on the ground.
Driven to distraction
| Dan Hall
Miners can’t afford to be distracted by the resource super profits tax.
How the BRW Rich 200 invest
| JOHN STENSHOLT
How the Rich 200 Invest | Joseph Gutnick’s return to the BRW Rich 200 list this year is due to his mining interests.
Clive Palmer’s rock opera
| John Stensholt
Mining magnate Clive Palmer is not afraid to tell the government what he thinks of its resource super profits tax.
Ten must-have shares in a tricky market
| Damon Frith
With the economic recovery still a little shaky, BRW selects a diverse mix of the most solid companies to invest in.
Value in mining services
| Tony Featherstone
Featherstone | Kevin Rudd’s controversial tax casts a terrible shadow over mining service stocks at the worst possible time.
Profits tax punishes the heroes
| Phil Ruthven
Phil Ruthven | Mining is, of course, a hero industry, and 2010 is an election year, all of which make the tax debate more shrill.
Firing on all cylinders
| Dan Hall
Fleet managers are opting for smaller, fuel-efficient vehicles and smarter ways to manage fleet costs.
Taxes for the future
| alan Carroll
Australia’s government is not alone in seeking to capture a bigger tax take from its resources sector.
Top miners focus on risk
| Dan Hall
The world’s largest mining companies responded swiftly and decisively to challenging conditions during the bust.
How the BRW Rich 200 invest
| john stensholt
How the Rich 200 Invest | Kevin Maloney’s wealth is tied to the mining accommodation services provider of which he is executive chairman.
Timing: John Libby
| Dan Hall
John Libby is scouring Western Australia for the hot spots in the earth’s crust that could provide green power.
How to win slowly
| Damon Frith
French services giant Veolia has made a lot of money in Australia by doing work that goes on in the background.
The art of diplomacy
| Dan Hall
Mining executives could do with some help in their dealings with the federal government.
Up in smoke
| Marsha Jacobs
How a Rich 200 veteran’s secretive business empire unravelled in spectacular style.
The power of wealth
| John Stensholt
It seems the slump in the economy had few lasting effects for the wealthy elite – for whom the good times are back.
The contenders
| Gillian Tan
Wealth Australians who just missed joining the ranks of the BRW Rich 200 list this year.
Super rich miners
| Tom Brentnall
Kevin Rudd’s super profits tax cost Andrew Forrest number one position on the Rich 200 this year.
Resources resurgence
| Luke Forrestal
The resources super tax will fail to dent the fortunes of Australia’s richest miners.
Back in the game
| Anne Hyland
Fallen mining tycoon Joseph Gutnick returns to the BRW Rich 200 after nine years.
Dynamic duos
| Kath Walters
For the partnerships on the list, the path to riches is more fun with two.
Mining’s super profits
| John Stensholt
It is probably a bit rich for the nation’s mining magnates to be crying poor.
Politics vs business
| Damon Frith
Frith | The mining boom that started in 2003 did a lot more than just generate profits for producing resource companies and boost the tax off-take by Australian government’s. It redefined both regional Australia and the public’s perception of the mining industry.
End of the oil age
| David James
The oil price will probably weaken in the short term, but long-term imbalances suggest it will be only a temporary reprieve.
Super profits migrate
| Dan Hall
Will the new resources tax kill the golden bilby and divert future mining revenue to more fertile ground overseas?
Government plants a bomb
| Damon Frith
A proposed super tax ensures volatile times for resources as its policies are defined.
Market Update
| David James
Analysts respond to resources tax, fuel cells heat up, go-slow on Brambles, Nickel stock looks pretty and brokers watch the TED spread.
Miracle economy: household debt a worry
| Damon Frith
Household debt is a real concern for the whole economy.
Biggest losers
| John Stensholt
The market’s response to the resources tax has wiped hundreds of millions off the wealth of BRW Rich list miners.
How the BRW Rich 200 invest
| JOHN STENSHOLT
How the Rich 200 Invest | Cashed up after the sale of his stake Coogee Resources, Perth entrepreneur Gordon Martin has used some of his wealth to invest in more than a dozen small and mid-cap stocks.
A good reputation’s worth gold
| Damon Frith
Frith | An ill-conceived change to the taxation of our natural resource will see cash flow away from the country in hundreds of billions of dollars.
Industry’s big stretch
| Agnes King
Revenue is up 20 per cent at engineering firm Golder, but the unexpected surge in demand is stretching resources.
Rocks to riches
| Tony Featherstone
Featherstone | Commodity prices probably still have some potential to rise after a strong rally over the past 12 months. Here are a few entry points for latecomers.
Familiar names at the coalface
| John Stensholt
As coal mining veterans move about the sector, they are sure to profit handsomely again.
Miners set for tax fight
| kevin chinnery
The mining industry has already begun to fight a 40 per cent mining tax it fears will be included in the Henry review.