As Australia’s federal election draws closer, we speak to Mathias Cormann, Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Western Australia, about Labor’s controversial mining tax and how the Liberal/National Coalition vows to get Australia back on track“The Minerals Resource Rent Tax is a complex, badly designed, failed tax, inappropriately targeting one ...
By Mick Humphreys, Control Risks
Australia’s long-held reputation as a quality mining destination has recently taken a beating. BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser, at a business lunch in Melbourne, cited changes to the tax regime, labour laws and confrontational trade unions as reasons for a loss of Australia’s competitive edge in mining. In 2012 the ...
Australia’s long-held reputation as a quality mining destination has recently taken a beating. BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser, at a business lunch in Melbourne, cited changes to the tax regime, labour laws and confrontational trade unions as reasons for a loss of Australia’s competitive edge in mining. In 2012 the ...
By Wilfred Visser
The art of selling mines has many names intended to make shareholders happy: asset rationalisation, simplification of the asset portfolio, shedding non-core assets, or simply divesting. The recent investor presentations of most large mining companies contain one or more of these terms. A range of assets has formally or informally ...
The art of selling mines has many names intended to make shareholders happy: asset rationalisation, simplification of the asset portfolio, shedding non-core assets, or simply divesting. The recent investor presentations of most large mining companies contain one or more of these terms. A range of assets has formally or informally ...
By Ian Thomson, On Common Ground Consultants
Among the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries, Australia’s economy stands out. It hardly noticed the global crisis of 2008/9 and has recorded continuous annual growth since 1991. This success is very largely due to a robust mining sector, which collectively contributes almost 20% to GDP, and proximity ...
Among the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries, Australia’s economy stands out. It hardly noticed the global crisis of 2008/9 and has recorded continuous annual growth since 1991. This success is very largely due to a robust mining sector, which collectively contributes almost 20% to GDP, and proximity ...
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