Business Leader of the Week: Meet Gina Rinehart, Australia’s ‘Iron Lady’
As of 2023, as per the Financial Review rich list, Gina Rinehart's net worth is around USD 37.41 billion...
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IF Insights: A new chapter in US-China rivalry, involving ‘Rare Earth Minerals’
The West is currently opposing China's firm hold on the mineral resources that are beneath the surface of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Lithium Powerhouse: Chile’s rise to prominence
There are several financial advantages to Chile's participation in the lithium sector, including employment creation...
Weighing Windfall Tax Impact
The rationale behind implementing a windfall tax is to capture a portion of these windfall gains and redistribute them for the public good...
Metal shortage coming in next ten years, warns research
According to the ETC, over the past two decades, energy transition metals have received an average annual capital expenditure of USD 45 billion...
Energy, mining and utilities sector leans green as M&A activity dips
According to the report, new research suggests that the Energy, Mining & Utilities (EMU) sector has undergone a structural shift as EMU leans green...
Iran needs FDI to crank up mining sector
So far, the country has retained its 14th rank among steel producers Prof. Keyvan Jafari Tehrani September 12, 2013: The Iran Customs Administration released statistics in connection with the foreign trade during the first four months of the Iranian year 1395 (from March 21st through July 21st, 2016). The statistics show that Iran steel industry...
PM wants Australia to move from mining to startups
Prompted by downturn in mining industry Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya March 1, 2016: Every country at some point or the other goes through a transformation phase where it decides to explore a new industry or a sector. Currently, Australia is in that phase. It is no secret that Australia for long has rested on wealth from...
Why everyone is talking about Africa
Over the past two decades, Africa has grown from a region dominated by problems, risks, and hazards to one of opportunity and possibility Miriam Mannak February 13, 2015: Up until recently, Africa was a place best avoided. Apart from its natural resources, the continent was deemed pretty much insignificant. This notion has changed fundamentally over...
A Billion-dollar Opportunity for Developing Countries
BY OTAVIANO CANUTO. 19th November 2013 The decision last week by the Swiss government to sign the OECD’s somewhat lengthily named Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters is the latest of a series of developments that have radically increased the amount and quality of tax information available to governments. For developing countries, being...