China Import, Production Figures Explain China’s Growth - Overseas Stock Markets - Overseas Stock Markets July 15 2011 - Australasian Investment Review – (AIR) There were a lot of interesting trends in the June monthly and half yearly economic figures, be

China More Figures Confirm Slowdown - Asian News - Asian News More evidence yesterday that China's economy is cooling, despite a rise in consumer price inflation thanks to the surge in food prices from the bad floods of the past month. Cars, house prices,

Coal Getting Better? Commodities Roundup - Commodities At the start of this year, Peabody Energy, the world's biggest private sector coal company said it would cut its Australian metallurgical production by 2 million tonnes this year because of the global

Commodities 20% Iron Ore Price Rise Possible - Mining & Resources - Sharemarket News March 01 2011 - Australasian Investment Review – (AIR) Just when many analysts thought iron ore prices couldn't go much higher there's news of another round of big price

Results BlueScope/ Amcor - Mining & Resources - Sharemarket News February 22 2011 - Australasian Investment Review – (AIR) Bluescope Steel shares were sold down yesterday after the company produced what many investors said was a disappointing interim repo

Steel Australia’s Big Fall - Mining & Resources - Sharemarket News August 26 2011 - Australasian Investment Review – (AIR) Amid all the talk and dire headlines about the decision by BlueScope Steel to close two plants and sack 1,000 people this week, ther

Steel More Growth Forecast - Mining & Resources - Sharemarket News Good news for the Australian iron ore and coal industries, and of course the country's balance of payments for the next 18 months or so. The world steel industry remains confident that thi

Steel Output Still Rising, But Not In Australia - Mining & Resources - Sharemarket News July 22 2011 - Australasian Investment Review – (AIR) Global steel production, an important indicator for the Australian economy and resources sector in particular, co

Steel Record Month In May, Will It Last? Mining & Resources - Sharemarket News June 24 2011 - Australasian Investment Review – (AIR) A 7% fall in steel output in Japan has clipped growth in global output in May, but still left it at the highest level this

Steel Upbeat Forecast For The Next Two Years - Mining & Resources - Sharemarket News April 29 2011 - Australasian Investment Review – (AIR) The world steel industry will slow this year and next from the double digit growth of 2010, but according to the Wo

World Steel Rebound Cooling - Steel - Commodities Slowly, the recovery in global steel is fading as the momentum goes out of the restocking boom, car sales peak in some countries and weaken in others, and the US Japanese and European economies stumble dow