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Broker predicts demise of iron ore benchmarking — by wallacep — created Oct 09, 2009 09:17 PM

Annual iron ore price negotiations will not survive beyond 2010, as steel producers shift from long-term contracts with miners to buying on the spot market, according to London freight derivatives broker Freight Investor Services (FIS).

How ready is business for a price on carbon? Part Two — by wallacep — created Oct 09, 2009 09:21 PM

The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) bluntly referred to by many in the mining industry as a tax on coal mining, is due to be voted on again by Federal Parliament in November, and industry groups have been on the warpath.