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Miners plan dividend bonanza on back of iron ore boom
Article by Nick Evans courtesy of the Australian Australia’s biggest iron ore miners could hand back close to $20bn to shareholders this week as iron ore prices fuel record dividends. BHP, Rio

Green jobs revolution running out of power
Article by Adam Creighton courtesy of the Weekend Australian Click here to go directly to the article Once, “learning to code” was the key for workers facing the economic scrap heap to

Pilbara to lead decades of Australian iron ore prosperity
Article by Salomae Haselgrove courtesy of Australian Mining Australia’s iron ore resource base is capable of sustaining production for at least six decades, according to the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA).

WA surplus pumped up by iron ore
Article by Julie-Anne Sprague And Matthew Cranston courtesy of the Australian Financial Review Booming iron ore prices driven by Chinese demand will swell Western Australia’s budget coffers by $2.3 billion over

China’s love affair with iron ore to net $10.7b
Article by Peter Law courtesy of the West Australian China’s insatiable demand for WA’s iron ore is set to deliver a record-breaking $10.7 billion in mining royalties to the State Government this

WA surplus revised up ahead of election
Article by Michael Ramsey courtesy of the Oberon Review West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has been handed a gift ahead of the state election, with a forecast budget surplus revised up to

Iron ore, gold, copper break export records
Article by Nickolas Zakharia courtesy of Australian Mining Australia’s resources industry has delivered revenue records for iron ore, gold and copper in 2020, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics data. The resources

TRADE SURPLUS REACHES ‘HISTORIC’ $73BN IN 2020 AS IRON ORE SALES BOOM
Article by Patrick Commins courtesy of the Australian Australia’s trade surplus reached a record $73bn in 2020, propelled by surging iron ore sales and a slump in demand for imported goods through

Iron ore set to deliver $1.5b bonus
Article by Josh Zimmerman courtesy of the West Australian WA is on track to bank nearly $1.5 billion more in iron ore royalties than the McGowan Government predicted just weeks ago

Iron ore is budget’s saviour – and its risk
Article by James Thomson courtesy of the Australian Financial Review The mid-year economic and fiscal outlook suggests the government’s famous bridge from the pandemic to the recovery is nearing completion. It’s also

More proof of how WA drives the nation
Article by WAN Editor-in-Chief Anthony De Ceglie courtesy of the West Australian For some time now it has been clear WA is the key to the national economy. And this week there

It’s time to get reforms rolling, say business chiefs
Article by Josh Zimmerman, courtesy of the West Australian Reducing the payroll tax burden for business is a “centrepiece reform” that would drive diversification of the economy, according to the WA Chamber