natural resources

A slump in prices has seen a spate of mine closures and job cuts. Can coal bounce back?

Although Gillard’s trip to China this week was praised for expanding Australia’s trade, tensions lurk underneath.

China is expected to become the world’s largest oil importer in 2014 and Russia’s largest oil customer in 2018.

Afghanistan’s Minister of Mines explained he expects the country to start exporting oil as early as this year.

Some are declaring the boom in resources as ending — the reality is a bit more complex.

While much about the country’s future remains uncertain, banks and accounting firms are moving in.

Although its interests in the continent are broadly similar, India’s engagement with Africa differs significantly from China. Will it prove sustainable?

Beijing’s policy of “non intervention” was championed by African leaders looking for economic growth without political preconditions. As Africa’s politics change, is the policy obsolete?

Despite its ‘dirty’ image and talk of renewables, coal still accounts for 40 percent of global electricity needs.

Nuclear cooperation will top the agenda of Australian Prime Minister Gillard’s trip to India next week.

As NATO withdraws from Afghanistan, China is moving in. With over $1 Trillion in natural resources, the stakes are huge.