Dumping the fixed price of carbon in Australia in favour of an emissions trading scheme remains complex.Kevin  Rudd put the carbon tax on the table in cabinet just after his swearing in but it would be very difficult to unwind the scheme.Didnt the A$23 dollar-per-tonne carbon price came into...

How we learnt to stop worrying and love the boom The biggest mining boom in Australian history since the gold rush of the 1850s is about to change shape. The investment phase of the boom, which has seen A$400 billion invested in the last decade, is tapering off. The...

The mining boom: impacts and prospects examines the fears some Australians have about the potential adverse consequences of the 10-year mining boom. People worry about the damage caused by the high dollar, the impact of the boom on non-mining regions and the risk Australia will turn into a quarry economy....

  The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is reportedly looking to probe Monday’s dramatic fall in the gold price after Commissioner Bart Chilton told Bloomberg that the drop in gold and silver raised “concerns”. Preliminary investigations show that volumes in both gold and silver were at their 2nd highest levels...

AUSTRALIA’S resources industry has a fetish for cutting at the moment: cutting workers, costs, offices and cutting investment. But for all the crying poor, the industry – including gas, oil, coal and iron ore – could deliver more than 130,000 jobs across the country by 2025. Up to 40,000...

It’s no secret that the past twelve months have presented a challenging capital raising environment for the mining industry. Traditional debt and equity markets declined amidst a risk-averse investor sentiment and while new sources of capital emerged to fill the gaps, it remained a competitive time for mining companies...

Hong Kong Capabilities  enhanced commencing February  2013 . Simon Potter – Advisor Simon Potter is a Founding Partner of Business Succession Partners Ltd , a Hong Kong firm facilitating outcomes for business owners and business professionals particularly in the Family Office space. Commencing 1 February 2013 Simon assists The Merkin...

MDS Financial Group Limited is delighted to announce Niuminco Group Limited (NIU) will list on Tuesday 30th August 2011. More information can be found on the listing document

MDS Financial Group Limited (ASX: MWS) is pleased to announce that its Corporate Advisory division has successfully closed a raising of A$12 million for the capital raising and relisting of Niuminco Limited, (currently named DSF International Holdings Limited). A listing date, anticipated to be within the next two weeks,...

MDS Financial Group Limited (ASX: MWS) is pleased to advise that its Corporate Advisory division has successfully raised $10 million for the initial public offering for Allmine Group Ltd (ASX: AZG). Official quotation of Allmine’s securities will commence today at 2.00pm EDST. The oversubscribed IPO saw Allmine Group issue...