Opinion: Can commodity producers resist the temptations of the up cycle?” – Clyde Russell

(Launceston, Australia) – Anytime you hear the mantra “this time it will be different,” it’s probably best to assume the same old cycle will repeat itself. This is especially true for commodity producers, who often appear to lurch from boom to bust and back to boom with little regard for learning from past mistakes.

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Mozambique Logisitics: SA Grindrod in seek for new Commodities Contracts

Grindrod Ltd. (GND), a South African freight company, is seeking commodity contracts outside its home market to help offset a decline in shipping that contributed to reduce first-half profit by a almost third.

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Global Mining Industry: Exports of iron ore from Port Hedland suffers the biggest drop in 16 months

Exports of iron ore from Port Hedland in June fell to 33.6 million tonnes, down almost 7% compared to May, when it was registered a record 36.1 million tonnes. The monthly fall is the largest in 16 months, when December exports in 2012 to January 2013 fell by about 3.9 million tons of iron ore, or 15%. Compared to June 2013, when 27.7 million tons of iron ore were exported, an increase of 21% was…

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