Interest rates are not alone in reaching for the sky. The mighty U.S. dollar is also rocketing up and when it comes to commodity prices the combination of higher rates and a higher dollar...

Marketing, not discovery, can be the biggest test for a small company trying to enter a bulk commodities business, which is why iron ore hopeful CZR Resources (ASX: CZR) could have just got a...

Commodity and share prices edged higher this week as investors waited nervously for interest rate news from a gathering of central bankers in a U.S. ski resort.

BHP’s bid for OZ Minerals was the highlight of remarkably upbeat trading on the Australian market this week as fear of future interest rates hikes faded and M&A became the game to play.

Emerging producers like Bellevue could be on the menu for the big producers, ditto for Peel in the copper space. Stavely shareholders soak up SPP and Creasy punts on Galileo neighbour Greenstone.

Confidence returned to financial markets this week even as central banks continued to tighten the interest rate screws, with nowhere more positive than Australia’s resources sector, which partied in a wet and windy Kalgoorlie.

In this global energy crisis and global climate crisis uranium is the new black (reports The Australian).

Investors looked through this week’s bad news of rising interest rates and declining dividends in the belief that a threatened recession will be short-lived with a sustainable recovery possible next year.

Resurgent Mark Creasy-controlled iron ore play CZR is at an exciting juncture. Yes, Creasy is everywhere (reports Stockhead).