Articles On Mindax (ASX:MDX)

The Pilbara iron ore miners are facing business pressures on a number of fronts, including the on again, off again story around the reopening of WA’s Covid border. The WA Government’s decision to delay its planned February 5 reopening inde...

When markets get the jitters, smaller companies are often in the firing line and ASX microcaps have copped the brunt of the impact from last week’s global stock selloff. The composite microcap Emerging Companies index slumped by more than 3...

The iron ore market does not offer the simple narrative that it did in the first two decades of the 21st century nor that of the suite of “green metals” like lithium, nickel and copper now hitched to electric vehicle sales and efforts to ma...

2021 was overall a more stable year than 2020 for ASX investors, but some companies still experienced hefty gains – some across the whole year but others on just a single trading day. In 2021 there were 17 ASX companies that rose by 200% or...

Where 2020 was all about gold, palladium and iron ore, 2021 has been dominated by the EV thematic. Battery metals prices posted strong year-to-date gains across the board. According to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, the lithium index was u...

Coal mining is hardly popular but governments around the world, most of whom have promised to work to reduce the impacts of climate change, can’t get enough of it. It may be getting harder to finance and gain approval for mining coal, the b...

Iron ore has been unpredictable in 2021 and it would be a brave person to make a hard and fast call on where it will end up in 2022. In fact, with the whims of the Chinese Communist Party and vagaries of its economy one of the major factors...

For the first time in over a month, the ASX finished a week higher than where it began — even with the bourse declining on an intraday basis. The ASX 200 closed at 7,353 points which was 0.42% lower than yesterday, but up 1.6% from last Fri...

The topsy turvy data coming out of China’s steel sector continues to roll on after the world’s biggest steelmaker revealed iron ore imports hit a 13-month high in November despite sliding steel production. China’s appetite for iron ore roar...

Hancock Prospecting is making a big move into magnetite iron ore, this week inking an initial $9 million deal to farm into the Mt Bevan iron ore project owned by juniors Legacy Iron Ore (ASX:LCY) and Hawthorn Resources (ASX:HAW). It’s an in...

Westpac is the latest major financial institution to knock down its iron ore forecasts after prices dived below US$100/t again on a slowdown in steel production in China it describes as the largest since 2008. It revised its price forecasts...

If there was any doubt about the importance of grade in iron ore, check out the latest numbers from Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN). Chris Ellison’s miner suffered a 48% discount to average Platts 62% iron ore prices in the September Quarter. T...

Set against rumours of its demise, spot iron ore has remained stubbornly defiant, reminding investors again why forecasting is a fool’s errand by bouncing above US$135/t on Monday night. A broad consensus is forming around metals like coppe...

Is there any end to coal’s incredible price run in 2021? This week has seen thermal coal prices rise to record levels, with low volatility 6000kcal product from Newcastle soaring 5% to US$240/t yesterday. Twelve months ago, when China’s dip...

Among the stocks running hottest this week was ViaGold Rare Earths Resources (ASX:VIA), which counts some big Chinese companies as major shareholders and has been surging in September on no news. Each week, Stockhead recaps ASX stocks that...

Once again the energy sector determined the direction of the market but unlike yesterday where it gained, today it finished in the red. The ASX 200 retreated 0.27% to close at 7,417 points, although the ASX Emerging Companies Index rose 1.3...

Coking coal prices have gone a wee bit crazy in recent weeks, presenting a once in a generation opportunity for ASX-listed companies who looked sickly as the 2021 financial year wrapped up. According to Fastmarkets MB, supply remains tight...

Is Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) going to disappoint on shipments yet again? The gaffe-prone Pilbara miner, which was carried by stratospheric iron ore prices to a US$9.1 billion dividend at the half year, appears likely to miss its ambitious guidanc...

Andrew Forrest said he wouldn’t bet against the price of iron ore this week as he addressed media and analysts in a lap of honour for Fortescue Metals Group’s (ASX:FMG) transformative 2021. That was driven by record high iron ore prices thr...

How’s that Aussie coal ban going for China? Prices of imported premium coking coal in the Middle Kingdom soared to record highs of US$384 per tonne while China looks around every nook and cranny to source the product it once got from our ea...

It powers Australia’s economic engine room, but iron ore is sputtering after the spot price recorded its biggest single day drop on Friday since index pricing began. Fastmarkets saw iron ore prices for benchmark 62% fines to northern China...

BHP (ASX:BHP) has taken advantage of 2021’s astonishing boom in iron ore prices to shower shareholders with a record dividend and kickstart the transformation of the world’s biggest mining house. Its final payout of US$2 per share came off...

Iron ore prices slid to their lowest levels since April overnight, as speculation about Chinese steel production cuts delivered a hit to the Pilbara’s big iron ore miners. Prices fell 7.7% to US$169.30/t according to CommBank, while Fastmar...

Iron ore prices fell to their lowest level in two and a half months on the back of noise about steel production cuts in China on Friday, only to moderate on Monday. A 7% flop in iron ore prices to a little over US$180/t to end last week wou...

Are Chinese steel margins on the way back up? Sliding and eventually negative steel margins in June led many analysts to the conclusion that high prices for iron ore would slide rapidly in the second half of the year as steel producers look...

Tasmanian iron ore producer Grange Resources (ASX:GRR) has become well known for the quality of its iron ore and, while small in volume, makes up for it in tactical nous by supplying pellets that grade around 65%. The Caleb Daniel of the ir...

In spite of China’s complaints about commodity prices, iron ore was relatively steady in June after a volatile May, with benchmark 62% fines opening the first full week of the new financial year above US$220/t. Those price levels, up from a...

In FY21 the ASX 200 returned over 20 per cent but the 100 best performing ASX stocks all gained over 390 per cent and made an average gain of 821 per cent. Stockhead has compiled a list (see below) of the 100 best performing ASX stocks base...

The sun is shining again on Australian iron ore, at least for now, with prices again threatening to touch historic levels just one month after reaching record highs. Benchmark 62% fines opened the week in China at US$222.30 a tonne, just US...

Investors – where to put your money when everything looks so bloody good? Iron ore touched $200/t once again to close out a volatile month in positive territory. Gold bounced back to record its biggest month-on-month gain since July last ye...

Last month, the ASX finally reached its pre-pandemic high, went in circles for a couple of weeks then reached it again. What else happened in May? Well, the phase “To the moon” obtained its traditional meaning once more. While the phase has...

• Benchmark 62% Fe iron ore price closes a wild month after 5.6% rally to $US198.75 • Iron ore futures trend higher at the end of a week dominated by talk about Chinese intervention • Coking coal finds price support as Aussie export prices...

Early last week, Chinese premier Li Keqiang said China needed to take more steps to curb “unreasonable” price increases for bulk commodities, right after we wrote this: Lol. Hubris.…which aged badly. Iron ore prices have fallen below $US200...

Biotech Global Health (ASX:GLH) topped this week’s Running Hot list, in the wake of more steady gains in May which has seen its share price rise by almost 500 per cent over the past 12 months. Each week, Stockhead recaps ASX stocks that are...

Closing Bell is Stockhead’s daily recap of the ASX’s biggest winners and losers. Data is taken at the market close – at 4.10pm AEDT. Stocks highlighted in yellow rose (or fell) after making announcements during intraday trade.   WINNERS Scr...

Closing Bell is Stockhead’s daily recap of the ASX’s biggest winners and losers. Data is taken at the market close – at 4.10pm AEDT. Stocks highlighted in yellow rose (or fell) after making announcements during intraday trade. WINNERS Scrol...

Is this what winning a trade war looks like? Chinese sanctions on our wine, coal and lobster pale in comparison to the mammoth prices being paid for Australian iron ore. In fact, the Aussie government could rake in an extra US$34 billion ($...

Closing Bell is Stockhead’s daily recap of the ASX’s biggest winners and losers. Data is taken at the market close – at 4.10pm AEDT. Stocks highlighted in yellow rose (or fell) after making announcements during intraday trade. WINNERS Scrol...

Closing Bell is Stockhead’s daily recap of the ASX’s biggest winners and losers. Data is taken at the market close – at 4.10pm AEDT. Stocks highlighted in yellow rose (or fell) after making announcements during intraday trade. WINNERS Scrol...

The ASX begun the week in positive territory with tech, and energy stocks both gaining over 1 per cent. The ASX 200 closed at 7,024 points, 0.13 per cent higher than Friday’s close. Meanwhile, the ASX Emerging Companies Index surged 1.46 pe...

Summary The benchmark index was up today, with most of the indices trading in the green zone. archTIS has secured a contract with an Australian national security agency to procure extra NC Protect software licences. Xref Limited repor...

Summary Today is the second day of the re-listing of MDK share and its price is up by a massive 124.3%. Juno Minerals is a recent listing on the ASX and its stock is up by 20.5% to AU$0.205. Carpentaria Resources has been trending sin...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10, published at 10.15am each trading day, highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade using live data. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest mov...

This week’s Hot Money is more or less brought to you by the good folks at Mindax (ASX:MDX), with a nice cameo from Australia’s only listed football team. Each week, Stockhead recaps ASX stocks that are “running hot” as deduced by the Relati...

Friday, and the week ended pretty much the way it began, with loopy comments from Elon Musk diverting everyone’s attention away from real life. BNPLs failed to recover from yesterday’s robust inflation expectations out of the US, and the ma...

Closing Bell is Stockhead’s daily recap of the ASX’s biggest winners and losers. Data is taken at the market close – at 4.10pm AEDT. Stocks highlighted in yellow rose (or fell) after making announcements during intraday trade. WINNERS Scrol...

Mindax gets its act together, rejoins the ASX, climbs by ~6,000% Pursuit finds some additional EM conductors near Chalice Mining’s Julimar Project ACCC gives green light to Vintage, Metgasco and Bridgeport to jointly market Vali gas Her...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10 highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade. The market opens at 10am (eastern time) and the data is taken at 10:15am, once every stock has commenced trading. Stocks highlighted in yel...