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Saturday, 24 March 12
AUSTRALIA'S MINERAL TAX : BENCHMARK FOR OTHER COUNTRIES - SUNIL K KUMBHAT
 COALspot.com - Natural resources rich counties like Australia , Indonesia , South Africa , Brazil etc are going through a spectacular resources boom. Australia and Indonesia are such big winner in the resources boom that economies the world over are currently experiencing.
Almost everywhere on the Australian continent -- the ground is barren on the surface but venture a little deeper ,it turns out to be blessed with everything precious the earth has to offer, and Australia is supplying the entire world with these treasures.
Australia explore & exploit more coal and iron ore -- the key raw materials for industrial society -- than any other country. Nowhere else in the world are comparable amounts of bauxite and titanium ore extracted. Australian corporations are the worldwide leaders when it comes to the extraction of industrial diamonds too. And no other country has more reserves of nickel, cadmium or lead.
Australian Government is capitalizing on the mining boom driven by high demand from China and India for raw materials and introduced a 30 per cent tax called Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) on iron ore and coal mining profits . It is designed to replace the confusing array of royalties that mining companies presently pay to the states , which vary depending on the minerals being mined. Mine product prices are increasing year after year due to huge requirement and inadequate global production capacity. This has resulted into a huge difference between the cost of minerals extracting and price at which they are being sold.
Instead of an overall tax at 40 per cent as proposed earlier, the new MRRT is 30 per cent, but the effective rate may work out closer to 22.5 per cent, considering deductions on royalties paid to State governments.
Coal and iron ore miners will now have three taxation regimes: company income tax, ad valorem mine production royalties and now a new resource rent tax on profits that will be calculated quite differently to the other two.
The government intend to use collected taxes towards funding infrastructure, pensions ,tax cuts for small businesses and distributing the benefits of tax collection to other segments of the economy. The government also wants to use the new revenue to reduce the Australian corporate tax rate from 30 per cent to 29 per cent.
Australia’s 30 per cent tax on mining "super profits" will now be a benchmark for other countries weighing higher levies,
The boom in mining sector kept Australia out of recession during the global financial crisis. . Other then mining sector , are struggling against a strong Australian dollar and shortages of skilled labor as big mining wages lure away workers. Many small emerging miners are feeling that MRRT is unfair, narrowly based, complex, inefficient and will reduce investment and future jobs in the Australian mining industry.
The government expects that the new tax will raise 3.7 billion Australian dollars ($3.9 billion (U.S.) in the fiscal year starting July 1 from mining giants including BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata. The tax will only apply to iron ore and coal mining.
Australia is reaping the benefits of the Chinese-driven mining boom and so were its major mining conglomerates, including Fortes cue Metals Groups, Rio Tinto, Xstrata and BHP Billiton.
For a long time, Australia has depended on China's hunger for mineral resources to feed its own finances, but after it cut its annual growth target to below 8% during this month, for the first time in a decade, the world's second largest economy is expected to lose its appetite.
China is also looking to slash its reliance on Australia's resources and has announced plans to secure 40% of its iron ore imports from other overseas mines by 2015.
China, as with other Asian countries, is looking to diversify their investments into mining regions in Africa and Latin America, and has already invested millions into Canadian mining companies seeking to build new mines. Tax collection which Australia is planning thru MRRT will greatly depend on bilateral trade between Australia and China.
Whatever the outcome for Australia and China's relationship, it seems, for now, they can't live without each other. China's growth may be slowing, but it is still expected to continue its major role as an importer and exporter, and Australia, with its growing coal and iron ore-production, may be too strong a supplier to ignore.
By : Sunil K Kumbhat , Jodhpur (Rajasthan) India
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Friday, 18 May 12
EXPORT TAX WILL ERODE PROFITS, INDONESIAN COAL EXEC COMPLAINS - THE JAKARTA GLOBE
The Jakarta Globe reported that, A 20 percent export duty the government has imposed on 14 mineral ore products will not only take a toll on mining ...
Friday, 18 May 12
KOREA EAST WEST POWER LOOKING FOR TOTAL 2.6 MILLION TONS OF 4600 NAR COAL AT FIXED PRICE FOR 5 YEARS
COALspot.com - Korea East West Power Co., Ltd is inviting bids to supply of 520,000 Metric Tons (per annum) of minimum 4,600 kcal/kg coal of N ...
Friday, 18 May 12
NICKEL ORE CARGOES ARE NOT SEEN IN MARKET ANYMORE DUE TO ON-GOING INDONESIAN BAN - FEARNLEYS AS
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The market remained variable.
Fronthaul voyages both from Baltic and Black Sea paid over USD 18k/day. From USG to Cont tonnage would get ...
Thursday, 17 May 12
COAL MINERS OPPOSE EXPORT TAX, SUGGEST OUTPUT QUOTA - THE JAKARTA POST
The Jakarta Post reported that, coal miners have suggested that the government apply a production quota instead of implementing an export tax in ord ...
Thursday, 17 May 12
DRY BULK MARKET STILL LOOKING FOR NEW DIRECTION - NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING
The dry bulk market has kept on moving sideways during this week, with the mixed performance across all segments. Yesterday, the industry’s be ...
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