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Are we heading for a new ASX resources ‘supercycle’?
Any Australian of age would remember the ‘mining booms’ of the past 2 decades. This was the term referring to several periods over the 2000s and early 2010s when commodity prices were far above historical averages.
Especially iron ore, coal, gold and oil. All commodities that Australia has a fortunate natural abundance of.
Back in 2007 and 2011 especially, it was this ‘commodities boom’ that many economists have credited for keeping the economy afloat during the global financial crisis. As well as pulling the Australian economy out of the economic slump that followed.
That’s why back in 2007, the big ASX resources companies like BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) and Rio Tinto Limited (ASX: RIO) were smashing all-time highs. In…
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