Having underperformed in the first quarter, the price of nickel surged in April, only to fall back more recently. The rally did, however, raise the question of whether the four-year long downturn in nickel prices was finally coming to an end. While we expect the price of nickel to end the year higher, the recent spike appeared premature given still-high stocks and a lack of clarity on the demand-supply fundamentals.

A quick easy to follow list of some of the main mining conferences being held in Australia that as an investor you should attend.

The Digger has been looking at the development of the 2016 ASIC Information Sheet 214 in relation to forward looking statements.

A quick easy to follow list of some of the main mining conferences being held in Australia that as an investor you should attend.

If you have been wondering how the performance of companies in the Digger are going, here's a quick and simple review.

With a significant uptick of domestic tourism, Noosa is back in favour as the holiday destination of choice. Blessed by sensational restaurants, great weather, and beautiful natural assets of the river, protected surf beaches and national park, all within a kilometre of each other.

The actions of the world's central banks appear to be adhering very much to the tongue-in-cheek words of Mark Twain. It's clear that the level of faith that investors have in Central Banks around the world has rapidly diminished and the reasons are obvious.

The recent decision by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in the face of a rapidly weakening global economy has given a whole new lease of life to gold.

Towns that grew up around a mine site are prone to suffer if the mine closes. mining has always been cycler. Some mining towns have simple disappeared leaving behind only a faded memory while others have embraced their mining heritage and opened mining museums with faded dust covered relics of an age long gone by, the most exciting transformations are those where the towns are reinvented as holiday homes locations with regular activities built in as incentives for visitors to base themselves in town and explore the surrounding.