Dan Petrie

Dan Petrie

Dan Petrie, Data Analyst

The Data Digger column is written by former Bloomberg economic data editor for Australia and Asia, Dan Petrie. Dan is an expert in data mining and drilling into large statistics sets with over 20 years of experience and for the last decade has covered Australia's mining sector and broader economy. 
 
A prominent business and data commentator across social media and traditional news outlets, Dan’s insights continue to remain strongly in demand. 
 
Dan has worked at Bloomberg LP, Macquarie Bank, Teradata and British Telecom

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The thin edge of the gold wedge

Yellow metal price reacts to brewing US trade war

20 March 2018

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Can South Africa's miners benefit from a president that 'gets them'?

Early indications show Ramaphosa means business

22 February 2018

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Will China's new Silk Road provide raw materials bounty?

Not all metals are likely to benefit from demand uptick

06 February 2018

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BHP: what lies ahead in 2018 for the Big Australian?

New year, new diet for the world's biggest mining company

14 December 2017

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Can metallurgical coal endure?

The same old sentiment keeps coming back to coking coal sector

23 November 2017

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Copper finally coming in from the cold

Is the red metal starting to fulfil its price promise?

04 November 2017

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The premium iron ore story

Pricing malaise belies a more selective Chinese steel customer

13 October 2017

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Vanadium charges up

Steel additive becomes the latest battery metal to start rising

20 September 2017

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Byrock Copper-Gold Targets Explained

A closer look at Altitude Minerals’ promising copper-gold targets at Byrock

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Broken Hill Back on the Map for Impact Minerals

Impact Minerals details its new exploration focus and growth plans at Broken Hill

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AGC Doubles South Cobar – Growth Moves Ahead

AGC doubles its South Cobar footprint and outlines next steps for growth

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Excelsior Grows 340% Mammoth Minerals' Bold Move

Insights on Excelsior growth, geological importance, and Mammoth Minerals’ Nevada

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