Australia's substantial mineral wealth provides it potential leverage in ongoing trade negotiations with the Trump administration.

The federal government is set to provide $566.1m over 10 years towards deploying geoscientists to map Australian resources and deliver data, maps and other tools for the resources industry.

By John C.K. Daly of Oilprice.com - Australia's massive mineral exports allowed it to weather the global recession, which began in 2008, quite nicely. The U.S. government's Energy Information ...