Australia is a commodity-based economy similar to Canada. Some of the major exports of Australia are coal, iron ore, agricultural products such as wheat and wool and natural gas. Accordingly the Australian equity market is dominated by mining and oil companies in addition to financials. Other than financials, investors looking for Aussie exposure may have to consider some of the miners and resource firms.
The following list of 55 leading Australian mining and oil stocks can be used as a starting point for further researching opportunities in those sectors:
| S.No. | Company Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Altura Min |
| 2 | Alumina |
| 3 | Ausdrill |
| 4 | AWE |
| 5 | Beach Energy |
| 6 | BHP |
| 7 | BlueScope Steel |
| 8 | Caltex Aust |
| 9 | Champion Iron |
| 10 | Cooper Energy |
| 11 | Dacian Gold |
| 12 | Evolution Min |
| 13 | Fortescue Metals Grp |
| 14 | Galaxy Res |
| 15 | Global Geoscience |
| 16 | Gold Road Res |
| 17 | Iluka Res |
| 18 | Independence Grp |
| 19 | Kidman Res |
| 20 | Lynas |
| 21 | Macmahon |
| 22 | Metals X |
| 23 | Mineral Resources |
| 24 | NEW Century Res |
| 25 | New Hope Corp |
| 26 | Newcrest Min |
| 27 | Northern Star |
| 28 | OceanaGold Corp |
| 29 | Oil Search |
| 30 | OM Hldgs |
| 31 | Origin Energy |
| 32 | Orocobre |
| 33 | OZ Min |
| 34 | Perseus Min |
| 35 | Pilbara Min |
| 36 | Regis Res |
| 37 | Resolute Min |
| 38 | Rio Tinto |
| 39 | Sandfire Res |
| 40 | Santos |
| 41 | Saracen Min |
| 42 | Senex Energy |
| 43 | Sims Metal Mgmt |
| 44 | WH Soul Pattinson |
| 45 | South32 |
| 46 | St Barbara |
| 47 | Syrah Res |
| 48 | Western Areas |
| 49 | Westgold Res |
| 50 | Whitehaven Coal |
| 51 | Woodside Pet |
| 52 | WorleyParsons |
| 53 | Yancoal Aust |
| 54 | Z Energy |
| 55 | Zimplats Hldgs |
Source: AFR
Some of the above firms trade on the OTC markets in the US. The complete list of Australian ADRs is listed here.
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