COVER STORY: Aquila Resources Ltd is building itself an empire on the back of two of the most in-demand bulk commodities in the world, iron ore and coal. Journalist Andrew Pascoe joined the company on a tour of its West Pilbara iron ore project, where trial mining has started 

NORTHERN TERRITORY: The Northern Territory has proved in recent times to be one of the most proactive jurisdictions in Australia when it comes to attracting exploration investment. In this edition Paydirt dedicates 14 pages to coverage of news coming out of the Top End

ASIA DOWNUNDER REVIEW: Amid the most worrying conditions for financial markets in a generation, some of the major players in the Asian resources industry arrived in Perth to discuss the state of the sector at the 2008 Asia Downunder Conference. A review of the stories from the conference spans 16 pages