Agricultural commodity prices are crashing too

By Malcolm Maiden
Updated October 5 2014 - 10:08am, first published September 24 2014 - 5:00pm
Illustration: Rocco Fazzari
Illustration: Rocco Fazzari
Illustration: Rocco Fazzari
Illustration: Rocco Fazzari
Illustration: Rocco Fazzari
Illustration: Rocco Fazzari
Illustration: Rocco Fazzari
Illustration: Rocco Fazzari

The mining commodity price squeeze was making headlines again on Tuesday as iron ore fell to a five-year low and BHP Billiton announced that 700 Bowen Basin coalmining workers would go, but the miners are not alone in feeling the pressure.