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January 25, 2024

Fortescue faces pipeline leaks

Fortescue Metals’ (ASX:FMG) troubled Iron Bridge export magnetite iron ore mine in WA’s Pilbara continues to cause problems and is nowhere near planned capacity at this stage. Cost overruns, technical problems, management changes, and budget blowouts saw a $US1 billion pre-tax impairment in the June 30, 2023 year, as Fortescue battled to rightsize the budget […]

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Stocks of the Hour: EV Resources, Antilles Gold, Respiri

EV Resources (ASX:EVR) drilling has commenced at Parag, with multiple diamond drill holes to be drilled in 2024 off 20 permitted platforms. In response Hugh Callaghan, Managing Director of EVR, stated, “the fundamental demand and supply of copper points to considerably higher prices in years ahead. A scarcity of worthwhile projects, and our timing, positions

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An introduction to utilities

What are utilities? Utilities are companies that produce and deliver basic essential services such as electricity, natural gas and water. These services are delivered by a network of assets that require the use of public rights-of-way. Crucially, these networks exhibit attributes of a natural monopoly: the extensive capital required to construct the assets make it

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Stock Story: Charter Hall

Business Quality is a key factor in the Airlie investment process, and we typically define a high-quality business as one that can earn a decent return on its capital. The Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) sector is not typically thought of as a high total return sector due to the low-yielding nature of real estate

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Fortescue Metals Group reports 1.4% drop in Q2 iron ore shipments

Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) revealed a small 1.4% fall in second-quarter iron ore shipments due to ongoing maintenance activities at some of its key projects in Western Australia’s Pilbara. The world’s fourth-largest iron ore miner reported shipping 48.7 million tonnes of the steel-making commodity for the December quarter, compared with 49.4 million tonnes shipped a

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