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March 2024

Unpredictable business inventories and their impact on GDP growth

Business inventories wield considerable influence over GDP growth, often introducing unpredictability into economic forecasts. While an increase in inventories typically signals positive economic expansion, excessive rises may indicate underlying issues, particularly within retail and household consumption sectors. However, in economies such as Australia’s, the volatility of inventory fluctuations extends beyond the retail sphere, prominently influenced […]

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Chariot Corporation expands Black Mountain Project

Chariot Corporation (ASX:CC9) has significantly increased the footprint of its Black Mountain project through the acquisition of 218 contiguous claims, representing a 206% increase in project tenure area. This expansion, totaling 2,686 hectares, was achieved through staking and filing with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The newly acquired claims, known as BMX Claims, serve

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Stocks of the Hour: Lake Resources N.L, Genex Power, St Barbara

Lake Resources N.L. (ASX:LKE; OTC:LLKKF) announces that it is reducing its employee base and administrative expenses after completing the Kachi Phase One Definitive Feasibility Study, aiming to extend its financial runway and enhance its strategic partner selection process. This involves cutting approximately 50% of its global headcount and streamlining other expenditures, expecting a further 30%

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2024 RIU Explorers Conference Q&A with Sean Gregory of Sarytogan Graphite

Sean Gregory – Managing Director – Sarytogan Graphite (ASX:SGA) through its 100% owned subsiduary company, Ushtogan LLP, is the 100% owner of the Sarytogan Graphite Project. The Sarytogan Graphite Project is located in the Karaganda region of Central Kazakhstan and the exploration concession covers 70 km2. As its name suggests, the Sarytogan Graphite Project is

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2024 RIU Explorers Conference Q&A with Andrew Penkethman of Ardea Resources

Andrew Penkethman – Managing Director and CEO – Ardea Resources (ASX:ARL) is advancing its flagship 100%-owned Kalgoorlie Nickel Project (KNP). KNP is the largest Nickel–Cobalt resource in Australia and in the top 10 globally, making it of a scale that is incredibly rare and important in the World’s journey to Net Zero. KNP was awarded

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China’s tightening security laws

China’s National Congress this week will consider a new law that will make it next to impossible for economists, journalists, analysts, or researchers, let alone foreign companies, to accumulate data and statistics in China. That’s after state media last week highlighted the looming change in a significant tightening of security laws ahead of the start

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Nasdaq hits fresh all-time high

The Nasdaq Composite rose to an all-time high Friday, surpassing its 2021 record, as investors bet that megacap technology stocks were the best way to play slowing inflation and a coming artificial intelligence boom. The tech-heavy Nasdaq advanced 1.14 per cent to 16,274.94, notching a new high of 16,302.24 during the session. A day earlier,

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