Wow. For a market that is falling apart, there are some amazing things happening to hold the iron ore price aloft. Chinese December trade data yesterday smashed record import volume at an astounding 119.65mt. Steel exports were at a record, too, as some mills frontloaded ahead of the new export licensing system. But the chart
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NSW looks to boost support for solar-battery hybrids, as it seeks to ramp up efforts to build enough new capacity to allow closure of its ageing coal plants.
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Its all about Iran across risk markets as “peace” President Trump looks set to attack another country (how many is that this year so far) with oil prices still in the balance despite a big lift in US inventories overnight. The latest earnings on Wall Street offset better than expected retail sales numbers but Wall
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr has eliminated up to 400 Ukrainian military personnel over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
"Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 400 servicepeople, an armored fighting vehicle, nine pickup trucks, and an artillery piece," the ministry said in a statement.
DXY is still thinking about rising. AUD has been bombed by Irna but is holding support at former resistence. Who’s your Daddy? Golden rocket offering no entry points. AI metals blowoff supreme. EM hit with a Chinese margin call. Still no support from junk. A little bit of safe haven buying. Stocks nervy. The fog
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Any reasonable person should hate these hate laws. Andrew Hastie for PM. Mr Hastie on Wednesday afternoon doubled down on his opposition to the bill, which he said was “an attack on our basic democratic freedoms, freedom of conscience, freedom of speech and freedom of religion”. Just get out of the way for Andrew, Susan.
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All empires, when they are dying, worship the idol of war. War will save the empire. War will resurrect past glory. War will teach an unruly world to obey. But those who bow down before the idol of war, blinded by hypermasculinity and hubris, are unaware that while idols begin by calling for the sacrifice of others, they end by demanding self-sacrifice.
Donald Trump's war on everything is expanding and accelerating.
In the past week, the US president has plucked the Venezuelan president from his home and threatened Cuba and Colombia while openly discussing military action against Iran and perhaps even Greenland.
THe revolt of Paris, in which culminated the nation-wide disturbances of 1789, and the general collapse of royal administration, confronted the members of the Third Estate with the problem of taking steps to protect property and restore some semblance of law and order to France.
In debates over the appropriate level of migration into various Western nations, there is often a narrative that a significant reduction in the intake would entail major economic costs. However, a new report by TD Economics Chief Economist Beata Caranci questions the impact of migration cuts on the Canadian economy. In Canada, the unemployment rate
Asian share markets are still lifting across the board, performing better than transatlantic shares at least despite some mixed economic news from Japan and China. The rising tensions in Iran with the Trump regime standing by with itchy trigger fingers is keeping oil elevated while the USD remains somewhat firm despite a softer than expected
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Last year was the world's third warmest on record, underscoring a trend already fuelling destructive fires and floods in Australia in the early days of 2026.
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A small wind project in Gippsland seeking planning approval comes with a long backstory that belies its modest size.
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Ontario utility asks regulator to double the price it is paid for nuclear power - to the equivalent of $A222/MWh - to cover the costs of new reactors and upkeep.
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Western Australia, host to the world's biggest isolated grid, is now outperforming the rest of the country in the uptake and integration of renewables.
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