Australia’s number one export may be on its knees but there are two investments that are skyrocketing – although everything still remains uncertain.has announced it has paused construction work on its new Kalgoorlie nickel smelter after laying off a quarter of its West Musgrave mining operation workforce. It blames a flood of cheap, meanwhile, shows no sign of easing.
Like copper, analysts argue the record price – the fifth recorded this month – reflects a shift towards long-term thinking among investors.Central banks are buying up the precious metal as global tensions soar.
Meanwhile, Beijing is yet to move to pump significant stimulus into its stalled construction industry. Instead, it is showing signs of shifting its emphasis away from an investment-based economy towards one focused on consumers.That could spell an end to the decades-long explosion in demand for structural steel. And more than half of that steel was made from Australian iron ore.
But it is central in constructing extensive new power cable grids linking new sustainable energy producers – such as wind and solar farms and hydro-electric plants – to heavy industries transitioning their technologies away from coal and gas.
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