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Summary of my column in Real Commercial supplement to The Australian Thursday 5 September I have been tracking the biggest businesses in Australia and elsewhere for the last decade. A simple list of the top 20 (publicly-listed) businesses raises strategic questions.  Australia’s biggest businesses by market capitalisation speaks to our strengths and weaknesses. Our biggest businesses by this measure are CBA, BHP and CML.   We are clearly skilled at developing local banks (inc CBA, Westpac, ANZ, NAB, Macquarie) and local retailers eg Woolworths, Wesfarmers (inc Bunnings).  BHP is the world’s biggest mining company. Also highly ranked are other miners and resources companies like Fortescue, Woodside and Tamboran Resources. Another miner, Rio Tinto still operates in Australia but the C-suite has been based in London for more than 25 years.  Then again perhaps over 200 years Australia should have developed corporate assets based on the natural resources of the Australian continent. We are, after all, the only nation to claim the resources of an entire continent. But why do we not have an agribusiness business in our top 20 businesses? We have vast tracts of prime agricultural land, don’t we? And why is there no Australian-owned publicly-listed building & construction business in our top 20? We are a growing nation with further growth (requiring houses & apartments) expected across the century. Indeed, if Sydney and Melbourne are projected to grow from 5 million to 8 million over the next 35 years then we should have a locally-based big business that dominates civil (and heavy) engineering, shouldn’t we? And if Australia is to be a renewables powerhouse on a global scale, then where’s the emerging renewables corporate entity in Australia (or anywhere for that matter)? I question whether it is strategically desirable for the sovereign nation of Australia, a first world nation rich in resources and personal freedoms, to outsource building, construction, engineering, food production, oil refining (as well as manufacturing) to big businesses based outside the Australian continent?    See my column in Real Commercial in The Australian Thursday 5 September 2024 cost $5 p/w

Some great questions here! Strategically and politically we don’t have a long term vision for our country! The questions Bernard is asking here should have been on the table 20 years ago addressing forecast generational change and Vision 2025!

Special Report 📣 Far East Gold’s portfolio of highly prospective assets in Indonesia has proven irresistible to the Hsing Yip Gold (Hong Kong) Mine Company, which is taking a 19.99% strategic stake in the company at a 21% premium for $14m. Read more: https://hubs.ly/Q02NVqCK0 “This transaction marks the logical next step for FEG, following recent announcements around the pending Idenburg acquisition, which triggered several approaches from strategic investors,” says CEO Shane Menere. #Mining #Gold #Exploration #StrategicInvestor

All’s Well that ends Well with Middle East advanced petroleum technology    Advanced well technologies have been the theme of catch-up discussions with some key clients and connections of late. I was great to meet up with Peter Moulsdale, EVP Eastern Hemisphere of The WellBoss Company to discuss their Middle East expansion.  WellBoss  provides specialist expertise in the design, development, manufacture and installation of completion equipment and systems with a focus on providing tailored solutions to the artificial lift arena. Peter established and built-up Praxis Completion Technology which was sold to WellBoss in Q4 2023, a subsidiary of the Schoeller Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment Group, a listed company based in Austria.    It was also great to be in touch with Jason Watt, Director of The WellGear Group.  WellGear provides a full range of high-quality services for both onshore and offshore to the international oil & gas, petrochemical and geothermal industries. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating globally with offices in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Africa, USA and Australia, WellGear provides hydraulic workover, snubbing and plug & abandon services.  I was delighted to catch up with Kevin Wood, Well Completions Sales Director – Middle East of Welltec. Founded in Denmark in 1994, the company is celebrating 30 years of providing advanced intervention and completion services and products to the international petroleum sector and is now a global leader in the field of metal expandable packer technology. Kevin has held senior roles in a wide range of well services companies across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and is now leading Welltec’s expansion in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE. We were delighted to launch HFI’s ADVI - Abu Dhabi Ventures Initiative eGuidebook Q1 2024 edition earlier this week which supports clients to address key challenges including 100% foreign ownership laws, local partner agreements, technology licences, manufacturing facilities contracts, corporate taxation, ICV procurement policies and Emiratisation regulations. Please find the eGuidebook on the following link: https://lnkd.in/ecDs555Q   Looking west, advanced well technology was in focus at the IADC/SPE International Drilling Conference and Exhibition held in Galveston, Texas this week and, looking ahead, will take centre stage at the 2024 SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference & Exhibition in The Woodlands, Texas on 19 – 20 March. We continue to look forward to connecting with our clients and connections as they roll-out their well technology in the #MENA region. IADC Southern Arabian Peninsula Chapter, IADC Houston Chapter, Society of Petroleum Engineers International, Intervention and Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA), ICoTA MENA #wellintervention #middleeastenergy, #oilandgasindustry

#TTG #TTGXF #TTG.v #oil #energy #brent #oott #alberta "Trans Canada Gold Corp. Places Second Successfully Drilled Multilateral Heavy Oil Well on Production Near Lloydminster, Alberta" 1) Oil production rates will be released once the well stabilizes. 2) The Company has acquired additional lands inside the Area of Mutual Interest ("AMI"), which will allow additional opportunity for multilateral wells. The lands are contiguous with our existing lands. The newly acquired lands, together combined with our existing lands have the oil resource potential in both the Sparky and GP producing zones. Full story in link below: https://lnkd.in/gaGE_zJf

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Explosive report lays blame for Callide C blast In news that should surprise no one, the Callide coal-fired power station disaster in 2021 that plunged much of Queensland into the dark was caused by the decision to cut maintenance costs at the critical power station. It was not because it was ‘aging’ - it was a choice by the operators and owners to cut corners on what they clearly deemed a piece of sunk infrastructure not worth adequate investment: endangering not only our energy security but lives. All this, despite referring to it as a “supercritical coal-fired power station” on their website. Who owns and runs Callide? The Queensland Government through its Government Owned Corporation (GOC) CSenergy. No wonder the privately owned JV partners of Callide C (IG Power) were keen to get hold of Sean Brady’s report - and why the government fought so hard to have it suppressed.

Mining firm, Sibanye-Stillwater, has secured a €500 million financing package to complete its Keliber lithium project in Finland. The South African multinational expects Keliber to become one of the most CO2 efficient producers of Lithium Hydroxide in the world by leveraging advanced technology, an integrated business model, and the close proximity of mining and refining facilities. It should produce up to 15,000 tonnes of battery grade Lithium Hydroxide a year. Production from third party ore will begin next year, with production from its own ore supplies following in 2026. Bright future for lithium producers despite current prices… According to Nasdaq prices for #lithium continued to sink during Q2 2024, to lows unseen since 2021. This is due to oversupply, weaker-than-expected electric vehicle sales and a stalling energy storage sector. But with much of that increased production coming from China and Europe and the US looking for alternatives, the future for projects like Keliber seems bright as long term demand expectations remain bullish. In the US, Piedmont Lithium Inc. has had a permit approved for a project in North Carolina earlier this spring, and car makers, Honda, are investing in lithium supply in Canada. According to S&P Global data, fund raising by junior and intermediate mining companies has also taken off after a slow start to 2024. To read the full press release from Sibanye Stillwater, see below. #criticalminerals #energytransition #batteries #evs #europe