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As demand for lithium-ion batteries continues to grow, more manufacturer’s are seeking to secure long-term supplies in preparation for forecast supply shortages with graphite being a key ingredient within electric vehicle batteries.

A number of the world’s largest institutional investors are surveying the market, looking at depressed stock markets, weaker currencies, and political uncertainty, and are getting unsurprisingly bullish about gold.

Sapex Group Limited on Friday announced the Company has been awarded a contract from SAKA Indonesia Langkah Limited, valued at $3.66m USD, for mat supply and services in Indonesia.

What do you do if you’re a family that owns significant gold mineralisation, and you’re seeking commercial support to extract the full potential? Well, in the case of the Williams family, you  turn to the expertise of PVW Resources to join forces.

While a desire for the return of the gold standard might be the realm of anti-establishment economists, internet conspiracy theorists, and Donald Trump (who arguably qualifies for both the aforementioned categories), choosing to hold gold as an asset is proving increasingly popular amongst some of the world’s most important central banks.

The last time China significantly cut its production of rare earth elements back in 2009, prices jumped up to 2000%. Just this week, rare earths research company Adamas Intelligence has reported that China is cutting production again.

The battle that you never knew was happening has been won; the Indonesian government has banned the use of illegally felled timber which was commonly used to fabricate wooden matting laid in lieu of bitumen roads which left significant environmental damage.

As the global population ages and gains greater access to medical facilities and diagnosis, the prevalence of presbyopia, or better known as farsightedness, is going to a standard condition among the majority. 

The War on Waste is fully upon us and in times of war, there have always been ways for companies to profit from the perishability of consumables. In traditional terms, defence contractors have built empires on proceeds from war where a desire to win, comes at all costs.

Global markets took steep dives last week with seven consecutive days of losses incurred on the S&P500 creating a proverbial bloodbath on the boards. But despite these market losses, investors would be wise to remember some of Warren Buffett’s truisms which explain how he has amassed the extensive wealth he has.

Following the launch of their Pilot Plant in July, making Northern Minerals the only heavy rare earth producer in Australia, the Company has received an unsolicited offer to purchase 17.2% of the Company for $25 million.

Operating just 40km away from the world’s largest Nickel-Sulphide discovery since 1993, shareholders of Redstone Resources have jumped at the opportunity to drill their West Musgrave Project which has already identified sulphides often associated with major mineralisation discoveries.