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The verdict is in. Lowe is out. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced that Phillip Lowe will relinquish his title of RBA Governor after a single seven-year term that ends on 17th September 2023. The RBA has appointed Deputy Governor Michele Bullock as Mr Lowe’s successor.

While copper had a slight pullback off the back of weaker than expected economic data from China, the base metal has managed to hold steady above US$3.8/lb as the time between now and worrying supply shortfalls draws closer. Refined copper consumption is expected to significantly accelerate in 2024 before a forecast copper supply shortfall that begins in 2025 is predicted to worsen every year for 10 years straight.

Felix Gold Ltd (ASX: FXG), the largest minerals claim owner in Alaska’s esteemed Fairbanks Gold Mining District, has announced assay results confirming high-grade discoveries of one of the US’s and European Union’s most critical minerals – antimony.

Every second week we invite a leading fund manager to present at The Insider: Meet the Fund Manager. In May 2023, we were joined by Roscoe Widdup, Co-Founder and Portfolio Manager of Triple 8 Capital who chose Nidec Corp (JT:…

Despite being in the midst of a commodities supercycle, global minerals exploration seems to be in a state of scarcity and inefficiency driven disarray. The fate of net zero ambitions now lies with the industry experts who have developed next generation, AI-driven discovery techniques – and Mine Discovery Fund (MDF) is at the forefront of this endeavour.

The ‘Swifties’ and the ‘BeyHive’ are back with a vengeance and nothing, not even worldwide inflation woes and cost of living pressures, can keep them from splashing the cash on concert tickets to see their gleaming popstar idols live and on stage.

Banks around the world, be they central, national or privatised, grabbed the headlines over the past week in response to global and local economies seeking stability amid inflationary headwinds and market events.

Laiva has progressed their listing plans by signing a letter of intent with a listed Canadian company to serve as the shell for a reverse takeover entry onto the bourse. Notably, the shell is anticipated to have just over C$10 million in cash, which will go towards accelerating production plans which are due to start imminently in August.

The globally significant, tier 1 rare earths deposit developer VHM Limited (ASX: VHM) is continuing to advance their flagship Goschen project towards production, and has capped off their first quarter as a listed company with a bank of announcements that get it closer to pulling critical minerals out of the ground.

The ASX has been bolstered by economic support measures to help China’s ailing property sector, as well as hopes the US central bank’s monetary policy tightening cycle is drawing to a close.

Every second week we invite a leading fund manager to present at The Insider: Meet the Fund Manager. In May 2023, we were joined by Roscoe Widdup, Co-Founder and Portfolio Manager of Triple 8 Capital who chose Pan American Silver…

Call it a clash of the tech titans or a battle of the billionaires – Tesla’s Elon Musk and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg have taken their long teased cage fight online and to the markets when the latter launched ‘Threads’ to challenge Twitter