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The Indonesian government has indicated a new smelter could be built in the country in coming years as the country continues to throw its support behind the local mining sector.

Confidence in markets is beginning to return as news that three experimental COVID-19 vaccines could be administered to the global population from early next year. This vaccine optimism has already underpinned a sizeable rally on Australia’s leading ASX 200 index, which recorded its best November in 32 years this year.

I don’t know about you, but every time I have started to try and read something about crypto currency, my eyes glaze over and something in my brain wigs out and refuses to process what I’m reading. I have almost been subconsciously jubilant when the prices of these currencies have been smashed after hitting extraordinary valuations. Warren Buffet doesn’t own any because “they have no value and they produce nothing.”

Gold prices are still tipped to rise, despite suffering a sizeable fall after pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca published promising test results on a possible COVID-19 vaccine on Monday.

New research from the CSIRO has reinforced the need for governments around the world to curb their carbon emissions as global temperatures continue to rise. The CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology’s biennial State of the Climate report for 2020 – released on Monday – cautioned Australia’s temperature will continue to rise, as increasing greenhouse gas emissions push global temperatures up.

The hotly-contested US election has left the nation divided but created a ‘goldilocks’ situation for smart investors, according to OC Funds Management senior investment analyst Robert Calnon.

In 2014, 47 billion parcels were shipped globally. As of 2019, it was 103 billion -and that has grown exponentially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Is it time to throw away the lock and key? 

Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a devastating generic muscular wasting disorder with a 100% fatality rate . At present, the only treatment for the muscle inflammation that leads to the loss of muscle function and strength is to put patients on corticosteroids often for the rest of their lives. While corticosteroids do reduce inflammation and thus slow the progression of the disease, long-term use of these drugs can have major side effects such as weight gain, reduced bone density and stunted growth.

Australia’s growing financial technology (or ‘fintech’) sector has continued to gather pace even amid a global pandemic, according to the latest EY FinTech Census. Some fintech leaders even suspect the pandemic – which forced businesses and individuals to digitalise their lives at an accelerated rate – will drive faster adoption of their services.

Australian listed gold mining company Nusantara Resources Limited (ASX: NUS) is readying itself for the next stage of development as the market for the yellow metal heats up. While gold prices have trended downward since 2021, investment bank Goldman Sachs has forecast prices will rise through 2021 off the back of three broader market trends:

Irate consumers have taken aim at major retailers after a flurry of pre-orders for Sony’s latest home gaming system, the Playstation 5, flooded online shopping portals and crashed websites. The next generation console was sold exclusively online, due to fears traditional in-store product launches would jeopardise the health of customers and sales staff working through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Laurie Adami has had a long and intricate journey with blood cancer, after being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in 2006. Over the next 12 years, she would undergo six different cancer therapies, with none of them leading to a complete remission.