Nickel first, Iron ore second?

So according to AFR: “Leinster, where BHP owns almost everything including the houses, faces wipe out if the mining giant shuts down its nickel business in the face of what it admits is a structural change triggered by a flood of supply from Chinese-backed nickel laterite producers in Indonesia.” https://www.afr.com/companies/mining/inside-the-pub-at-ground-zero-of-australia-s-nickel-woes-20240218-p5f5uf DLS reckons that Simandou is the Pilbara … Read more

CEO finds that young workers repeat what they have been told

https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/management/five-tips-to-manage-your-gen-z-workers-20240213-p5f4ij The late middle aged female chief people officer of supermarkets operator Coles Group says that Gen Z want: Another highly competent female was quoted as saying: Let’s be clear, this is not about Gen Z in general. This is about a select group of graduate Gen Zs that big companies compete for. It’s not … Read more

Noticing the Australia Day Awards

For a couple years I’ve run my eye over the Australia Day nominations, and noted the outsized representation by certain demographics relative to their population group size within Australia. Total Order of Australia honor lists recipients 2020: 837 Awards for General Division,26 Military Division,236 meritous awards,so around 1100 in total. In terms of Demographic skew take … Read more