James Boag brewery closure is not just a heritage story. It marks a hard commercial decision in a beer market that has been shrinking for years, and it will shift production out of Tasmania by November. For FMCG operators, the bigger signal is capacity discipline. Lion is pulling brewing activity onto the mainland, keeping the … Read more
Global energy markets are being pushed toward a familiar pressure point: if the Strait of Hormuz stays restricted, summer fuel shortages become a real possibility. The warning matters because the route carries around one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas supplies, so any prolonged disruption quickly becomes a pricing and security issue. For the … Read more
A single chokepoint just reminded global energy markets how fragile the supply chain really is. When Brent crude jumps nearly US$7 in a single session, the message from traders is unambiguous: the risk premium on Gulf crude is back. Oil prices climbed over 7% in early Monday trading after the closure of the Strait of … Read more