Energy / Resources

Oil Creeping Back Up

George Hadjia

October 8, 2018
Oil prices, after falling from the highs of over $100 per barrel in 2014, had previously struggled to push above $60 per barrel. That has now changed. With Brent crude at north of $80 per barrel, it is now almost double the price it traded at during mid-2017. This has implications not just for oil producers, but for virtually every company reliant on consuming oil-based products. continue…

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China’s Insatiable Demand for Commodities

Amit Nath

September 5, 2018
Despite only having 19 per cent of the world’s population and generating 15 per cent of global GDP, China consumes more than 50 per cent of the world’s steel, copper, coal, nickel and cement. In fact China has used more cement in 3 years than the United States used in the entire 20th century. continue…

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The Revolution at Evolution Mining

David Buckland

July 12, 2018
Jake Klein, the gold entrepreneur has lead an incredible transition at Evolution Mining (ASX: EVN), and over the past four years the Company’s valuation from an Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio has tripled from sub 3X to nearly 9X to reflect this. continue…

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Will new LNG import terminals cut the price of gas?

Andreas Lundberg

June 27, 2018
Australia has more than 257 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of gas resources and 885 TCF in prospective resources.* And we’ll soon be the largest gas exporter in the world. But, somewhat shockingly, new gas import terminals are about to be built on our east coast to cut the price of gas. I hate to be a doomsayer, but I don’t think this is going to work. continue…

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Have we reached peak stupid on electricity?

Andreas Lundberg

April 10, 2018
Sometimes you have to ask yourself this question when you read ideas put forward by politicians. Take the recent proposal from a group calling themselves the Monash Forum. They want the government to fund, build and operate a new coal fired power station to address rising power prices and the outages that east coast Australia experienced in the summer of 2016/17. There are many reasons why I think this is a BAD idea. continue…

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Two reasons we don’t invest in mining firms

Andreas Lundberg

November 13, 2017
As most of our readers likely know, you are very unlikely to see any Montgomery managed funds invest in mining companies. And recent news out of China supports our investment approach. continue…

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Why the east coast gas crisis is such a big deal

Andreas Lundberg

October 6, 2017
My recent blog post on the national energy debate created some heated (sorry!) responses from a few of our readers. Now I’d like to discuss another hot energy topic, the east coast gas crisis, which has seen a constrained domestic supply send gas prices soaring by a whopping 300 per cent since 2015. continue…

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The three myths driving the national energy debate

Andreas Lundberg

September 12, 2017
It’s hard not to shake your head in disbelief at the misinformation and spin being peddled by our politicians around an issue that is dominating domestic political debate: energy policy and prices. In this blog, I’m going to tackle three big myths that some of our leading advocates would have you believe. continue…

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Gas-rich Australia is facing a looming energy shortage

Ben MacNevin

March 13, 2017
How has it come to this? The Australian Energy Market Operator has just released its 2017 Gas Statement of Opportunities. It makes sobering reading, with warnings of a looming gas or electricity shortfall in eastern Australia. The nation is demanding solutions, but how long will it take, we wonder, for political debate to turn into action? continue…

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Why our oil refineries are shutting down

Lisa Fedorenko

February 21, 2017
Back in the 1960s, manufacturing contributed 25% to Australia’s GDP. Today, this figure has dropped below 9%, largely due to an inability to compete on cost. A similar story has been playing out in our oil refining industry, where we have seen refinery after refinery shutting down. This has led us to ask: does our oil refining industry have a future and, if so, what does that future look like? continue…

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