November
Victoria’s WFH laws may kill internships at Bosch
Bosch Australia president Gavin Smith says he despairs for Victoria’s future under work-from-home laws that may prompt his company to stop offering internships
Questions over gas supply push Dyno to value Phosphate Hill at zero
The $149 million impairment to the fertiliser division comes despite the operation being more profitable this year. It is considering shuttering the plant.
May
Gas prices leave another factory teetering
Dyno Nobel has warned it might be forced to close a major plant that makes fertiliser used to grow crops due to high gas costs.
Firesale shows Australia has squandered a huge advantage
Access to cheap energy should not be the thing holding back business in 2025. Yet, here we are.
Dyno Nobel inks $375m deal for fertiliser distribution business
The group is expected to announce the separation of fertilisers as part of a package of updates at its half-year results on Monday.
March
What trade war? ASX’s manufacturers shrug off Trump
The US president’s imposition of sweeping tariffs roiled global markets and fanned fears of a growth slowdown. But ASX manufacturing bosses are not alarmed.
January
‘Don’t be a hero’: why investors should stick to buying winners
MST has urged clients to resist snapping up last year’s worst performing ASX stocks as value seekers sift through the rubble in the hope of finding a comeback kid.
November 2024
Incitec Pivot unwinds fertiliser business as write-offs spike to $1b
The company’s new chief executive, Mauro Neves, says he wants to offload the division by the end of next year. And he expects strong economic growth in the US.
IPF spreads a little wisdom to keep farmers in fertiliser
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers has won the Established Business to Business category in The Australian Financial Review Customer Champions list 2024.
How to give customers and investors what they want
Meeting the expectations of increasingly demanding customers while satisfying investors with strong returns requires more than just good intentions.
Is it third time lucky for this little-known manufacturing billionaire?
Vikas Rambal is thinking big. After trying his hand at two fertiliser plants in Western Australia, the businessman is plotting his largest project yet.
July 2024
That cool op-shop jacket could earn you carbon credits
Federal regulators are considering a proposal to offer financial incentives to consumers who buy second-hand clothes.
Labor’s hydrogen dream stalls as Fortescue slims down H2 vision
Fortescue will cut 700 jobs and slow its push into green hydrogen in a blow to the Albanese government’s plan to make Australia a hydrogen superpower supported by more than $8 billion of taxpayer funded incentives.
Spilt milk everywhere as Incitec pivots, again
We have another “deal yourself in, deal yourself out” situation. And it isn’t pretty.
Wall Street’s big run; Incitec dumps sale talks; Inside Biden’s fight
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Incitec Pivot ditches fertiliser sale talks with Indonesian buyer
The chemicals giant said it shelved the negotiations due to transaction delays as it flagged a $900 million on-market share buyback would still go ahead.
A farming revolution built on down-to-earth thinking
Increasing carbon levels in grazing lands could remove 10 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere says the winner of the Agriculture category.
June 2024
What do Nobel, Dulux and Australia’s first high-rise have in common?
From making bricks for the 1956 Olympics to paint, explosives and mining technology company Orica’s long history mirrors the Australian economy.
Russian mining membership dogs global coal lobby
Now known as FutureCoal, the organisation says it is “agnostic” after appointing a Russian director. Its members include Yancoal, Whitehaven and Incitec Pivot.
May 2024
Incitec’s Indonesian suitor has investors brushing up on Cooper’s woes
Indonesian state-owned businesses have not traditionally been major investors in Australia. When they have invested, it has not always turned out well.