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Chocolate may become a luxury item.

Golden ticket? Chocolate bars could soon become a luxury item

Cocoa prices have continued to rise and production will fall by 13 per cent this year, forcing manufacturers to increase the costs of their chocolate products.

  • Madeleine Heffernan

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Sarytogan Graphite is milling its trial mine product to an initial 5mm particle size before reducing it to 106 microns (0.106mm) for ongoing trials.

Sarytogan Graphite chases customers for Kazakh graphite products

Sarytogan Graphite will this year take its Kazakhstan graphite products to customers around the world, having put a big bag of samples in the hands of a new marketing exec.

  • Doug Bright
Luxury … good inflation figures may enable people to afford blueberries on their milk and muesli.

Why the price of your breakfast might point to the Reserve Bank’s next decision

Muesli and milk was becoming a luxury as inflation soared. But there are good signs the nation’s inflation pressures are finally starting to abate.

  • Shane Wright
The value of iron ore, Australia’s largest export and a billion dollar earner for the federal government, has plunged 27 per cent from 18-month highs.

Crucial export iron ore under pressure from China’s economy

Australia’s biggest miners face the prospect of iron ore prices staying flat for longer, analysts suggest.

  • Simon Johanson
Electric vehicles demand is growing - but not fast enough.

Australia is right in the thick of a critical minerals problem

The critical minerals party music has now stopped, and the mop-up is ugly.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Wall Street is higher across the board.

ASX rebounds following shaky start as miners and energy rally

The Australian sharemarket has had two consecutive weeks of gains after the local bourse climbed higher at the close on Friday by paring back its early losses.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
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All major oil and gas companies have reported large profits over the past year.

Corporate profits heat up inflation: OECD

A report by the OECD into the drivers of inflation challenges the official view of the Reserve Bank and federal Treasury.

  • Shane Wright
The S&P/ASX 200 eased 0.1 per cent, or 5 points, on Tuesday to 7476.7 on Tuesday.

‘$800 million in losses’: Trading house hit with class action on behalf of 20,000 Australians

A new class action alleges IG Markets sold high-risk products to consumers without adequate disclosures. The firm is contesting the claim.

  • Sarah Danckert

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