Daniel Ziffer

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2,266 appearances 25 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 9 Sep

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ABC Business Daily · Does a new refinery make economic sense? · 28 Jul 2026 podcast

Is it economically wise to matched

to essentially be making cheaper something that there is already immense demand for. matched

Ian, before we move on from this topic, do you think we'll ever have a third refinery in Australia? matched

Well, if you look at the age of the current ones we're talking about. matched

Well, there's a lot going on. matched

And if you ever needed an analogy for how different the competing superpowers of the US and China are, the car industry is, matched

tells you everything. matched

Now, look, long before we started talking about EVs and AI, China had realised its strength in rare earths, these minerals required for batteries and for the electrification of everything. matched

What did China do with that knowledge, Ian? matched

We're seeing the impact of that right now in the car market. matched

The US market, and to a lesser extent, the European market, are making internal combustion engine cars that they are increasingly struggling to find a market for. matched

China has come out of the blocks with brands that did not exist a few years ago, which are now in the top five, top 10 car brands in Australia for sales. matched

And we're not exactly the biggest market. matched

Is this one of the ways that we're seeing the impact of this long-term thinking of matched

versus what has been a kind of long-term ignorance of this push towards electrification? matched

Whereas the consumers are going the other way for reasons where countries have legislated, but also choice and price. matched

Earlier this year in Norway, the number of petrol-only cars sold in a single month was nine. matched

They are just massively electric. matched

This is a country that matched

Yeah, there's lots of sun at one time of the year, but they're in darkness for a fair bit of the rest of it. matched

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