Latest Supply Chain Challenges News

Select Harvests delivered a 33% rise in underlying NPAT despite a wet harvest and higher costs, announcing a fully franked interim dividend and a 10% on-market share buy-back.

Advanced Innergy Holdings saw an 84% plunge in half-year profit despite a record £116 million order backlog, driven by project timing and IPO-related costs. The company confirmed full-year guidance and is poised for growth with key acquisitions in aquaculture and subsea manufacturing.

Schoolblazer Limited delivers its inaugural consolidated results following a strategic pivot to global schoolwear, posting $55.3 million revenue but a $15.2 million statutory loss amid integration and supply chain challenges.

Fletcher Building has cleared a major hurdle in its divestment strategy, with the sale of its Construction Division to VINCI Construction now unconditional and the purchase price rising to about $334 million.

IperionX has commissioned a cutting-edge six-axis SACMI powder metallurgy press in Virginia, tripling its titanium manufacturing capacity and enabling production of complex components for defense and aerospace markets.

AFT Pharmaceuticals posted a 22% revenue jump to NZ$254.7 million and a 39% increase in operating profit to a record NZ$24.4 million for FY26, exceeding guidance. The company targets over NZ$300 million revenue for FY27, fueled by international expansion and a deepening R&D pipeline.

Challenger Gold's Pre-Feasibility Study for the Hualilan Project delivers a robust US$1.45 billion pre-tax NPV, 1.84 million ounces gold equivalent production, and a low upfront capital strategy.

Australian Strategic Materials Limited (ASM) shareholders are set to vote on a scheme of arrangement for Energy Fuels Inc. to acquire 100% of ASM shares and options, offering a significant premium and exposure to a vertically integrated rare earth supply chain.

ALS Limited reported a 25.8% jump in underlying net profit after tax to AUD 381.2 million for FY26, driven by strong commodity testing demand and margin expansion. The company raised its dividend and advanced major hub lab projects while navigating a post-year-end cyber incident.

Schoolblazer reports a modest revenue dip to $55.4m in 1H FY26 amid supply chain and geopolitical headwinds but strengthens its balance sheet with a new $110 million credit facility and advances integration efforts targeting profitability in FY27.

Amcor posted a 77% jump in Q3 net sales fueled by the Berry acquisition, delivering synergy gains above expectations and updating fiscal 2026 guidance amid geopolitical headwinds.

JB Hi-Fi posted modest sales growth in Australia and The Good Guys during Q3 FY26, while New Zealand sales declined amid rising supplier costs and stock shortages heading into a critical trading period.