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Oil to Remain Vital for Decades Despite Energy Transition, As IEA Shifts Outlook

📌 Key Takeaways The IEA now projects oil demand to keep rising into the 2030s, hitting 113 million barrels per day (mb/d) by 2050 under...

Nuclear Power Will Dominate Dept of Energy Loan Funding

📌 Key Takeaways The Loan Programs Office (LPO) at the Department of Energy will channel its largest-ever financing allocation into nuclear power plants.  A recent landmark...

Canada Launches C$2 Billion Critical Minerals Sovereign Fund

📌 Key Takeaways Canada is establishing a C$2 billion (≈ US$1.4 billion) “Critical Minerals Sovereign Fund” over five years, aimed at equity stakes, loan guarantees...

Funds Move Into Nickel As Price At 5-Year-Low

Hedge funds and other speculative traders have amassed long positions equivalent to 272,000 tons on the nickel price, the most optimistic stance since the...

Trump’s Rare Earth Deals: The Full Second-Term List — So Far

📌 Key Takeaways China controls ~85% of rare earth processing U.S. strategy: diversify supply and weapon-proof magnets essential for EVs and defense Trump’s second term = equity...

Beijing Signals Pause on Rare Earth Export Restrictions After US Talks

📌 Key Takeaways U.S. officials now expect People’s Republic of China to delay planned export controls on rare earths after two-day talks in Kuala Lumpur,...

Oil price spikes as U.S. sanctions Russian oil

📌 Key Takeaways The U.S. is mounting new sanctions targeting Russian oil supply, raising global oil price risks Chris Wright flagged U.S. moves to refill the...

U.S. Cancels $500 Million Cobalt Tender — Strategic Failure in $1 Billion Stockpile Race

📌 Key Takeaways The U.S. canceled a $500 million Pentagon-backed cobalt tender due to lack of supply and bidding gaps, exposing structural Western dependence on...

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