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Mining Stocks Lead Global Markets as MSCI Metals Index Rallies Nearly 90%, Beating Tech and Banks

📌 Key Takeaways The MSCI Metals & Mining Index has surged nearly 90% since early 2025, outperforming tech and financial sectors amid rising metals demand.  AI...

US critical minerals price floors: Washington moves toward market intervention

📌 Key Takeaways The US plans to introduce coordinated price floors for critical minerals as part of a new trade bloc strategy. Reference prices would act...

Energy Transition Investment Heads for $3 Trillion a Year But Minerals are the Constraint

📌 Key Takeaways BloombergNEF projects $2.9 trillion per year in energy transition investment over 2026–2030, up ~25% from 2025. Global energy transition investment hit a record...

China Pulls Back Loans to Africa — Tightening Capital for Mining

📌 Key Takeaways Chinese lending across Africa has fallen to its lowest level in nearly two decades, tightening capital for mining and infrastructure projects. Beijing’s retreat...

More Than 60% of Critical Minerals Flow Across Borders

📌 Key Takeaways Over 60% of global critical mineral demand is met through international trade, creating structural interdependence between producers and consumers  Clean energy demand pushes...

US Mining Enters Breakout Phase with More Incoming Historic Government-Backed Deals

📌 Key Takeaways The White House is planning more “historic deals” with US mining companies to secure critical mineral supply chains for defense and high-tech...

US Moves to Take Equity Stakes in More Critical Mineral Companies

📌 Key Takeaways The US government is preparing to acquire equity stakes in additional critical-minerals firms.  This move builds on recent fiscal support and funding rounds...

The Genesis Mission: US Launches AI Platform to Prioritize Nuclear, Critical Mineral and Quantum Research

📌 Key Takeaways President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order on November 24, 2025, launching the Genesis Mission, a national AI-driven science initiative The mission...

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Diesel Squeeze Raises Stakes for Australian Mining

US diesel prices have hit a record US$6.51 a gallon, lawmakers are proposing export restrictions, and Australia has reported...

Copper Backwardation Tops US$500 as LME Supply Tightens

Copper advanced toward a record as competition for immediately available metal pushed a key London spread to its most...

Zinc Prices Rise as China Smelter Cuts Deepen Supply Squeeze

Zinc prices are being driven higher by a supply squeeze that has flipped the market from expected surplus to...

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