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New year, same strategy to move metal. Tesla is reportedly slashing prices across Europe, following similar moves the company made in China and also continuing…
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has asked ten million customers to reduce power consumption for Wednesday morning as record heating demand is forecasted amid a…
We live in an information-abundant digital world, where data is the new currency, and data centers are the vaults that protect and power it. The…
By The Cradle Europe is divided over the US-UK bombing of Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, as Italy, Spain, and France have refused…
The US and British bombing campaigns of Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen marks a significant intensification of the Middle East crisis. This development comes as the…
The US and British bombing campaigns of Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen marks a significant intensification of the Middle East crisis. This development comes as the…
Most countries have, for many decades, kept a record of their own critical minerals list. For example, the U.S., drew up a list of “war…
"ESG" has gone from the buzzword that every investment advisor, company and government official had to be familiar with and append to every single piece of business…
Current lithium extraction and refinement methods are outdated, often harmful to the environment, and ultimately inefficient. So much so that by 2030, lithium demand will…
So far this week, spot prices for yellowcake - uranium concentrate used in nuclear power generation - reached a new 16-year high, climbing to $92.45…
At this point, one might be forgiven for thinking that the Nord Stream pipelines sabotage is already ancient history. After all, mainstream media and prime…
Last week, when looking at the latest global container shipping rates, we observed a surge in prices for all legacy Red Sea routes such as…
In a major move by Beijing which appears timed to send a strong message just ahead of Taiwan's presidential and parliamentary elections on January 13, China…
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Cheers to France if pending legislation passes as currently written. It effectively scraps most hard commitments and turns more…
Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, There are three factors driving gold bulls as we move into the new year – the demand factor,…
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates formally joined the BRICS group of major emerging economies on January 1, 2024, expanding the…
Vehicle sales started to slow at the end of last year as "sticker shock" has been taking its toll on would-be U.S. consumers, according to…
By Michael Msika, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist January and February are usually pretty good months for Europe’s mining stocks, as factories in China…
Authored by Stefan Gleason via Money Metals, The gold market is poised to make history in 2024. It enters the New Year within striking distance…
According to assessments by the International Renewable Energy Agency in 2022, Germany had an installed photovoltaic capacity of around 67 gigawatts, making it the European country with the…