Washington’s USD 3 billion minerals bet and the chokehold it cannot buy its way out of
Washington is spending hard on mines, magnets and allies. Beijing still owns the refining stage that turns ore into weapons, motors and chips...
Category : Commodity
Barn’s: Expanding globally through an integrated operating model
Read the story of how a Saudi Arabia-based coffee brand is scaling internationally without compromising on quality...
Glencore registers massive energy trading profits, pushes ahead with Australia listing
Glencore booked USD 2.66 billion in H1 adjusted EBIT from energy trading, up from just USD 40 million a year earlier...
Rio Tinto posts highest H1 earnings in four years as AI boom lifts copper revenue
The world's largest iron ore miner is now deriving around 56% of its profit from copper and aluminium combined, turbocharged by the AI boom...
How the Iran war rewired the world’s energy habits in just five months
The lesson governments appear to be drawing from this crisis is not ‘decarbonise faster’ or ‘drill more’; it is, reaching for whatever domestic resource is available...
British Steel nationalisation: The next flashpoint in China-UK relations?
The government said the decision was taken in the 'national interest' after failing to reach an agreement with current owner Jingye Steel...
China’s rare earth curbs risks global manufacturing worth USD 6.5 trillion, says IEA
Energy watchdog says concentrated supply chains leave industries from automobiles to defence vulnerable as geopolitics reshape the critical minerals trade...
Dubai hits record USD 41.7 billion diamond trade in 2025 as DMCC targets global expansion
The diamond trade-related figure, revealed by the Dubai Customs, surpassed the previous record of USD 40.9 billion, set in 2011...
Gold rebounds after a poor June, heads for weekly gain as Fed bets ease
Weak US jobs data is causing the dollar to fall, making buying and holding gold cheaper for people using other currencies...
Setback for Trump’s G2? China tightens export controls against US rare-earth firms
Beijing justified the measures as a response to what it described as the Trump administration's "malicious practice" of imposing restrictions on Chinese companies...