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New Russia sanctions amid war risk even higher gas prices

The House voted Thursday to pass legislation that would place a new set of sanctions on Russia, drawing significant Demo...

Raiffeisen Bank Helping Russia Circumvent Sanctions, Report Claims

Short-selling firm Grizzly Research alleged the Austrian lender has enabled more than $1 billion of Russian trade to cir...

Rinehart’s nine-deal spree takes her well beyond iron ore

Australia’s richest person is building a strategic-metals portfolio spanning rare earths, copper, gallium, antimony and ...

Russia sanctions advance, as the US deepens economic pressure

The US House of Representatives passed the sanctions bill on Wednesday.

Tested by war, Abu Dhabi charts its energy and water future

The emirate has earmarked almost $82 billion over the next decade for expanding and greening its power grid.

Exxon nears Venezuela deal, two decades after messy exit

The move could help revamp oil production in the de facto US protectorate.

Aramco says technology delivered $5 billion in value last year

The Saudi oil producer is using AI, digital twins, and other tools to improve operations and adapt to wartime disruption...

Almonty to supply Sandvik tungsten from Spanish mine tailings

The long-term deal turns waste from a shuttered operation into a new European source of the strategic metal.

U.S. Congress Passes ‘Sanctions From Hell’ Bill Against Russia

The legislation targets Russia’s energy and defense industries, as well as its “shadow fleet” of tankers that evade exis...

The Real U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Is Better Than We Thought

On Aug. 24, 2026, the Trump administration transmitted the text of the U.S.-Saudi nuclear cooperation agreement to Congr...

With Mideast on fire, oil prices are poised to explode

News reports this week indicated Saudi Arabia was cancelling or delaying multiple shipments of crude to European refiner...

Critical Metals says it has ‘cracked’ eudialyte hurdle, plans $2.2B a year refinery in Romania

Preliminary refinery study outlines a joint venture designed to process feedstock from its Tanbreez rare earth project i...

The Graham sanctions act is a chance to punish Putin. Here’s what the White House should do next.

The just-passed Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act is a victory for Ukraine and the bipartisan coalition backing it....

Top sovereign wealth fund executives warn of impending pullback in US stocks

The head of the world’s best performing sovereign wealth fund said US returns in recent years were “close to double annu...

Chinese oil prices hit record high

Energy disruptions from an escalating Middle East conflict spilled into the world’s largest market for imported crude.

Canada Investment Summit raises C$500B, exposes mining’s scale gap

“For projects and supply chains, our standard will be simple: One project. One review. One year,” Carney said.

The U.S.-Canada Trade War Could Mark a Breaking Point

The United States and Canada may settle their current trade dispute, but the decades-long movement to integrate the two ...

What von der Leyen and Carney are up to with Canada’s ‘associate’ EU membership

In her state of the union address, the European Commission president proposed Ottawa join the European Union, but not as...

65 Billion Barrels Is Only the Beginning

President Trump announced this weekend that the United States had secured majority control over more than 65 billion bar...

EU objects to MMG’s Anglo American nickel deal

Brussels says the acquisition of Anglo's assets may redirect low-carbon ferronickel from European stainless steel produc...

Lundin Gold tax claim puts Ecuador mining rules under scrutiny

A $154M dispute at Fruta del Norte is fuelling calls for an independent review of how Ecuador calculates state benefits.

Cameco in offtake agreement for US laser enrichment plant

Canadian company Cameco Corporation is to buy all of the future production of GLE's planned Paducah Laser Enrichment Fac...

S. Africa unveils Johannesburg fiscal rescue plan

Implementation of the plan will continue through local elections, regardless of whether there is a new municipal adminis...

China’s Free-Trade Offer to Africa Won’t Solve the Trade Imbalance

Beijing has opened its enormous market to African exports. Whether that helps the continent move up global value chains ...

The trade climate has already changed: Canberra is still adjusting too slowly

Global protectionism has hit record highs, and Australia’s diversification push hasn’t caught up.

How Australia and Brazil could set the terms on critical minerals

As manufacturing economies compete for supply certainty, there’s an opportunity to leverage shared interests as producer...

Dangote mulls US listing for refinery

The plan would coincide with the refinery’s expansion by 2029.

Belarus Frees 25 More Political Prisoners in Return for U.S. Sanctions Relief

The deal was part of lengthy negotiations in which Washington is urging Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to fre...

Top US and China trade officials hold talks

Though the rhetoric between the White House and Beijing has been largely conciliatory in recent weeks, the reality has b...

The US Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates today

Despite many economists saying the move is necessary to corral inflation, it would put the central bank’s chair in confl...

EU hardens its China stance, as trade war risk heightens

Germany’s chancellor said this week that Europe’s biggest economy supported tougher measures to combat “unfair” Chinese ...

Democratic Republic of Congo courts US mining funds

The DRC is the world’s largest producer of cobalt, a key component in electronics and is seeking to attract more Western...

Congress eyes final legislative push before midterms

A final vote is expected Wednesday on a bill ratcheting up penalties on Russia.

ECB wage tracker at 2.7% in H1 2027, pointing to a modest uptick in negotiated wage growth

Elbows Up: How Canada Is Fighting Trump’s Tariffs

We Discuss: Mentioned on the Episode: Ronald Reagan, “Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade,” Ronald Reagan...

Illicit Finance in a Fragmenting World: Can the Global System Keep Pace?

Today’s financial integrity architecture took shape in an era of multilateral cooperation. Can it still be effective in ...

US diesel hits record highs as oil supply fears mount

Executives warned that the monthslong crunch in oil markets is entering its most acute phase, as commercial and strategi...

China ramps up US soybean purchases ahead of summit

China bought at least 1 million metric tons of US soybeans last week as the country ramps up purchases ahead of Chinese ...

US 10-year yield hits highest level since 2007

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended his bond buyback program in contentious congressional hearings.

Crypto industry’s top legislative priority implodes

“The amount of money the crypto industry spent on lobbying firms for such a staggering defeat would have been better spe...