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Mining Press Roundup: USA Rare Earth Locks Down $1.6B in Federal Funding
USA Rare Earth finalizes CHIPS Act funding, Hycroft unveils $4.3B Nevada project economics, and copper supply concerns deepen as Goldman slashes forecasts.
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Energy Equities Diverge as Oil Majors Retreat While Exploration Names Rally
Broad-based weakness across integrated energy giants contrasted sharply with strength in exploration-focused equities, as metals and renewable sectors painted a mixed picture.
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When the Chips Are Down
Broadcom's AI chip forecast missed by $1.2 billion and erased $270 billion in market value. The real story: memory shortages and Chinese circuit boards are reshaping who controls the AI hardware stack.
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Energy Equities Diverge as Upstream Names Lead Broad Session Volatility
Traditional oil and gas explorers outpaced integrated majors while precious metals and clean energy names faced headwinds in uneven trading.
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Gulf Recovery Will Take Months, Not Days
Kuwait says it needs 10-12 weeks to restore oil output after Hormuz reopens. Meanwhile, the US just sanctioned its first floating LNG project as crude inventories hit a six-week freefall.
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Mining Press Roundup: DPM Strikes Major Gold-Copper Discovery in Bulgaria
Canadian producer DPM Metals announces high-grade porphyry discovery near its flagship Chelopech mine, while Tintina secures $91M for Chile copper-gold project and Elliott pushes Northern Star toward strategic review.
Technology
The Memory Makers Take Control
High-bandwidth memory is sold out through 2026, and the companies that make it—Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron—now hold more power over AI's future than the chip designers themselves.
Oil & Gas
Energy Sector Fractures as Oil Majors Diverge Sharply from Explorers
Traditional integrated energy companies and exploration-focused names moved in opposite directions as investors reassessed positioning across the hydrocarbon value chain.
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Microsoft Breaks From OpenAI. Florida Sues.
Microsoft unveiled seven proprietary AI models at Build 2026 to reduce OpenAI dependence, while Florida became the first state to sue OpenAI and Sam Altman personally. Markets are in 'greed mode,' Goldman's CEO warns, as trillion-dollar IPOs loom.
Mining
Mining Press Roundup: Cameco Spends $115M to Boost Cigar Lake Uranium Stake
Cameco increases ownership of world-class uranium mine as nuclear demand surges, while Barrick weighs $30B African merger and activist Elliott targets Northern Star.
Oil & Gas
The Machines Are Learning to Drill
Autonomous drilling rigs now cut well delivery times by 25%. Mining sensors detect faults before they happen. And data centers are about to double natural gas demand—whether the grid is ready or not.
Technology
The Trillion-Dollar Week in AI
Microsoft launched seven proprietary models to cut its OpenAI dependence. Florida sued Sam Altman personally. Anthropic filed for a near-trillion-dollar IPO. And Goldman Sachs called the market 'greed mode.'
Mining
Congo Triples Lithium Taxes as China Trains
The Democratic Republic of Congo just tripled royalties on lithium miners. China is graduating hundreds of rare earths engineers every year. And copper? The world needs six new billion-tonne mines annually through 2050 — and isn't building them.
Mining
How does satellite remote sensing work for energy and mining applications?
Satellite remote sensing uses sensors aboard orbiting satellites to detect and measure electromagnetic radiation reflected or emitted from Earth's surface, enabling energy and mining companies to monitor infrastructure, detect emissions, identify mineral deposits, and manage operations remotely.
Mining
Machines Learn to Drill Without Us
Sandvik and Rio Tinto are building autonomous drill rigs that operate from Perth. The shift from pilot programs to production-scale AI is rewriting how energy and mining companies extract value from the ground.
Technology
Millimeters From Space: Mining's New Eye
A quantum computing company just launched a commercial radar service that detects ground shifts every three days. Mining giants and infrastructure owners are watching closely.
Mining
Mining Press Roundup: Elliott Takes $1B Stake in Northern Star as Critical Minerals Deals Accelerate
Activist investor Elliott Management builds billion-dollar position in Australia's top gold miner while Quad nations unveil $20B critical minerals framework and uranium giant Cameco expands Cigar Lake ownership.
Technology
Nvidia's Laptop Gambit Meets the Memory Wall
Nvidia unveiled its first laptop chip Monday as South Korea's semiconductor exports tripled. But the AI boom's biggest constraint isn't compute—it's memory, and the shortage won't break until 2028.
Technology
The AI Funding Divide: Winners and Losers
Anthropic hits $965 billion valuation as more than 220 pre-ChatGPT unicorns fall below $1 billion. The AI boom isn't lifting all boats—it's sinking most of them.
Technology
When the Grid Can't Keep Up With AI
Data centers now demand more power than they can get. The bottleneck isn't capital—it's the grid itself, and the scramble for solutions is reshaping everything from mining automation to French industrial policy.