Base metals producers carved out gains in an otherwise punishing session that saw integrated majors, exploration firms, and specialty energy metals decline together.
India curtailed enough solar power in Q2 to run 1.4 million homes—because its grid can't absorb what its panels produce. The bottleneck is global.
Washington's January 2027 ban on Chinese critical minerals collides with a stark reality: American miners and processors aren't ready, while Chile's copper disruptions expose the fragility of global supply chains.
The energy sector fractured along unexpected fault lines as integrated oil giants diverged sharply from a widespread selloff that engulfed exploration producers, uranium miners, and clean technology segments.
The energy complex fractured along structural lines as integrated producers and copper held firm while exploration, uranium, renewables, and precious metals miners retreated sharply.
Australian miner awarded damages after tribunal finds Cameroon unlawfully revoked mining rights, while Brixton drills extraordinary silver grades in Ontario and Agnico backs Lassonde's Abitibi gold play.
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Beijing pours billions into renewables while Western majors sell solar assets and Brussels blinks on methane rules. The clean energy map is being redrawn.
Nuclear fuel and precious metals equities carved out gains while traditional energy producers and clean technology shares retreated in a session marked by sharp subsector divergence.
This week in energy: Oil prices surged past $100/barrel as dual blockades of the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea tightened global supply, while solar power achieved a historic milestone in the US electricity mix. Key developments across oil, gas, renewables, and mining sectors.
