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US data center spending hits $50 billion as AI buildout squeezes metal markets
Spending on US data-center construction has overtaken conventional office building, with the latest US Census Bureau data showing private data-center construction reached a seasonally adjusted

Aluminium inventories fall below five days of global supply
Visible aluminium inventories have fallen to less than five days of global supply, spiking spot aluminum prices to a US$97-a-ton premium to three-month futures —

Record oil drawdowns are masking mining’s fuel shock
Oil drawdowns are accelerating worldwide as governments and refiners drain emergency and commercial inventories to cushion the Strait of Hormuz shock. The US Strategic Petroleum

Why Corporate Treasuries May Start Holding Critical Minerals
For decades, corporate treasuries followed a predictable playbook: Excess cash went into short-term government securities, investment-grade bonds or other highly liquid instruments designed to preserve

America’s Mineral Awakening: onshoring supply chains, rebuilding industry, and the race for mineral independence (Guest Post by Brian Paes-Braga)
Guest post by Brian Paes-Braga, Founder, Chairman and CEO, The Metals Royalty Company (NASDAQ: TMCR) Mr. Brian Paes-Braga is a Canadian-born entrepreneur and merchant banking

Rare earth elements are constraining tech companies
Technology companies are still treating rare earth exposure as a downstream riskFor most of the past decade, the technology sector has operated with a blind










