Europe Agrees to Tap Diesel Reserves After US Pressure Campaign
Europe has reportedly agreed to draw down its emergency diesel stocks, bowing to a sustained US pressure campaign aimed at cooling fuel prices that have climbed to record levels. The agreement came together through the Group of Seven, which plans to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products over four months beginning immediately. […]
Anglo-Teck Controls Just 5% of Copper Yet China Wants Guarantees Before Merger Approval
China’s final regulatory review of the $54 billion Anglo American-Teck Resources merger is focusing on access to copper concentrate rather than asset divestitures, according to Reuters, putting physical supply at the center of approval for a combination expected to control only about 5% of global copper supply. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation has asked […]
Freeport Holds Copper Output Steady as Grasberg Recovery Continues
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) produced roughly 830 million pounds of copper in the third quarter of 2026, in line with expectations as its Grasberg operation in Indonesia continues to recover from last year’s mud rush. Gold production came in at 230,000 ounces, also close to plan. Gold sales were far lighter. A change in the timing […]
Florida Sues Pfizer, CEO Over Alleged Misleading COVID Vaccine Marketing
Florida has moved its scrutiny of COVID-19 vaccines into a profit-focused consumer-protection case, suing Pfizer and CEO Albert Bourla less than two years after a statewide grand jury investigating vaccine manufacturers found no evidence of criminal activity. Attorney General James Uthmeier filed the 49-page civil complaint on October 1 in St. Lucie County Circuit Court, […]
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Spanish Mountain Gold Says Talks With Xatśūll Continue After Nation Terminates 2012 and 2021 Agreements
Xatśūll First Nation has terminated all agreements it held with Spanish Mountain Gold (TSXV: SPA), leaving the company without a formal framework with one of the three First Nations on whose territories its flagship gold project sits. The Nation said it gave notice in April that it was immediately ending a 2021 engagement protocol, and […]
Trojan Gold Consolidates Hemlo and Shebandowan Ground With Tashota, Strike Copper Deal
Trojan Gold (CSE: TGII) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tashota Resources and Strike Copper, combining three Ontario-focused junior explorers into a single company that will be renamed Trilogy Gold. The agreement, dated October 1, will be carried out through a three-cornered amalgamation with a newly formed Trojan subsidiary. The amalgamated company will become […]
Evergold Drills 4.9 Metres at 7.7 g/t Gold At Golden Lion
Evergold Corp. (TSXV: EVER) has returned a new high-grade gold-silver intercept roughly 100 metres southeast of the drilling that established Golden Lion’s first high-grade domain in 2021, providing the first assay evidence from the company’s return to the British Columbia project after a five-year drilling gap. Hole GL26-031 returned 13.5 metres grading 2.84 g/t gold and […]
Cascadia Minerals Hits 75.55 Metres at 1.19% Copper at Carmacks
Cascadia Minerals (TSXV: CAM) has added two broad, high-grade copper-gold intersections to the northern extension of its Carmacks project in Yukon, putting new assay evidence behind an expansion that the junior miner had already established earlier this year. The strongest new result came from hole CD-26-058, which returned 75.55 metres grading 1.19% copper, 0.97 g/t gold, […]
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Europe Considers 50 Million Barrel Diesel Release After US Threat
Europe is considering using a large share of its emergency diesel reserves not only to cool fuel prices, but potentially to secure continued access to US supply after Washington threatened to restrict exports. EU governments discussed a French proposal Friday to release 50 million barrels of diesel, while International Energy Agency members would separately provide another 50 […]
US Expands Iran Sanctions Into Auto, Rail, And Russian-Linked Payments
The US has widened its Iran sanctions architecture into two of the country’s largest domestic transport industries while separately targeting a Russia-linked payment network that Washington alleges helped Tehran move funds outside conventional financial channels. The Treasury Department published a new sectoral determination covering Iran’s automotive and rail industries under Executive Order 13902. Effective immediately, […]