Lithium prices surged to their highest levels in more than two years this week, extending a sharp rally driven by tightening supply and rising demand. Benchmark prices for battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide have jumped sharply, with Fastmarkets’ CIF China, Japan and South Korea assessments pushing above US$20,000 a ton. Spodumene, the lithium-bearing mineral produced by Australian miners, also climbed ...

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have become popular in North America in a wide range of industries, including the clean energy sector, whose appeal is rapidly increasing. For investors looking to gain exposure to the cleantech market, investing in individual stocks can be daunting considering the broad reach of this market sector. The cleantech umbrella covers a range of sectors, including renewable ...

Golconda Gold Ltd. (‘Golconda Gold’ or the ‘Company’) (TSX-V: GG; OTCQB: GGGOF) is pleased to announce that Alan Linden has been appointed as the General Manager of the Corporation’s Summit mine, located in New Mexico, United States. Alan Linden has over 35 years’ experience as a Mining Engineer and Project Manager with a focus on underground mining and mine restart ...

Lead prices were volatile in 2025 amid investor uncertainty and factors like tariff threats. The base metal is primarily consumed by lead-acid batteries, but is also used to produce radiation shielding, weights and, in the defense sector, ammunition. More recently it’s seen increased demand from the electric vehicle (EV) sector as a low-voltage auxiliary power source for lighting, windows and ...

Aurum Resources (AUE:AU) has announced Boundiali Gold Project produces more good drilling results Download the PDF here. This post appeared first on investingnews.com ...

Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Wednesday (January 14) as of 9:00 p.m. UTC. Get the latest insights on Bitcoin, Ether and altcoins, along with a round-up of key cryptocurrency market news. Bitcoin and Ether price update Bitcoin (BTC) was priced at US$97,611.39, up by 3.3 percent over 24 hours. Bitcoin price performance, January 14, 2025. Chart ...

Mario Innecco, who runs the maneco64 YouTube channel, shares his thoughts on the record runs in gold and silver, outlining what these high prices say about the world. ‘This is I think the end of this fiat currency regime,’ he said. Securities Disclosure: I, Charlotte McLeod, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article. This post ...

President Donald Trump unloaded on a cohort of Senate Republicans who voted to rein in his policing powers in Venezuela, arguing that they couldn’t give a good reason to vote against him. During remarks at the Detroit Economic Club following a tour of a Ford plant in Dearborn, Mich., Trump harangued Republicans for not staying unified, while declaring that, though ...

The Senate quietly passed legislation on Tuesday that would create stiffer penalties for explicit AI-manipulated images, known as deepfakes.  The bill from Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is designed to beef up federal penalties against the creation, distribution or solicitation of ‘non-consensual digital forgeries,’ or deepfakes. It’s geared to act as a companion to a previously passed bill targeting revenge porn. ...

Recently unredacted construction plans for China’s new super embassy in London have ignited a storm of national security concerns across the United Kingdom, as blueprints reveal a hidden underground room positioned alarmingly close to some of Britain’s most sensitive communication cables. Major critics of the proposed site, which will run as close as three feet to the internet infrastructure, warned ...