Finnish materials technology company Betolar and limestone company Nordkalk have started a joint research project to explore new uses for circular calcite. Circular calcite is a byproduct derived from flotation tailings at Nordkalk’s Lappeenranta site in Finland. The agreement sets out plans for a potential long-term partnership focused on commercialising circular calcite for applications in construction or mining, pending technical validation and market evaluation. Betolar president and CEO Tuija Kalpa ...

Asian stock are trading mostly lower on Friday, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street overnight, as U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new round of tariffs ranging from 25 to 100 percent on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets, heavy trucks and branded drugs starting October 1. Asian markets ended mixed on Thursday.Renewed uncertainty about the outlook for interest rates also weighed on the markets following the release of some largely upbeat U.S. economic data.Traders now await the ...

I have been covering Aura Minerals (NASDAQ: AUGO ) since June 2024, after meeting with the company's management, which provided insight into their operating process, capacity expansion, and cost curve. I then wrote about the Cerro Blanco acquisition, which has been renamedExperience is difficult to learn. After 30 plus years of critically analyzing the nuts and bolts of businesses as diverse as airlines, oil, retail, mining to fintech and ecommerce plus the macro, monetary and political drivers. I continue ...

And right now we are 2 minutes away from the end of the trading day. Romaine Bostick alongside Matt Miller, taking you through to that closing bell with a global simulcast. We're joined now by Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec in the radio booth. Welcome to our audiences across all of our bloomberg platforms. Carol Massar on another down day for the markets. Fractional losses, to be sure, but when you kind of stack it up over the last few days. A lot more caution coming back into this market. Yeah, I was just r ...

Key Points It was reported the Trump administration is seeking equity stakes in miners of critical materials. The report followed another report Tuesday that the government may take a 10% stake in a key U.S. lithium miner. MP Materials has already made a deal with the government in July, but it appears more could be coming along these lines. 10 stocks we like better than MP Materials › Shares of rare earths miner MP Materials (NYSE: MP) rallied 8% on Thursday. MP Materials didn't announce any co ...

Welcome back to Market on Close. I'm Marley Caden here in Chicago alongside Sam Bodis at the New York Stock Exchange. As we like to close out our show with some final thoughts or standout headlines on the session, a few stand out to me.CarMax, of course, one of them hitting a new 5-year low was the biggest loser in the S&P after missing in its second quarter earnings estimates. And both the top and bottom lines. Retail used car sales were down 5% year-over-year, and CarMax's auto financing income fell more ...

Accessibility StatementSkip Navigation LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The DJS Law Group announces that it is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. ("Freeport" or "the Company") (NYSE: FCX) for violations of the securities laws. INVESTIGATION DETAILS: The investigation focuses on whether the Company issued misleading statements and/or failed to disclose information pertinent to investors. Reuters reported on September 24, 2025, that Freeport "declared force maje ...

Financial giants have made a conspicuous bullish move on Freeport-McMoRan. Our analysis of options history for Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) revealed 94 unusual trades.Delving into the details, we found 59% of traders were bullish, while 29% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 45 were puts, with a value of $6,847,495, and 49 were calls, valued at $4,493,369.Projected Price TargetsTaking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been tar ...

Wong's report further highlighted the need for specialty metals in advanced military hardware such as fighter jets and stealth systems. And it's not just in defense applications where these metals are crucial components, but also in alternative energy infrastructure such as wind turbines and electric vehicles (EVs). The increased demand translates into potential supply constraints for metals like lithium, copper, rare earths, and other critical minerals. This should provide long-term growth drivers that cre ...

As investors we often tend to neglect certain idiosyncratic risks that are both rare and hard to predict. The recent event at Freeport-McMoRan's (NYSE: FCX ) Grasberg Block Cave mine (GBC) in Indonesia is a perfect example of just that and unfortunately itVladimir Dimitrov, CFA is a former strategy consultant within the field of brand and intangible assets valuation. During his career in the City of London he has been working with some of the largest global brands within the technology, telecom and banking ...