After reaching a 17 year high of US$106 per pound in early January, the uranium spot price has spent the rest of the year consolidating, remaining rangebound between US$79 and US$85 since June. ‘The uranium markets continue to digest last year’s 88.54 percent gain and have remained apathetic to ever-strengthening…
Netherlands-based semiconductor equipment giant ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) experienced its largest single-day share price drop since 1998 after sharing a weaker-than-expected 2025 forecast. The company plummeted about 16 percent on Tuesday (October 15) after releasing its Q3 report and guidance for next year. Its results were published a day earlier than…
Many Canadian copper stocks are performing strongly in 2024, thanks in part to several tailwinds for the sector this year. Copper prices saw gains during the first half of the year, and supply concerns and rising demand caused the metal to surge to a record COMEX high on May 20,…
A turbulent Q3 in the crypto market was marked by price volatility and shifts in investor sentiment. Popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin, often seen as a bellwether for the industry, experienced sharp price corrections at the start of each month, with July and August witnessing declines exceeding 12 percent. Meanwhile, Ethereum’s performance…
Disney parks are adding a top-tier, line-skipping upgrade with a whole new world of pricing: as much as $449 per person on top of park admission, Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday. The Lightning Lane Premier Pass pilot program will begin next Wednesday at Disneyland Resort theme parks in Anaheim, California,…
DETROIT — General Motors has agreed to establish a joint venture with Lithium Americas Corp. that includes the automaker supplying $625 million in cash and credit to the Canadian mining business, the companies announced Wednesday. The deal is centered on the development, construction and operation of a lithium carbonate mining operation called Thacker Pass…
In one of Gaza’s last standing hospitals, Tamara Al-Maarouf’s eyes well up with tears as she stands helplessly by her baby boy’s hospital bed. A tumor, now removed, has been compressing the 4-month-old’s tiny heart and he desperately needs treatment abroad. Meanwhile, 84-year-old Oded Lifschitz, who was kidnapped from his…
The toll is expected to rise from the blast, which happened late evening local time on Tuesday in Majiya, a village in Jigawa state. “The driver lost control and the tanker somersaulted and spilled fuel into a drainage ditch,” Jigawa police spokesperson Shiisu Lawan Adam said. “As a result, residents rushed to…
The spluttering roar of a propeller punctuates the perfect silence. Car headlights flick on, splitting the darkness. Their beams reveal not just a section of tarmac ahead, but one of Ukraine’s most top-secret weapons, controlled by its most clandestine agency. Stuck to the nose of the gray machine is a…
The United States has warned Israel it may stop supplying the country with weapons unless the humanitarian situation in Gaza improves. This is not the first time Israel’s major ally has threatened to turn off supplies. In May, US President Joe Biden said he would halt some shipments of weapons…