Industrials

Industrials

Caught Between Painful Present and Optimistic Outlook: Copper’s Tariff Price Odyssey

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Demand for copper, already one of the most commonly used metals in the world, has surged amid the AI computing boom.

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Industrials

Gold Miner Newmont Mints Some of S&P 500’s Best Returns

Shares in Colorado-headquartered Newmont, the world’s largest gold miner, have risen 96% in 2025, the third-best performance on the S&P 500.

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Industrials

Brokers Chafe Under Abrupt Expansion of Steel, Aluminum Tariffs

President Trump placed 25% tariffs on aluminum and steel imports in March via executive order, before hiking the rate to 50% on Tuesday.

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Industrials

China Recreates a Shipbuilding Dreadnought

To the extent they ever really were, China’s two major state-owned shipmakers will no longer be ships that pass in the night.

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Industrials

Spacecraft-Maker Firefly Shoots for the Moon in Nasdaq Debut

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Just a week after Figma’s successful market debut, Firefly Aerospace saw its stock pop more than 34% after listing on the Nasdaq on Thursday.

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Industrials

Wired-Up Copper Prices Signal a Tariff-Powered Shock to Consumer Wallets

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A planned 50% tariff on copper has left commodities markets roiling and analysts toiling with the idea consumers paying for higher prices.

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Industrials

America’s Anduril Among Potential Winners of NATO Breakthrough

NATO chief Mark Rutte said last week that the new defense 5% of GDP spending target amounts to a “quantum leap.”

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International Economics

US Flexes Golden Share in Nippon Merger With US Steel

The deal is the Trump administration’s attempt to stake out a new path for balancing national security and the influx of foreign capital.

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Industrials

At Paris Air Show, eVTOL Industry Preps for Takeoff

For key US eVTOL players Joby Aviation and Archer Aviation, the Paris Air Show comes at a critical moment.

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Autos

Can Elon Musk’s Pajama Party Brighten Up Tesla’s Tomorrow?

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Elon Musk is again sleeping at Tesla’s offices again, but that may not be enough to restart the top US EV-maker’s engine.

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