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Friday's Close
  • Critical minerals rally extends after-hours as global electrification demand drives institutional positioning across lithium and rare earth sectors.
  • Energy complex mixed with natural gas futures down 2.1% to $2.87/MMBtu while crude holds above $78/barrel on supply concerns.
  • Base metals under pressure as copper retreats 1.4% to $4.12/lb amid China demand uncertainty and industrial metals face headwinds.
  • Insider activity shows divergent views with fuel cell executives offloading $7.6M positions while consumer discretionary leadership accumulates shares.
  • Conference of Montreal gathering this week brings European energy ministers together as critical mineral supply chain discussions intensify.
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Global Headlines
Jun-08 6:30am ETGOLDGoldMining Files PEA Technical Report for its La Mina Project, Colombia - Highlighting $1.0 Billion After-Tax NPV and 32% IRRCanada Newswire
Jun-08 6:30am ETREDCRed Canyon Commences Drilling at its 100% Owned Osiris Copper-Gold ProjectTheNewswire
Jun-08 6:30am ETLIBLibertyStream Announces Lithium Carbonate Offtake Milestone with U.S. Industrial Customer and Provides Operations UpdateBusiness Wire
Jun-08 6:30am ETBWBabcock & Wilcox to Support TerraSpark's Development Efforts for 1.6 GW Coal-fired Power Plant Project in West VirginiaBusiness Wire
Jun-08 6:30am ETBURUNUBURU Files Golden Power Notification for Majority Acquisition of Tekne, Launching Formal Review by the Italian GovernmentBusiness Wire
Jun-08 2:47am ETAKRBPAker BP increases ownership interest in Johan Sverdrup following redeterminationPR Newswire
Jun-08 2:00am ETGWMOGreat Western Mining gains OTCQB listing in U.S.AccessWire
Jun-08 2:00am ETPNW1Touchstone Exploration closes fundraise and retail offerAccessWire
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