Commodities
First Atlantic Strikes $16M Deal for BC Copper Project
First Atlantic Nickel signed a $16M earn-in deal with Core Critical Metals for Lucky Mike — a BC copper project 20 km from Canada's largest copper mine.
Economy
The Supreme Court Just Killed Trump’s Tariffs – $175 Billion May Have to Come Back
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump's IEEPA tariffs are illegal. Over $175 billion in collections face refund as Europe's markets rally on the news.
Stocks
Rolls-Royce Soars to All-Time High as FTSE 100 Breaks Records — but the Valuation Question Won’t Go Away
Rolls-Royce shares hit a record £13.26 as the FTSE 100 sealed another all-time high. Defence stocks led the rally — but at 36 times earnings, how much good news is already priced in?
Economy
UK Retail Sales Beat Forecasts Ninefold — But Is It a Gold Rush or a Genuine Recovery?
UK retail sales surged 1.8% in January, beating forecasts ninefold. But record gold prices and deep discounting — not renewed confidence — drove the headline number.
Altcoins
MEV Bots Are Eating Ethereum’s Scaling Gains — Over Half the Gas on Major L2s Goes to Search Spam
Flashbots data shows MEV search spam consumes over 50% of gas on Base and Optimism while paying under 10% of fees — turning Ethereum's scaling gains into a subsidy for arbitrage bots.
Asia Pacific
POSCO Burns $439 Million in Shares While Profits Halve — and Tariffs Aren’t the Main Villain
POSCO Holdings will cancel KRW 635 billion in treasury shares to complete its three-year shareholder return programme, even as consolidated net profit fell 47% to KRW 504 billion in 2025.
Europe
British Steel Restarts 24/7 Production for First Time in a Decade After Landing Turkish Rail Deal
British Steel restarts 24/7 rail production at Scunthorpe for the first time in a decade after winning an eight-figure contract to supply 36,000 tonnes for Turkey's Ankara-İzmir high-speed line.
Economy
Berlin and Rome Line Up Against Europe’s Carbon Market — and the Price Already Crashed
Merz and Meloni push to weaken the EU's carbon market at Antwerp, crashing ETS prices 23% from January highs, while Greece's Chevron deal reignites a Mediterranean energy dispute with Turkey.
