Project Vault aims to secure critical minerals for advanced technologies. Credit: BJP7images/Shutterstock.com. US President Donald Trump is set to initiate Project Vault, a $12bn strategic stockpile of critical minerals aimed at reducing dependence on Chinese rare earths and other materials. This initiative comprises $1.67bn in private investment and a $10bn loan from the US Export-Import Bank (EX...
Project Vault aims to secure critical minerals for advanced technologies. Credit: BJP7images/Shutterstock.com. US President Donald Trump is set to initiate Project Vault, a $12bn strategic stockpile of critical minerals aimed at reducing dependence on Chinese rare earths and other materials. This initiative comprises $1.67bn in private investment and a $10bn loan from the US Export-Import Bank (EXIM), as reported by Bloomberg. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Project Vault aims to secure minerals essential for advanced technologies, including antimony, cobalt, copper, graphite, lead, nickel and silicon, ensuring manufacturers have reliable access even during periods of market volatility or geopolitical challenges. The framework of Project Vault provides a beneficial return to US taxpayers while aligning with President Trump’s National Security Strategy by strengthening the domestic industrial base and securing supply chains. The initiative targets strategic minerals for industries such as automotive, aerospace and technology, with involvement from companies including Boeing, Corning, General Motors, GE Vernova, Alphabet’s Google and Stellantis NV. Commodities trading firms Hartree Partners, Traxys North America and Mercuria Energy Group are tasked with procuring these materials. GlobalData Strategic Intelligence US Tariffs are shifting - will you react or anticipate? Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard. Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis. By GlobalData Learn more about Strategic Intelligence The US has an existing stockpile for defence needs but lacks one for civilian purposes. The Trump administration has sought to enhance domestic mineral production and processing through investments and international alliances with countries like Australia, Japan and Malaysia. The push to secure mineral supplies in...
Stock futures were rising Tuesday as Palantir’s strong earnings injected renewed optimism around the artificial-intelligence trade. Palantir Technologies jumped 10% in premarket trading after the company, which sells artificial-intelligence software to manage and analyze large amounts of data, reported better-than expected fourth-quarter adjusted earnings. Revenue jumped 70% from a year earlier to...
Stock futures were rising Tuesday as Palantir’s strong earnings injected renewed optimism around the artificial-intelligence trade. Palantir Technologies jumped 10% in premarket trading after the company, which sells artificial-intelligence software to manage and analyze large amounts of data, reported better-than expected fourth-quarter adjusted earnings. Revenue jumped 70% from a year earlier to a record $1.41 billion on strong demand for its AI technology.
(RTTNews) - Indian shares ended Tuesday's session on a buoyant note after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a trade deal with India that slashes U.S. tariffs on Indian goods to 18 percent from 50 percent in exchange for India halting Russian oil purchases and lowering trade barriers. The breakthrough following a high-level telephonic conversation between Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra...
(RTTNews) - Indian shares ended Tuesday's session on a buoyant note after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a trade deal with India that slashes U.S. tariffs on Indian goods to 18 percent from 50 percent in exchange for India halting Russian oil purchases and lowering trade barriers. The breakthrough following a high-level telephonic conversation between Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi helped ease tariff-related concerns that have weighed on domestic markets for months. However, the information available was limited to President Trump's tweets and press statements, with no details. There were questions over several key aspects such as the opening of the agriculture sector, the reduction of tariffs to "zero" and a pause on the purchase of Russian oil, as claimed by Trump. Media reports quoted sources as saying that Union Minister Piyush Goyal will soon address Parliament on the deal. Meanwhile, investor sentiment was also underpinned by falling crude oil prices on easing U.S.-Iran tensions, big gains in rupee and a rebound in the precious metals market after a steep sell-off triggered by the nomination of Kevin Warsh as chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve. The Indian rupee saw a strong appreciation, rising to a three-week high of Rs 90.19 against the greenback after Moody's Ratings said the reduction of the U.S. tariff rate on most Indian goods is credit positive for labor-intensive sectors such as gems, jewelry, textiles and apparel. Moody's also said that India is unlikely to cease all Russian oil purchases immediately, but a complete shift toward non-Russian oil could tighten supply elsewhere, raise prices and pass through to higher inflation given that India is one of the world's largest oil importers. The benchmark BSE Sensex surged 2,072.67 points, or 2.54 percent, to 83,739.13, while the broader NSE Nifty index soared 639.15 points, or 2.55 percent, to 25,727.55. The BSE mid-cap and small-cap indexes advanced 2.8 percent and 2.9 percent, resp...
European fund managers have been buying up New Zealand’s kiwi in a bet that the currency will benefit from an economic revival, the prospect of interest-rate hikes and broad weakness in the US dollar. London-based money managers at Candriam, Ninety One Plc and Amova Asset Management have been adding the kiwi to their portfolios recently. The currency rallied nearly 5% in January, making it the sec...
European fund managers have been buying up New Zealand’s kiwi in a bet that the currency will benefit from an economic revival, the prospect of interest-rate hikes and broad weakness in the US dollar. London-based money managers at Candriam, Ninety One Plc and Amova Asset Management have been adding the kiwi to their portfolios recently. The currency rallied nearly 5% in January, making it the second-best performing G-10 currency so far this year. While the kiwi is benefiting from a broad slide in the dollar, several other factors are helping it build on modest gains in 2025 that followed four consecutive annual declines. A surge in business confidence and manufacturing suggest the country’s economy is benefiting from low borrowing costs, while a pickup in inflation means that interest rates may move higher by the end of the year. “The FX route is quite a nice way to play the bounce back in the New Zealand economy,” said Jamie Niven , senior portfolio manager at Candriam who has been buying the currency this month. “Because NZD’s been so under held, there’s quite a lot to pick up there.” Read More: NZ Dollar Hits Three-Week High on Interest Rate Outlook Pivot That sentiment last week pushed the kiwi to around 0.61 against the dollar, the highest since July. As a small, illiquid currency, the kiwi tends to gain when demand for risk is high, and can be vulnerable to sudden shifts in sentiment when investors seek haven currencies like the yen and Swiss franc. Still, there’s growing interest in the kiwi. In a recent note, strategists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. wrote that they favor the kiwi against the dollar, and that it has room to catch up with other currencies that have outperformed. Alex Holroyd-Jones , a portfolio manager at Ninety One, said it’s time for the currency to bounce back after being “very unloved.” He has been buying the currency against the euro since mid-January, betting that New Zealand’s economic recovery is underpriced. “A lot of people have been...