甘肃能源公告，预计2026年第一季度归属于上市公司股东的净利润为4.8亿元～4.9亿元，比上年同期的4.8亿元增长0.08%～2.17%。扣除非经常性损益后的净利润预计为4.8亿元～4.88亿元，比上年同期的4.79亿元增长0.21%～1.78%。

提出开店2万家目标的星巴克，正式向瑞幸们“宣战”。 在宣布与博裕投资达成战略合作的5个月后，4月8日，星巴克全球与博裕投资的战略合作已启动。双方的目标明确——星巴克中国未来将加速覆盖空白商圈和市场，推出包括10平米最小星巴克、咖啡小车等店型在内的灵活门店形态，并最终将门店数量扩展至2万家。 目前，由星巴克与博裕投资成立的合资企业，在中国本土运营着约8000家直营咖啡店，而这些咖啡店将逐步过渡到特许经营模式。 这也意味着，星巴克中国将打入瑞幸、库迪等本土品牌的核心市场阵地，正式加入本土咖啡市场的“巷战”。而其过去多年深耕城市核心商圈、“第三空间”等核心标签也将弱化。 星巴克要开放加盟了？但未必能赚更多钱 作为一家以中产为目标客户的咖啡连锁店，星巴克并非一开始就开放了特许经营。 在星巴克创始人霍华德.舒尔茨看来，加盟商是介于公司和顾客之间直接交流的障碍。也因此，这家美国咖啡巨头在成立初期一直将保留直营模式作为公司的内部规则之一。以此保证咖啡统一的高品质，员工的专业素养以及专业的外部形象。 不过，出于竞争的考虑，星巴克后来对这一规则做了妥协，在美国和部分国际市场，星巴克已有一定比例的特许经营门店。 财报显示，截至2025年9月28日，星巴克在北美地区一共拥有7293家特许经营店和11018家直营店，分别占北美地区总门店数量的39.83%和60.17%。在北美以外的国际市场，星巴克也拥有12183家特许经营店，甚至超过直营门店的数量（10469家）。 而早在1999年进入中国内地市场时，星巴克也采取了授权本土公司特许经营、成立合资公司的策略，与美大咖啡、统一集团、美心集团等本土企业展开合作。随着中国市场持续向好，星巴克又通过一系列增持与收购动作，于2017年将内地所有门店收归直营。 面对如今中国市场的竞争环境，星巴克同样需要向特许经营这种低成本的扩张模式妥协。 星巴克刚进入中国内地时，多数中国人的咖啡饮用习惯尚未被培养。凭借标志性的“第三空间”，星巴克一度奠定了中国消费者咖啡消费场景的基调。但随着咖啡消费市场日渐成熟，瑞幸、库迪、Manner等强劲的本土对手，则以更轻量化的店型、更敏捷的产品策略和更具性价比的价格，切入咖啡外带需求，分流了大量星巴克消费者。 在上海啡越投资管理有限公司董事长王振东看来，星巴克中国正面临多重核心挑战。作为全球化的上市公司，星巴克的组织架构导致其...

Palantir (PLTR) fell sharply after Michael Burry put a familiar pressure point back in front of investors: competition in enterprise AI. Business Insider,quotingBurry’s now-deleted X post, said he argued that Anthropic is “eating Palantir’s lunch” and pointed to Anthropic’s rapid enterprise ...

华大智造公告，全资子公司深圳华大智造生物电子科技有限公司的基因测序仪产品近日取得中华人民共和国医疗器械注册证，注册证编号为国械注准20263220708。该产品采用联合探针锚定聚合测序技术，适用于对人体样本的DNA和RNA进行测序，辅助诊断疾病或疾病易感性，型号为DNBSEQ-T1+。注册证书有效期为2026年4月9日至2031年4月8日。该注册证书的取得有利于公司基因测序仪业务的全面开展，提高综合竞争力，对公司可持续性发展产生积极影响。

“来自前同事的消息，Red Hat中国研发团队全员毕业了。” ▲网友爆料红帽中国研发团队遭裁撤（图源：X平台） 智东西4月10日报道，昨天上午，社交媒体平台上一则关于“ 红帽中国研发团队被整体裁撤 ”的消息获得海量关注。红帽是全球头部的开源解决方案公司，以企业版Linux等产品闻名。在中国，红帽主要服务于金融、电信、制造等行业的客户，提供开源技术支持和本地化服务。 01 红帽现为IBM的全资子公司 ，IBM于2019年以 约340亿美元（以2019年平均汇率计算，约合人民币2345.49亿元） 完成对其收购，收购后红帽保持独立运营。 昨晚，裁员邮件的曝光彻底坐实了这一变动。云头条获取的内部邮件显示，红帽CTO兼全球工程高级副总裁向红帽中国团队发送了一份邮件。 邮件内容显示，红帽的全球工程团队一直在推进其全球布局的演变，作为整体战略的一部分，红帽将停止在中国的工程活动，相关工作将主要转移到亚太地区的工程中心。 对于所有研发员工而言，从即日起这些员工无需再进行日常工作，他们与红帽的雇佣关系将于2026年7月31日终止。 ▲裁员邮件（图源：云头条） 云头条还报道称，红帽中国区的调整 涉及大约419人 ，裁员赔偿方案为 N+3到N+6 。 400多人的调整，影响了大部分红帽中国员工。企查查信息显示，红帽在中国主要通过红帽软件（北京）及其分支机构运营业务，企业工商年报中，这几家公司的员工数量一直呈现递减趋势，2024年年报中显示合计共有611人。 ▲红帽软件在中国的几家公司（图源：企查查） 在内部邮件中，红帽CTO提到相关工作将主要转移到亚太地区的工程中心，这可能指的是红帽在印度、日本等地的研发部门。 红帽的全球招聘官网显示，红帽目前除了在美国有较多招聘岗位之外，在印度、日本、澳大利亚、新加坡、韩国等国家和地区的岗位也不少。而在整个大中华区，只有中国香港仍有岗位正在招聘，所招聘的岗位是AI销售经理。 ▲红帽招聘官网 在社交媒体上，红帽中国研发团队遭裁撤的消息引发了不少人的感伤情绪。 有位网友分享，自己曾在红帽呆了5年多，很怀念在家办公和工作-生活平衡的文化，他还曾想过哪天回到红帽养老，结果RH中国研发团队没了。 ▲网友回忆在红帽的工作经历（图源：X平台） 另一位网友分享，他在GitHub里常关注的一位在红帽做网络的员工，上午还在组织里，下午就已经被组织移除了，“这真是一个瞬息...

China’s exports of passenger cars accelerated in March, an industry association said Friday, as Chinese automakers stepped up their push to grow overseas markets. Passenger car exports jumped 82.4% year-on-year last month to around 748,000 vehicles, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, up from the 586,000 vehicles exported in February. Exports of new energy passenger vehicles — including battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids — surged more than 140% in March from a year ago to 363,000 units.

(RTTNews) - European stocks ticked higher on Friday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that his country was ready for direct negotiations with Lebanon, while insisting that Israel's attacks across the country targeting Hezbollah would continue.

Hollywood actor and former “Friends” star Tate Donovan is selling the beautiful Texas property he has owned for the last decade, listing it for just a hair under $1.7 million.

节能风电公告，截至2026年3月31日，公司累计完成发电量31.39亿千瓦时，较上年同期下降11.65%（含独立储能）。其中，陆上风电发电量为29.12亿千瓦时，同比下降12.42%；海上风电发电量为1.69亿千瓦时，同比下降25.63%；独立储能发电量为5743万千瓦时。

AlexSecret Stock futures were mixed Friday morning as the initial U.S.-Iran ceasefire relief rally faded, with doubts over its durability compounded by continued regional friction and minimal improvement in Strait of Hormuz tanker traffic, reintroducing a risk premium, pushing oil back toward the $100 mark, and keeping equity gains in check. Here are some of Friday's biggest stock movers: Biggest stock gainers Simulations Plus ( SLP ) +14% - Shares surged after a Q2 beat, with non-GAAP EPS of $0.35 topping estimates and revenue rising 8.3% Y/Y to $24.3M, also ahead of expectations. While FY2026 revenue guidance of $79M–$82M remains broadly in line with consensus and other operating metrics were unchanged, the company lowered its adjusted EPS outlook to $0.75–$0.85 (from $1.03–$1.10) due to a higher expected tax rate. Investors appeared encouraged by solid execution and margin targets of 26%–30% EBITDA alongside a strong software revenue mix outlook. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ( TSM ) +2% – Shares rose after reporting strong March 2026 revenue of NT$415.19B, up 45.2% Y/Y and 30.7% sequentially, driven by robust demand for AI-related chips; Q1 revenue totaled NT$1.13T, slightly ahead of consensus and up 35.1% Y/Y, reinforcing momentum in advanced-node demand. Investors now focused on the company’s full Q1 earnings report scheduled for April 16. Biggest stock losers Tecnoglass ( TGLS ) -6% - Shares fell after the company updated its FY2026 outlook to reflect the impact of a newly implemented 10% U.S. tariff on aluminum window imports, now guiding for adjusted EBITDA of $225M–$245M, implying a ~$50M hit vs. the prior midpoint. While management outlined mitigation steps, including pricing actions starting with May orders, logistics optimization, increased automation, and headcount rationalization, it expects only a partial offset in 2026, with full tariff neutralization targeted by 2027. More on related stocks: Simulations Plus, Inc. (SLP) Q2 2026 Earnings Call T...

财联社4月10日讯（编辑 周子意） 全球最大的芯片代工企业台积电于周五（4月10日）公布，其第一季度营收增长35%，超出市场预期，这得益于对人工智能应用的持续需求。 台积电周五在一份声明中写道，今年1月至3月的营收达到1.134万亿新台币（约合357.1亿美元），而去年同期为8393亿新台币，这也是该公司单季营收规模首次突破万亿新台币门槛。 其中3月单月营收达新台币4151.9亿元，同比增长45.2%，环比增长30.7%。 这一结果与台积电在上一次财报电话会议中给出的346亿至358亿美元的预期相符，并且超过了分析师预测的1.125万亿新台币（约合353.8亿美元）。 周五，该公司在台北上市的股票收涨2.3%，今年已累计上涨29%，而基准股价指数的涨幅为22%。 台积电是英伟达、苹果、超威半导体及博通等全球顶级科技企业的核心芯片代工伙伴，生产着全球绝大多数最先进的半导体。该公司是人工智能技术进步的主要受益者，而人工智能技术的进步已大大抵消了因疫情导致的消费电子产品所用芯片需求的下降。 在台积电创下的这一营收新高之际，正值中东地区战事不断，导致能源成本上升并扰乱全球市场。地缘政治冲突还可能危及半导体生产所需原材料的供应，分析人士称这或将迫使企业推迟人工智能数据中心的投资。 然而，根据LSEG的数据，分析师们将台积电4月至6月的营收预期上调了2.3%，至创纪录的1.2万亿新台币，因为他们认为先进人工智能芯片生产的产能受限将有助于提升该公司的盈利。 台积电将于4月16日公布第一季度财报，并同时发布本季度及全年的最新展望。

The South African author on discovering Colette, being inspired by JG Ballard, and the subversive joys of Asako Yuzuki My earliest reading memory The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss, particularly the little red fan the cat holds in the tip of its tail. At the age of five, I was reading The Famous Five, getting to grips with Enid Blyton’s most complex characters, Aunt Fanny and Uncle Quentin. I was born in apartheid South Africa. The children in the Famous Five series had no human rights problems and it is set in Dorset, a landscape that was totally unknown to me. My bedroom window in Johannesburg looked out on a garden of bone-white grass and a peach tree. My favourite book growing up I was delighted to move on to the imaginative sophistication of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. CS Lewis’s lucky strike was to come up with the idea that a wardrobe was the portal to another world. Although she terrified me, I wanted to meet the White Witch, who rode on a sleigh pulled by white reindeer. Continue reading...

中兴财光华在多个审计项目中存在执业质量问题。 中国强化财会监督、严打财务造假又添一典型案例。 4月10日，财政部、证监会发布对中兴财光华会计师事务所（特殊普通合伙）（下称“中兴财光华”）的行政处罚决定，罚没金额共计2.52亿元。 根据中兴财光华官网介绍，该所是具有证券期货相关业务资格的专业会计服务机构，有从业人员3000多名，其中注册会计师824名。该所2024年审计业务收入9.91亿元。而此次中兴财光华受到上述2.52亿元处罚，与其“东旭系”审计相关项目关系密切。 根据财政部公开信息，自2025年6月起，财政部组织检查组对中兴财光华开展执业检查，并延伸检查了相关企业。经查，中兴财光华在多个审计项目中存在执业质量问题。 比如，中兴财光华在东旭集团有限公司（下称“东旭集团”）、东旭光电科技股份有限公司（下称“东旭光电”）、东旭蓝天新能源股份有限公司（下称“东旭蓝天”）多个年份财务报表审计中，均未保持应有的职业怀疑，未履行必要审计程序或审计程序存在重大缺陷。东旭集团和东旭光电审计工作底稿存在虚假记载。中兴财光华未识别东旭集团虚增收入、虚增虚减利润及虚增货币资金的重大错报，未识别东旭光电虚增收入、利润及资金被占用的重大错报，未识别东旭蓝天资金被占用的重大错报。 在案件查处过程中，财政部与证监会密切沟通，加强协作，共享信息，强化合力。针对检查发现问题，财政部依法对中兴财光华作出资格罚，“东旭系”审计项目的财产罚由证监会作出，两部门合计罚没共计上述2.52亿元。 去年证监部门已经对上述东旭系三家公司及相关当事人作出相应的行政处罚。比如根据官方公开行政处罚决定书信息，东旭集团被罚约5.8亿元，东旭集团董事长、实际控制人李某廷被罚约5.9亿元，东旭光电被罚3.9亿元等。 清华大学经济管理学院会计系主任肖星教授告诉第一财经，东旭集团财务造假金额和影响巨大，严重侵害了投资人利益，扰乱市场经济秩序，已经受到监管部门严厉处罚。而东旭系如此严重财务造假等问题，长期负责其财务报表审计的中兴财光华不可能查不出相关痕迹。而经过财政部上述检查，发现中兴财光华确实存在相关问题，并依法对该所及相关签字审计师作出相关处罚，这也进一步让审计行业明确职责所在，发挥了警示作用，有助于推动行业健康发展。 财政部公开信息显示，财政部依据注册会计师法、会计法等法律规定，共对中兴财光华等30名当事人作出行政处罚。其中...

Over the past year, the vast majority of new jobs have gone to women. One economist says to help men find work, we need to embrace ways to "make girly jobs appeal to manly men." (Image credit: melitas)

If you keep up with secret identities, you'll get at least one question right this week!

格隆汇4月10日｜国轩高科(002074.SZ)今日涨停，换手率6.04%，成交额40.36亿元。龙虎榜数据显示，深股通买入2.78亿元，卖出6280万元，净买入2.16亿元；国泰海通证券北京知春路证券营业部位列买二席位，净买入1.01亿元。上榜席位全天买入6.55亿元，卖出3.28亿元，合计净买入3.26亿元。(格隆汇)

格隆汇4月10日｜北交所就修订交易规则公开征求意见。本次《交易规则》拟对以下四方面内容进行修订。一是推出盘后固定价格交易，明确委托、申报及行情揭示等相关安排，为拟以收盘价成交的投资者提供丰富的交易渠道。二是优化大宗交易制度，调整无价格涨跌幅限制股票的大宗交易价格范围。三是增加风险警示股票和退市整理股票的风险揭示安排，并设置风险警示股票单日买入数量上限，引导投资者理性投资。四是完善交易监管安排，增加严重异常波动情形，配套投资者分类交易统计等交易公开信息。

東亞銀行灣仔分行遭匪徒持械行劫，疑匪個多小時後在柴灣落網。 閉路電視片段見到，一名戴鴨咀帽、穿黑衣的男子，走到銀行櫃枱，取出疑似手槍物體，指嚇銀行職員，女職員受驚蹲下，匪徒一度將槍咀指向銀行內其他位置，匪徒之後取出一個鐵鎚，擊毀櫃位的玻璃。 另一名男職員走到櫃枱，在櫃桶取出一疊現金，匪徒得手後離開。

Surging gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in two years last month as the war with Iran sent gas prices spiraling.

北交所就修订交易规则公开征求意见。本次《交易规则》拟对以下四方面内容进行修订。一是推出盘后固定价格交易，明确委托、申报及行情揭示等相关安排，为拟以收盘价成交的投资者提供丰富的交易渠道。二是优化大宗交易制度，调整无价格涨跌幅限制股票的大宗交易价格范围。三是增加风险警示股票和退市整理股票的风险揭示安排，并设置风险警示股票单日买入数量上限，引导投资者理性投资。四是完善交易监管安排，增加严重异常波动情形，配套投资者分类交易统计等交易公开信息。

Chinese President Xi Jinping said he was “fully confident” of closer ties with Taiwan as he met a leader of the island’s opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party for the first time in almost a decade. “The historical trend that compatriots of both sides of the strait will get closer and get together will not change,” Xi said at the start of his discussion with Cheng Li-wun. “This is a certainty of history, and we are fully confident.” Cheng called for a “systemic solution” to avoid war in the Taiwan...

After last season’s near-miss, the leaders are two points clear of Rochdale, who they play in what could yet be a final-day shootout York is a city famed for centurions of the Roman kind, but now its football club are centurions too. With 101 points on the board and 109 goals scored, the Minstermen have a Football League return firmly in their sights after a decade away. It has been a gruelling journey, punctuated by a near miss last season. The job isn’t done, but Monday’s last-gasp win against Altrincham put them two points clear of Rochdale at the top of the National League with three games to play. Tantalisingly, they go to Rochdale for what could be a final-day shootout for the one automatic promotion spot on 25 April. Traditional pre-match pies, fans enjoy themselves and Yorkie the mascot. Continue reading...

Stars including Sabrina Carpenter, Karol G, David Byrne and Addison Rae also head to the desert for the first of two sold-out weekends of live music Justin Bieber is set for a major live performance comeback at this year’s sold-out Coachella with rainy weather set to be a possible spoiler. The Canadian singer will face his biggest live stage since he abandoned his 2022 tour over health concerns. Bieber was experiencing “full paralysis” on one side of his face after being diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome. “I wish this wasn’t the case but obviously my body is telling me I gotta slow down,” he said at the time. Continue reading...

As The Super Mario Galaxy Movie storms the box office, we look back at the best forgotten games inspired by Tetris, Lemmings and … vitamins? It should be no surprise that the latest Super Mario movie is smashing box office records – despite the, let’s say mixed, reviews . Nintendo’s iconic plumber has been a pop culture staple for 45 years, starring in some of the bestselling video games ever made, from the original Donkey Kong through to the joyous Super Mario Bros Wonder and the chaotic Mario Kart World. But as with any storied showbiz career, there have been some lesser works. Who can forget – or actually remember – Hotel Mario, a door-shutting puzzle game for the doomed Philips CD-i console? Or what about Mario Teaches Typing, a 1992 educational game for the PC in which players navigate the Mushroom Kingdom by … correctly inputting words. Yet there have also been genuine treasures lost along the way. Here, then, are six of our favourite much-overlooked Mario odysseys. Continue reading...

前段时间买了对锂离子 5 号充电电池，这种电池比传统的镍氢充电电池更轻、电压更高，而且自带 Type-C 充电口。 带 Type-C 的锂离子充电电池 本想着终于摆脱那个硕大的镍氢电池充电电器了，可不曾想到手后无法正常充电，便去联系售后。然而客服的回答让我一时语塞： 请用自带的 A to C 线进行充电，本产品不支持 C to C 线充电。 我望着那根劣质的黑色 A to C 线陷入沉思： 同样是 Type-C 接口为什么就不通用呢？ Type-C 不等于 Type-C 在搜寻解决办法时，我刷到一个视频，视频提到最近新出的一款 C to C 转接头可以解决 Type-C 设备不支持 C To C 线充电的问题。这玩意名字很奇怪叫「5.1K 电阻转接头」，而且一上架就卖到断货，官方视频下全是催产的声音。 我以前只听说过 Lightning 转 Type-C、micro USB 转 Type-C 这类接口形态上的转换器，没想到如今还能见到 Type-C 转 Type-C 这种同形态的转换头。所以在蹲抢的同时我也和网友讨论了一波 Type-C 接口统一、充电、数据传输等问题，这才明白了开头我买的充电电池不能充电的根本原因。用一句话来总结就是设备没有按照 USB 的设计规范设置识别电阻，充电器不知道要不要对外放电，从而无法给电器供电。 这种情况在一些小家电上比较常见，比如手持风扇、便携台灯、小手电，都是 Type-C 接口，但都只能用 A to C 线进行供电。 那厂商为什么不按标准设计，官方的规范又应该是怎样的？这里就简单介绍一下 Type-C 的设计规范。 Type-C 规范简介 Type-C 接口功能丰富，可以支持高功率充放电、传输音视频信号、支持正反插……正因为其功能丰富，实际结构也相对复杂一些。 Type-C 针脚定义 完整的 Type-C 接口共有 24 个针脚，A 面和 B 面镜像对称。根据功能可以简单分成四个部分：供电、数据传输、控制、辅助。 供电 VBUS：A4、A9、B4、B9 → 负责供电，默认 5V，最高可到 48V，取决于协议 GND：A1、A12、B1、B12 → 地线，形成回路并保证稳定性 数据传输 低速通道：D+ / D-（A6、A7、B6、B7）→ USB 2.0 基础数据通信（480 Mbps） 高速通道：TX / RX（A2、A3、B2...

BEIJING, China, April 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Li Auto Inc. (“Li Auto” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LI; HKEX: 2015), a leader in China’s new energy vehicle market, today released its 2025 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report and enhanced its disclosures with the publication of its first Climate-Related Disclosures Report. The 2025 ESG Report highlights the Company’s continued progress in executing its sustainability strategy through focused actions across five key areas: product a

akinbostanci/E+ via Getty Images If there's one trait as an investor that I think is more important than any other, it's the ability and willingness to change our minds as situations move. I'm not permanently bullish or permanently bearish on any stock . I t all depends on where the stock is trading today and how its fundamentals are performing relative to that valuation. I was deeply bearish on Snowflake Inc. ( SNOW ), the cloud data warehousing company, as recently as last year, when the stock was flirting with levels just shy of $300. Today, the SaaSpocalypse has put a massive dent into this stock, bringing it down ~40% since the start of the year and wiping off tens of billions in market value. The key question now is, when will the pain end? Data by YCharts I last wrote a "Buy" article on Snowflake in December, when the stock had first cratered to the low $200s. I'll admit that I wasn't predicting the so-called "SaaSpocalypse" and that I pulled the "B uy" trigger too early. At the same time, when a stock nosedives this deeply, it's more than appropriate to take a fresh look, and I see no red flags that warrant the massive erosion in Snowflake's multiples. In the span of just a few quarters, Snowflake has made the tremendous journey from significantly overvalued to visibly undervalued, leading me to reiterate my "Buy" rating on the company. It's impossible to discuss Snowflake without discussing the notion of the SaaSpocalypse itself. To put it into a nutshell, I do believe AI will have an outsized impact on the software sector, but the way in which it will impact incumbent players depends heavily on the type of software and the pricing model. Complex, data-heavy, and mission-critical software platforms that run daily company operations are unlikely to be ripped out. As are software companies that serve large corporations, particularly those in regulated industries. Where AI will have the biggest impact is indirectly through layoffs. Oracle ( ORCL ) made waves b...

Just_Super/iStock via Getty Images Global oil price increases in the wake of the recent Middle East war are significantly raising costs across the mining sector, with manganese producers among the most impacted. Manganese-related mining operations depend heavily on diesel for extraction, ore transport and backup power generation. As diesel prices surge, mining margins are compressed and upward pressure on manganese prices is likely in the near term. Manganese is a new commodity being covered by the S&P Global Mine Economics and Emissions group. Manganese mining is energy-intensive, primarily conducted through open-pit methods that depend on diesel-powered haul trucks and drilling equipment. Higher fuel costs directly raise the cost per metric ton of ore, with exporters facing additional exposure through long-distance shipping and fuel surcharges. Brent crude prices already rose more than 50% in March and are forecast to average $125 per barrel in April, as reported by S&P Global Energy. Diesel prices have increased 34%, now averaging $5 per gallon due to disruptions in global oil supply in the wake of the recent US-Israel war with Iran and Iran's retaliatory actions. According to our scenario, which assumes a 60% increase in fuel prices with all other factors remaining constant, manganese producers in Gabon and South Africa — top producers of manganese ore — are most susceptible to the price jump. Total cash costs (CFR) are shown to rise as much as 8.2, amounting to around $7.11/dmt for South Africa and $12.63/dmt for Gabon. Fuel price spike hit South Africa operations on multiple fronts South Africa's manganese sector is intrinsically exposed to oil and diesel price volatility due to the country's dependence on imported crude oil. Most of the production occurs in the remote Kalahari Manganese Field, which requires long-distance, diesel-dependent transport — both by rail and truck to ports — making fuel a major cost driver. The case is similar for Gabon, where its m...

Revealed: All Members Of UK Government's 'Anti-Muslim Hostility' Group Have Islamist Links Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The UK Labour government’s new definition of “anti-Muslim hostility” – rebranded from “Islamophobia” – is being shaped by a working group where every single member has links to Islamist organisations. The details are exposed in the Free Speech Union’s latest investigative briefing which highlights ties between the group members and the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) and Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND), groups that governments since 2009 have refused to engage with due to their extreme views. One member, Baroness Gohir, tweeted in support of Hamas in 2014. Another stood for the far-left, Islamist-supporting Respect Party. The Free Speech Union’s latest investigative briefing reveals that ALL FIVE members of the Government’s working group tasked with defining “Islamophobia” — now rebranded as “anti-Muslim hostility” — have troubling links to Islamist organisations. These include the Muslim Council… https://t.co/MZsgc4amKF — The Free Speech Union (@SpeechUnion) April 8, 2026 As the Free Speech Union states: “In a free society, no religion should enjoy greater protection than others — nor be shielded from legitimate criticism and challenge.” The FSU adds: “This group was stacked with members already sympathetic to such a definition.” And with the government yet to appoint a new Islamophobia tsar, “there is deep cause for concern.” Conservative MP Katie Lam put it bluntly in her video response: “The Government’s new ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ definition will make it harder to talk about Islamist extremism, FGM, and the grooming gangs. They’d rather restrict our right to criticise than deal with these problems head-on. It’s putting us all in danger.” Parliament abolished blasphemy laws in 2008. Yet as the FSU warns: “This Government risks reviving them for Islam alone, via the back door.” The wider context is the government’s “Prot...