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Barrick and Newmont gold mining truce clears way for IPO - Financial Times

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Barrick and Newmont have spent three years carving up Nevada's Carlin Trend rather than competing on it. Now they're floating the combined entity while gold sits 17% below its January high. The IPO prices their détente. What it doesn't price: whether industrial peace between two majors makes mines worth more or simply confirms neither could extract full value alone.

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Europe’s debt stress is hitting corporate borrowing costs. Goldman flags who’s vulnerable - CNBC

U.S. Treasury Says U.S. ‘Will Win in the Digital Asset Stack’ as Clarity Act Stalls

Bitcoin Magazine U.S. Treasury Says U.S. ‘Will Win in the Digital Asset Stack’ as Clarity Act Stalls Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that U.S. leadership in digital assets could reinforce the dollar’s global reach even as the stalled CLARITY Act leaves regulators to fill the gap. This post U.

Gold prices could fall to $3,900, silver to $50 as Fed tightening pressures precious metals – Sucden Financial - Kitco

China Secures Massive Discount on Russian Gas as Moscow’s Leverage Weakens

Russia is giving China a huge discount on natural gas purchases, underscoring the Kremlin’s fiscal dependency on Beijing. The Moscow Times (MT), citing Russian Duma documentation, shows that China will pay an average of approximately $248 per thousand cubic meters of pipeline gas in 2026, compared w

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Europe’s debt stress is hitting corporate borrowing costs. Goldman flags who’s vulnerable - CNBC

U.S. Treasury Says U.S. ‘Will Win in the Digital Asset Stack’ as Clarity Act Stalls

Gold prices could fall to $3,900, silver to $50 as Fed tightening pressures precious metals – Sucden Financial - Kitco

China Secures Massive Discount on Russian Gas as Moscow’s Leverage Weakens