CleanTech Lithium PLC (AIM: CTL), a lithium exploration and development company operating in Chile, further to its announcement on 15 January 2025 (‘Application RNS’), provides an update regarding the Special Lithium Operating Contract (‘CEOL’) application process for the Laguna Verde project. As outlined in the Application RNS, the Company expected the simplified procedure for the CEOL Award Mechanism to be ...

The gold price surged this week, rising to yet another new all-time high of more than US$3,160 per ounce ahead of tariff updates from US President Donald Trump. The yellow metal’s latest move follows a strong Q1, during which it continually hit new records amid widespread uncertainty and achieved its best quarterly performance since 1986. However, Trump’s Wednesday (April 2) ...

Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Friday (April 4) as of 9:00 p.m. UTC. Bitcoin and Ethereum price update At the time of this writing, Bitcoin (BTC) had recovered to US$83,879.15, up 2.3 percent in 24 hours. The day’s range has brought a low of US$81,950.04 and a high of US$84,497.52. Bitcoin performance, April 4, 2025. Chart ...

Nickel prices experienced a volatile year in 2024 on uncertainty on both the demand and supply sides. This trend has continued into the first quarter of 2025 and is expected to remain for the year. While this environment has been tough, some nickel stocks are still thriving. Supply is expected to outflank demand over the short term, but the longer-term ...

US President Donald Trump announced a sweeping round of tariffs on Wednesday (April 2). The tariffs included 10 percent to most countries along with more specific import fees directed at specific countries in an attempt to balance trade deficits. Canada and Mexico were spared under the USMCA deal signed by Trump in 2019, with the exception of non-USMCA-compliant vehicles, which ...

A British woman was found guilty Friday of breaching a buffer zone outside a UK abortion clinic, in a case that attracted concern from the Trump administration over “freedom of expression” in the country. Livia Tossici-Bolt, 64, from Bournemouth, a town on the southern English coast, was convicted of two charges of breaching the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), legislation ...

The White House is showing its true colors on Ukraine. While imposing biting trade tariffs on 185 countries this week, the Trump administration quietly lifted travel sanctions on one of Vladimir Putin’s closest advisers so he could come to Washington for talks. Kirill Dmitriev is the Russian president’s money man as head of the country’s sovereign wealth fund. He was ...

Prince Andrew’s links to an alleged Chinese spy were detailed in documents released Friday by British courts, which included a statement from a former close aide to the prince about the duke’s line of communication to China’s president Xi Jinping. The 10-page statement from Dominique Hampshire in May of 2024 was part of a tranche of documents released by the ...

A Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian president’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih on Friday killed at least 16 people, including six children, according to Ukrainian authorities. The strike also injured over 50 people. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered his condolences to the families of those killed and injured in his nightly address soon afterward. “Many injured, houses damaged. The missile ...

The Chinese military officials in brown uniforms fan out around rows of young trees, shoveling soil into freshly dug pits. The camera pans to the most senior leaders one by one, in order of rank. But one prominent face is conspicuously absent. The news segment, aired Wednesday night on China’s state broadcaster, features a tree-planting event in the outskirts of ...