US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warns of "toughest sanctions in history" on Iran, threatening countries with economic ties. China criticizes the move.

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BOLSTERING AMERICAN MINING: Today, President Donald J. Trump held a historic roundtable with the mining industry where he announced over $2 billion in critical mining and mining-related projects to ...

The gain took the ranking back above $2.5 trillion for the first time since February when gold stocks were shining brightest thanks to bullion trading close to $1,000 per ounce above today’s levels.

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Latin America Seeks to Transform its Mineral Wealth into Jobs and Development https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2026/07/13/latin-america-seeks-to-transform ...