US Army grants conditional leases for minerals processing plants
REalloys, Empire State Mines, ioneer USA Corporation and EnergyX will respectively handle rare earth elements, graphite, boron and lithium processing.
Investment
Blackstone sets $30bn Japan AI data centre investment plan – report
Meta to invest $900m in Indian fintech Cred at $4.5bn valuation
China puts ten US firms on export controls blacklist
EU competition chief backs cross-border bank mergers – report
Poland seeks Taiwanese tech deals to move beyond assembly work – report
Kazakhstan secures $10bn AI infrastructure deals with Firebird and Nvidia
Europe FDI dips 7% but tops 5,000 projects in 2025, says EY survey
