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Commented by Nico Popp on May 12th, 2026 | 07:15 CEST
Nuclear Power for AI: How Amazon, Paladin Energy, and Standard Uranium Are Fueling the New Uranium Supercycle
The world is changing at an ever-faster pace. While the first phase of decarbonization was primarily driven by renewable energy from wind and solar power, the unprecedented rise of AI models has exposed a weakness in this strategy - the lack of carbon-free baseload power. For this reason, alliances are now forming between the tech giants of Silicon Valley and the resource pioneers of Canada's Athabasca Basin. The goal: to secure the future of digital infrastructure. The global energy landscape is thus at a turning point where purely ideological debate is giving way to harsh economic reality. While the years following the Paris Agreement were marked by ambitious goals, the current decade is defined by industrial sovereignty and profitability. We highlight opportunities.
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Commented by Armin Schulz on May 8th, 2026 | 07:40 CEST
Capitalize on the Copper Shortage: BYD, Power Metallic Mines, and Intel in the Spotlight of the Supply Crisis
The recent copper rally is not just a short-term fad, but a fundamental shift. Automakers, commodity firms, and chip companies are suddenly all caught up in the same trend. That is because the energy transition and the AI boom are devouring vast quantities of the red metal. While BYD, as an electric vehicle giant, uses massive amounts of copper, Power Metallic Mines, as a raw materials supplier, secures polymetallic deposits. Intel, in turn, needs the metal for the cooling infrastructure of its AI data centers. Supply shortages and geopolitical risks are intensifying the race. Amid this tension, we are focusing on three companies: BYD, Power Metallic Mines, and Intel.
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Commented by Stefan Feulner on May 8th, 2026 | 07:35 CEST
Leonardo, Volatus Aerospace, Hensoldt – War and AI Drive the Next Billion-Dollar Boom
Modern warfare is fundamentally transforming the global security architecture while simultaneously creating growth markets worth billions. Drones, autonomous systems, digital reconnaissance, and AI-driven defence technologies are gaining significant importance due to conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. Countries worldwide are increasing their military budgets and investing specifically in electronic warfare, cybersecurity, and smart weapon systems. Companies that positioned themselves early on with scalable platforms, sensor technology, or autonomous solutions are already benefiting from bulging order books and sharply rising margins. Integrated systems combining hardware, software, and data analysis are in particularly high demand—a market that may only be at the beginning of a long-term supercycle.
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Commented by Nico Popp on May 7th, 2026 | 08:10 CEST
The AI Revolution Is Unstoppable: How First Hydrogen, Tesla, and NVIDIA Are Ushering in the Robot Era
The global economy is facing many major shifts. One of these disruptions is largely driven by advances in AI and robotics. What were considered isolated trends in software intelligence, clean energy, and mechanical automation just a few years ago are now merging into visions capable of transforming entire industries and our daily lives. Visionary investments in autonomous systems are the new battleground for the global tech elite, while in more conservative economic regions like Germany, the combination of humanoid robots and autonomous mobility is often still dismissed as a futuristic pipe dream. Yet leading technology companies are inexorably laying the groundwork for this new era, in which multifunctional, AI-equipped robots are pushing the boundaries of what is currently imaginable. We highlight two of these visionaries, Tesla and NVIDIA, and explain why First Hydrogen has discovered an exciting niche in the shadow of these giants.
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Commented by Stefan Feulner on May 4th, 2026 | 07:35 CEST
Almonty Industries: Commodity Shock Escalates – Tungsten Becomes a Bottleneck
Geopolitical tensions, new trade barriers, and rapidly rising demand from key industries are currently fundamentally changing the dynamics of the commodities market. One metal in particular is increasingly coming into focus: tungsten. With prices now exceeding USD 3,200 per MTU, the market has reached a level that was barely imaginable just a few years ago. At the same time, demand from the defence industry, semiconductor manufacturing, and future technologies such as artificial intelligence or nuclear fusion is growing rapidly. While demand is expanding dynamically, supply remains limited, which represents a classic scenario for persistently high prices. The crucial question is therefore no longer whether tungsten is needed, but who can supply it in sufficient quantities. This is precisely where the greatest investment opportunities are currently emerging.
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Commented by Carsten Mainitz on May 1st, 2026 | 07:35 CEST
Between the AI Boom and the Battery Revolution: HPQ Silicon, Siltronic, and Aixtron Are on the Winning Side
The next tech wave is rolling through the stock market, and it could stem from an unassuming raw material of all things: silicon. Silicon is a key component of numerous future-oriented industries, ranging from solar cells and semiconductors to batteries for electric vehicles. While the AI boom is driving demand for high-performance chips to skyrocket, and thus increasing the need for wafers, new battery technologies featuring silicon anodes are also capturing investors' attention. Initial breakthroughs promise significantly higher energy densities and could take electric mobility, drones, and AI applications to a whole new level. This is where the Canadian company HPQ Silicon comes into play with its innovative solutions.
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Commented by Nico Popp on April 29th, 2026 | 11:05 CEST
Powering the AI Revolution: OpenAI, Amazon, and Nuclear Pioneer American Atomics
The global economy is currently undergoing a fundamental transformation that experts describe as the beginning of a new infrastructure supercycle. While software innovations and platform economies have been at the forefront in recent decades, the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has shifted the focus to the tangible prerequisites of digitalization: energy and computing power. The hunger for electricity triggered by the next generation of Large Language Models (LLMs) and autonomous AI agents is forging new alliances: Leading technology conglomerates and the nuclear industry have long been joining forces. According to recent analyses by Goldman Sachs, data center energy demand worldwide will more than double by the end of the decade, making the search for CO₂-free baseload power an existential issue for Silicon Valley. We shed light on this trend and highlight opportunities.
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Commented by Nico Popp on April 28th, 2026 | 11:30 CEST
AI Infrastructure and Mining Data: The Trio of Meta, Anthropic, and Aspermont
The global economy is currently undergoing a profound transformation. While the past two decades were primarily shaped by software scalability, the coming decade will be defined by the availability of tangible raw materials. The insatiable energy appetite of artificial intelligence (AI), coupled with ambitious goals in space exploration and nuclear fusion, has ushered in a new race for resources. Hyperscalers like Meta Platforms and AI pioneers like Anthropic are at the center of this, as their need for computing power and a stable energy supply is directly linked to the availability of critical raw materials. In this interplay of high technology and geopolitics, well-founded information becomes a valuable commodity. Companies like Aspermont ensure the necessary transparency in the supply chain with their data treasures. We shed light on the new raw materials hype and highlight opportunities.
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Commented by André Will-Laudien on April 23rd, 2026 | 07:15 CEST
Middle East Escalates Shortages: Supply Chains at Risk - Nordex, Antimony Resources, and Siemens Energy
Prepared and published on behalf of Antimony Resources Corp.
The ongoing conflict in the Middle East once again highlights how vulnerable global supply chains for critical metals are when a strategic chokepoint like the Strait of Hormuz comes under pressure. What matters here is not so much the direct transport of metals through the strait, but rather its importance to global energy trade; a disruption there would rapidly drive up the costs of energy-intensive metals such as aluminum, copper, or nickel. Higher freight rates, more expensive insurance, and longer routes would further increase logistics costs and significantly slow down just-in-time structures in many industries. Raw materials that are indispensable for the energy transition, digitalization, and defense would be particularly affected. A recent study concludes that a prolonged blockade of the Strait of Hormuz could disrupt global trade flows worth up to USD 1.2 trillion annually. Which stocks are now in the spotlight?
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Commented by André Will-Laudien on April 20th, 2026 | 08:50 CEST
Bulls Regain Control? Globex Mining, SAP, and Oracle Gain Ground
The 2026 investment year has so far turned out much better than expected. Despite all the international turmoil and several current hotspots, the S&P 500 index reached a new all-time high of 7,147 points last week. Tech stocks were back in the spotlight, while the recently sought-after commodity stocks took a hit. Critical metals, however, remain the top issue due to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. China is now only exporting them in limited quantities, so many analysts already view them as a "showstopper" for economic development through 2030. What can the West do? Little in the short term, but in the long term, import dependencies must be replaced with genuine domestic deposits, many of which must also be brought into production quickly. Regulators are therefore called upon to act, even if the word "quickly" has not yet become part of the official vocabulary in Brussels. At Canada's Globex Mining, a lot is already getting underway. Tech stocks SAP and Oracle have likely finally put their lows behind them.
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