March 15, 2025

Rare Earth Metals

Mortgage

U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage steadies near 15-month low, Freddie Mac says

NEW YORK, Aug 15 (Reuters) – The average rate on the popular U.S. 30-year mortgage rate was little changed near the lowest level in over a year this week, as signs of cooling inflation have held down the Treasury bond yields used in setting home loan costs. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.49% during the

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Loans

Arafura gets $115m in German loan guarantees for Nolans project

The miner must uphold export credit agency (ECA)-linked offtake agreements throughout the loan’s duration. Credit: USGS on Unsplash. Arafura Rare Earths has obtained conditional approval for up to $115m (€106.5m) in loan guarantees from the German Government’s Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) for its Nolans project in Australia’s Northern Territory. These guarantees, provided by German ECA Euler

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Investors

Gold will weather this storm as investors sell the rallies

(Kitco News) – The U.S. labor market has defied all expectations in 2024, but sentiment has started to shift as five months of consecutive outperformance come to an end. Heading into the weekend, markets continue to digest the disappointing nonfarm payrolls numbers. The U.S. economy created 175,000 jobs last month, according to the Bureau of

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