Several hedge fund managers have started ratcheting up their exposure to uranium stocks, as they bet on significant price gains.

"There is a willingness to invest, especially in critical minerals," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told reporters.

A handful of Western banks and traders from Citigroup to Trafigura Group are increasingly willing to enter new deals for Russian metals.

Centrica Plc boss Chris O’Shea is on a mission to show the UK government that it needs to speed up carbon capture projects.

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said "significant progress" was made on a US-UK critical minerals agreement in talks on Saturday in Japan.

The company now expects to reach the upper end of its annual guidance.

The exchange has so far approved one new Chinese brand and received an application from another Chinese producer.