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rare earth minerals

Critical minerals: ADB’s financing facility

Published 05 May, 2026 06:01am

EDITORIAL: President Asian Development Bank (ADB) Masato Kanda launched a new financing facility to help member...

Rare earths: US to push for quicker action in reducing reliance on China

Updated 12 Jan, 2026 09:34am

WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will urge Group of Seven nations and others to step up their efforts...

BOI chief, Nova Minerals’ team focus on rare earth minerals

Published 14 Nov, 2025 06:12am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Investment and Chairman of the Board of Investment (BOI), Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh, held ...

G7 to launch ‘alliance’ countering China’s critical mineral dominance

Published 31 Oct, 2025 06:22am

TORONTO: G7 energy ministers meeting in Canada on Thursday planned to launch a new alliance to counter China’s...

Rare earth: politics, promise and peril

Published 25 Oct, 2025 05:54am

As China tightens its export grip, Pakistan’s mineral wealth is back in global focus. This puts to test...

The rare earth race

Updated 22 Oct, 2025 06:58am

Bill Emmott in his 2017 book “The Fate of the West” argued how America’s collapse almost certainly triggers ...

Old allies, new assurances

Published 22 Oct, 2025 06:13am

EDITORIAL: In an era defined by strategic realignments, it is quietly reassuring that Pakistan and China continue to...

Rare earths tensions rise as US and China trade barbs

Published 17 Oct, 2025 06:28am

BEIJING: Chinese state media on Thursday issued a seven-point rebuttal to US calls for Beijing to wind back its rare...

Mining cooperation with US: Pakistan keeps China in loop: Beijing

Updated 15 Oct, 2025 09:24am

KARACHI: China’s foreign ministry has said that Pakistan keeps its strategic ally aware of its cooperation with ...

Mari Energies engages global mining giants Rio Tinto, BHP to attract investment in Pakistan

Published 14 Oct, 2025 03:07pm

Mari Energies Limited (MARI), one of Pakistan’s largest exploration and production companies (E&P), has...

China defends rare earth curbs to US

Published 13 Oct, 2025 06:00am

BEIJING/HONG KONG: China called US President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs on Chinese goods hypocritical on Sunday...

Trump ratchets up US-China trade war, promising new tariffs

Published 11 Oct, 2025 11:22am

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump revived the trade war against Beijing on Friday, ending an uneasy truce...

How US buyers of critical minerals bypass China’s export ban

Published 09 Jul, 2025 08:03am

BEIJING: Unusually large quantities of antimony - a metal used in batteries, chips and flame retardants - have...

Japan plans ‘world first’ deep-sea mineral extraction

Published 04 Jul, 2025 06:02am

TOKYO: Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51