The US economy generated nearly three times more nonfarm jobs in January than analysts expected as the jobless rate pushed to new lows, suggesting the Federal Reserve has more work to do to quash demand and bring down inflation.

Penn State’s Center for Critical Minerals will receive $2.1 million to design, build and test a modular pilot-scale research and development unit intended to recover vital rare earth elements and other critical minerals.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (AMR) leads the Coking Coal industry with an overall score of 74. AMR is up 118.57% so far this year after the company closed yesterday at $160.93.

A rating of 84 puts Warrior Met Coal Inc (HCC) near the top of the Basic Materials sector according to InvestorsObserver.

Australian haulage firm Aurizon has pushed back the restart of coal deliveries through the Blackwater line of the Central Queensland Coal Network (CQCN) to the 102mn t/yr port of Gladstone by four days.

US mines produced $98.2-billion in nonfuel mineral commodities in 2022, an estimated $3.6-billion increase over the 2021 revised total of $94.6-billion, the US Geological Survey (USGS) announced on Thursday.