Mar. 24 at 10:36 AM
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Trump to launch 'Pax Silica' fund to invest in energy, semis, NYT reports
The Trump administration plans to launch a voluntary international consortium aimed at investing more than
$1T in energy, minerals, and semiconductors to secure critical supply chains under U.S. influence, The New York Times' Ana Swanson and Sheera Frenkel report. The initiative, tied to the "Pax Silica" program, would include countries such as Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Sweden, with the United States contributing
$250M and expanding the effort to address energy security concerns.
Publicly traded energy companies include Exxon (XOM), Chevron (CVX), Shell (SHEL), and BP (BP), while critical minerals companies include Albermarle (ALB), SQM (SQM), BHP (BHP), and Freeport McMoRan (FCX). Companies involved in the development and mining of rare earth minerals include Nova Minerals (NVA), Ioneer (IONR), Lynas Rare Earths (LYSCF), MP Materials (MP), Energy Fuels (UUUU), NioCorp (NB) and VanEck Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (REMX). Publicly traded companies in the semi space include AMD (AMD), Intel (INTC), Marvell (MRVL), Microchip (MCHP), Micron (MU), Nvidia (NVDA), Qualcomm (QCOM) and Texas Instruments (TXN).
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