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  • Iron ore dips on the back of cooling demand and stockpiling – Business Recorder

    1. Iron ore dips on the back of cooling demand and stockpiling  Business Recorder
    2. China: Iron ore spot prices edge up by $1/t d-o-d amid robust trading  BigMint
    3. MMi Daily Iron Ore Report (December 26)  Shanghai Metals Market
    4. Dalian iron ore extends gains on easier home buying in Beijing  Business Recorder
    5. Iron ore retreats in holiday season  Kallanish Commodities

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  • Iron ore dips on the back of cooling demand and stockpiling – Business Recorder

    1. Iron ore dips on the back of cooling demand and stockpiling  Business Recorder
    2. MMi Daily Iron Ore Report (December 26)  Shanghai Metals Market
    3. Dalian iron ore extends gains on easier home buying in Beijing  Business Recorder
    4. Dalian iron ore extends gains on tight BHP supply, firmer hot metal production  Mining.com
    5. Iron Ore Futures Rallied in Late Trading, Driving Spot Prices Up by 5 Yuan/mt [SMM Brief Review]  Shanghai Metals Market

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  • With 80% ownership of the shares, Kingfisher plc (LON:KGF) is heavily dominated by institutional owners

    With 80% ownership of the shares, Kingfisher plc (LON:KGF) is heavily dominated by institutional owners

    • Institutions’ substantial holdings in Kingfisher implies that they have significant influence over the company’s share price

    • The top 15 shareholders own 50% of the company

    • Ownership research along with analyst forecasts data help provide a good understanding of opportunities in a stock

    We’ve found 21 US stocks that are forecast to pay a dividend yield of over 6% next year. See the full list for free.

    A look at the shareholders of Kingfisher plc (LON:KGF) can tell us which group is most powerful. We can see that institutions own the lion’s share in the company with 80% ownership. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.

    Since institutional have access to huge amounts of capital, their market moves tend to receive a lot of scrutiny by retail or individual investors. Therefore, a good portion of institutional money invested in the company is usually a huge vote of confidence on its future.

    In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Kingfisher.

    View our latest analysis for Kingfisher

    LSE:KGF Ownership Breakdown December 26th 2025

    Institutional investors commonly compare their own returns to the returns of a commonly followed index. So they generally do consider buying larger companies that are included in the relevant benchmark index.

    We can see that Kingfisher does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company’s stock. This can indicate that the company has a certain degree of credibility in the investment community. However, it is best to be wary of relying on the supposed validation that comes with institutional investors. They too, get it wrong sometimes. If multiple institutions change their view on a stock at the same time, you could see the share price drop fast. It’s therefore worth looking at Kingfisher’s earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.

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    LSE:KGF Earnings and Revenue Growth December 26th 2025

    Investors should note that institutions actually own more than half the company, so they can collectively wield significant power. We note that hedge funds don’t have a meaningful investment in Kingfisher. Silchester International Investors LLP is currently the company’s largest shareholder with 11% of shares outstanding. With 5.5% and 4.9% of the shares outstanding respectively, The Vanguard Group, Inc. and BlackRock, Inc. are the second and third largest shareholders.

    A closer look at our ownership figures suggests that the top 15 shareholders have a combined ownership of 50% implying that no single shareholder has a majority.

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  • Policy Brief: Green Industrial Policy for India’s Iron and Steel Sector Transition

    Policy Brief: Green Industrial Policy for India’s Iron and Steel Sector Transition

    India’s economic growth will require a substantial expansion of its manufacturing base and infrastructure, with iron and steel playing a central role as an input to key sectors such as infrastructure, automobiles, and housing. While the sector has grown steadily in recent years, per capita steel consumption in India remains well below the global average, indicating significant growth potential. At the same time, the sector is a major source of employment and contributes meaningfully to the economy, particularly outside large urban centers.

    India’s commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070 adds urgency to addressing emissions from the iron and steel sector, one of the country’s largest emitters. Demand is expected to rise, yet commercially mature low-carbon technologies remain limited and costly. Against this backdrop, this policy brief assesses the policy levers needed to support low-carbon steel production in India, examining their implications for emissions reduction, employment, and project economics.

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  • Automated modeling to high level-of-detail composite object using spatial BIM objects and properties

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  • Japan’s Cabinet approves record-high draft budget for FY2026

    Japan’s Cabinet approves record-high draft budget for FY2026

    Japan’s Cabinet has approved a draft budget for the next fiscal year starting April. It marks a record high of 122.3 trillion yen, or about 780 billion dollars.

    The draft budget endorsed on Friday is up more than 7 trillion yen from the initial budget for the current fiscal year, which was an all-time high at the time.

    Social security spending will top 39 trillion yen in response to Japan’s aging society and a hike in medical service fees.

    The draft budget increases defense spending to 8.9 trillion yen in response to the government’s plan to fundamentally reinforce the country’s defense capabilities.

    The fund earmarked for education and science projects will be increased to 6 trillion yen, partly to make high school tuition free.

    An all-time high of about 31.2 trillion yen will be allocated to redeem or pay interest on government bonds. The rise in long-term interest rates is pushing up debt-servicing costs.

    Meanwhile, tax revenues are projected to hit a record high of 83.7 trillion yen, as solid corporate earnings are expected to lead to wage hikes and higher income.

    But the government will issue new bonds worth 29.5 trillion yen to make up for revenue shortfalls.

    The government will submit the draft budget to the ordinary session of the Diet early next year and aims to swiftly get the bill passed.

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  • FDA Clears Yartemlea for HSCT-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy – Medical Professionals Reference

    1. FDA Clears Yartemlea for HSCT-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy  Medical Professionals Reference
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    5. Omeros (NASDAQ:OMER) Hits New 12-Month High – Time to Buy?  MarketBeat

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  • Solar power surplus in Spain triggers ‘discount season’ for plants

    Solar power surplus in Spain triggers ‘discount season’ for plants

    Spanish solar power is going through a shake out after a plunge in electricity prices left the owners of weak projects in one of Europe’s top renewables markets searching for exits.

    The country has become a solar champion thanks to abundant sunshine and the government’s pro-renewables policies. But a surge in power production has outpaced demand, depressing electricity prices and profits for generators.

    Some power producers are struggling to offload plants whose valuations have plunged as executives talk of solar “saturation”, creating a contrast between Spain and other places — China, India, Gulf states and European neighbours — where solar arrays are being built apace.

    “It’s discount season,” said Carmen Izquierdo, co-founder of nTeaser, a deals marketplace. “Spain remains a dynamic market, but there is greater scrutiny of assets.”

    Other producers are pivoting to installing batteries, which can complement and potentially save unprofitable solar projects.

    Operational solar plants were valued at an average of €916,000 per megawatt in early 2024, but have now dropped to €648,000 per megawatt, according to nTeaser.

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    From 2022-24 there was a vibrant M&A market for Spanish solar portfolios, including those of mixed quality, but sellers are now having to strip out the weakest parks to close deals.

    “They are willing to sacrifice part of the portfolio to move the rest forward,” Izquierdo said.

    While cheap electricity is a boon for users, the gloom is even greater over so-called ready-to-build projects, where land, permits and grid access have all been secured, but construction has not begun.

    A senior executive at an owner of Spanish solar plants said: “The market is flooded with ready-to-build projects that developers want to sell since they’re no longer good enough in the current market.”

    Some projects were up for sale for just €1, the executive said, reflecting developers’ desperation to avoid further spending, and potential government penalties for not executing agreed construction plans.

    The least attractive ready-to-build projects are often far from power grid nodes, requiring investment in expensive power lines.

    As a solar downturn began in the past year, some Spanish companies sold existing plants to foreign investors. Utility group Endesa offloaded 50 per cent stakes in two solar power portfolios for a combined €1bn to Masdar, the United Arab Emirates’ state-owned clean energy company.

    Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist-led government says cheap electricity is a good thing, and is already attracting new industrial investments that will bolster the economy.

    But low prices are painful for producers. When they fall below zero, as they have for more than 500 hours in Spain this year, producers can end up having to choose between paying wholesale customers to take excess power off their hands or switching off.

    Many producers insulate themselves by selling electricity through long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs), which they sign at fixed prices with corporate clients for 10-20 years.

    Last month, Zelestra, an independent power producer, signed two PPAs with Microsoft in the Aragón region where the tech group plans to build data centres.

    But negative prices are even clouding the market for PPAs, pulling down contract prices and prompting buyers to demand clauses that let them benefit from ultra-low rates in the spot market.

    Andrés Acosta, innovation director at LevelTen Energy, a clean energy marketplace, said PPA prices that buyers are willing to pay are generally lower than what developers need — about €30 per megawatt hour — to make projects “bankable”.

    “That has dramatically reduced the number of PPAs signed and means the majority of solar projects are not viable anymore unless they are hybridised with batteries,” Acosta said.

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    Adding battery storage to solar plants helps to limit price plunges by enabling generators to store electricity when prices drop during the day, then sell it in the evening when demand and prices are higher.

    Killian Daly, executive director of Energy Tag, a non-profit group, said: “Storage should be the natural cure for the woes of the PPA market, but it’s not scaling as fast as it should do.”

    The UK, Germany and Italy are far ahead of Spain in terms of existing and planned battery installations, according to data from the European Commission.

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    Following a nationwide blackout in Spain in April, the government took steps in November to remove some regulatory barriers to adding battery storage.

    One key change eliminated a requirement for a new environmental impact assessment when installing batteries within an existing solar plant, said Pablo Martínez, Iberia lead at Modo Energy, a data provider.

    That would reduce the time it takes to complete a battery project from three or four years to less than 18 months, he said.

    Additional reporting by Carmen Muela in Madrid. Data visualisation by Nassos Stylianou

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