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Latest SPAC News: Former Rusal chief launches London’s first mining SPAC, LanzaTech partners with Northwestern, Yale and NREL to establish new biology center, and Jupiter Wellness initiates clinical trial for new treatment for tinnitus
Former Rusal chief launches London’s first mining SPAC
One of the most prominent Anglo-Russian executives in the metals industry is seeking to raise $125mn for a new mining venture through a London-listed special purpose acquisition company. Artem Volynets, former chief executive of EN+ Group, believes now is a good time for mining deals, particularly for critical metals such as copper and cobalt, despite difficult market conditions.
The new blank-check fund, ACG, is seeking to raise up to $125mn in its initial public offering on Thursday and will identify a target mine producing copper, nickel, cobalt or another metal.
READLanzaTech, Northwestern University, Yale University, and NREL to Establish New Center for Multi-Scale Synthetic Biology
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $178 million for bioenergy research to advance sustainable technology breakthroughs that can improve public health, address climate change, improve food and agricultural production, and create more resilient supply chains.
A team from Northwestern University, LanzaTech NZ, Inc. (LanzaTech), Yale University, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) received $18.5 Million in funding from this grant for integrating cell?free systems and genome engineering to accelerate biosystems design for carbon?negative biomanufacturing.
LanzaTech has entered into a merger agreement for a business combination transaction with AMCI Acquisition Corp. II (Nasdaq: AMCI).
READJupiter Wellness Initiates Clinical Trial for Potential New Treatment for Tinnitus
Jupiter Wellness, Inc. (Nasdaq:JUPW), a wellness company focused on hair loss, eczema, burns, and sexual wellness announced today the initiation of a triple-blinded clinical study evaluating a possible treatment for tinnitus. To date, no effective treatment exists for tinnitus.
READTerms Tracker for the Week Ending May 30, 2025 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. May went out with a bang. Four more IPOs priced this week, bringing the monthly tally to 22 and the YTD total to 53. That...
June is set to be one of the quietest months in some time in terms of sponsors and de-SPAC’d companies coming free from their lock-ups, owing to the quieter periods for transactions closing that occurred six and 12 months ago. Up first will be company shareholders for East Asian media conglomerate TNL Mediagene (NASDAQ:TNMG) on...
Pioneer I (NASDAQ:PACHU) has filed for a $220 million SPAC to hunt for a healthcare target with a mix of industry veterans heading up its team. The new SPAC is the 12th new S-1 underwritten by Cantor Fitzgerald this year as left lead as it hopes to join the 10 SPACs that the underwriter has...
At the SPAC of Dawn This week comes to an end with a flurry of SPAC votes including three special meetings called for shareholders to approve business combinations. Aetherium (OTC:GMFI) was also scheduled to seek shareholder approval for its extension proposal, but has punted this vote for two weeks to June 13. Two of today’s...
At the SPAC of Dawn After multiple days of market rallies, traders are set to ingest a full plate of economic indicators today with jobless claims coming first, followed by a GDP growth revisions, home sales and a raft of Fed comments. GDP figures for the first quarter are broadly forecast to be revised downward...