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May 7, 2024

US government loosens foreign-content rules on EV batteries – Richard Mills

2024.05.05 The Biden administration has given electric-vehicle makers a two-year extension to shore […]
May 7, 2024

AI needs vast amounts of processing power/ electricity

From The Economist Big tech wants more computing power. A lot more. According […]
May 7, 2024

Fed’s Willing to Hike Rates if “Data Indicate Progress on Inflation Has Stalled or Reversed”

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET The first three months of the year have produced a […]
May 7, 2024

Gold’s Major Signal Breakout

By Hubert Moolman Gold recently made a very important breakout around March, when […]
May 7, 2024

Replicator initiative – Switchblade 600 one-way loitering munition attack drone

In August 2023, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks unveiled the new Replicator inactive […]
May 6, 2024

Worsening Weather Is Igniting a $25 Billion Market

By Sam Potter – Bloomberg As companies and investors come to grips with meteorological […]
May 6, 2024

Where are retail gold bullion and equity buyers? Fixed income assets – the income is back in fixed income

By Michael Mackenzie and Liz Capo McCormick – Bloomberg At $2 Million Per Minute, Treasuries Mint […]
May 6, 2024

Sea drone warfare has arrived. The U.S. is floundering.

By Joe Brock and Mike Stone – Reuters The U.S. Navy’s efforts to build a fleet […]
May 5, 2024

Who’s Building the Most Solar Energy?

By Bruno Venditti – Elements In 2023, solar energy accounted for three-quarters of […]
May 5, 2024

Governments Could Stop Inflating If They Wanted. But They Won’t.

By Daniel Lacalle – Mises Institute Price inflation is no coincidence. It is […]
May 4, 2024

What’s really driving the gold price surge? – Richard Mills

2024.05.03 As of May 1, spot gold was at $2,319 an ounce. The […]
May 4, 2024

Golden Triangle of Northern BC

By Shane Lasley – Mining News Lying just deep enough into the mining frontier […]
May 4, 2024

Why does BHP want Anglo American?

From The Economist This clash of big dirt and high finance suggests that […]
May 4, 2024

Renewable Energy Needs to Be Stored. China Is at the Forefront

By Craig Mellow – Brron’s Most roads in the green energy transition lead through […]
May 3, 2024

Gold’s Pullback and Miners

By Adam Hamilton, CPA After blasting higher in a remarkable breakout surge, gold […]
May 3, 2024

New Copper Technologies

From Goehring & Rozencwajg Countless analysts have warned for years that China is […]
May 2, 2024

Copper & Silver Market Updates – Richard Mills

2024.05.02 Copper and silver are essential metals when it comes to the transition […]
May 2, 2024

Why Max’s CESAR is our favorite copper-silver play – Richard Mills

2024.05.01 Copper and silver are essential metals when it comes to the transition […]
May 2, 2024

Visualizing Global Gold Production in 2023

By Marcus Lu – Elements Over 3,000 tonnes of gold were produced globally […]
May 2, 2024

Where Did my Rate Cuts Go?

By Wolf Richter – Wolf Street “Hike” and “rate hike” were mentioned 8 […]
May 2, 2024

A Strong Dollar Is Rattling Asia. It Isn’t Just the Yen.

By William Pesek – Barron’s Global markets rarely turn on interest rate decisions […]
May 1, 2024

Graphite miners lobby US govt to impose levy on China-sourced EV material

From Mining.com North American graphite miners are lobbying the US government to impose […]
May 1, 2024

Senate passes Russian uranium import ban, sending to Biden

From Mining.com The Senate voted Tuesday evening to approve legislation banning the import […]
May 1, 2024

Silver And The Coming Monetary Reform

By Hubert Moolman The analysis of two similar economic cycles over the last […]
May 1, 2024

What’s Driving the Global Gold Rush?

By Harold James – Project Syndicate Much of the heightened demand for gold […]
April 30, 2024

Stagflation – Richard Mills

2024.04.27 Investors in stocks, bonds and commodities should be aware of the rate […]
April 30, 2024

Beware, global jihadists are back on the march

From The Ecomomist When jihadist gunmen shot their way through Crocus City Hall in […]
April 29, 2024

Start arbitraging rate differences

By Wolf Richter –  WOLF STREET Americans hate, hate, hate inflation. But they’re liking the 5%-plus yields […]
April 29, 2024

BHP mega bid and $10,000 copper expose mining’s biggest problem

From Mining.com The biggest producers all want to increase copper output to take […]
April 28, 2024

Fed’s Wait-and-See on Rate Cuts Further Supported by Extra-Hot “Core Services” PCE Inflation & Hot “Core” PCE Inflation

By Wolf Richter –  WOLF STREET The core PCE price index, which excludes the volatile […]
April 28, 2024

Tech wars – America, China and the battle for supremacy

From The Economist Flows of information and energy underpin all economic activity, and advanced […]
April 28, 2024

Back Off, Stagflation. This Stock Rally Isn’t Over Yet.

By Teresa Rivas – Barron’s “Inflation metrics are the most important economic indicators right […]
April 28, 2024

British Columbia Rolls Back Drug Decriminalization After Public Backlash

By Thomas Seal – Bloomberg British Columbia has asked the Canadian government to reintroduce […]
April 28, 2024

BHP’s $39 Billion Copper Play Was Years in the Making

By Thomas Biesheuvel, Dinesh Nair, and Paul-Alain Hunt – Bloomberg For years, it’s been an open secret […]
April 27, 2024

Copper juniors converge in BC, the Yukon – Richard Mills

2024.04.26 A junior resource company’s place in the mining food chain is to […]
April 27, 2024

U.S. Economy Slows as Inflation Heats Up in Q1 2024

By Felix Richter – Statista The U.S. economy grew slower than expected in […]
April 27, 2024

What are microplastics doing to human health?

By Amina Zafar –  CBC News Plastic serves as a building block for our […]
April 26, 2024

From F-16s to NATO, Argentina’s moves tilt West, but ties to China to last

By   WILDER ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ – Breaking defense The surprise decision by Argentina to […]
April 26, 2024

Fears about stagflation are mounting

By Elisabeth Buchwald – CNN At first glance, Thursday’s gross domestic product report showing […]
April 25, 2024

Lured by copper, major miners drawn to Quesnel Trough and Golden Triangle – Richard Mills

2024.04.24 The copper price tickled $4.55 a pound on Monday or $10,000 a […]
April 25, 2024

Is a Volcker-like series of rate hikes in the cards? – Richard Mills

2024.04.21 What if the worst in interest rates is yet to come?  Until […]
April 25, 2024

A conversation with Dolly Varden’s head geologist Rob van Egmond

2024.04.19 Rick Mills: Good morning Rob. I’d like us to do a bird’s […]
April 25, 2024

Honda to invest $15B to build four new EV plants in Ontario

By Peter Zimonjic  – CBC News According to a government statement released to […]
April 25, 2024

BlackRock says $12,000 copper is needed to incentivize new mines

From Bloomberg Copper needs to reach $12,000 a ton — a 20% jump […]
April 25, 2024

Battery recycling shatters the myth of electric-vehicle waste

From Mining.com Making a battery for an electric vehicle typically requires mining hundreds […]
April 25, 2024

Uranium Mine Supply Faces Challenges

From Goehring & Rozencwajg On February 1st, Kazatomprom officially lowered their 2024 production […]
April 25, 2024

Don’t be gloomy about EV sales

Fen The Economist There are good reasons to expect demand to pick up. […]
April 24, 2024

Conservatives Are Wrong on Economics

By Marina Rocha – Mises Wire According to their website, the Conservative Political […]
April 24, 2024

Why a stronger dollar is dangerous

From The Economist The dollar is looking increasingly formidable. As American growth has […]
April 24, 2024

Global military spending hits ‘all-time high’ of $2.4 trillion

By   Tim Martin – Breaking Defense Global military expenditure surged to a record […]
April 24, 2024

Xi’s Armada Is Winning the Battle for Energy in South China Sea

By Philip Heijmans – Bloomberg Beijing’s vast claims across the South China Sea — […]
April 23, 2024

As plastic treaty talks open, countries more divided than ever

By Valerie Volcovici – Reuters Countries are under pressure to make progress on a […]
April 23, 2024

Ranked: The Top 10 EV Battery Manufacturers in 2023

By Bruno Venditti – Elements Despite efforts from the U.S. and EU to […]
April 23, 2024

Packaging Is the Biggest Driver of Global Plastics Use

By Felix Richter – Statista As our chart shows, global plastics use has increased […]
April 23, 2024

US Dollar’s Extended Reign Delivers Stark Wake-Up Call for Markets

By Ruth Carson, Naomi Tajitsu, Carter Johnson and Tania Chen – Yahoo!finance The […]
April 23, 2024

Love That Strong Dollar

By Jonathan Levin – Bloomberg In reality, today’s dollar strength is mostly a straightforward […]
April 23, 2024

Solar panels are a thing of the past: home wind turbines for less than 200 dollars

By D. García – ECNews Traditional solar panels are being consigned to the past. In their […]
April 22, 2024

How Debt-to-GDP Ratios Have Changed Since 2000

By Marcus Lu – Visual Capitalist Government debt levels have grown in most […]
April 22, 2024

The Copper Supply Shortage Is Here

By SchiffGold With the AI boom and green energy push fueling fresh copper […]
April 22, 2024

Which Countries Export & Import Plastic Waste?

By Katharina Buchholz – Statista This year’s Earth Day, held on April 22, has […]
April 22, 2024

Copper demand to boom as new technology drives power consumption, Trafigura says

From Mining.com Accelerating production of electric vehicles, solar panels and grid investment in […]
April 22, 2024

Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Is Set to Back Rate-Cut Patience

By Molly Smith and Craig Stirling – Bloomberg Federal Reserve officials are about to get further […]
April 21, 2024

Why Is Gold Rising Now?

By Matthew Piepenburg – Von Greyerz Gold Year after year, and week after week, […]
April 21, 2024

China Is Front and Center of Gold’s Record-Breaking Rally

By Bloomberg News Gold’s rise to all-time highs above $2,400 an ounce this year […]
April 20, 2024

Spectacular copper price rally only gaining momentum

By Erik Els – Mining.com In US trading on Friday copper for delivery […]
April 20, 2024

Mortgage Rates Climb Past 7% for the First Time in 2024

By Felix Richter – Statista Mortgage rates in the United States climbed to […]
April 19, 2024

Global manufacturing recovery underway, can it last? – Richard Mills

2024.04.17 Assembly lines are humming again after a years-long manufacturing slump, although the […]
April 19, 2024

Stubborn Inflation Fuels Fears of ‘No Landing’ Scenario

By Felix Richter – Statista After there’s been a lot of talk about a […]
April 19, 2024

China’s Rebalancing Imperative

By STEPHEN S. ROACH – Project Syndicate China is facing a broad constellation […]
April 18, 2024

Gold vs. S&P 500: Which Has Grown More Over Five Years?

By Marcus Lu – Visual Capitalist Persistent inflation combined with multiple wars has […]
April 18, 2024

Trafigura CEO says copper must surpass $10,000 to meet demand

By James Attwood – Bloomberg In order to fill a potential supply gap […]
April 18, 2024

Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich

From The Economist Generation z is taking over. In the rich world there […]
April 18, 2024

Aging copper mines are turning into money pits despite demand

From Mining.com Representatives from the world’s biggest copper producers had reason to celebrate […]
April 17, 2024

Investors choose gold and Treasuries during a crisis, not bitcoin – Richard Mills

2024.04.16 Iran attacked Israel on Saturday with about 320 drones and missiles, but […]
April 17, 2024

Who’s buying gold and silver? – Richard Mills

2024.04.13 Gold and silver continue to push higher, curiously, at the same time […]
April 17, 2024

Silver’s Record Industrial Demand and Deficit to Underpin Prices

By Yvonne Yue Li – Bloomberg After a strong start to the year, silver should remain […]
April 17, 2024

Global silver deficit to rise in 2024 due to higher demand, lower supply

From Mining.com The global silver deficit is expected to rise by 17% to […]
April 17, 2024

Discovery in fool’s gold: Shale pyrites hold hidden lithium riches

By Jijo Malayil – Interesting Engineering Lithium demand has surged recently, prompting exploration […]
April 17, 2024

People who stay mentally sharp in their retirement usually adopt these 7 daily habits

By Graeme Richards – Global English Editing There’s a huge difference between growing old […]
April 16, 2024

Silver North focused on Keno Hill silver-mining district – Richard Mills

2024.04.11 At Ahead of the Herd, one of our most important contributions to […]
April 16, 2024

Where Does One U.S. Tax Dollar Go?

By Marcus Lu – Visual Capitalist Come tax season, a common refrain is: […]
April 16, 2024

How a US$10 billion mine became a cautionary tale for the energy transition

By Jacob Lorinc –  Bloomberg News When the group of mining executives arrived […]
April 14, 2024

Will Israel attack Iran’s oil production? – Richard Mills

2024.04.14 Iran’s exports of crude oil grew by roughly 50% last year to […]
April 14, 2024

The big crunch is here as copper decouples from market cycles, Bank of America says

By Henry Lazenby – Mining.com Copper is increasingly ‘dancing to its own tune’, […]
April 13, 2024

US Imposes Sanctions on Use of Russian Metals on Exchanges

By Daniel Flatley and Jack Farchy – Bloomberg The US announced new restrictions on trading in […]
April 13, 2024

Gold, Miners Overboughtness

Adam Hamilton, CPA Gold’s record-shattering breakout surge during the past six weeks has […]
April 12, 2024

Renforth pivots to new geological model at Parbec gold project -Richard Mills

2024.04.12 Gold hit a record-high $2,365.09 on Monday, April 9, fueled by buying […]
April 12, 2024

Central Banks Are Buying the Gold Top

From SchiffGold In investing, “Buy low, sell high” is among the most well-known […]
April 12, 2024

Civil War

By Eli Glasner –  CBC News In his filmmaking career, Alex Garland has terrified […]
April 12, 2024

Copper price rally continues with surge to highest in 22 months

By Thomas Biesheuvel, Archie Hunter and Jack Ryan – Mining.com Copper continued its […]
April 11, 2024

The Next Miner Rally

From Sprott Money The price of COMEX gold is now a full 10% […]
April 11, 2024

Gold And Silver Entering Exponential Phase

By Egon von Greyerz – Von Greyerz Gold The price moves in the coming […]
April 10, 2024

Biggest copper mines produced 20% less copper in 2023 – Richard Mills

2024.04.06 Copper jumped to $4.24 a pound ($9,359.23 a tonne) on Friday, the […]
April 10, 2024

Gold Continues Up Defying Conventional Behavior, In 3 Charts

By Bryan Lutz – DollarCollapse.com Ever since Nixon took the US Dollar off […]
April 10, 2024

The rich world faces a brutal spending crunch

From The Economist How long can the firehose keep blasting? At first glance, […]
April 10, 2024

Ending Congo’s Forever War

By Adekeye Adebajo – Project Syndicate The seemingly intractable conflict in Africa’s volatile […]
April 9, 2024

The Trend is your friend, until it isn’t

By David Brady – SprottMoney Once again, we’re seeing higher lows and higher […]
April 8, 2024

The World’s Deadliest Behavioral Risk Factors

By Florian Zandt – Statista “Smoking kills” is but one of the slogans connected […]
April 7, 2024

10-Year Yield Hits 4.40% as Bond Market Begins to Adjust to Higher Forever: Higher Rates and Higher Inflation

By Wolf Richter  – WOLF STREET Suddenly lots of talk the 10-year yield will revisit […]
April 7, 2024

The Gold Market Hunts for Answers Behind Bullion’s Sudden Surge

By Mark Burton, Jack Ryan and Yvonne Yue Li –  Bloomberg News Seasoned […]