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December 16, 2023

Billionaire Mining Magnate Friedland Says $15,000-a-Ton Copper Needed to Spur New Mines

By Alix Steel, Dani Burger, and Jacob Lorinc – Bloomberg Copper prices need to nearly double in […]
December 15, 2023
Planet earth

NASA Sensor Produces First Global Maps of Surface Minerals in Arid Regions

By NASA EMIT delivers first-of-a-kind maps of minerals in Earth’s dust-source areas, enabling […]
December 15, 2023

The State of Copper Recycling in the U.S.

By Visual Capitalist In 2022, the total copper scrap recycled in the U.S. […]
December 15, 2023

The Fed Surrenders to Inflation!

By Michael Maharrey The Federal Reserve just surrendered to inflation. Fed officials won’t call […]
December 14, 2023

Gold is the solution to currency debasement – Richard Mills

2023.12.14 I’ve been right in my prediction that the Fed would pause in […]
December 14, 2023

Keeping Chinese parts out of American EV’s – Richard Mills

2023.12.14 In this ‘Under the spotlight’ written interview Rick Mills, editor of the […]
December 13, 2023

Developing Countries Receiving the Most Loans from China

By Marcus Lu According to the IMF, the most indebted poor countries in […]
December 13, 2023

Streetwise Interview: Richard Mills talks Dolly Varden, Graphite One, Max Resources

By Streetwise Reports We’re gonna go back to printing money,” he said. “Democrats […]
December 12, 2023

The AI Revolution: How VERSES AI is Shaping the Future

By Momentum Letter As we navigate the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, artificial intelligence (AI) […]
December 12, 2023

A Farewell to Cash

By Willem H. Buiter – Project Syndicate While proponents of central bank digital […]
December 11, 2023

Gold Strength Is Fiat Money Weakness

By Daniel Lacalle The year is ending with a significant level of optimism among […]
December 11, 2023

We followed an old-growth detective into the forest to fact-check B.C.’s suspicious claims about the age of trees

By  Sarah Cox – The Narwhal When conservationist Eddie Petryshen learned BC Timber […]
December 11, 2023

Outflows of Gold from ETFs Slowed Significantly in November

By Schiffgold The flow of metal out of gold-backed ETFs slowed significantly in […]
December 11, 2023

The Question is Not “When” but “Why” the Fed Would Cut Rates with a Labor Market this Strong and Wage Growth Accelerating

By Wolf Richter – Wolf Street So this was not a rate-cut jobs report […]
December 9, 2023

Renforth completes in-fill drill program at its Surimeau Battery Metals Project, setting up for 2024 maiden resource – Richard Mills

2023-12-09 A junior resource company with a potentially district-scale battery metals property has […]
December 8, 2023

A new 66 million-year history of carbon dioxide offers little comfort for today

By Columbia Climate School – Phy.org A massive new review of ancient atmospheric carbon-dioxide […]
December 8, 2023

Jet stream will get faster as climate change continues, study finds

By Louise Lerner – Phys.org A new study in Nature Climate Change takes one of the first […]
December 8, 2023

Russian uranium import ban teed up for US House floor vote

By Ari Natter Legislation that would bar the import of enriched Russian uranium […]
December 7, 2023

Researchers used Hurricane Larry to prove ocean microplastics can be swept inland as air pollution

By Kayla Hounsell –  CBC News As Hurricane Larry lashed Newfoundland in 2021, university students […]
December 7, 2023

COLOMBIA – Mining Authority Defines the Country’s New Strategic Minerals

With the intention of moving decisively forward in the materialization of the new […]
December 7, 2023

The Critical Minerals to China, EU, and U.S. National Security

By Bruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist Elements Governments formulate lists of critical minerals […]
December 7, 2023

“Spiraling Out Of Control”: The U.S. Debt Crisis Goes Parabolic

By Quoth the Raven Over the weekend I had the pleasure of talking […]
December 6, 2023

Behind the US manufacturing boom – Richard Mills

2023.12.06 Manufacturing has always been an integral part of American life. Paul Revere […]
December 6, 2023

Visualizing the Rise of the U.S. Dollar Since the 19th Century

By James Eagle As the world’s reserve currency, the U.S. dollar made up 58.4% of […]
December 6, 2023

US Joins 21 Other Countries in Pledge to Triple Nuclear Energy Capacity by 2050

By Aldgra Fredly – The Epoch Times The United States and 21 other countries […]
December 5, 2023

Gold not yet, copper will retest $4 – Richard Mills

2023.12.05 Gold and copper have both been on a tear lately for different […]
December 5, 2023

Regulators Hope You Don’t Notice The Massive Hidden Losses In The Banking System

By Paul H. Kupiec – AEI The Secretary of the Treasury and the Financial […]
December 5, 2023

Silver Looks Like a Real Bargain Right Now

By Shiffgold At the current price, silver is a real bargain. Gold went on a […]
December 5, 2023

A US Nuclear Revival – and Net Zero – Depends on Westinghouse

By Jonathan Ford – Bloomberg Climate change and geopolitics have restored the fortunes of […]
December 4, 2023

Will High Interest Rates Trigger a Debt Disaster?

By James K. Galbraith – Project Syndicate Once again, larger deficits and higher […]
December 4, 2023

China is building nuclear reactors faster than any other country

By The Economist To wean their country off imported oil and gas, and in […]
December 4, 2023

The world’s strongest material could be used to make clean drinking water

By Rebecca Cairns – CNN Often referred to as a “miracle material,” graphene is one […]
December 2, 2023

Why commodities are sailing into a perfect storm of higher prices – Richard Mills

2023-12-02 While there is disagreement over its causes, the reality of global warming […]
December 2, 2023

The Critical Minerals to China, EU, and U.S. National Security

By Bruno Venditti Governments formulate lists of critical minerals according to their industrial […]
December 2, 2023

Is Earth’s Magnetic Field on The Verge of Flipping Over? An Expert Explains.

By Ofer Cohen – Science Alert The Earth’s magnetic field plays a big […]
November 30, 2023

$7.6 trillion of US government debt will mature in the next year, adding pressure on rates

By Business Insider Incentive to cut? $7.6 trillion of US government debt will […]
November 30, 2023

US Trade deficit 2024

By Alasdair Macleod No one is talking about the US trade deficit in […]
November 30, 2023

As the US Treasury Runs Out of Creditors, Its Options Dwindle

By Jonathan Newman – Mises Wire Are the chickens coming home to roost […]
November 30, 2023

Marc Faber: Inflation Is Here to Stay

By SchiffGold During a recent interview at the 2023 Precious Metals Summit Zurich […]
November 30, 2023

Real Interest Rates

By GoldPriceForcast  Gold prices tend to increase significantly only during the periods of […]
November 29, 2023

Hard landings Recession predictions wrong – Richard Mills

2023.11.29 For over a year now the main topic of discussion has been […]
November 29, 2023

The Panama Canal Is So Backed Up Ships Are Rerouting Through the Suez

By Peter Millard – Bloomberg The Panama Canal Authority, which normally handles about 36 ships […]
November 29, 2023

Gold surges, dollar declines on Fed official’s remark & geopolitical unrest

By Gary Wagner – Kitco A major component of today’s strong upside move […]
November 29, 2023

Stantec to design C$1 billion Li-ion battery plant in British Columbia

By Mining.com Bringing advanced manufacturing and hundreds of jobs to British Columbia, E-One […]
November 28, 2023

After Ukraine, Realpolitik Will Be the New Interventionist Status Quo

By Jeremy Powell – MISES WIRE From the onset of the current Israeli-Hamas […]
November 28, 2023

If QT Is Doing This, No Wonder Stocks Are Rallying

By Tyler Durden – ZeroHedge Quantitative tightening isn’t working. At least not in the […]
November 27, 2023

Lithium “Shortage” Bubble Implodes (Again), Price Collapsed 77% in a Year, as Demand and Production Both Surged

By Wolf Richter – Wolf Street Who needs fundamentals when you have rampant […]
November 27, 2023

Researchers create a new tectonic model of the Earth and it’s beautiful

By Mihai Andrei – ZME Science The Earth’s surface is a complex mosaic […]
November 27, 2023

Uranium sector ‘scrambling’ to fill supply gap

By Colin McClelland – Mining.com The price of uranium will hit triple-digits for […]
November 27, 2023

Two-State Solution

By Carl Bildt – Project Syndicate After more than a month of relentless […]
November 27, 2023

No, Don’t Do It!

By James Rickards – Daily Reckoning Almost 10 years ago, I sat in a […]
November 26, 2023

How China cornered the market for critical minerals and can the West break it’s near monopoly on these metals? – Richard Mills

2023.11.26 China is already gobbling up copper and copper ore at an incredible […]
November 26, 2023

When Does Federal Debt Reach Unsustainable Levels?

Penn Wharton University of Pennsylvania PWBM estimates that—even under myopic expectations—financial markets cannot […]
November 26, 2023

Fed Rate Cuts Will Not Save The Economy

By Daniel Lacalle – MISES WIRE Market participants who assume rate cuts will […]
November 26, 2023

The Shift to the Middle is Coming

 By Martin Armstrong – Armstrong Economics All the media is so anti-common sense […]
November 25, 2023

Global EV mandates would require 388 new mines: Fraser Institute

By Nelson Bennett – Mining.com Meeting the 2030 targets for electric vehicle mandates […]
November 24, 2023

Our Megathreatened Age

By Nouriel Roubini – Project Syndicate It is now common knowledge that economic, […]
November 24, 2023

Graphene’s Moment has Arrived

By Casey Luskin – Mind Matters In the 1967 movie The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman […]
November 23, 2023

Max Resource samples high-grade copper-silver from newly discovered AM-08 target – Richard Mills

2023.11.23 In mineral exploration, a promising discovery can often be validated by the […]
November 23, 2023

Copper supply rethink as smelter treatment charges fall

By Andy Home – Reuters LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Chilean copper miner Antofagasta (ANTO.L) last […]
November 23, 2023

Exposing the copper surplus myth – Richard Mills

2023.11.22 Commodity analysts predictions are usually wrong about copper supply, often predicting a […]
November 23, 2023

Copper Inventory Not Signaling Recession

By Goehring & Rozencwajg Driven by concerns of an impending global recession, copper […]
November 23, 2023

Fed Hike After A Long Pause? It’s Rare, But It Happens

By Tyler Durden – ZeroHedge It’s unusual for the Federal Reserve to hike […]
November 23, 2023

Even Higher for Longer if Markets Keep Fighting Central Banks, ECB’s Wunsch Explains. The Fed Has Same Problem

By Wolf Richter – Wolf Street The Fed, the ECB, the BOC, the […]
November 23, 2023

Tariffs; A failure of leadership

By Shang-Jin Wei – Project Syndicate Beyond undermining the rules-based international trading system, […]
November 22, 2023

China’s MMG Clinches Coveted Copper Mine With $1.9 Billion Deal

By Sybilla Gross, Bloomberg China’s MMG Ltd. has clinched one of the biggest copper […]
November 20, 2023

Biden and Xi Pick the Low-Hanging Fruit

By Stephen S. Roach US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s […]
November 19, 2023

October CPI Cools; Does This Really Mean the Fed Won the War?

By Michael Maharrey For the first time in several months, the Consumer Price […]
November 19, 2023

Graphene ‘gold’: MIT finds new properties in pencil lead

By Rizwan Choudhury A team of physicists from MIT has achieved a remarkable […]
November 18, 2023

Positioning in metals for economic recovery – Richard Mills

2023.11.18 “If it bleeds it leads” is a well-worn expression for describing how […]
November 18, 2023

Chinese Copper Smelter Inks First Drop in Fees in 3 Years

By Bloomberg News Chilean miner Antofagasta Plc and Chinese smelter Jinchuan Group agreed to […]
November 18, 2023

Where Have All the Foreign Buyers Gone for U.S. Treasury Debt? – WSJ

By The Wall STreet Journal Overseas private investors and central banks now own […]
November 17, 2023

U.S. Consumers Spend More Bucks for the Same Bang

By Felix Richter U.S. retail sales declined for the first time since March last […]
November 17, 2023

Mapped: Food Unaffordability Across the World

By Our World in Data Food is the palate’s poetry, the body’s fuel, […]
November 16, 2023

AOTH’s interest rate predictions have been bang on – Richard Mills

2023.11.16 At Ahead of the Herd, we pride ourselves on being right, when […]
November 16, 2023

All the Metals We Mined in One Visualization

By Bruno Venditti Major industries that directly consume processed mineral materials contribute 14% […]
November 15, 2023

Surimeau prospecting results advance battery metals and lithium exploration; Victoria drilling delivers mineralization – Richard Mills

2023.11.15 This week, Renforth Resources (CSE:RFR, OTCQB:RFHRF, FSE:9RR)  updated shareholders on results from the […]
November 15, 2023

Interventionism

By Connor O’Keeffe Interventionism creates a mixed economy between socialism and capitalism where […]
November 15, 2023

Interest Consumes 40% of Income Taxes, U.S. Treasury’s Unsustainable Path Raises Default and Inflation Fears

By Citizen Watch Report The interest payments on the national debt alone used […]
November 15, 2023

Inflation Cools as Consumer Prices Stagnate in October

By Felix Richter Inflation in the U.S. cooled down more than expected in […]
November 15, 2023

Brain’s Recycling System: Researchers Unlock the Secret to Neuron Renewal

By Aubern University Department of Physics Researchers at Auburn University have achieved a […]
November 14, 2023

Transient Treasures: Scientists Unearth Gold’s Remarkable Origin Story

By Jim Shelton New research offers a theory on how gold, platinum, and […]
November 14, 2023

A Nuclear Renaissance Is the Best Path Forward

By RJ Roux & Yaël Ossowski For decades, the fruits of the fracking revolution, plus our […]
November 14, 2023

China Tightens Grip on Copper, Key to World’s Energy Transition

By Bloomberg China is in the midst of a breakneck expansion of its […]
November 13, 2023

Five Key Charts to Watch in Global Commodity Markets This Week

By Doug Alexander Drought has made the Panama Canal a chokepoint for the flow […]
November 13, 2023

How Canada – and Bay Street – squandered the chance to finance the critical minerals revolution

By Tim Kiladze The financing taps for critical minerals companies are all but […]
November 13, 2023

Sovereign Debt is Eating the World

By Peter St. Onge Sovereign debt is eating the world. Lining up a […]
November 12, 2023

The Economic Consequences of the Gaza War

By Nouriel Roubini With Israel embarked on a military campaign to eliminate Hamas […]
November 11, 2023

Greenland glaciers melt five times faster than 20 years ago

By Johannes Birkebaek Global warming has increased the speed at which glaciers in Greenland […]
November 11, 2023

A Scientist Says the Singularity Will Happen by 2031

By Tim Newcomb “The singularity,” the moment where AI is no longer under […]
November 11, 2023

Half of mining still exploring for gold

By Frik Els New study shows a $1.1 billion drop in gold exploration […]
November 10, 2023

How Washington Hawks Helped Create the New “Axis of Evil”

By Connor O’Keeffe In 2002, President George W. Bush cited the now famous […]
November 10, 2023

U.S. Consumer Debt Climbs to $17.3 Trillion

By Felix Richter According to the New York Fed’s Quarterly Report on Household Debt […]
November 10, 2023

As Recession Noise Grows, Recession Signal Is Fading

By Tyler Durden The clamor for a US recession has grown louder in […]
November 9, 2023

Max extends CESAR strike to 120 km; buys back royalties – Richard Mills

2023.11.09 Max Resource Corp (TSXV:MAX; OTC:MXROF; Frankfurt:M1D2) has significantly expanded its footprint at […]
November 9, 2023

Preventing AI Nuclear Armageddon

By Melissa Parke Nuclear history is rife with near-misses, with disaster averted by […]
November 9, 2023

The deadly missile race in the Middle East

The Economist The ballistic missiles that arced from Yemen to Israel on October 31st […]
November 9, 2023

The Fed Won’t Achieve Either of Its Mandates

By Peter Schiff Now, had they used another form of taxation, had the […]
November 8, 2023

The Kinvestor Report Episode 10: Navigating Scary Times with Bob Moriarty

By Kinvestor Arlen and Bob dive into the world of investing risk, the […]
November 8, 2023

Drilling resumes at Renforth Resources’ Surimeau battery metals project in Quebec – Richard Mills

2023.11.08 The latest edition of the IEA’s Critical Minerals Market Review reveals that […]