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February 9, 2024

Green shoots for copper, nickel, zinc, aluminium prices

By Frik Els – Mining.com Expectations of a smaller reduction in US interest […]
February 9, 2024

California’s atmospheric rivers, explained

CBC Video A series of atmospheric rivers caused days of record-breaking rain over […]
February 9, 2024

The Fed Says Its Record Losses Don’t Matter

By Nicolás Cachanosky – American Institute for Economic Research The Federal Reserve recently […]
February 8, 2024

The US Is Living on Borrowed Time

By Matthew Piepenburg – Von Greyerez Gold The US is now in an open […]
February 8, 2024

The World’s Richest Countries Across 3 Metrics

By Niccolo Conte – Visual Capitalist How do you measure the economic success […]
February 8, 2024

Why China Won’t Fight the Houthis

By Yun Sun – Project Syndicate WASHINGTON, DC – Chinese policy in the […]
February 7, 2024

Mining industry dogged by retirements and lack of new recruits – Richard Mills

2024.02.07 One of the biggest challenges facing the mining industry is a growing […]
February 7, 2024

JP Morgan: Money is Gold and Nothing Else

By Schiff Gold Our nation’s top financier had it correct 111 years ago: […]
February 7, 2024

U.S. Diesel Supply Tightens As Manufacturing Comes Roaring Back

By Charles Kennedy – Oilprice.com U.S. manufacturers are recovering from an extended slump in […]
February 7, 2024

Why Iran is hard to intimidate

From The Economist Deterrence is a simple concept: using the threat of force to […]
February 7, 2024

The Scale of California’s Pineapple Express Phenomenon

By Katharina Buchholz – Statista A second atmospheric river rainstorm in a week is […]
February 5, 2024

Quinton Hennigh’s prescient vision – the trend is our friend – Richard Mills

2024.02.05 The most attractive gold juniors are those with assets in established mining […]
February 5, 2024

Artificial Intelligence vs. Human Stupidity

By Nouriel Roubini – Project Syndicate There is no shortage of hope – […]
February 5, 2024

Eyepopping Factory Construction Boom in the US: Chip Makers on Forefront, but CHIPS Act Funds Not Even Released Yet

By Wolf Richter – Wolf Street In December, companies plowed $18.4 billion into […]
February 4, 2024

How a Black pioneer helped the boom of northern B.C.’s gold rush

By Arrthy Thayaparan – CBC News John Robert Giscome left his mark on British Columbia. […]
February 4, 2024

Shroom boom

By Joel Ballard – CBC News Across the country, demand for psilocybin-assisted therapy […]
February 4, 2024

British Columbia’s Nisga’a Nation plans Indigenous-majority owned royalty company

By Blair McBride – Mining.com The Nisga’a Nation in northwest BC is forming Canada’s […]
February 4, 2024

Global Manufacturing Rebound Could Signal A Bright Year For Copper

By Frank Holmes – US Global Investers Some industry leaders are anticipating lofty […]
February 3, 2024

Want to know when the Fed cuts rates? Watch the consumer – Richard Mills

2024.02.03 The probability of interest rate cuts has many market participants pondering whether […]
February 3, 2024

Getting Physical: Why Bullion Has Outperformed Gold Stocks

By Schiff Gold Gold prices have been on a tear, with bullion prices […]
February 3, 2024

VIDEO: Ross Beaty on what’s next for junior miners as investors shun the space

From Mining.com Mining veteran Ross Beaty says he’s never seen a market like […]
February 2, 2024

Rising Rates and Robust Gold Demand?

From Goehring & Rozencwajg Over the last three years, this relationship broke down. […]
February 2, 2024

War in space is no longer science fiction

From the Economist A foretaste of space hostilities came on the evening of […]
February 1, 2024

Visualized: Past Interest Rate Cut Cycles and 2024 Forecasts

By Niccolo Conte – Visual Capatalist A key question mark for the U.S. […]
February 1, 2024

Gold demand to hit record with central bank buying, WGC says

From Mining.com Total gold demand hit a record last year and is expected […]
February 1, 2024

Top producers push for silver’s inclusion as a critical mineral in Canada and US

By Bruno Venditti  – Mining.com Top producers of silver are pushing for the […]
January 31, 2024

How global warming will drive conflict and worsen inequality – Richard Mills

2024.01.31 The last eight years have been the hottest on record, with 2023 […]
January 31, 2024

US Foreign Policy Is a Far Cry from the Founders Intent – MUST READ

By John Kennedy – Mises Institute At the Reagan National Defense Forum in […]
January 30, 2024

Global clean energy spending surges to $1.8 trillion. It’s Not Enough

From Mining.com Global spending on the clean-energy transition hit record highs as the world […]
January 29, 2024
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US Debt-to-GDP Ratio Worsens Further, Despite Solid Economic Growth, as Government Debt Balloons at a Scary Pace

By Wolf Richter –  WOLF STREET The US government debt is measured in “current dollars,” […]
January 28, 2024

Robust GDP Growth Adds to Hopes of a Soft Landing

By Felix Richter – Statista The U.S. economy grew faster than expected in […]
January 28, 2024

Every EV Qualified for U.S. Tax Credits in 2024

By Marcus Lu – Visual Capitalist This year, the list of qualified electric […]
January 28, 2024

Fed’s QT Taper Talks Are Already Behind The Eight Ball

By MN Gordon – Economic Prism Undoing the radical and extreme money printing […]
January 27, 2024

Fresh inflation data raises chance of Fed rate cut – Richard Mills

2024.01.27 The Federal Reserve’s interest-rate pause, due to successfully lowering inflation, and apparently […]
January 27, 2024

Visualizing All the Nuclear Waste in the World

By Bruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist Nuclear power is among the safest and […]
January 27, 2024

China’s Imagination Deficit

By Stephen S. Roach – Project Syndicate China is at a critical juncture. […]
January 27, 2024

Copper market a ‘powder keg’ ready to explode, says Friedland

By Jackson Chen – Mining.com The physical market for copper is “very, very tight […]
January 26, 2024

What would a nuclear winter look like? – Richard Mills

2024.01.26 From 1950 to 1990, the biggest threat to the planet was not […]
January 26, 2024

Gold’s Mild Pullback

By Adam Hamilton Gold bearishness has flared considerably during recent weeks’ selloff.  But […]
January 25, 2024

China’s Economic Overhaul: A Blueprint for Renewable Dominance

By Haley Zaremba – Oilprice.com The Chinese economy is changing, and the aftershocks of […]
January 25, 2024

Global Nuclear Power Generation to Hit an All-Time High in 2025

By Tsvetana Paraskova Oilprice.com Even as some countries phase out nuclear power or retire plants […]
January 24, 2024
Fresh water crisis unfolding

World groundwater levels showing ‘accelerated’ decline – study

By Reuters Groundwater levels across the world have shown widespread and “accelerated” decline […]
January 24, 2024

Prediction Consensus: What the Experts See Coming in 2024

By Niccolo Conte – Visual Capitalist As we look ahead to 2024, there […]
January 23, 2024

Max Resource: three metals, two exploration plays, both with scalability – Richard Mills

2024.01.23 The nature of the mining business is that metals prices tend to […]
January 23, 2024

This “Economist” Says $34 Trillion In Debt Is Definitely Not A Problem

By John Miltimore – QUOTH THE RAVEN “The federal debt starts the new […]
January 23, 2024

Fed Rate Cut Looks More Distant, But Soft Landing’s on Track. Here’s Why.

By Barron’s Just a few weeks ago, markets were convinced the Federal Reserve […]
January 22, 2024

When Gold’s Real, Uninflated Price Breaks Out – And How to Tell

By John Gideon Hartnett, Rafi Farber – Mises Institute From an analysis of […]
January 22, 2024

From Dystopia to Utopia in Gold & Silver

By SprottMoney We’re finally approaching the lows in Gold and Silver, which will coincide with the […]
January 22, 2024

Higher for Longer? Insights from the Copper/Gold Ratio

By Shiff Gold In the realm of institutional asset management, the copper/gold ratio […]
January 21, 2024

Cancer Cases Expected to Hit Record High in 2024

By Marina Zhang – Epoch Health “Overall cancer incidence is stable in men and […]
January 20, 2024

Bastiat versus MMT

By Jonathan Newman – Mises Institute Proponents of modern monetary theory (MMT) are […]
January 20, 2024

2024: The Super Election Year

By Katharina Buchholz – Statista According to the Anchor Change Election Cycle Tracker and […]
January 19, 2024

AOTH – Our Battery Metal and Stock for 2024 – Richard Mills

2024.01.19 Due to its natural strength and stiffness, graphite is an excellent conductor […]
January 19, 2024

Dollar Varden expands Homestake Silver deposit with 23 holes, highlighting 93.95m of 357 g/t AgEq including 9,422 g/t Ag over 1.02m – Richard Mills

2024.01.19 Dolly Varden Silver (TSXV:DV, OTC:DOLLF) has put out more encouraging results from drilling […]
January 19, 2024

Pentagon support accelerates Graphite One

By Shane Lasley – Mining News “As the United States and the world transition […]
January 19, 2024

The Great Convergence: North American Natural Gas and the Looming Shift in Global Energy Economics

By Goehring & Rozencwajg North American natural gas is the cheapest energy molecule […]
January 18, 2024

Our Drunken Sailors Push Back Against Rate-Cut Mania

By Wolf Richter – Wolf Street Per-capita disposable income, adjusted for inflation (total […]
January 18, 2024

Scientists reveal how Greenland Ice Sheet has shrunk over past four decades

By Gloria Dickie – Reuters The Greenland Ice Sheet lost 5,091 sq km (1930 […]
January 18, 2024

China widens South America trade highway with Silk Road mega port

By Marco Aquino and Adam Jourdan – Reuters There is a new Chinese mega port rising […]
January 18, 2024

Dolly Varden Silver’s (DV.V) Homestake Drill Results: “A substantial zone of exceptional precious metal grades

By Global Stocks News DV Silver is developing its 100% held Kitsault Valley […]
January 18, 2024

Which Countries Have the Highest GDP Growth Rate?

By Florian Zandt – Statista The growth of most highly developed economies has […]
January 18, 2024

Coast is Clear for Bond Buyers in 2024

By Michael Ryval – MorningStar given the swift re-calibration of yields that we’ve […]
January 17, 2024

AOTH Top Metals of 2024 Part 1- Copper – Richard Mills

2024.01.17 2023 was a topsy-turvy year for copper, the red metal buffeted by […]
January 17, 2024

Who Sells the Most Weapons?

By Anna Fleck – Statista The United States was the largest arms exporter between […]
January 16, 2024

Gold Mining Stocks, A Clear and Compelling Investment Case

By John Hathaway – Sprott We offer herein an investment rationale for gold […]
January 16, 2024

200 Years of Global Gold Production, by Country

By Govind Bhutada – Visual Capitalist Although the practice of gold mining has […]
January 16, 2024

Why are Americans so gloomy about their great economy?

By The Economist “The vibes are off” is a phrase that does not […]
January 15, 2024

How stupid is BC’s energy policy? We could be the Saudi Arabia of electricity for the price of one $16-billion Site C dam – Richard Mills

2024-01-15 In British Columbia, the cost of building a Site C, a massive […]
January 15, 2024

Where Will the Global Economy Land in 2024?

By Nouriel Roubini – Project Syndicate Heading into 2024, most economists and market […]
January 15, 2024

Year of the Dragon: Silk Roads, BRICS Roads, Sino-Roads

By Pepe Escobar – The Unz REview As we enter incandescent 2024, four […]
January 15, 2024

Fed Reports Operating Loss of $114 billion for 2023, as Interest Expense Blows Out

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET But losses don’t matter to the Fed. The Fed creates […]
January 14, 2024

Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using ‘land bridge’ for Oceania cargo

By Lori Ann LaRocco – CNBC In an advisory to clients, Maersk informed […]
January 14, 2024

The $400 Billion Lithium Battery Value Chain

By Visual Capitalist As the world transitions away from fossil fuels toward a […]
January 14, 2024

2024 – A Year in which Social Tensions Will Deepen further: Anecdotal Evidence of Three Worldviews

By Ronni Stoeferle – Gold Switzerland In Europe, many countries have been seething since […]
January 13, 2024

Mexico could run out of silver by 2026, worsening supply deficit – Richard Mills

2024.01.13 The world’s largest silver producer could mine all of its existing reserves […]
January 13, 2024
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Renforth, first update of 2024…Victoria, Beaupre and Parbec

Welcome to a New Year! A new year of exploration is on the […]
January 12, 2024

Uranium: New Market Star

By Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates In 2018, uranium assets were widely considered to […]
January 12, 2024

Three Risks to the Inflation Narrative

By Daniel Lacalle Market expectations of rapid disinflation and a soft landing remain, […]
January 12, 2024

$34 Trillion and Climbing

By Peter Earle – QUOTH THE RAVEN Just before the start of 2024, […]
January 12, 2024

Beneath the Skin of CPI Inflation, December: Not in the Mood to Just Go Away

By Wolf Richter – Wolf Street Inflation in core services remains hot, and […]
January 12, 2024

Biden administration announces $623 million for new EV chargers across the nation

By Ella Nilsen, CNN fund 47 projects in 22 states and Puerto Rico – […]
January 11, 2024

Uranium miners surge on $500 million US enrichment push

By Mark Burton – Mining.com Shares in uranium miners jumped globally after the […]
January 11, 2024

When you drink bottled water, you’re drinking lots and lots of plastic particles

By The Associated Press – CBC The average litre of bottled water has […]
January 11, 2024

The Goldilocks Narrative Reigns For Now

By Michael Lebowitz – RIA Advice Market narratives have been around for ages. […]
January 11, 2024

The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns (2014-2023)

By Dorothy Neufeld – Visual Capitalist It was a challenging year for commodity […]
January 11, 2024

China Dominates the Supply of U.S. Critical Minerals List

By Marcus Lu – Visual Capitalist Currently there are 50 entries on this […]
January 10, 2024

Hazy Magic Mushroom Laws Create ‘Shroom Boom’ in Canadian Cities

By Jacob Lorinc – Bloomberg Hazy Magic Mushroom Laws Create ‘Shroom Boom’ in Canadian […]
January 10, 2024

Goldman veteran Jeff Currie remains bullish on commodities this year

By Grant Smith and Francine Lacqua – Mining.com Jeff Currie, who spearheaded commodities […]
January 10, 2024

High-grade results ‘bode well’ for Graphite One feasibility this year

By Blair McBride – Mining.com Graphite One (TSXV: GPH; US-OTC: GPHOF) says results […]
January 10, 2024

Fed easing, BOJ tapering calls look like losing bets

By William Pesek – Asia Times This U-turn in economic reality has the […]
January 10, 2024
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Reawakening of Past Treasures: Our Journey | Dolly Varden Silver

2024-01-10 We are united by a shared mission: advance one of the largest […]
January 9, 2024

Degrowth Advocates Misunderstand the Business Cycle

By Shiff Gold The de-growth argument does have a kernel of truth; while […]
January 9, 2024

With El Nino boost, scientists say 2024 will be much worse than record-setting 2023 – Richard Mills

2024-01-09 If you thought 2023 was hot, just wait. Scientists are warning that […]
January 8, 2024

EGR poised to drill Detour West, proving whether the Sunday Lake deformation zone which hosts the Detour Lake deposit continues onto EGR’s Detour West property – Richard Mills

2024-01-08 Vancouver-based EGR Exploration Ltd. (TSXV:EGR) is exploring for gold next to the country’s […]
January 8, 2024

Scientists Are Already Bracing for Record-Breaking Heat in 2024

By Zahra Hirji, Olivia Rudgard, and Brian Kahn – Bloomberg If history is any guide, the second […]
January 8, 2024

Which Industries Lost Jobs, Which Gained Jobs, including Government Jobs: Longer-Term Employment Trends in Charts

By Wolf Richter – Wold Street Some are hot, some are cold. And […]
January 8, 2024

AI-Powered Tech Boom Fuels 2023 Stock Market Rally

By Felix Richter Despite banking jitters, stubbornly high inflation and lingering recession fears, […]
January 8, 2024

Xi’s Solution for China’s Economy Risks Triggering New Trade War

By Bloomberg News As China’s property sector declines, President Xi Jinping needs to reshape the nation’s […]
January 6, 2024

National Debt Tops $34 Trillion but So What?

By Michael Maharrey On Dec. 29, the national debt slipped above $34 trillion for […]
January 5, 2024

Profligate spending and kicking the can down the road leads to Debt Jubilee – Richard Mills

2024-01-05 Lower interest rates and massive asset purchases by central banks are the […]