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July 22, 2024

The Myth of Plastic Recycling

By George Rockall-Schmidt You consume on average a credit card’s worth of plastic […]
July 22, 2024

Mineral-rich DRC Province Suspends Mining Activities

From Barrons Authorities in one of the most mineral-rich provinces in east DR […]
July 21, 2024

Combustion Going Bust: Global Phase-outs of Gasoline Cars

By Katharina Buchholz – Statista As of 2024, 60 countries and territories around […]
July 21, 2024

Charted: America’s Most Popular News Sources

By Marcus Lu – Visual Capitalist The distribution of news in the internet era […]
July 21, 2024

The Foreign Investors Who Bought the Recklessly Ballooning US Debt: July Update

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET The recklessly ballooning US national debt is now just a […]
July 20, 2024

Video: Junior market dominated by ‘the lame, the halt and the blind,’ says Rule

From Mining.com Over two-thirds of today’s junior miners are essentially worthless, says resource […]
July 20, 2024

Scientists achieve breakthrough with plastic that completely decomposes in 2 months: ‘A new type of bioplastic’

By Rick Kazmer -T he Cool Down A plastic alternative being developed in Denmark, made from barley starch […]
July 19, 2024

Copper: Humanity’s first and most important future metal – Richard Mills

2024.07.17 As the third most-consumed metal behind iron ore and aluminum, copper is […]
July 19, 2024

US has second-longest mine development timeline in the world, S&P Global says

From Mining.com According to a new report by S&P Global, the United States […]
July 18, 2024

Magnificent 7 Stocks Lose $1.1 Trillion in Five Days, and It’s Barely a Blip. Trillions Don’t Even Matter Anymore

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET Nvidia, after gaining $2.1 trillion YTD through July 10, gave […]
July 18, 2024

Tech stocks wobble on deepening Sino-US chip war

By Youn Ah Moon and Ankur Banerjee – Reuters Chip stocks in Asia tumbled on Thursday […]
July 18, 2024

Global battery demand to quadruple by 2030

From Mining.com Global battery demand is expected to quadruple to 4,100 gigawatt-hours (GWh) […]
July 17, 2024

The King of the Americans

By Steve Pincus In her dissenting opinion in Trump v. United States, Supreme […]
July 16, 2024

Which Presidential candidate does gold prefer? – Richard Mills

2024.07.14 Gold loves chaos and should be hitting new highs, especially with inflation […]
July 16, 2024

Silver is Very Close to a Sustained Multi-Year Rally

By Hubert Moolman Gold is one of the most reliable and accurate financial […]
July 16, 2024
Stock market

What the Short-Term Treasury Market Says about Rate Cuts, and How Repeatedly Wrong it Was so Far

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET The 6-month yield is now pricing in one rate cut […]
July 16, 2024

Xi Jinping’s Great Economic Rewiring Is Cushioning China’s Slowdown

From Bloomberg China’s twin-track economy is generating doom-and-gloom headlines about domestic woes one […]
July 15, 2024

Copper bull market buoyed by aging legacy mines, says analyst

From Mining.com You’re seeing as grades get lower, companies will have to increase […]
July 15, 2024

Vehicle electrification requires 55% more copper mines by 2050 – report

From Mining.com Electrification of the global vehicle fleet would require 55% more new […]
July 13, 2024

Putin Is Crushing the Arctic Ice While the US Is Barely Afloat

By James Stavridis – Bloomberg Ukraine was rightly the major focus at this week’s […]
July 13, 2024

Friedland warns of copper ‘crisis’ as mine costs soar

From Mining.com Copper in particular faces a forecasted supply chasm, mining mogul Robert […]
July 12, 2024

Gold, silver and copper had a banner first half – Richard Mills

2024.07.11 Silver is up 33% year to date (July 8), gold is up […]
July 12, 2024

Inflation Has Come Down, But High Prices Are Here to Stay

By Felix Richter – Statista While progress in the fight against inflation has […]
July 12, 2024

Visualizing Global Energy Production in 2023

By Bruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist Elements Global primary energy consumption reached a new […]
July 12, 2024

Overpopulation

By Aidan Grogan – American Institute for Economic Research Prince Philip once said, […]
July 12, 2024

Nuclear Energy Gets a Much-Needed Boost

From Bloomberg President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that could well […]
July 10, 2024

Inequality

By Anna Fleck – Statista While the Gini index is a useful tool […]
July 10, 2024

Coeur starts drilling at Silver North’s Tim CRD project – Richard Mills

2024.07.06 Silver North Resources (TSXV:SNAG, OTCQB:TARSF) is working with partner Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) […]
July 10, 2024

US Battery Belt Red states could be biggest losers in upcoming election – Richard Mills

2024.07.05 Roads, ports & bridges, transmission lines, power plants, airports, dams, buses, subways, […]
July 10, 2024

China’s presence in Latin America has expanded dramatically

From The Economist Its main breakwater is visible from a plane at 6,000 metres […]
July 10, 2024

Don’t Be Fooled by China’s Third Plenum

By Stephen S. Roach – Project Syndicate With a key gathering of senior […]
July 9, 2024

As Political Parties Fall, Gold and Silver Will Rise

By Egon von Greyerz – Von Greyerz Gold Many good reasons to buy gold […]
July 9, 2024

Canada Move to Limit Mining M&A Hurts Big Metals Producers, Scotia Says

By Jacob Lorinc – Bloomberg Canada will only approve foreign takeovers of large domestic […]
July 9, 2024

2024 Hurricane Season Predicted to be Particularly Active

By Anna Fleck – Statista The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has […]
July 8, 2024

Are America’s giant armsmakers good investments?

From The Ecomomist Armsmaking is not like other businesses. It is impervious to macroeconomics […]
July 8, 2024

Are Americans Ready for the US-China Trade War?

By Kenneth Rogoff – Project Syndicate LONDON – It is hard to think […]
July 7, 2024

Commodities Halftime Report

By Frank Holmes – U.S. Global Investors Data supports the potential of commodities […]
July 7, 2024

Did the Supreme Court really just give U.S. presidents the power to assassinate opponents?

By Alexander Panetta  – CBC News Here’s what the decision clearly does: It […]
July 6, 2024

Nothing Matters

Weekly Commentary – Credit Bubble Bulletin The grossly imbalanced U.S. economy may be […]
July 6, 2024

The Decline and Fall of the Petrodollar?

By Carla Norrlöf – Project Syndicate Could changes to the longstanding “petrodollar” system […]
July 6, 2024

Panic short-covering ignites Comex copper as shipments fail to arrive

From Mining.com Comex copper futures surged on Friday as some players bought back […]
July 5, 2024

Gold’s Doldrums Strength

By Adam Hamilton Gold has shown impressive strength weathering 2024’s summer doldrums.  Now […]
July 4, 2024

Cashed-up Sterling Metals focused on Ontario’s Copper Road – Richard Mills

2024.07.04 The Copper Road project formerly owned by Copper Road Resources (TSXV:CRD) has […]
July 3, 2024

AMOC collapse — a coming climate catastrophe – Richard Mills

2024.06.29 The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a large system of water […]
July 3, 2024

Exceptional deposit, unprecedented financial and political support: G1 working on feasibility study 75% paid for by DoD – Richard Mills

2024.06.27 Graphite One’s (TSXV:GPH, OTCQX:GPHOF) CEO Anthony Huston recently traveled to Washington, DC […]
July 3, 2024

The next war

From The Economist A war is looming in Lebanon. For months, Israel and […]
July 1, 2024

Why big oil is wading into lithium

From The Economist BP and Shell, two British oil giants, have long sunk […]
July 1, 2024

Status of US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency: Central Banks Diversify from USD-Assets to Other Currencies and to Gold

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET It’s not that central banks are “dumping” their dollar-assets – […]
June 30, 2024

Charted: U.S. Wealth by Generation

By Bruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist In 2023, American Baby Boomers owned 52% […]
June 30, 2024

REE Stockpile

By Kelsey Baker – Yahoo News US stockpiles of the rare earth minerals […]
June 28, 2024

Commodities and Geo-Political Risks with Rozencwajg and Yra Harris

From Goehring & Rozencwajg Adam Rozencwajg and Yra Harris joined the Financial Repression […]
June 27, 2024

Who Needs the Fed?

From Mises Wire Perhaps nothing in financial news receives more attention than an […]
June 26, 2024

A meeting of the minerals? EGR Exploration’s Detour West and Agnico Eagle’s Detour Lake – Richard Mills

2024.06.25 In exploration, it’s important to be a nosy neighbor, almost as important […]
June 26, 2024

Why is the dollar rising as Treasury yields fall? – Richard Mills

2024.06.22 Generally speaking, the dollar and US bond yields rise and fall together, […]
June 26, 2024

Inflation in Canada Throws Another Curveball: Core CPI Spikes Month-to-Month by Most since 2022

By Wolf Richter –  WOLF STREET When the Bank of Canada cut its policy rates […]
June 26, 2024

AMOC Collapse is Closer than Expected: The Consequences

By Simone Fant – From Renewable Matter The Atlantic Current circulation is getting closer […]
June 25, 2024

Is Now Time To Buy This Graphite Stock?

From Streetwise Reports Technical Analyst Clive Maund examines Graphite One Inc.’s charts to […]
June 24, 2024

Who Holds the Recklessly Ballooning US National Debt of $34.7 Trillion?

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET The US national debt – now $34.7 trillion, up from […]
June 24, 2024

Gold Sees Highest Delivery Volume in Nearly 2 Years

By Shiff Gold June is a major delivery month in gold and saw […]
June 23, 2024

Early-summer heat dome bakes Eastern Canada and the US – Richard Mills

2024.06.21 Thursday marks the first day of summer, but depending on where you […]
June 23, 2024

The mad scramble for copper – Richard Mills

2024.06.20 In 2017, the Chilean government approved a $2.5 billion expansion of BHP’s […]
June 23, 2024

The exponential growth of solar power will change the world

From The Economist To call solar power’s rise exponential is not hyperbole, but […]
June 23, 2024

Copper: An exclusive and unparalleled opportunity

By Phillip Streible – Kitco News Despite recent inflation slowdowns, we anticipate a new […]
June 23, 2024

Heroine of the gold rush

By Jackie McKay – CBC News In the common telling of the story, […]
June 23, 2024

There’s an old problem Canada’s new foreign-interference law won’t fix

By Alexander Panetta –  CBC New To understand Canada’s failure to criminally prosecute foreign […]
June 23, 2024
Planet earth

The dominant model of the universe is creaking

From The Economist In arizona, at Kitt Peak National Observatory, a telescope has spent […]
June 22, 2024

Agnico looks underground at Detour Lake pit

From Timmins Today Agnico Eagle is on a path to upsize its Detour […]
June 22, 2024

The Foreign Holders of the Ballooning US Debt

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET The question that’s on everyone’s mind is how long foreign […]
June 22, 2024

China and Russia have chilling plans for the Arctic

From The Economist Four hundred kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, in the […]
June 21, 2024

Gold’s Bull Run: Just Getting Started?

From Goehring & Rozencwajg During his interview with Jeremy Szafron of KITCO News, […]
June 21, 2024

Extreme heat kills hundreds, millions more sweltering worldwide as summer begins

By Gloria Dickie – Reuters Deadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as […]
June 19, 2024

More central banks to increase gold reserves within 12 months

From Mining.com More central banks plan to add to their gold reserves within […]
June 19, 2024

The Global Implications of EU Tariffs on Chinese EVs

By SHANG-JIN WEI – Project Syndicate The investigators sent requests for cooperation to […]
June 19, 2024

Canada Can’t Meet Goal of 100% EV Sales by 2035

By Monique Mulima – Bloomberg EVs are more expensive, batteries fade faster in cold […]
June 19, 2024

Why a Dow Peak Will Boost Silver

By Hubert Moolman During the Great Depression, both silver (1931) and the Dow […]
June 18, 2024

The Deadly Mining Complex Powering the EV Revolution

By Matthew Campbell and Annie Lee – Bloomberg Extensive review of Chinese, Indonesian, […]
June 17, 2024

5 reasons why we are entering the next copper super cycle – Richard Mills

204.06.15 A “commodity super cycle” is a period of consistent price increases lasting […]
June 17, 2024

Cooler inflation backs case for rate cuts, lower dollar and higher copper, silver and gold prices – Richard Mills

2024.06.14 Metals skidded lower on Wednesday, in reaction to a more hawkish-than-expected US […]
June 17, 2024

MAX Resource: Why a joint venture at Cesar with Freeport? Why DSO iron ore? – Richard Mills

2024.06.13 When a junior resource company’s project becomes too big or too expensive […]
June 17, 2024

The U.S. Drops Out of Global Competitiveness Top 10

By Felix Richter – Statista Social cohesion, adaptability and agility are qualities the […]
June 17, 2024

Canada Blocks Chinese Rare Earths Deal in Trudeau-Led Crackdown

By Jacob Lorinc – Bloomberg The small Australian firm, which mines rare earths in […]
June 17, 2024

Nuclear Weapon Spending on the Rise

By Martin Armstrong – Statista Global spending on nuclear weapons rose by 13.4 […]
June 16, 2024

Vitamin D

By Mandy Taheri – Newsweek Researchers at Japan’s Osaka University published a new study […]
June 16, 2024

China has become a scientific superpower

From The Economist In 2019 The Economist surveyed the research landscape in the country and asked […]
June 16, 2024

Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life

By Michael Copley – npr Just for a minute, think about how much of […]
June 16, 2024

Deadly and Wildly Profitable, Uranium Fever Breaks Out

By Geoffrey Morgan and Jacob Lorinc – Bloomberg After the 2011 Fukushima disaster nuclear energy was […]
June 15, 2024

The US Needs More Nukes. Biden Finally Gets That

By Hal Brands – Bloomberg President Joe Biden has compiled, over the past four […]
June 15, 2024

Fed Holds Steady, Cuts Back on Expected Cuts

By Felix Richter – Statista As has been widely expected after the latest […]
June 15, 2024

Services are big, and that one-month outlier was massive, and it drove down Core CPI and overall CPI.

By Wolf Richter –  WOLF STREET The Consumer Price Index for May, on a month-to-month […]
June 14, 2024

Mineral Resources vs. Mineral Reserves: Key Mining Terms for Investors to Know

By Dean Belder – Investing News Investing in the mining industry comes with […]
June 14, 2024

A New Copper Supercycle Is Emerging

By Paul Wong and Jacob White – Sprott
June 14, 2024

Ten Classic American Brands Owned by Foreign Companies

By Pallavi Rao – Visual Capitalist Popular brands have an intangible effect on […]
June 12, 2024

Charted: America’s Shift to a Cashless Society

By Marcus Lu – Visual Capitalist A cashless society is one in which […]
June 12, 2024

Silver Price Forecast: Time-Based Targets

By Hubert Moolman Previously, I presented the following long-term silver chart (only closing […]
June 12, 2024

The Six Choke Points That Can Upend Global Trade

By Alaric Nightingale – Bloomberg Drone and missile attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militants on […]
June 11, 2024

While G1’s CEO meets with US President Biden graphite elevated to equal rare earths critical mineral status- Richard Mills

2024.06.10 Anthony Huston, the CEO of Graphite One (TSXV:GPH, OTCQX:GPHOF), was at the […]
June 11, 2024

Gold & Oil: Understanding Rather than Fearing Change

By Matthew Piepenburg – Von Greyerz Gold There is much legitimate (as well as […]
June 11, 2024

Biden’s New Tariffs Should Raise Alarm Bells in Beijing

By Agathe Demarais – FP Live On May 14, Washington slapped new tariffs on China in […]
June 11, 2024

Mine capacity of copper worldwide from 2010 to 2023

By Madhumitha Jaganmohan – Statista In 2021, the global mine capacity of copper […]
June 11, 2024

Gold is getting harder to find as miners struggle to excavate more, World Gold Council says

By Lee Ying Shan – CNBC The gold mining industry is struggling to […]