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September 30, 2024

Major copper discoveries scarce as industry shuns greenfield exploration

From Mining.com Major new copper discoveries are becoming scarcer globally, with older deposits […]
September 30, 2024

10 Mysterious Human Species Most People Don’t Know Existed

From Ancient Origins Modern humans, Homo sapiens, are now the only surviving member of the Homo genus. […]
September 30, 2024

6 homemade drinks to naturally lower uric acid levels

By Times of India High uric acid levels can lead to joint pain. […]
September 30, 2024

Status of the US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency: Share Drops to Lowest since 1995. Central Banks Diversify to “Nontraditional” Currencies and Gold

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET The US dollar, still the #1 reserve currency held by […]
September 30, 2024

Steve Jobs Swore the 10-Minute Rule Made Him Smarter. Modern Neuroscience Is Discovering He Was Right

By Jessica Stillman – Inc.com Say you’re facing a difficult problem at work, and even though […]
September 30, 2024

U.S. vs. China: Which Country is the World’s #1 Superpower?

By Dorothy Neufeld – Visual Capitalist Today, the global balance of power is […]
September 29, 2024

Charted: Lithium-Ion Batteries Keep Getting Cheaper

By Bruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist Elements Battery metal prices have struggled as a […]
September 29, 2024

The risk of global water scarcity is greater when accounting for the origin of rain, study shows

From Phys.org Securing the world’s water supply is one of the greatest challenges […]
September 29, 2024

With gold at all-time highs, silver remains cheap

From Kitco News While the gold price has rallied from a 13-year cup & […]
September 29, 2024

US to face a severe Dollar crisis, gold prices to skyrocket, warns Peter Schiff

From The Economic Times The economy of US is going strong, but has […]
September 28, 2024

China is Winning the EV War

By MN Gordon – Economic Prism While U.S., German, and Japanese automakers were busy […]
September 28, 2024

Money Managers’ Bullish Bets on Gold Jump to Four-Year High

By Yvonne Yue Li – Bloomberg Money managers’ bullish wagers on gold jumped […]
September 28, 2024

Food Compound May Extend Lifespan and Reduce Alzheimer’s Symptoms

From Neuroscience News Arotenoid phytoene can extend the lifespan of the nematode Caenorhabditis […]
September 28, 2024

Ranked: World’s Biggest Superpowers in 2024

By Dorothy Neufeld – Visual Capitalist The global economic order is stitched together […]
September 27, 2024

Is the world sleepwalking into another gas crisis? 

From The Economist Gastech, a recent gas-industry jamboree in Houston, was full of enthusiasm. […]
September 27, 2024

Escaping the New Gilded Age

By Daron Acemoglu – Project Syndicate In an America where wealth has increasingly […]
September 27, 2024

Gold Stocks Forge Higher

Adam Hamilton, CPA The gold miners’ stocks are forging higher, just achieving their […]
September 27, 2024

Trump’s Three Arrows

From Goehring & Rozencwajg President Trump has once again pledged that, if re-elected, […]
September 27, 2024

Canada’s High-Yield Bond Market Is Suddenly the Hottest in Years

By Chunzi Xu – Bloomberg News The often-overlooked Canadian high-yield debt market is having […]
September 26, 2024

Who Holds all these US Treasury Securities? Update on the Investors in the Ballooning US National Debt in Q2

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET The US national debt has ballooned so fast to $35.3 […]
September 26, 2024

China Is Missing in America’s Election Debate

From Project Syndicate The US presidential campaign has mostly avoided discussion about what […]
September 26, 2024

Kamala Harris vows to create US critical minerals stockpile, incentives

From Mining.com Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to create a national stockpile of […]
September 26, 2024

Government Debt Projections for G7 Countries

By Kayla Zhu – Visual Capitalist On Sept. 18, 2024, the U.S. Federal […]
September 24, 2024

Trump water faucet comments and the Columbia River Treaty  – Richard Mills

2024.09.21 Donald Trump has once again waded into an issue he doesn’t understand […]
September 24, 2024

Cash Is Pouring Out of Money-Market Funds. What’s Hot Instead.

By Karishma Vanjani – Barrons Money-market funds, which invest in short-term, high-quality securities, such […]
September 24, 2024

Indonesia ‘blood nickel’ risks too grave to ignore

by Gabriel Collins, Morgan Bazilian and Simon Lomax – Asia times Earlier this month, the US government sounded […]
September 24, 2024

Silver’s 44-Year Cup and Handle: The Largest Bullish Formation Ever Seen

By PR – The Jerusalem Post Silver’s historic cup and handle pattern, one of […]
September 24, 2024

Gold Is Stepping Up Its Monetary Dominance

By Hubert Moolman The gold chart appears to be going parabolic, based on […]
September 23, 2024

Visualized: China’s Steel Demand Through Time

From Visual Capitalist elements As the world’s manufacturing powerhouse, China has the highest […]
September 23, 2024

Visualizing the Rise in Global Coal Consumption

By Bruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist Elements Despite efforts to decarbonize the economy, global […]
September 23, 2024

5 Signs You’re Eating Too Much Sugar

By Philipp Wehsack – Vogue It’s hard to imagine a life without sugar. But […]
September 23, 2024

Scientists Sequenced the DNA of the ‘Last Neanderthal’—and It Alters Human History

By Michael Natale – Popular Mechanics
September 22, 2024

We just got a wake-up call from the time before dinosaurs

By F D Flam Scientists have pieced together enough clues to Earth’s past […]
September 22, 2024

Deadly Fungal Infections Causing a ‘Silent Pandemic’, Scientists Warn

By Carly Cassella – Science alert The world is in the midst of […]
September 22, 2024

Copper price sees strong week with boost from Fed, China demand

From Mining.com Copper rose to a two-month high to cap a strong week […]
September 22, 2024

The Yield Curve Before & After the Rate Cut?

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET Trying to explain why something is happening in the financial markets is […]
September 21, 2024

How will the 0.5% rate cut affect the markets? – Richard Mills

2024.09.20 The United States Federal Reserve surprised markets Wednesday by cutting the benchmark […]
September 21, 2024

The 10 Oldest Currencies Still Used Today

By Bruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist The foreign exchange market, or forex (FX), is […]
September 21, 2024

Top 10 countries with the largest gold reserves

From ETimes Gold reserves play a crucial role in the stability and strength […]
September 21, 2024

Strangely, America’s companies will soon face higher interest rates

The Economist Between early 2022 and mid-2023 the Federal Reserve tightened monetary policy at […]
September 20, 2024

A copper M&A frenzy masks big miners’ hesitation to build

From Mining.com “Globally, there would be few companies conducting drilling campaigns of this […]
September 20, 2024

Gold Lackluster After Fed

Adam Hamilton, CPA Gold’s reaction to the most-dovish Fed decision in years proved […]
September 19, 2024

Metals security of supply depends on junior resource companies – Richard Mills

2024.09.18 A junior resource company’s place in the food chain is to acquire […]
September 19, 2024

Natural Gas certainly looks set to increase in price – Richard Mills

2024.09.17 La Niña is favored to emerge in September-November (71% chance) and is […]
September 19, 2024

Three ways the US government could ‘kick the debt can down the road’ – Richard Mills

2024.09.14 Developed-world governments continue to spend beyond their means, borrowing and printing money […]
September 19, 2024

Ocean waves grow way beyond known limits, new research finds

By Jessica Marsh – Phys Org Scientists have discovered that ocean waves may […]
September 19, 2024

eVinci: US firm’s milestone 5MW nuclear microreactor ready for 2026 testing

By Baba Tamim – Interesting Engineering Westinghouse Electric Company has reached a significant […]
September 19, 2024

Visualizing Gold Consumption vs. Domestic Supply

By Bruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist While India and China dominate the demand for […]
September 19, 2024

Donald Trump claims B.C.’s ‘very large faucet’ could help California’s water woes

By Amy Judd – Global News Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced an idea late last week […]
September 18, 2024

Recession Not Yet: Retail Sales Help Push Up Atlanta Fed GDPNow to +3.0% for Q3 GDP

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET As retail sales rose despite dropping prices of goods, inflation-adjusted […]
September 18, 2024

A decade-long commodity supercycle is just getting started – analysts

By Jordan Finneseth – Kitco News During periods of easy money, risk assets like […]
September 18, 2024

EVs could reach 24% EU car market share by 2025, T&E says

By Anna Peverieri and Alessandro Parodi – Reuters Battery-electric cars (BEVs) sold in the European Union […]
September 17, 2024

A cut — and then what?

By Lewis Krauskopf, Prinz Magtulis, Pasit Kongkunakornkul and Vineet Sachdev – Reuters How stocks, bonds and the dollar […]
September 17, 2024

How Do Sectors Perform After the First Interest Rate Cut?

By Dorothy Neufeld – Visual Capitalist Markets We show the average performance of […]
September 17, 2024

The Start of the Rate Cut Cycle Will Lift Commodities

From Desjardins At its June 5 meeting, the Bank of Canada kicked off its […]
September 16, 2024

The scary new map of the South China Sea

From The Economist On August 31st a Chinese cutter rammed the largest patrol ship […]
September 16, 2024

The Number of Earths Needed for Different Countries’ Lifestyles

By Marcus Lu – Visual Capitalist How many Earths would we need if […]
September 16, 2024

‘Buy America’ Feud Risks 200 Mile-an-Hour Rail From Vegas to LA

From Bloomberg For nearly 20 years, a plan has been brewing for a high-speed […]
September 16, 2024

Why Fed rate cuts matter to world markets

From Reuters When the Federal Reserve delivers a widely-anticipated interest rate cut on […]
September 15, 2024

Dearth of quality new gold discoveries puts supply growth under threat — report

From Mining.com In total, there are now 350 gold discoveries catalogued by S&P […]
September 15, 2024

Copper output at Codelco slips nearly 11% in July

From Mining.com Copper output from Chilean state miner Codelco fell 10.7% in July […]
September 15, 2024

After Project 2025, Knives Are Out for Heritage — On the Right

By Michael Schaffer – Politico Whenever Vice President Kamala Harris mentions Project 2025 — […]
September 15, 2024

Another extreme low for Antarctic sea ice signals a permanent shift

By James Dinneen – New Scientist An area of missing Antarctic sea ice twice […]
September 14, 2024

Scientists who discovered mammals can breathe through their anuses receive Ig Nobel prize

By Issy Ronald – CNN The world still holds many unanswered questions. But thanks […]
September 14, 2024

“Truly Incredible” – Princeton Researchers Have Discovered a New Method To Reshape the Fabric of Life

From SciTechDaily Scientists used light-activated droplets to reposition DNA, offering new insights into gene […]
September 13, 2024

High-speed rail: Electric leap forward or multi-billion-dollar boondoggle? – Richard Mills

2024.09.11 For North Americans, one of the highlights of overseas travel is often […]
September 13, 2024

Gold Stocks Have Never Been Cheaper

From Goehring & Rozencwajg This disconnect between gold and gold equities is largely […]
September 13, 2024

A continent ablaze: South America surpasses record for fires

By Jake Spring and Stefanie Eschenbacher – Reuters South America is being ravaged by fire from […]
September 13, 2024

‘Risk to human society’: Earth has exceeded critical planetary boundaries, says a study

From Business Today A new study warns that human activity is endangerng eight […]
September 13, 2024

Iron ore price soars to over one-week high on upbeat seasonal demand outlook

From Reuters Iron ore futures prices surged on Thursday to hit their highest […]
September 12, 2024

Right on track for gold price to hit $4,800 – Incrementum’s Ronald-Peter Stoeferle

From Kitco Gold is not yet at the euphoria stage, but the metal’s […]
September 12, 2024

Beneath the Skin of CPI Inflation: “Core CPI” Again Accelerates Month-to-Month Fueled by Hot “Core Services” CPI. Durable Goods Prices Drop Further 

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET Second month-to-month acceleration in a row. Year-over-year, Core CPI and […]
September 10, 2024

Junior Resource Companies own the world’s future mines – Richard Mills

2024.09.10 A junior resource company’s place in the food chain is to acquire […]
September 10, 2024

US Yield Curve No Longer Inverted: Why This Time The Recession Scenario Might Be Different For Investors

By Piero Cingari – Benzinga The U.S. Treasury yield curve officially exited its […]
September 10, 2024

Charted: $315 Trillion in Global Debt, by Sector

By Kayla Zhu – Visual Capitalist Global debt remains a topic of concern […]
September 10, 2024

Xi Is Paralyzed by China’s Economic Mess. The World Will Pay.

By William Pesek – Barron’s Just about everyone has a view on China’s economic […]
September 9, 2024

Silver North about to drill Haldane in the Keno Hill Silver District after completing 2,252m program at Tim CRD project – Richard Mills

2024.09.07 Silver North Resources (TSX-V: SNAG, OTCQB: TARSF) isn’t wasting any time in completing […]
September 9, 2024

Uninverted yield curve signaling recession – Richard Mills

2024.09.05 In a typical healthy market, the yield curve (typically the spread between the US […]
September 9, 2024

Silver looks ready to rip – Richard Mills

2024.08.29 Last Friday, United States Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said “the time […]
September 9, 2024

Get Ready for the New Nuclear Age. It Could Help Solve America’s Electricity Problems.

By Avi Salzman – Barron’s Just south of Harrisburg, Pa., on a narrow island […]
September 9, 2024

The Yield Curve’s Steep Inversion, now Partial Un-inversion, the Sag in the Middle, and its Predictions of Recessions

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET Following the jobs report on Friday that showed job creation had […]
September 9, 2024

South America’s rivers hit record lows as Brazil drought impact spreads

By Daniela Desantis and Lucinda Elliott – Reuters ASUNCION, Sept 9 (Reuters) – South America’s Paraguay […]
September 9, 2024

US Fed Rate Cut: How have markets reacted to rate cuts historically?

By Sunil Dhawan – Financial Express For the global equity market, September 18 is […]
September 8, 2024

The jet stream may be starting to shift in response to climate change

By James Dinneen – NewScientist Bands of fast-moving wind that blow west to east […]
September 8, 2024

Gold’s quick reversal and copper’s major indications

From Kitco News In the entire commodity sector, only crude oil is more […]
September 7, 2024

Global Food Commodity Prices Have Returned to 2021 Levels

By Katharina Buchholz – Statista After global food prices had climbed to unprecedented […]
September 7, 2024

The Brutal Economics of Reaching Net Zero

By J.B. MacKinnon – Bloomberg Last year, at the 28th annual United Nations Climate […]
September 7, 2024

Gold’s Demand Comeback

Adam Hamilton, CPA This gold bull’s latest upleg has proven mighty, surging to […]
September 6, 2024

Age-Defying Health Benefits: New Research Unravels Secrets of the “Longevity” Gene

From SciTechDaily S6K1 is a protein that plays a role in regulating aging […]
September 6, 2024

What is the Cost of Being Early?

From Goehring & Rozencwajg We first unveiled this chart (shown below) in our 1Q2019 letter […]
September 6, 2024

Which Countries Dominate the Supply Chain for Strategic Metals?

By Julia Wendling – Visual Capitalist As the energy transition continues, tapping into […]
September 5, 2024

The commodity supercycle revisited – Richard Mills

2024.08.31 A “commodity supercycle” is a period of consistent price increases lasting more […]
September 5, 2024

Microplastics Are a ‘Big Time Bomb,’ Says Researcher Who Found That 57 Million Tons of Plastic Are Produced Annually

By Angel Saunders – People Approximately 57 million tons of plastic pollution is released into the […]
September 5, 2024

Silver: The Unsung Hero of the New Economy

By Bruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist Silver demand continues to surge, driven by […]
September 4, 2024

Construction Spending Squeaks to Record amid Eyepopping Boom in Spending on Factories while Residential Construction Tries to Dig Out of Last Year’s Slump

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET The eyepopping boom of 230% since early 2021 was driven […]
September 4, 2024

Why the iron ore price is under pressure

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September 4, 2024

Gold Is Rising Because of Demand for ‘Fallback Money’

By John Stepek – Bloomberg Gold is having a moment. A fairly quiet one, […]
September 4, 2024

The Harsh Reality of the Global Energy Transition

By Robert Rapier – OilPrice.com The concept of the “energy transition” emerged after the […]
September 3, 2024

Why gold stocks could be a contrarian investor’s dream right now

By Frank Holmes – Mining.com As I write this, gold continues to trade […]
September 3, 2024

The ‘bull is just starting’: Commodities are a better bet than bonds for the rest of the 2020s, BofA says

By Matthew Fox – Business Insider Commodities are the place to be for investors […]