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August 7, 2024

Dollar Debasement Ad Infinitum

By MN Gordon – Econimic Prisim If there’s one thing to understand about […]
August 7, 2024

Household Debt, Delinquencies, Collections, and Bankruptcies

By Wolf Richter –  WOLF STREET Disposable income (according to data from the Bureau […]
August 7, 2024

Hurricanes Debby and Beryl Show How Hot Oceans Fuel a Deadly Storm Season

By Jack Wittels, Rachael Dottle and Brian K Sullivan – Bloomberg Weeks before the […]
August 7, 2024

Russia’s Arctic Energy Expansion: A Geopolitical and Economic Gambit

By Simon Watkins – Oilprice.com The continued use of the Arctic Northern Sea Route […]
August 6, 2024

China needs to pick a side, and it just might pick the West

By CHEE MENG TAN – Asia Times Signs that China is already pivoting to […]
August 6, 2024

Growth in Jobs Slows to 2017-2019 Pace, Unemployment Rate Rises

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET Payrolls at employers rose by 114,000 in July, below the […]
August 6, 2024

Gold is Getting Harder to Find: World Gold Council

From MSN.com The gold mining industry faces increasing difficulties in maintaining production growth […]
August 6, 2024

Drone Wars

By Charles Ferguson – Project Syndicate In Ukraine, expensive manned systems such as […]
August 6, 2024

Why fear is sweeping markets everywhere

From The Economist How quickly the mood turns. Barely a fortnight ago stockmarkets […]
August 4, 2024

Global gold demand reaches Q2 record

From Mining.com The latest publication by the World Gold Council showed global demand […]
August 4, 2024

Electric Cable Companies Are Making a Killing From Green Energy

By Will Mathis and Eamon Farhat – Bloomberg Advances in technology—including renewable power and electric ­vehicles—face […]
August 4, 2024

Iron ore price rises to more than 1-week high on upbeat demand outlook

From Mining.com Iron ore futures prices rose to a more than one-week high […]
August 4, 2024

Ranked: Top Silver Producing Companies of 2023

By Alan Kennedy – Visual Capitalist Silver is one of the world’s most precious […]
August 2, 2024

Graphite One could take a leading role in loosening China’s tight grip on the US graphite market – Richard Mills

2024.08.01 Due to its natural strength and stiffness, graphite is an excellent conductor […]
August 2, 2024

Gold-Stock Tipping Point

By Adam Hamilton, CPA The gold miners’ stocks look to be nearing a […]
August 2, 2024

Ranked: The 10 Busiest Ports in the World, by Cargo Traffic

By Dorothy Neufeld – Visual Capitalist In 2024, nine of the world’s 10 […]
August 2, 2024

US delays tariff hikes, reflecting domestic opposition: experts

By Qi Xijia – Global Times The Office of the US Trade Representative […]
August 2, 2024

ArcelorMittal Cries Foul on Steel Exports From China

By Thomas Biesheuvel – Bloomberg ArcelorMittal SA said exports from China had left the steel […]
August 1, 2024

AI and National Security

By JOSEPH S. NYE, JR. – Project Syndicate AI lowers the costs and […]
August 1, 2024

America is not ready for a major war, says a bipartisan commission

From The Economist GENERAL CHARLES “CQ” BROWN, the chairman of the joint chiefs […]
July 31, 2024

China’s copper buyers make cautious return after prices slump

From Bloomberg China’s copper market is showing a tentative improvement after a months-long […]
July 31, 2024

The Coming Battle Over the Arctic

By Max Bergmann and Otto Svendsen – Time Since the end of the Cold War, the […]
July 30, 2024

America’s EV Ambitions Need a Graphite Plan. Fast.

By Liam Denning – Bloomberg China dominates the processing and mining of what is […]
July 30, 2024

Prepper Paradise: Gold’s Power When It All Goes Down

By Peter Schiff – Schiff Gold People in developed western countries, particularly in […]
July 30, 2024

Funds Cut Copper Bets by $20 Billion as Bull Trade Unravels

By Mark Burton – Bloomberg From a fundamental standpoint, a looming crunch in supply […]
July 30, 2024

The Bear Case for the Dollar

From Crescat Capital In our view, we stand on the cusp of a […]
July 30, 2024

The National Security Twist in an EV Maker’s Graphite Deal

By Liam Denning – Bloomberg The agreement between Lucid and Graphite One shows […]
July 29, 2024

Kodiak Copper offers significant exposure to copper and gold in low cost low risk environment – Richard Mills

2024.07.26 The discovery of Copper Mountain in the 1880s led to a rush […]
July 29, 2024

Graphite One and EV maker Lucid sign historic Supply Agreement – Richard Mills

2024.07.26 Graphite One (TSXV:GPH; OTCQX:GPHOF) has taken another step forward in its plan […]
July 29, 2024

BRICS: Gold-Backed Currency is Beginning of the End for US Dollar

By Jaxon Gaines – Watcher Guru The BRICS alliance has made significant strides […]
July 29, 2024
Mining Gold Nuggets

Gold, Not Dollar, Is the Best Trump Trade, Survey Shows

By Carter Johnson and Yvonne Yue Li – Bloomberg Gold is the best portfolio hedge in […]
July 29, 2024

The Decline and Fall of the Petrodollar?

By CARLA NORRLÖF – Project Syndicate Although Saudi Arabia has been pricing its […]
July 28, 2024

Canada’s “worst decline in 40 years”

By Peter St. Onge – Mises Institute Canada’s standard of living is on […]
July 28, 2024

How a Year of the Fed’s High Rates Has Affected the US Economy

From Bloomberg In the year since the Federal Reserve brought interest rates to a more […]
July 28, 2024

The 10 Largest Iron Ore Mines In The World

From World Atlas Iron, the chemical element Fe, is one of the world’s […]
July 28, 2024

The Dollar’s Supercycle Is Over. Where It’s Headed.

By Marc Chandler – Barrons The dollar’s long-anticipated downturn has begun, but don’t confuse […]
July 27, 2024

Large Upward Revisions of “Core Services” PCE Inflation Pushed Six-Month “Core” PCE Inflation to 3.4%, Worst in a Year

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET The Bureau of Economic Analysis released today the PCE price […]
July 27, 2024

Copper will be the investment of the decade?

From Kitco (Kitco News) – Copper presents a generational investment opportunity. A looming […]
July 27, 2024

Why is US manufacturing so unproductive?

By Noah Smith – Asia Times In 2011, manufacturing productivity in the US hit […]
July 27, 2024

Ranked: The Top Performing Major Currencies (2014-2023)

By Julia Wendling – Visual Capitalist Monetary policy, geopolitical events, and economic conditions—among […]
July 25, 2024

What, and who, caused the inflation the Fed is currently fighting? – Richard Mills

2024.07.25 The weaker labor market and rising unemployment rate, which hit 4.1% in […]
July 25, 2024

Graphite One – Two-Pronged Production Localizing Graphite Supply

Graphite One Inc. (GPH:TSXV, GPHOF:OTC) is a Canadian development company focused on owning […]
July 25, 2024

Max Resource Florália DSO Iron Ore Project – Richard Mills

2024.07.24 The term ‘Direct Shipping Ore’ aptly captures the simplicity of the DSO […]
July 25, 2024

Gold Stocks’ Autumn Rally ‘24

By Adam Hamilton, CPA The gold miners’ stocks are enjoying a strong summer, […]
July 25, 2024

NATO finds gaping holes in Europe’s defences

By Sabine Siebold and Matthias Williams – Reuters The war in Ukraine and the looming U.S. […]
July 24, 2024

Max Resource Two World Class Exploration Projects in South America – Richard Mills

2024.07.19 The term ‘Direct Shipping Ore’ aptly captures the simplicity of the DSO […]
July 24, 2024

Banded Iron formations – Richard Mills

2024.07.19 Three and a half billion years ago, the earth’s atmosphere had no […]
July 24, 2024

Why is Xi Jinping building secret commodity stockpiles?

From The Economist Over the past two decades China has devoured enormous amounts of […]
July 23, 2024

Chart: Which countries are falling behind in gold mine production

From Mining.com The study, carried out by market experts at The Gold Bullion Company, […]
July 22, 2024

Central Banks Purchase Gold to Offset Their Own Money Destruction

By Daniel Lacalle Why is the price of gold rising if the global […]
July 22, 2024

Western miners push for higher metals prices to ward off Chinese rivals

By Ernest Scheyder and Pratima Desai – Reuters Western miners say their competitors have inherent cost […]
July 22, 2024

Will Guinea’s Simandou iron ore mine be the ‘Pilbara killer’?

By James Cooper – Mining.com Simandou, one of the world’s most significant iron ore developments, […]
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 – […]