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December 14, 2019
2019.12.14 For all the hype over electric vehicles and their relentlessly optimistic growth […]
December 14, 2019
December 14, 2019
2019.12.14 The Europeans want their gold back. Amid global trade uncertainty, a pall […]
December 7, 2019
December 7, 2019
2019.12.07 Imagine a world without copper. Or a world in which copper is […]
November 30, 2019
November 30, 2019
2019.11.30 Palladium prices are marching up again despite the platinum-group element (PGE) losing […]
November 28, 2019
November 28, 2019
2019.11.28 There are many extreme events that could do massive damage to planet […]
November 23, 2019
November 23, 2019
2019.11.23 Canada has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the world’s leading […]
November 13, 2019
November 13, 2019
2019.11.13 An irrefutable truth right now is the global shift towards the electrification […]
November 8, 2019
November 8, 2019
2019.11.08 Something has changed in the gold industry. During high gold-price periods the […]
November 6, 2019
November 6, 2019
2019.11.06 As it has done with cobalt, graphite and rare earths, China appears […]
November 6, 2019
November 6, 2019
2019.11.06 Australia’s Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN) said last week it is pausing operations at its […]
October 31, 2019
October 31, 2019
2019.10.31 The 1960s and 70s were decades of incredible social upheaval. Fed up […]
October 31, 2019
October 31, 2019
2019.10.31 The 1960s and 70s were decades of incredible social upheaval. Fed up […]
October 22, 2019
October 22, 2019
2019.10.22 Copper prices surged to a one-month high on Monday, on potential supply […]
October 17, 2019
October 17, 2019
2019.10.17 In 2010 the US Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Strategy included lithium as one […]
October 12, 2019
October 12, 2019
2019.10.12 Anticipation of a trade deal between the United States and China had […]
October 12, 2019
October 12, 2019
2019.10.12 Smog from vehicle emissions is estimated to cause a third of the […]
October 11, 2019
October 11, 2019
2019.10.11 Major gold companies are running out of reserves and every year it […]
September 28, 2019
September 28, 2019
2019.09.28 Donald Trump started a trade war with China thinking, obviously, that his […]
September 25, 2019
September 25, 2019
2019.09.25 Critical Mass – A point or situation at which change occurs. Just […]
September 25, 2019
September 25, 2019
2019.09.25 Despite evidence of a slowing economy, shipments of raw materials are gliding […]
September 21, 2019
September 21, 2019
2019.09.21 The sun is up The sky is blue All I want to […]
September 17, 2019
September 17, 2019
2019.09.17 Gold and silver prices jumped Monday on fresh safe-haven demand following a […]
September 4, 2019
September 4, 2019
2019.09.04 How high’s the water, mama? Five feet high and risin’ How high’s the […]
August 31, 2019
August 31, 2019
2019.08.31 Indonesia is advancing a 2022 deadline for banning the export of mineral […]
August 16, 2019
August 16, 2019
2019.08.16 Palladium One Mining (TSX-V:PDM, FRA:7N11) is exploring for platinum group elements (PGEs) at […]
August 10, 2019
August 10, 2019
2019.08.10 Back in May, AngloGold Ashanti announced plans to sell its last remaining gold […]
August 7, 2019
August 7, 2019
2019.08.07 Gold prices continued to march upward on Wednesday, trading at $US1,501.20 on […]
August 5, 2019
August 5, 2019
2019.08.05 The long-anticipated US Federal Reserve decision last Wednesday to notch interest rates […]
July 31, 2019
July 31, 2019
2019.07.31 A few weeks ago we wrote that this is The season for gold. […]
July 25, 2019
July 25, 2019
2019.07.25 In the spring of 2018 Tesla came out with a bold prediction: […]
July 17, 2019
July 17, 2019
2019.07.17 Despite reports of its imminent demise, the internal combustion engine-powered vehicle isn’t […]
July 13, 2019
July 13, 2019
2019.07.13 There are some well-worn relationships between gold and certain variables, that forecasters […]
July 13, 2019
July 13, 2019
2019.07.13 There are some well-worn relationships between gold and certain variables, that forecasters […]
July 6, 2019
July 6, 2019
2019.07.06 The allure of gold goes back thousands of years. Due to its […]
July 6, 2019
July 6, 2019
2019.07.06 The allure of gold goes back thousands of years. Due to its […]
June 25, 2019
June 25, 2019
2019.06.25 North American stock markets continued to rise on Friday, as more investors […]
June 20, 2019
June 20, 2019
2019.06.20 The US Federal Reserve, the country’s central bank, did what many expected […]
June 20, 2019
June 20, 2019
2019.06.20 The US Federal Reserve, the country’s central bank, did what many expected […]
June 13, 2019
June 13, 2019
2019.06.13 When an emerging power attempts to supplant a hegemonic power in international […]
June 11, 2019
June 4, 2019
June 4, 2019
2019.06.04 Gold was riding high Monday on bad news regarding the US economy, […]
May 25, 2019
May 25, 2019
2019.05.25 2018 was an aberration of the copper market in that there were […]
May 25, 2019
May 25, 2019
2019.05.25 2018 was an aberration of the copper market in that there were […]
May 22, 2019
May 22, 2019
2019.05.22 When the Canadian prime minister or US president visits an auto plant, […]
May 14, 2019
May 14, 2019
2019.05.14 “It’s the tail that wags the dog” is defined by Urban Dictionary […]
May 11, 2019
May 11, 2019
2019.05.11 On Friday the United States made good on its threat to ratchet […]
May 3, 2019
May 3, 2019
2019.05.03 Zinc and lead prices are movin’ on up again, following a two-week hiatus […]
April 19, 2019
April 19, 2019
2019.04.19 Copper bulls are running this week, as the red metal used in […]
April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019
2019.04.18 At Ahead of the Herd we love gold (and promising junior gold […]
April 17, 2019
April 17, 2019
2019.04.17 Is the age of the gas-powered automobile coming to an end? Doubtful. […]
April 13, 2019
April 13, 2019
2019.04.13 Ahead of the Herd has been digging into why central banks are […]
April 11, 2019
April 11, 2019
2019.04.11 The platinum group elements (PGEs) consist of six metallic elements found in […]
April 9, 2019
April 9, 2019
2019.04.09 Gold is often criticized by Wall Street as being kind of a […]
April 5, 2019
April 5, 2019
2019.04.05 Mining is all around us, though invisible to urban dwellers, so it’s […]
March 30, 2019
March 30, 2019
2019.03.30 In North America, electric vehicles are still a niche market, with most […]
March 26, 2019
March 26, 2019
2019.03.26 Zinc inventories have fallen to the point where there is less than […]
March 22, 2019
March 22, 2019
2019.03.22 Mining has a well-worn adage, “grade is king”. While that may be […]
March 8, 2019
March 8, 2019
2019.03.08 On Monday a headline that must have put Donald Trump in a […]
March 8, 2019
March 8, 2019
2019.03.08 The world’s largest copper miner is sticking to what it knows best […]
March 1, 2019
March 1, 2019
2019.03.01 Three and a half billion years ago, the earth’s atmosphere had no […]
February 28, 2019
February 28, 2019
2019.02.28 Between 4,000 million and 2,500 million years ago, the earth had cooled […]
February 23, 2019
February 23, 2019
2019.02.23 The prevailing theme for the lithium market over the past several months […]
February 22, 2019
February 22, 2019
2019.02.22 Three of the most important metals surged on Wednesday due to a […]
February 22, 2019
February 22, 2019
2019.02.22 Three of the most important metals surged on Wednesday due to a […]
February 16, 2019
February 16, 2019
2019.02.16 Everybody in the lithium game knows about the lithium triangle. Straddling three […]
February 14, 2019
February 14, 2019
2019.02.14 Infrastructure is the physical systems – the roads, power transmission lines and […]
February 14, 2019
February 14, 2019
2019.02.14 The lithium bears took another bullet to the backside on Tuesday with […]
February 13, 2019
February 13, 2019
2019.02.13 On Tuesday zinc inventories in London Metal Exchange (LME) warehouses sunk into […]
February 6, 2019
February 6, 2019
2019.02.06 Over the next four years, lithium from Western Australia is expected to […]
February 4, 2019
February 4, 2019
2019.02.04 In December President Trump pounded out a tweet that raised a lot […]
February 2, 2019
February 2, 2019
2019.02.02 Venezuela is reaching for its last card as the deck collapses on […]
January 29, 2019
January 29, 2019
2019.01.29 Remember playing that game to see how fast your muscle car could […]
January 23, 2019
January 23, 2019
2019.01.23 Some of the world’s largest copper mines are slashing production, thus feeding […]
January 18, 2019
January 18, 2019
2019.01.18 I was flying through the Twitterverse when I came across this doozy […]
January 15, 2019
January 15, 2019
2019.01.15 More gold mines will be going on the block thanks to a […]
January 15, 2019
January 15, 2019
2019.01.15 Watch out Elon Musk, Herbert Diess is pulling up beside you at […]
January 11, 2019
January 11, 2019
2019.01.11 Lithium-ion batteries find their most common applications in small electric devices, power […]
January 10, 2019
January 10, 2019
2019.01.10 Most North Americans equate electric vehicles with Tesla, whose “Gigafactory” in Nevada […]
January 10, 2019
January 10, 2019
2019.01.10 A headline in the mining news this week caught my attention: “Chile copper […]
January 9, 2019
January 9, 2019
2019.01.09 Gold is once again in vogue, with the precious metal attracting investor […]
January 8, 2019
January 8, 2019
2019.01.08 In a scene awfully familiar to those who follow the rare earths […]
January 8, 2019
January 8, 2019
2019.01.08 In a scene awfully familiar to those who follow the rare earths […]
December 22, 2018
December 22, 2018
2018.12.22 Other than being the country where Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara was killed, […]
November 27, 2018
November 27, 2018
2018.11.27 The devil, or should we say the dollars, are in the details. […]
November 24, 2018
November 24, 2018
2018.11.24 As an investment commodity, we’ve been writing about copper for a long […]
November 3, 2018
November 3, 2018
2018.11.03 At the Beijing Auto Show this year, 7 out of 10 “new […]
November 3, 2018
November 3, 2018
2018.11.03 In the movie Avatar, humans have depleted their natural resources to the point […]
November 3, 2018
November 3, 2018
2018.11.03 On June 11 Cypress Development Corp (TSXV:CYP) published its resource estimate for its […]
November 2, 2018
November 2, 2018
2018.11.02 China is already the world’s biggest copper buyer, representing half of global […]
November 1, 2018
November 1, 2018
2018.11.01 Economics has been called “the dismal science” for its conclusions which often […]
October 29, 2018
October 29, 2018
2018.10.29 Chile, the best place to be Access to raw materials at competitive […]
October 25, 2018
October 25, 2018
2018.10.25 Copper had one of it best years ever in 2017, rising 27% […]
October 24, 2018
October 24, 2018
2018.10.24 The United States currently imports most of the lithium that it consumes […]
October 23, 2018
October 23, 2018
2018.10.23 Despite having a rough summer, with a number of factors pushing gold […]
October 19, 2018
October 19, 2018
2018.10.19 In the movie Avatar, humans have depleted their natural resources to the point […]
October 19, 2018
October 19, 2018
2018.10.19 Copper is one of the most abundant metals among the world’s mined […]
October 13, 2018
October 13, 2018
2018.10.13 A decision by the Chinese government to slash production of rare earth […]
August 9, 2018
August 9, 2018
2018.08.09 Gold is climbing as bond yields rise and the dollar falls, over […]
August 9, 2018
August 9, 2018
2018.08.09 As interest in battery metals continues (it was a major theme at […]
January 12, 2018
January 12, 2018
2018.01.12 In the 1800’s the United States under President James Monroe invoked the […]