…Australia’s Pilbara region as the world’s dominant producer of the steelmaking metal. Initially discovered in 1997, this new iron ore frontier in Guinea is almost ‘open for business.’ Read More…
From Mining.com Over two-thirds of today’s junior miners are essentially worthless, says resource speculator Rick Rule. The problem is the market has trouble spotting the gems with high-quality assets, which…
…part about the University of Copenhagen-designed material is that it decomposes in nature in about two months, according to a lab summary. Standard plastic takes around 20 to 500 years…
…the structural deficit through the end of the decade. Higher copper prices will be needed to incentive new supply. (Crux Investor) Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter…
From Mining.com According to a new report by S&P Global, the United States has the second-longest lead times in the world for developing a new mine. Mines in the US…
…days, the Magnificent 7 – Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Tesla – have lost $1.13 trillion in market capitalization. If that happened in Commercial Real Estate over a…
From Mining.com Global battery demand is expected to quadruple to 4,100 gigawatt-hours (GWh) between 2023 and 2030, according to a new report by Bain & Company. According to the report,…
…Enemies will be further emboldened. It’s a good time to be invested in gold and silver. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
By Hubert Moolman Gold is one of the most reliable and accurate financial measures one can use. Historically, the Dow/gold ratio has provided a very good signal for silver bear…
From Mining.com You’re seeing as grades get lower, companies will have to increase their capital intensity to pull that production forward because your reserve grades are getting lower; you’re seeing…
From Mining.com Electrification of the global vehicle fleet would require 55% more new copper mines coming online by 2050, the target year for net-zero emissions, according to a recent study…
…coming in physical markets and a requirement for much higher prices to enable most of the copper projects that are in development to have a prayer coming in.” Read More…
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By Bruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist Elements Global primary energy consumption reached a new record of 620 exajoules (EJ) for the second consecutive year in 2023, up from 607 exajoules…
…its nuclear capacity by 2050, according to the International Energy Agency. Yet constructing new nuclear plants in the US is expensive, time-consuming and encumbered by red tape. Partly as a…
…website Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Richard does not own shares of Silver North Resources (TSX.V:SNAG). SNAGis a paid advertiser on his site aheadoftheherd.com This article…
…and energy supply chains. Whether it remains in place after November’s election remains to be seen. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
…all goes to plan, President Xi Jinping of China will inaugurate the vast new port at Chancay, 70km (44 miles) north of Lima on which Cosco, a Chinese company, and…
…or may not be included in the final policy communiqué. But past experience shows that statements about ideology and governance will carry far more weight than specific reform proposals. NEW…
From Mining.com Comex copper futures surged on Friday as some players bought back bearish, or short, positions to reduce their exposure due to expected shipments of copper failing to arrive…
…mid-May, gold blasted 21.8% higher in just 3.2 months! The stunning 21 new nominal record highs achieved in that span really stoked greedy sentiment. Gold soared so far so fast…
…adding a complementary and compelling project to our growing Canadian exploration portfolio,” Sterling Metals’ CEO Mathew Wilson stated. “The timing of Transaction represents a significant opportunity for existing and new…
…fires, so smoke adds to the greenhouse effect. Conflicts become common, we’re fighting over scarce resources. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
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From Mises Wire Perhaps nothing in financial news receives more attention than an announcement from the Federal Reserve. About eight times per year, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee…
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…billion buyout of Australia’s Newcrest Mining, which also completed in 2023. A cornerstone of the deal was Newmont diversifying from gold into copper, by acquiring Newcrest’s copper assets, including the…
By Phillip Streible – Kitco News Despite recent inflation slowdowns, we anticipate a new era where the consistent demand for raw commodities triggers temporary supply disruptions, potentially leading to significant…
By Alexander Panetta – CBC New To understand Canada’s failure to criminally prosecute foreign collusion, an old news report from Washington offers a useful starting point. In 1981, a Canadian…
…has posted a preliminary economic assessment and a new mine plan that involves digging beneath its current open-pit operation to tap into a “high-grade core of mineralization” and follow a…
…become an important shipping hub. They see it as the western end of a new, faster sea route from China to Europe, made possible by the impact of global warming…
From Mining.com More central banks plan to add to their gold reserves within a year and more of them expect others to do so as well, due to ongoing macroeconomic…
By Monique Mulima – Bloomberg EVs are more expensive, batteries fade faster in cold weather Government must ‘align targets with reality’: Toyota’s Voss Automakers in Canada say it’s doubtful there…
…that they are constantly depleting in their operating mines, thereby helping to overcome the copper supply shortfall we know is coming. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter…
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By Jacob Lorinc – Bloomberg The small Australian firm, which mines rare earths in Canada’s Northwest Territories, will sell its stockpiled rare earth material to the Saskatchewan Research Council for…
By Mandy Taheri – Newsweek Researchers at Japan’s Osaka University published a new study examining the relationship between germ cells, aging, and sex, finding that vitamin D extended fishes’ lifespan,…
…reactors, became a sleepy backwater in the global commodities market. But as climate change intensified and governments across the world were drawn anew to the steady carbon-free power generated by…
…its June meeting, while also dialing back expectations for rate cuts in 2024. Following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), Fed chairman Jerome Powell announced that…
…global growth expectations benefited commodity resources broadly. A new supercycle is emerging in the copper market, built on several rising geopolitical and market trends contributing to a strong bullish outlook…
…identified five new targets at MPD (see news release February 21, 2024): Agie, Leeside, Celeste, Orbit and Comet. Additional ground exploration will advance these for future drill testing. Read More…
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By Agathe Demarais – FP Live On May 14, Washington slapped new tariffs on China in what looks at first glance like the latest round of a familiar trade spat….
From Mining.com Researchers at the University College London and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) estimate that existing fossil fuel projects are enough to meet predicted energy demands in…
…Death while in office. So silence is rewarded. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Legal Notice / Disclaimer Ahead of the Herd newsletter, aheadoftheherd.com, hereafter known as…
…while the latter group might start returning. So rather unusually, gold could move either way this summer. Adam Hamilton, CPA June 7, 2024 Copyright 2000 – 2024 Zeal LLC (www.ZealLLC.com)…
By Anna Fleck – Statitsta China was the world’s biggest extractor of domestic materials in 2023, according to the UNEP’s Global Material Flows Database. The country extracted a total of…
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…doing whatever it can to increase domestic consumption and reduce excessive savings; instead it is relying on export markets in a world that is quickly abandoning free trade. Read More…
…the next pure silver play. Silver North Resources TSXV:SNAG Cdn$0.21 2024.05.22 Shared Outstanding 36.8m Market cap Cdn$8.1m SNAG website Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Legal Notice…
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…commitment to hire from the local communities near the Graphite Creek deposit north of Nome, Alaska, G1 has made a formal commitment to prioritize hiring and workforce training in the…
…shows the top 10 countries by military personnel as of May 2024, including active and reserve personnel, as well as paramilitary forces. It is based on estimates from GlobalFirepower.com. Read More…
From Mining.com Chile registered its lowest month of copper production in more than a year, undermining the top-producing nation’s recovery from its first annual decline in two decades. Mines in…
From Mining.com Researchers at Canada’s McGill University published a couple of studies that unlock the potential to produce batteries using more sustainable and less costly materials, known as disordered rock-salt-type…
By Dave Adalian – Earth Sky Recent research has revealed new evidence for a 2.4-million-year cycle – called an orbital resonance – between Earth and Mars. This dance of the…
…when the Biden administration announced it was rejecting a state agency’s plan to build a new road across remote Northwest Alaska, to access an array of mining deposits. Read More…
…and wetter than the mild one we just experienced. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Legal Notice / Disclaimer Ahead of the Herd newsletter, aheadoftheherd.com, hereafter known…
…materials used to build solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, and other climate-friendly energy technologies. To ensure minerals like copper and lithium are produced at scale and as responsibly and…
…coming months, perhaps after a typical summer-doldrums pullback. That might prove the next solid mid-upleg buying opportunity. Adam Hamilton, CPA May 31, 2024 Copyright 2000 – 2024 Zeal LLC (www.ZealLLC.com)…
By Julia Wendling – Visual Capitalist The Federal Reserve has overseen seven cycles of interest rate cuts, averaging 26 months and 6.35 percentage points (ppts) each. We’ve partnered with New…
By Jonathan Ore – CBC The Great Exhaustion is a new term coined by analysts and economists to describe a pervasive form of burnout that starts with stress directly related…
…weapons of choice: fertility tests and maternity leave). Donald Trump has promised “baby bonuses for a new baby boom” if he wins re-election. China, long famous for its one-child policy,…
…and companies that are not yet as closely followed. As a result, the stock prices of some companies in these industries may have some catching up with those mentioned above….
From Mining.com The paper, published by the International Energy Forum, examined 120 years of global data from copper mining companies and calculated how much copper the US electricity infrastructure and…
from Mining.com Copper surged to its highest-ever level, extending a months-long rally driven by financial investors who’ve piled into the market in anticipation of deepening supply shortages. Futures on the…
…Korean smelters for South Korean industry, and to Japanese smelters for Japanese industry. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Legal Notice / Disclaimer Ahead of the Herd…
…the US Energy Information Administration, Russia has been supplying about 24% of enriched uranium used to fuel the US fleet of 94 commercial reactors, with 12% coming from Germany and…
By Brian Platt – Bloomberg Canada is examining whether it needs to raise tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles after the White House announced major new levies on them. Canada imposes…
From Mining.com Gold’s record-setting rally may have captured the headlines this year, but it’s silver that’s running harder and faster as the less glamorous metal benefits from robust financial and…
By David Williams – Real Clear Wire Electric vehicles (EVs) may be the most subsidized product in America. Federal taxpayers shell out $7,500 every time a new eligible electric vehicle…
…storm has been tracked in real time across the country. The data are collected from smart-home sensors that monitor electric surges and power quality, and show the disturbance easily reached…
From Mining.com Copper futures in New York surged as much as 5.5%, driven by a short squeeze that saw the most-liquid contract trade at a huge premium to other market…
…around the world have been encouraging the construction of new mines, and mining companies have been seeking new projects and acquiring existing mines to meet the growing demand. Read More…
By Joseph White, Chris Kirkham and Nora Eckert – Reuters The Biden administration’s plan to slap heavy new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and batteries would provide temporary protection for…
…it not just the warmest summer on record – but the warmest in some 2,000 years, new research suggests. The stark finding, opens new tab comes from one of two…
TSX-V: KDK OTCQB: KDKCF Website: https://kodiakcoppercorp.com/ Company Description The Company’s most advanced asset is 100% owned and located in a producing mining district in the prolific Quesnel terrane in southern…
…be seen as a preemptive strike to protect U.S. carmakers from new, potentially unfair competition from abroad. “With extensive subsidies and non-market practices leading to substantial risks of overcapacity, China’s…
From CBC British Columbia isn’t allowing any new jade mines to open in the northwest, and has set a five-year wind-down period for existing operations. A statement from the Ministry of…
…what was old appears to be new. An array of data indicate that Americans are rediscovering their go-getting spirit. The most striking evidence comes from applications to form businesses, a…
By Josh Wingrove, Jennifer Jacobs, and Eric Martin – Bloomberg The US will impose new, elevated tariffs that focus on key industries including electric vehicles, batteries and solar cells. Other…
…(ASX: BHP) pursues a $39 billion deal for Anglo American (LON: AAL), the Barrick chief told the Financial Times that companies should prioritize investing in exploring and developing new copper…
…Contribute $15 Million of Exploration Capital over Initial Three-year Term Ivanhoe Electric will Provide Access to its New Generation Typhoon™ Geophysical Survey System and Computational Geosciences’ Inversion Software Read More…
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…countries included in the study increased their defence budgets last year. Globally, spending in real terms was up by 6.8% from 2022, the largest year-on-year increase since 2009. Read More…
…this fact and did something about it. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Legal Notice / Disclaimer Ahead of the Herd newsletter, aheadoftheherd.com, hereafter known as AOTH….
By Bob Hoye – 321 Gold Long and Great Bull markets for Golds typically follow a Great Financial Bubble. Using previous examples, the bull market could be long, global and…
From Mining.com Copper briefly traded through $10,000 a ton as investors raised bets on Federal Reserve rate cuts, and Goldman Sachs Groups Inc. warned of intensifying supply stress. Read More…
…to adjust to this new scenario, and a rate hike — instead of rate cuts — is now back on the table and keeps getting talked about. Even – or…
In August 2023, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks unveiled the new Replicator inactive and billed it as one avenue for countering China’s military mass by cranking out multiple thousands of…
…currency than the private sector demands, thus eroding its purchasing power and creating a constant annual transfer of wealth from real wages and deposit savings to the government. Read More…
…Among the countries re-thinking their foreign exchange composition are Saudi Arabia, China, India and Turkey. Furthermore, commodity-producing countries have started conducting trade in currencies other than the greenback. For example,…
…be a great mid-upleg buying opportunity for gold miners, so traders should be watching fundamentally-superior smaller ones. Adam Hamilton, CPA May 3, 2024 Copyright 2000 – 2024 Zeal LLC (www.ZealLLC.com)…
…its cumulative installed copper base and real GDP, we concluded that China is exactly where it should be for an economy of its size. Sporting a real per capita GDP…