1. Gold prices have climbed to their highest level in months, and the precious metal could still have plenty of upside.  Inflation fears, on top of...


  2. EXCERPT - ...The energy transition is driving the next commodity supercycle, with immense prospects for technology manufacturers, energy traders, and investors. Indeed, new energy...


  3. Well respected, famous CEO of First Majestic Silver (AG), Keith Neumeyer, mentions how one of his Mexico mining operations are saving millions by using...
      


  4. Apparently, what everyone thinks they know about the relationship between gold and interest rates is wrong, according to some historical data. Gold prices actually...
      


  5. Rare earth elements await in waste Rice lab’s flash Joule heating extracts valuable elements from fly ash, bauxite residue, electronic waste https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/942066 Quote So there’s plenty of incentive...


  6. And it's not just EVs and stuff. There are some pretty interesting reasons here.
      


  7.  Rare metals are important in making high-tech products including electric vehicles, mobile phones and batteries. The metals lie in a seabed about 1,150 miles...
      


  8. According to Reuters Agency, as executives of the biggest firms gathered for this week’s annual industry conference in Cape Town, the continent’s politicians were...
      


  9. Global demand for renewable energy is sparking a bull market for copper as a crucial component for green energy. Roughly three times more copper...


  10. The articles provide greater depth and explanation to the visuals as Visual Capitalist's Govind Bhutada details below. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/all-the-metals-we-mined-in-one-visualization/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-global-silver-supply-chain/ https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/visualizing-global-silver-supply-chain NOTE BLACKROCK Blackrock is a major shareholder in most...


  11. So we've got a 10% tariff on imports of aluminum to the U.S., plus sanctions on Russia, which include it's Rusal aluminum company. Things...
      


  12. https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-may-boost-rare-earths-mining-to-counter-threat-from-china_3715572.html Subsidies are being considered because of our national needs including defense. Our environmental rules require higher expenses than in many other countries.  How well can...


  13. For years Rio Tinto has been the sole international copper mine operator in Mongolia, bound closely to a country where it has bet billions...
      


  14. Developers of coal mines and coal-fired power plants in Asia are facing difficulties growing their businesses as global financial institutions refuse to back their...


  15. As we know Australia is one of the world’s largest commodity exporters, and so the ASX is full of mining stocks. Commodity consists of gold to oil to...
      


  16. Despite trying for nearly two years to prop up coal by rolling back climate regulations, the industry remains in sharp decline — coal consumption...
      


  17. Looks like the mining industry has a god friends in the Congress. After they failed to obtain bailouts for failing coal plants and mines...
      


  18. Looks like the predicted demise of King Coal was premature.  It turns out that Pres. Trump's support of the coal industry has awakened the...
      


  19. Barrick Gold is giving employees shares in a program aiming to make them co-owners. Best business initiative I've heard about in a long time....
      


  20. The biggest deal in three years in mining' Barrick will buy Randgold for $18.3 billion in stock. What's interesting is that the deal also...
      


  21. Mining.com's done a survey among its readers and has found that a majority expects battery metals led by lithium and cobalt, of course, will...
      


  22. it seems that a lot of miners want a piece of SQM, which holds the biggest lithium reserves in the world and recently got the...
      


  23. More and worse blackouts are on the way for Australians. The reason: aging coal plants. Yeah, I thought it was weird when I read...
      


  24. Brazil's government is overhauling the mining regulations of the country in a bid to attract more investment and enforce strickter environmental rules. It's interesting...
      


  25. Vale will invest roughly $1.54 billion to launch underground nickel mining operations in Canada to meet booming demand for minerals used in EV batteries....
      


  26. Britain has broken a previous record, going without coal for nearly 12 days. https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/29/britain-nears-12-days-without-coal/  


  27. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Can-Chinas-Rare-Earth-Monopoly-Be-Broken.html Seems like this should be a high priority. 
      


  28. Lithium is making an awful lot of headlines but quantity-wise, there's more cobalt in batteries. There's already talk about a major cobalt rally next...
      


  29. Electric cars will drive higher electricity demand and higher coal and gas demand, too, says Forbes' Jude Clemente. Now, I rarely agree with Clemente's...
      


  30. Vale is trying to do it, apparently. Which begs the question if this is not the same thing that OPEC is doing with oil...
      

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