1. 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...


  2. “Lancer” was the Secret Service's code name for President John F. Kennedy from 1961-63.   Since 1996, the JFK Lancer Conference has gathered people together...
      


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


  4. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent coal markets into turmoil as large portions of Russia’s coal supply may not make it to market due...


  5. Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest insurance market, has become the latest financial firm to announce that it plans to stop investing in coal...
      


  6. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9766215/north-korea-nuclear-leak-uranium-mines/   TOXIC SLUDGE  North Korea nuclear leak fears as satellite images show rivers turned BLACK near uranium mines Michael Havis and Patrick Knox 21 Aug 2019, 10:00 Updated: 21 Aug...
      


  7. https://news.yahoo.com/5-billion-hoard-metal-world-050031430.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauxite Australia and Guinea have the largest reserves of bauxite which is the source ore for aluminum. 
      


  8. American lithium is expected to be in high-demand for the next century… And early investors in the companies set to profit could receive significant returns...


  9. 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/  


  10. The economic rebound from the pandemic is taking coal power generation to a new record high this year, with global coal demand likely hitting...


  11. Goldcorp has launched the world's first all-electric mine, meaning machines will work with batteries instead of diesel. Sounds like good news to me. Much...
      


  12. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2416060-huge-deposit-of-natural-hydrogen-gas-detected-deep-in-albanian-mine/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2024-02-09-Underground-hyd  huge-deposit-of-natural-hydrogen-gas-detected-deep-in-albanian-mine Will hydrogen ever be able to compete on price with natural gas? Is it found in amounts that could compete? Most hydrogen is taken...


  13. Europe is not meeting its objectives to greatly reduce coal use. Germany especially is not able to do so. This is a clear indication...
      


  14. The closure of coal-fired power plants across the United States is currently on track to set a new record this year, with at least...


  15. Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest miner, sold its 80-percent stake in the Kestrel coal mine in Queensland, Australia, for $2.25 billion, closing the last...
      


  16. 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...
      


  17. https://yearbook.enerdata.net/coal-lignite/coal-world-consumption-data.html Worldwide coal use has been increasing while the West bends over backward to pursue clean air and suffers higher prices.  First increase in coal consumption...
      


  18. Vistra CEO is all over the news lately, giving a bunch of interviews after the company shut down its coal-fired plant in Texas and...
      


  19. Days after FirstEnergy approached the Department of Energy with a request for what would have effectively been a bailout package, the company announced that its coal...
      


  20. 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...
      


  21. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/28/china-amps-threat-curb-rare-earth-exports-us-trade/ This has been a known problem for decades. Why has America been so leaderless and careless on dealing with this problem? Is our mining...
      


  22. Schlumberger signs lithium deal as US accepts battery 'arms race' If anyone needed any reminders how crucially important batteries have become.
      


  23. France has ambitious climate change agenda. It's a vision of E. Macron, French political leader. The 2021 goal sets a more aggressive target than...
      


  24. A good article against lithium alarmism from one guy who seems to know what he's talking about.
      


  25. The Department of Energy (DOE) is allocating a total of approximately $6.5 million toward investing in research and development of larger-scale coal-powered systems. The investment will go...
      


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


  27. An interesting wake up call from Simon Moores, Benchmark Minerals’ Managing Director, in his opening testimony to the US Senate Committee on Energy and...


  28. 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...
      


  29. The Trump administration is expected on Thursday to roll back an Obama-era rule that requires new coal plants to capture their carbon emissions, a...
      

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