Both nickel and copper possess properties that give them a central role in the drive for a greener future. While demand from existing use cases will continue to grow steadily, electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage applications will underpin a huge increase in long-term demand.At the recent Future Facing Mined Commodities Forum, we looked at the importance of these two metals for the energy tran...Read More
Both nickel and copper possess properties that give them a central role in the drive for a greener future. While demand from existing use cases will continue to grow steadily, electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage applications will underpin a huge increase in long-term demand.At the recent Future Facing Mined Commodities Forum, we looked at the importance of these two metals for the energy tran...Read More
Both nickel and copper possess properties that give them a central role in the drive for a greener future. While demand from existing use cases will continue to grow steadily, electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage applications will underpin a huge increase in long-term demand.At the recent Future Facing Mined Commodities Forum, we looked at the importance of these two metals for the energy tran...Read More
Both nickel and copper possess properties that give them a central role in the drive for a greener future. While demand from existing use cases will continue to grow steadily, electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage applications will underpin a huge increase in long-term demand.At the recent Future Facing Mined Commodities Forum, we looked at the importance of these two metals for the energy tran...Read More
One junior silver explorer has almost ideal backing. When it needs capital, it turns to the likes of mining financiers Eric Sprott, Jeff Zicherman, as well as institutional investor Crescat Capital. Hecla Mining is also a major shareholder. That kind of support is rare. Find out why they just added to their positions. Source: Dolly Varden SilverAfter announcing a CA$5.3 million (CA$5.3M) investme...Read More
Doug Casey's Take, Released on 4/3/22Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, r...Read More
Information Liberation, Released on 4/3/22You will not find this segment on the rebroadcast of the interview at Fox News [Website Here]. They took it out. You will also not find this segment on the Fox News upload of the Continue... 'They Are What They Are, They Were Defending Our Country': Zelensky 'Brushes Off' Reports of neoNazi Azov Battalion Committing Atrocities added by Herman James on 04/0...Read More
Wolf Street (via Dollar Collapse), Released on 4/3/22The Fed's own data on the distribution of wealth in the US is a quarterly report card on the Fed's official policyContinue... Wolf Richter: The Greatest Economic Injustice in Recent History added by Herman James on 04/03/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
Zero Hedge, Released on 4/3/22Just days after Germany reported the highest inflation in generation (with February headline CPI soaring at a 7.6% annual pace and blowing away all expectations), giving locals aContinue... German Retailers To Increase Food Prices By 20-50% On Monday added by Herman James on 04/03/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
The silver miners’stocks have rallied in recent months, but are still underperforming gold stocks. Silver lagging gold is mostly responsible, drivenby big stock-market down days dampening enthusiasm for speculation. But silver will ultimately mirror and amplifygold’s bull upleg, fueling strong leveraged gains in its miners’ stocks. Their just-finishing Q4’...Read More
GOLD AT $2000 Gold flirted briefly with the $2000 number last month. At $2043 oz., it was several dollars shy from matching its peak price eighteen months earlier at $2058 oz.With the current gold price at $1958 oz., the $2000 number is the sweet midpoint of that range. It is a nice round number and seems to be the price most gold traders and investors are focusing on at this time.It is proba...Read More
RAPAPORT... TAG Heuer has launched a timepiece featuring lab-grown diamonds, describing the move as a "major milestone" for the company and the watch industry.The Swiss watchmaker has placed the manmade stones in the case and the crown of the new TAG Heuer Carrera Plasma, which the LVMH brand unveiled at last week's Watches & Wonders fair in Geneva. It uses stones that Israeli producer Lu...Read More
RAPAPORT... Pandora has appointed Irving Holmes Wong as general manager of its greater China division as part of a push to grow its sales in the region."China is the world's largest jewelry market, and Pandora sees significant growth opportunities," the company said Friday. "As part of its [new] strategy, Pandora has set a long-term target to triple the Chinese business versus 2019 and laid out a...Read More
RAPAPORT... Russian miner Alrosa has suspended its membership in the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), both organizations said in statements Friday.The development came just over a month after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The RJC board of directors voted to accept Alrosa's decision, the standards groups added. Alrosa exited the RJC board in early March, but remained a member of the organi...Read More
RAPAPORT... Hong Kong's hard-luxury market saw sales plunge for the first time in more than a year amid a resurgence of Covid-19 and further government restrictions to stem the spread of the virus. Revenue from jewelry, watches, clocks and valuable gifts fell 34% year on year to HKD 2.21 billion ($281.8 million) in February, the municipality's Census and Statistics Department reported Thursday. Re...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The diamond industry in Israel is likely to suffer from sanctions on Russia, says Ha'aretz newspaper even though the country has itself remained neutral on the invasion of Ukraine.Precious stones and metals account for about a third of Israel's total imports from Russia, according to the Israel Export Institute, amounting to $524m in 2021.Israel has not imposed restrictio...Read More
(IDEX Online) - An innovative - and extremely pricey - new TAG Heuer watch exploits technical opportunities offered by lab grown diamonds.The $376,000 Carrera Plasma (pictured) incorporates almost 12 carats, including a 2.5-ct gem grown to the shape of the crown.The dial of the 44mm-diameter watch looks like it's been sprinkled with diamonds but has actually been grown as a single polycrystal...Read More
Liberty and Finance, Released on 4/3/22The invasion of Ukraine and sanctions on Russia are leading to a major paradigm shift, says David Smith, senior analyst at The Morgan Report. Further trade restrictions hitting an already fractured supply chain could cause a serious food shortage. De-dollarization will exacerbate already multi-decade high inflation. 0:00 Intro1:08 Financial paradigm shift11:4...Read More
Pedro L. Gonzalez - Twitter, Released on 4/3/22Zelensky lied about Snake Island (no one died), lied about terrorism at Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia (see State Department's reaction to the latter), lied about Babi Yar (confirmed by Israeli journalist on site). His Bucha comments should make us more skeptical of Ukraine's claims. https://t.co/s7fwgcxLmx pic.twitter.com/wJuvpgcgB5- Pedro L. Gon...Read More
Michael Tracey - Twitter, Released on 4/3/22MSNBC this morning is a full-fledged editorial for direct US/NATO intervention. The outright pro-war advocacy has reached another gear pic.twitter.com/KYLcxYcUEv- Michael Tracey (@mtracey) April 3, 2022 Original tweet: https://twitter.com/GeorgeGammon/status/1510845560709914624Here's a great example of the media trying to get the public to support a War...Read More