In British Columbia, the cost of building a Site C, a massive hydroelectric dam on the Peace River, is now estimated at CAD$16 billion, following numerous cost overruns.     BC taxpayers will also cough up $5.3 …

        I’ve been right in my prediction that the Fed would pause in June, and hike once or twice more before the end of the year.   I’ve also voiced my opinion that we will get a …

        Manufacturing has always been an integral part of American life. Paul Revere opened a foundry that produced bells and cannons following his famous midnight ride. Henry Ford’s assembly line made cars affordable to the masses. And …

        For over a year now the main topic of discussion has been regarding the likelihood of a “hard landing” versus a “soft landing” for the US economy — based on the actions of the Federal Reserve, …

      Commodity analysts predictions are usually wrong about copper supply, often predicting a glut in the market for the ubiquitous metal used in everything from piping and wiring in houses, to components of electric vehicles.   Elusive surplus …

        At Ahead of the Herd, we pride ourselves on being right, when it comes to macroeconomic trends that underpin our key investment theses.   I have always maintained, that “As a general rule, the most successful man …

        Max Resource (TXV: MAX) (OTC: MXROF) (Frankfurt: M1D2) continues to advance its flagship CESAR project in northeastern Colombia. The Vancouver-based company this week said interpretation of preliminary airborne magnetic-radiometric survey data has identified four new targets within …

        The largest silver producer in the United States now has more skin in the game at Dolly Varden Silver’s (TSX-V:DV) (OTCQX:DOLLF) Kitsault Valley project, located in the minerals-rich Golden Triangle region of northwestern British Columbia.   On Monday, …

  Oil has traded stronger on the threat of supply interruptions in the geopolitically sensitive Middle East (the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq). Sean Lusk, co-director of commercial hedging at Walsh Trading, told Kitco News he sees gold rising no …

          China is once again using its dominance in the mining and processing of critical minerals to bully end users and to raise prices.   In this case the material is graphite, required for the anode …