Automakers and defense companies have been raising alarm bells over the fact that the United States hasn’t mined any graphite since the 1950s, and even if it had, it would need to be shipped to …

    He who has the commodities rules the world The first great wave of globalization ended with World War I, and was followed by trade wars and deep depressions throughout the interwar period. Although trade integration resumed after World …

        The idea sounds great. Hike tariffs on goods coming into the United States, which will protect local industries and workers from foreign competition. The extra revenue flowing into government coffers will be enough to offset income …

“You have to be good to be lucky” is a saying that applies to several aspects of life, from gambling and golf to stock picking and mineral exploration. Main Fault discovery On Nov. 14 Silver North Resources (TSX-V:SNAG) (OTCQB:TARSF) announced a new …

  China’s President Xi Jinping took time out of scheduled visits to South America to christen a new port on the Peruvian coast. The $3.5 billion deep water port is in the small fishing town of Chancay, from which the …

        The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in over four years in September, sending gold past a record-setting $2,500 an ounce. The aggressive half-percentage-point reduction was in response to the Fed’s significant progress …

        Graphite One (TSX-V:GPH) (OTCQX:GPHOF) has taken two giant leaps forward in its strategy of becoming the first vertically integrated producer of active anode materials (AAM) to serve the upstart US EV battery market.   Earlier this month, …

      This week Donald Trump said he would hit John Deere with a 200% tariff if the agricultural/ construction equipment manufacturer made good on plans to move production to Mexico.   The Republican presidential nominee has frequently said …

        In 2017 Germany brought home nearly $31 billion of gold bars that had been stored in New York and Paris after World War II. The Financial Times gives a good account of how Germany amassed, lost and then …

        In a typical healthy market, the yield curve (typically the spread between the US 10-year Treasury note and the 3-month or the 2-year note) shows lower returns on short-term investments and higher yields on long-term investments. This makes sense, …