Copper is one of the most important metals with more than 20 million tonnes consumed each year across a variety of industries, including building construction (wiring & piping,) power generation/ transmission, and electronic product manufacturing.
The race to mine the moon: How India, Russia, Europe, the US and China are battling it out to mine precious water, helium and metals beneath the lunar surface - estimated to be worth QUADRILLIONS
The Center for Strategic and International Studies on July 18 identified China's control over gallium (a rare earth element) as a national security threat.
• https://www.visualcapitalist.com, By Niccolo Conte
The push towards a more sustainable future requires various key minerals to build the infrastructure of the green economy. However, the U.S. is heavily reliant on nonfuel mineral imports causing potential vulnerabilities in the nation's supply chai
The old idiom has lost its meaning. "Like money in the bank" used to me mean safety and security, something you can count on to be there when you need it.
Assessing a state sales tax on the purchase of gold and silver is becoming an outmoded, indeed outrageous, practice – but a small number of U.S. states still engage in it.
As the world continues to be rocked by inflation and financial instability, four precious metals "megatrends" have emerged largely undetected by the mainstream – central bank gold buying, rapidly expanding silver uses, a platinum supply breakdo
Precious metals should be taking a beating. Interest rate hikes and stronger-that-expected economic numbers were poised to harm gold prices, yet they've held steady through the storm and remain far higher than they were as recently as March.
The time has now come for the 99.5% of financial assets which are not invested in gold, silver or precious metals mining stocks to grab both the investment and wealth preservation opportunity of a life time.
On Monday, China announced export controls on two rare earth metals, gallium and germanium, starting on August 1. These critical rare earth metals are used in microchip production.
Central Bank Digital Currency "deniers" will tell us all there's no way they can ever become a reality. They'll continue saying such things until the moment they're actually rolled out, which appears to be imminent.
Central Bank Digital Currency "deniers" will tell us all there's no way they can ever become a reality. They'll continue saying such things until the moment they're actually rolled out, which appears to be imminent.
The weaponization of commodities in a world that is increasingly turning multipolar and where legacy trade links and commercial bridges are burning down metaphorically (and in some cases literally) is accelerating.
Purdue researchers have demonstrated that low concentration ether-based electrolyte can successfully endure the long-term high voltage (4.3?V) operation of practical LMB (lithium Metal Battery) under industry viable configurations, when using the h