View: Source For years, some investors have seemed to fixate on mega-cap tech stocks, viewing many of these companies as among the most compelling ways to play the market. However, the rally in precious metals, which began in the latter half of 2025, serves as a reminder that advisors and investors need to understand that the best market opportunities may lie …
Continue ReadingView: Source Gold hits $4,600 and in the UK searches for buying gold surge, pushing $5,000 target talk. It feels like every time we check the markets, gold is smashing through another all-time high. Prices are hovering around $4,630, and with the volatility we’re seeing, the $5,000 mark is starting to look inevitable. Data compiled by the The Gold Bullion Company shows a …
Continue ReadingView: Source Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni agreed Friday to cooperate in strengthening economic security including supply chains of critical minerals as they aligned their nations more closely in the face of China’s growing clout. The two countries upgraded their “strategic partnership” to a “special strategic partnership” to boost ties in “all sectors” including security …
Continue ReadingView: Source A bipartisan bill proposes establishing a $2.5 billion Strategic Resilience Reserve to encourage domestic sourcing of critical minerals and rare earths. The reserve is intended to challenge China’s near-total monopoly on the supply, refining, and pricing of these materials and to insulate the U.S. from foreign threats. The reserve, which would be overseen by a seven-person board modeled on …
Continue ReadingView: Source Silver prices briefly tumbled from record highs after US President Donald Trump said he is holding off on new tariffs targeting imports of critical minerals, easing near-term trade disruption risks. Silver fell more than 7% on Thursday, retreating from an all-time high above $93/oz, as broad tariff threats receded. However, prices have since recovered much of the earlier decline, …
Continue ReadingView: Source Ton price reaches $3,225 amid rate cut bets, inflation worries, recovery hopes and supply concerns. Aluminum climbed to its highest level since April 2022, reaching $3,225 per ton on the London Metal Exchange (LME), as base metals started the year strong amid expectations of US interest rate cuts, ongoing demand from China, and concerns over tariffs and supply. Production …
Continue ReadingView: Source Silver hit an all-time high on Wednesday, trading at US$92 an ounce, with industry leaders calling it the ‘next generational metal.’ The rally is being driven by rising demand from electrification, clean energy, and data centres, as well as a persistent supply deficit. But Canada, which holds some of the richest silver deposits in the world, does not consider …
Continue ReadingView: Source As Trump threatens to take Greenland by force, Europe’s failure to mine the icebound Danish territory looks increasingly like a mistake. On Greenland’s southern tip, surrounded by snowy peaks and deep fjords, lies Kvanefjeld — a mining project that shows the giant, barren island is more than just a coveted military base. Beneath the icy ground sits a major …
Continue ReadingView: Source The Geological Survey of Brazil (SGB) sees one more state in the country with potential to develop projects related to the rare earths segment. Currently, Brazil, which holds the second-largest volume of rare earth reserves in the world, behind only China, has the most advanced projects in this segment in the states of Minas Gerais and Goiás. Now, the SGB points out that …
Continue ReadingView: Source As the world accelerates its shift from fossil fuels to clean energy technologies, Africa is emerging as a central player in supplying the minerals that underpin this transformation. According to the African Energy Chamber’s (AEC) State of African Energy 2026 Outlook, the continent’s abundant reserves of critical minerals – including cobalt, lithium, copper and platinum group metals (PGMs) – position …
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