Researchers from the University of British Columbia published the first scientific study of cobalt-blue spinel in Canada, a mineral that produces fine gemstones that range from red and pink to violet and blue.Spinel in dolomitic marble. Soper River spinel occurrence, Kimmirut area. Photo by Philippe BelleyPhilippe Belley, a recent PhD graduate of the department of earth, ocean and atmospheric scie...Read More

Indonesia's first plant to produce battery-grade nickel chemicals is on track to start operations by 2020, though the project still needs an environmental permit that could take up to eight months to be approved, the developer told Reuters.China's Tsingshan Group and partners including GEM Co Ltd are building a $700 million high pressure acid leaching (HPAL) plant at the PT Indonesia Morowali Indu...Read More

During her opening address at the 6th Forum of the Africa-Belgium Business Week, Marie-Chantal Kaninda, executive director of the World Diamond Council, told global leaders that expanding the scope of the Kimberley Process to include issues related to human rights and labor relations will help create conditions in which Sub-Saharan Africa's artisanal diamond miners can meet their economic potentia...Read More

In a rising market, every stock can feel like a winner. But a market-wide downturn can quickly crush poor companies with rich valuations. As Warren Buffett once said, when the tide goes out, you get to see who has been swimming naked.Which Canadian stocks look primed for a poor 2019, especially if a recession hits? Stay away from these three stocks.BRP (TSX:DOO)(NASDAQ:DOOO)As I wrote a few month...Read More

It has been a tough time for silver miners and investors. While gold has rebounded to be trading at over U$1,285 per ounce since falling to under US$1,200 in late-2018 silver continues to languish as the stagnant outlook for the white metal weighs on its value. Silver is stuck below US$16 an ounce and there are signs that it will be some time before the white metal rallies. That negative outlook a...Read More

From emerging markets to Turkish gold and Chinese electric cars, there are some smart ways to invest in foreign trade on the TSX index at the moment. The following three stocks represent just a few of the ways in which domestic investors who remain bullish on the global economy can gain exposure to markets beyond North America while still buying Canadian.The mixed-industry, high-quality asset choi...Read More

Palladium has lost some of its luster of late. Prices of the highflying metal have been falling in recent trade - though they turned higher Friday - meeting resistance after reaching the latest in a string of record highs in late March as part of a rally that took the metal above the price of gold for the first time in 16 years. However, proponents of the metal, used widely in pollution-controlli...Read More

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Renown investor Jim Rogers joins Geopolitics & Empire to discuss the coming global financial crisis, what central banks will do to delay the inevitable, the dollar and de-dollarization, the Eurozone, gold, China and the Asian Century, President Trump and the political divisions in America, and what the American Empire's wars abroad mean for the world and the USA.Jim Rogers co-founded the Quantum F...Read More

Max interviews Craig Hemke of TFMetalsReport.com about the White House demanding a 50 basis points rate cut despite an allegedly booming economy where manufacturing and construction numbers look positive and stock markets are still near an all-time high.Known primarily by his nickname "Turd Ferguson," Craig Hemke is the founder and editor of the popular TF Metals Report blog and podcast, covering...Read More

Christopher Martenson is a former American biochemical scientist. Currently he is a writer and trend forecaster interested in macro trends regarding the economy, energy composition and environment. He is the founder of PeakProsperity.com. As one of the early econobloggers who forecasted the housing market collapse and stock market correction years in advance, Chris rose to prominence with the laun...Read More

Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More

The New Zealand Government banned live-stream video of the March 2019 Christchurch Mosque attack and Continue...Read More

Via their research, they discovered that "high-capacity" magazine and "assault weapons" bans do not lower homicide rates.Continue...Read More

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Neil Howe to MacroVoices. Erik and Neil discuss how the Fourth Turning is unfolding, what is in store for the second half of the fourth turning and how the cycle climax's at the end. The touch on employment, late-cycle dynamics, trends in real GDP and what demographic trends suggest for the long-term future.Read More

Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate Guide To Money and The Markets (free ebook). Gregory currently hosts a b...Read More

Continue...Egon von Greyerz is founder and Managing Partner of Matterhorn Asset Management AG & GoldSwitzerland. Since the 1990s Egon von Greyerz has been actively involved with financial investment activities including mergers and acquisitions and asset allocation consultancy for private family funds. This led to the creation of Matterhorn Asset Management, an asset management company based on we...Read More

David Morgan is a world-renown precious metals aficionado. He is the creator of TheMorganReport.com, a monthly report that covers economic news, overall financial health of the global economy, currency problems and the key reasons for investing in precious metals. A dynamic, much-in-demand speaker all over the globe, David's educational mission also makes him a prolific author, having penned Get t...Read More

Nicola Twilley is a contributing writer to The New Yorker. She is a co-host of the podcast "Gastropod" and is at work on two books: one about refrigeration and one about quarantine.Continue...Read More

I've been writing on deflation since the early-1990s, when I had the topic all to myself and was regarded as a voice on the lunatic fringe. Continue...Read More