Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.The U.S has increased tariffs on $200bn of Chinese goods to 25%, from 10%, impacting a number of metals. Commentary below comes from the Wood Mackenzie metals team:Copper By Wood Mackenzie Senior Consultant, Yanting Zhou"Previous...Read More
RAPAPORT... De Beers is working on a new testing machine for screening some of the tiniest melee diamonds, claiming the move will help the industry spot synthetic stones more efficiently.The new instrument will enable fast and automated verification of up to 3,600 stones per hour in the 0.001- to 0.0033-carat (0.6- to 1-millimeter) range, the miner said Friday. The equipment, part of the comp...Read More
RAPAPORT... Titan Company's sales and profit jumped in the second fiscal quarter as the Indian retailer benefited from solid festive demand. Revenue - including at subsidiaries - climbed 22% year on year to INR 92.24 billion ($1.11 billion) for the three months ending September 30, the company reported last week. The jeweler registered a profit of INR 8.35 billion ($100.9 million), a 30% incr...Read More
RAPAPORT... De Beers has hired Antoine Borde as CEO of its Lightbox lab-grown diamond brand. He will succeed Steve Coe, who left the company in July.Borde was most recently global e-commerce vice president at French multinational food-products corporation Danone Group. He also worked at Coty Luxury, where he led e-commerce and digital transformation, and spent 12 years at cosmetics giant L'Or?(C)a...Read More
RAPAPORT... US holiday spending is set to top last year's record figure, as consumers dip into their savings and rely on credit to provide gifts for loved ones, the National Retail Federation (NRF) has forecast.Retail sales in November and December will grow between 6% and 8% year on year, for a total of $942.6 billion to $960.4 billion, the organization predicted last week. The average increase o...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A criminal case is to be opened in South Africa against Jagersfontein Developments over the dam burst tragedy in September that killed at least two people and devastated a town.The Department of Water and Sanitation says that in addition to the criminal case it is implementing administrative enforcement measures against the company, owned by Dubai-based Stargems. It alle...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A huge collection of over 100 Australian pink diamonds, many from the iconic Argyle mine, collected over three decades by New York based LJ West Diamonds, is now on display at Melbourne Museum, Australia.It's described by organizers as "the largest collection of Australian pink diamonds to be shown in the world".Among the gems on display is the 2.83 carat Argyle Violet, the on...Read More
(IDEX Online) - De Beers is launching a new diamond verification instrument, which it says is capable of automatically screening large volumes of melee at speed, and identifying rogue lab growns.Through its innovation arm, Ignite, it has developed technology to verify 3,600 diamonds per hour in the 0.001 carat to 0.0033 carat (0.6 to 1.0mm) size range.It says the new instrument, available early ne...Read More
In case you haven't noticed, the majority of Big Tech's most notable recent moonshots are far from critical. I've asked it before, and I'll ask it again: Do we really need a metaverse? I'm struggling to imagine anyone working a 9-to-5 job as a legless, dead-eyed denizen of Mark Zuckerberg's uncanny valley. Or how about self-driving vehicles? I'll be the first to admit I can't wait to hand...Read More
Share this article VANCOUVER - Solgold [SOLG-TSX, LSE] has struck a binding agreement with Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. (OR-TSX, OR-NYSE) for a US$50 million royalty financing with reference to the company's Cascabel copper-gold project in northern Ecuador.Osisko will receive a 0.6% net smelter royalty (NSR) royalty interest from Solgold, calculated with reference to net smelter returns from the Ca...Read More
Ugh, do we have to politicize everything?Texas congressman Ronny Jackson, recently posted this tweet ...This is, for lack of a better word, stupid.Why would someone have to politicize disruptive food technology? And in such an absurd way, too?Why would lab-grown meat (also called cultured meat), turn you into a socialist democrat?That makes no sense.The meat isn't "fake" either.The only differen...Read More
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the war in Ukraine is showing no signs of slowing down. From what I've seen, aside from some of the more brainwashed Russian public, the world is almost unanimously on Ukraine's side. Regardless, nobody is benefiting from this. Russia's economy is falling apart as more and more international businesses pull out. Even McDonald's revoked the nation's...Read More
YouTube/PeterSchiff, Released on 11/7/22 (Recorded on 11/6/22) ? Commodities break out of their bear market corrections. ? Tech stocks collapsing further. ? Smart money is buying gold mining stocks. ? Labor force participation rate has declined despite extra jobs.Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made h...Read More
Wall Street Silver, Released on 11/7/22Axel Merk, Founder & CIO of Merk Investments Manager, joins the show to discuss the Fed's fourth consecutive rate hike of its size to 75 basis points and what this could mean for the Gold and Silver markets. Furthermore, we talk about what the Fed will do next, Centrals Banks buying massive amounts of Gold, and what Axel is investing in right now. Axel Merk i...Read More
Sprott Money, Released on 11/7/22 (Recorded on 11/3/22)Whether you like it or not, the holiday season is already in full swing. But after Fed chair Powell played the Grinch at the FOMC meeting last week, risk assets fell. Has the Fed inflicted enough losses on markets to start easing? Host Craig Hemke and analyst Chris Vermeulen of the Technical Traders break down all the charts you need to get in...Read More
Road To Roota, Released on 11/7/22On December 31, 2021 Bank of America held over 1.2Boz of leased Silver hedged by OTC Derivatives with 1yr Maturity! ALL WILL EXPIRE by DECEMBER 31, 2022! All this silver came out of the criminal market riggers at JP Morgan and will pass through BofA on it's way to both Warren Buffett & Elon Musk...note: the Buffett portion will be headed right to the US MINT to "a...Read More
Lex Fridman, Released on 11/7/22Ben Shapiro is a conservative political commentator, host of The Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of The Authoritarian Moment and other books.0:00 - Introduction2:01 - Kanye 'Ye' West9:41 - Hitler and the nature of evil17:47 - Political attacks on the left and the right23:31 - Quebec mosque shooting33:26 - Elon Musk buying Twitter46:29 - Tr...Read More
Liberty and Finance, Released on 11/7/22 (Recorded on 11/2/22)Financial author John Rubino sees a major financial crisis coming. He expects deflation in asset sectors and investors to search for safety. Already, from big and small investors alike, there are major movements to take physical possession of gold and silver. Retail premiums are extremely elevated. Silver inventories on the COMEX are ex...Read More
Edward Snowden - Twitter, Released on 11/7/22The most important video of the year was filmed in 1983. pic.twitter.com/uITMW1tGvk- Edward Snowden (@Snowden) November 7, 2022 VIDEO: CIA Officer Discusses Planting Stories In Major Newspapers added by Herman James on 11/07/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
Planet Ponzi, Released on 11/6/22The will of the people is an effective democracy, not a threat to democracy.Continue... Mitch Feierstein: The Globalist's Coup: 2022 Midterm Elections added by Herman James on 11/07/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More