Neodymium magnets. (Image by Nevit Dilmen, Wikimedia Commons). Researchers at Purdue University in the US have developed a new technology that promises to be a game-changer in the extraction of rare earths.The global market of rare earth metals has been valued at $4 billion per year but 70% of the production is concentrated in ChinaIn a paper published in the journal Green Chemistry, the scientis...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 8 that are worth another look.The United States' anti-dumping duties on imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Ukraine will remain in place, the Commerce Department said in the final result of its first five-year sunset review of the product.Rio Tinto is partnering on a project to develop a zero-emission bus made of al...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 8 that are worth another look.The United States' anti-dumping duties on imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Ukraine will remain in place, the Commerce Department said in the final result of its first five-year sunset review of the product.Rio Tinto is partnering on a project to develop a zero-emission bus made of al...Read More

Ed Steer YESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUM09 May 2020 -- SaturdayThe gold price traded unevenly sideways to a bit lower until shortly before 1 p.m. China Standard Time on their Friday afternoon. It crept a bit higher from there until the high tick of the day was set at, or just before, the 10:30 a.m. BST morning gold fix in London. It was sold back to about the unchanged mar...Read More

By: Gary SavageThe most violent recoveries ever. The bad employment report sent markets rallying. Looking to fill the gap above before the daily cycle top..Gary SavageRead More

By: Ira EpsteinUnemployment data is not representative of the true situation. Gold's Bollinger upper band, on the monthly chart, is a resistance like a fence -- $1731 area. Weekly gold chart $26 from a record close. Is it a pennant?Read More

INK Research (INK) announces changes to the INK Canadian Insider Index as a result of the rules-based quarterly review. These changes will be effective at the close on Friday, May 15, 2020. ADDITIONS (Name and Symbol)Airboss Of America Corp. (BOS)Aptose Biosciences Inc. (APS)Cascades Inc. (CAS)Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (FFH)First Quantum Minerals Ltd (FM)FirstService Corporation (FSV)Lit...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 8 that are worth another look.The United States' anti-dumping duties on imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Ukraine will remain in place, the Commerce Department said in the final result of its first five-year sunset review of the product.Rio Tinto is partnering on a project to develop a zero-emission bus made of al...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 8 that are worth another look.The United States' anti-dumping duties on imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Ukraine will remain in place, the Commerce Department said in the final result of its first five-year sunset review of the product.Rio Tinto is partnering on a project to develop a zero-emission bus made of al...Read More

Ed Steer YESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUM09 May 2020 -- SaturdayThe gold price traded unevenly sideways to a bit lower until shortly before 1 p.m. China Standard Time on their Friday afternoon. It crept a bit higher from there until the high tick of the day was set at, or just before, the 10:30 a.m. BST morning gold fix in London. It was sold back to about the unchanged mar...Read More

By: Gary SavageThe most violent recoveries ever. The bad employment report sent markets rallying. Looking to fill the gap above before the daily cycle top..Gary SavageRead More

By: Ira EpsteinUnemployment data is not representative of the true situation. Gold's Bollinger upper band, on the monthly chart, is a resistance like a fence -- $1731 area. Weekly gold chart $26 from a record close. Is it a pennant?Read More

Five LessonsChanges ComingAround the World from My HomeWe live in truly historic times. "There are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen," says a quote usually attributed to Vladimir Lenin. It certainly fits now.For thousands of years, people who lived through what we call "history" didn't realize it. We are the exceptions. We're seeing history and we know it. The Vietnam W...Read More

Is a biblical debt jubilee coming to America? Sinclair says, "We already have jubilees. If you don't pay your rent, you have a jubilee. If you don't pay your student loan, you have a jubilee. If the payment of your auto insurance is postponed, you have a jubilee. We've got jubilee after jubilee after jubilee. Keep in mind, one man's jubilee is another man's disaster. It's almost as if the Bible is...Read More

"We started this hunger strike because someone needs to do something," one said. "The point is our mental health. The mental health is dropping down."Continue...Read More

It has been the actions of CNN, You Tube and others that are suppressing free speech in the very same identical manner as the Nazi movement did in the 1930s.Continue...Read More

The journalists who have supported Gates should really look at what they are doing. They may be putting their own families at risk if this erupts into massive civil unrest because they have aided Continue...Read More

The economy remains under lockdown, although some states are beginning to relax restrictions. As with so many other aspects of American life, there's been a red state/blue state divide.Continue...Read More

In an email this week, billionaire hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman detailed at least 11 reasons why he is concerned about the long-term implications of the coronavirus outbreak.Continue...Read More

"It has to be expected that the R rate will go over 1 and we will return to exponential growth." "The loosening measures were far too poorly prepared."Continue...Read More