This article was written by Nicholas West and originally published at Activist PostAmid the ongoing Facebook/Cambridge Analytica debacle over their general surveillance and misuse of users' private data, there is an emerging trend that is infinitely more disturbing.The first story popped up in the UK yesterday where police admitted to using a photo sent through WhatsApp to cull fingerprints for e...Read More

China's domestic stainless steel prices moved up over the past week amid active trading. Metal Bulletin's assessment of prices for benchmark 304 stainless cold-rolled coil in the major market of Wuxi was 14,700-15,100 yuan ($2,313-2,376) per tonne including VAT for the week ended Thursday May 10, up 300-500 yuan per tonne from a week earlier. Trading activity picked up over the past week with end-...Read More

(Kitco News) - There is a severe mismatch between the long-term problems our society faces and the short-sightedness of our policymakers, according to New York Times best-selling author, Dambisa Moyo.The celebrated economist, who serves on the boards of Barclays Bank and Chevron, argued that liberal democratic government systems have not been conducive to solving the world’s most pressing so...Read More

Wood Mackenzie principal analyst Farid Ahmed told the Battery Council International convention in Tuscon at the end of April that the growth rate in EVs was set to be "phenomenal", although it would start from a very low base.Read More

SHANGHAI, May 11 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals futures saw mixed trading on Friday May 11. SHFE lead led the gains with a rise of over 1%. Copper grew nearly 0.7%, and aluminium inched up. Zinc, nickel, and tin went down slightly. The ferrous complex strengthened across the board with more gains in the afternoon. Coke rose nearly 3.2% from Thursday, iron ore gained almost 3%, while rebar, h...Read More

SHANGHAI, May 11 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals futures saw mixed trading on Friday May 11. SHFE lead led the gains with a rise of over 1%. Copper grew nearly 0.7%, and aluminium inched up. Zinc, nickel, and tin went down slightly. The ferrous complex strengthened across the board with more gains in the afternoon. Coke rose nearly 3.2% from Thursday, iron ore gained almost 3%, while rebar, h...Read More

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SHANGHAI, May 11 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals futures saw mixed trading on Friday May 11. SHFE lead led the gains with a rise of over 1%. Copper grew nearly 0.7%, and aluminium inched up. Zinc, nickel, and tin went down slightly. The ferrous complex strengthened across the board with more gains in the afternoon. Coke rose nearly 3.2% from Thursday, iron ore gained almost 3%, while rebar, h...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 5 points in pre-opening trade.The Canadian Dollar slipped 0.09 to 78.41 cents U.S. following release of Canada' April Employment report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a gain in employment of 19,600 versus an increase of 32,300 in March. Actual was a drop of 1,100. Consensus for the Unemployment Rate was 5.8%, unchanged...Read More

Via Sovereignman.comIn January 1980, the price of gold hit a record high of $850 per ounce. Then it began a nearly two-decade slide.By the summer of 1999, gold hit $250 per ounce- a level not seen since the 1970s.So naturally it was at this point that the British government made the infamously stupid decision to sell the bulk of their gold reserves.They began dumping their gold on July 6, 1999. An...Read More

JOHANNESBURG, May 11 (Reuters) - South Africa's ImpalaPlatinum is seeking tenders for the construction of atailings or waste storage facility for its Marula mine in a signof recovery for an operation which was on the verge of closuredue to community protests.The company posted an advertisement on Friday in the localMail & Guardian newspaper seeking tenders for the project. (Reporting by Ed Sto...Read More

(Kitco News) - Although zinc prices have dropped from their recent five-year highs, the market dynamics are not expected to shift anytime soon and with little new production on the horizon, the focus is returning to Ireland, a leading jurisdiction in the base-metals space.Despite being one of the top mining jurisdictions in the world, Ireland has not been a major focal point in the mining sector,...Read More

SHANGHAI, May 11 (SMM) – Both production and sales of vehicles in China saw month-on-month declines in April but maintained their stable year-on-year increases, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).China’s vehicle sales reached 2.32 million units in April, down 12.7% from a month ago but up 11.5% from a year ago. This brought the January-April...Read More

SHANGHAI, May 11 (SMM) – Both production and sales of vehicles in China saw month-on-month declines in April but maintained their stable year-on-year increases, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).China’s vehicle sales reached 2.32 million units in April, down 12.7% from a month ago but up 11.5% from a year ago. This brought the January-April...Read More

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SHANGHAI, May 11 (SMM) – Both production and sales of vehicles in China saw month-on-month declines in April but maintained their stable year-on-year increases, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).China’s vehicle sales reached 2.32 million units in April, down 12.7% from a month ago but up 11.5% from a year ago. This brought the January-April...Read More

Via Sovereignman.comIn 1873 during the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, the government abolished its income tax.Aside from a single episode in 1894, there would be no income tax in the United States of America for nearly 40 years.It was during this period that the United States emerged as the largest, most powerful economy in the world.And the country achieved this with no income tax. No inflat...Read More

White Rock Minerals Limited (ASX:WRM) has provided anupdate on its plans to conduct a comprehensive exploration program at its 100%owned zinc VMS project at Red Mountain in Alaska.Personnel crews have begunarriving at the summer field camp, to establish the camp area in preparationfor field operations expected to commence within two weeks. Additional crewsincluding the drillers and the field geolo...Read More

(Kitco News) - The gold market has been fairly resilient in the face of a three-week rally in the U.S. dollar and now that momentum in the greenback is starting to weaken, analysts say that gold has an opportunity to push back to the top end of its trading range.Ending a three-week losing streak, gold prices are looking to close the latest week with modest gains. June gold futures last traded at $...Read More

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange gave a mixed performance on the morning of Friday May 11, with the complex averaging a slight 0.1% gain as at 06.42 am London time. Copper and aluminium were down by 0.2% and 0.4% respectively, nickel and zinc were little changed, while lead (+0.7) and tin (+0.3%) were the complex’s strongest performers. But with a total trading volu...Read More