Platinum prices have been volatile this year despite high demand and an ongoing supply deficit. After an erosion of platinum stockpiles in 2023 as industrial demand hit record highs, while demand outstripped mine supply by 851,000 ounces. Halfway through 2024, these trends are still playing out. Read on to find…
Market volatility has become the norm for the top manganese-producing countries in recent years. Last year, manganese prices trended downward for much of the year on a growing supply overhang amid weakening demand from the global steel market, especially in China, which is suffering from a property sector slump. The…
Gold has set records in nearly every currency this past year, and it smashed through Australian records on April 22 when it reached AU$3,638.01. The price has seen a pullback since that time but continues to trend near historical highs. As for gold’s US dollar price, it hit an all-time…
Atlantic Lithium Limited (AIM: ALL, ASX: A11, OTCQX: ALLIF, “Atlantic Lithium” or the “Company”), the African-focused lithium exploration and development company targeting to deliver Ghana’s first lithium mine, is pleased to announce an increase to the JORC (2012) compliant Mineral Resource Estimate (“MRE” or “Resource”) at the Company’s flagship Ewoyaa…
NASHVILLE — Charlene Brown arrived at the first full day of Bitcoin 2024 at the Music City Center convention complex with two signs in hand: “Orange Man Good” and “Bitcoin Don.” Similar symbols of a recent and sudden shift in the politics of bitcoin could be spotted elsewhere in the Nashville…
It’s been another summer of record-smashing temperatures and record-smashing air travel. Airports and airlines say they can handle both. U.S. airlines expect to transport 271 million passengers worldwide this summer, up 6.3% from last season, the Airlines for America trade group has projected. Carriers have added flights and seats —…
Apple on Monday released the first version of Apple Intelligence, its suite of artificial intelligence features that will improve Siri, automatically generate emails and images and sort notifications. The new software called Apple Intelligence was released in the developer beta of iOS 18.1. It is also available in similar releases for…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the United States’ and Germany’s decision to deploy US long-range missiles in Germany from 2026 is “reminiscent of the events of the Cold War” and could see Russia station similar missiles in response. “If the United States of America implements such plans, we…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday Russia’s leadership was “hyper rational” and that Ukraine would never be able to fulfil its hopes of becoming a member of the European Union or NATO. Orban, a nationalist in power since 2010, made the comments during a speech in which he…
Back in May, Amos Hochstein, US President Joe Biden’s point-man for keeping a lid on tensions between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, spoke in a webinar. “What I worry about every single day,” he said, “is that a miscalculation or an accident… hits a bus full of children, or hits another kind of civilian target, that could force…