Iran Protests Enter Fifth Day as Economic Crisis Sparks Deadly Clashes
Protests driven by economic hardship entered a fifth consecutive day across Iran on Thursday, with authorities and rights groups reporting multiple deaths as demonstrations spread from the capital to provincial cities. At least three people died in clashes in Azna, a city in Lorestan province southwest of Tehran, Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency reported. Additional […]
Defense Dept Goes Big On Nuclear At Military Bases
The US Defense Department (referred to as the Department of War) is accelerating advanced nuclear power for resilience, tying a deployment ambition next year to concrete progress in Project Pele with TRISO fuel now delivered to Idaho National Laboratory. The Office of Nuclear Energy said the DOD is teaming with the Energy Department to deploy […]
De-Dollarization? Zambia Starts Accepting Mining Taxes In Yuan
Zambia has started receiving mining royalties and taxes in renminbi from Chinese mine operators, shifting part of a key government revenue stream from a dollar-only constraint into a dual-currency channel tied to copper exports to China. Payments using yuan began in October, the Bank of Zambia said, claiming it is the first African authority to […]
Silver Buyers Offer $10 Over Spot Straight To Miners Off Market
China-linked demand for physical silver is surfacing as direct, above-market bids to a miner, with $8 to $10 premiums that bypass screen pricing and intermediaries. Those premiums align with a reported approach to Kuya Silver (CSE: KUYA), where CEO David Stein confirmed two Chinese companies contacted the Canada-based miner on Friday with an offer to […]
Trump, Iran Officials Trade Threats as Tehran Protests Enter Day 6
President Donald Trump and senior Iranian officials reportedly traded direct threats as economic protests broadened inside Iran, sharpening US–Iran tensions months after Washington launched strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in June. Trump posted on Truth Social that if Iran “violently kills peaceful protesters,” the US “will come to their rescue,” adding, “We are locked and […]
Ivanhoe Mines Begins Copper Anode Production At Kamoa-Kakula Smelter
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) is reporting that the first copper anodes were produced this week at their Kamoa-Kakula complex. The anodes, which were produced on December 29, represent the first to be produced from the 500,000 tonne per year copper smelter. The production of copper anodes comes just five weeks after the commencement of heat-up […]
Denison Sees Capital Cost Estimates At Phoenix Rise By 43% Versus 2023 Feasibility Study
Denison Mines (TSX: DML) is expecting 2026 to be a year of progress for its Phoenix in-situ recovery mine, with the company announcing this morning that the project is ready for a final investment decision pending regulatory approvals. The company has released updated costing for the proposed project, while confirming a two year project construction […]
People Don’t Want Cash. They Want Physical Silver. | Glenn Jessome – Silver Tiger
In this conversation with Glenn Jessome, CEO of Silver Tiger Metals (TSXV: SLVR), we step back from daily price noise and look at what is really happening in the silver market. Glenn explains why today’s silver prices were never part of the original model, how rising physical delivery demands are changing market dynamics, and why […]
Ottawa Taps Alberta Channel To Restart China Trade
Ottawa is leaning on Alberta’s uninterrupted China engagement as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s team prepares for an expected China trip aimed at cooling a trade conflict and reopening channels for investment and commodity access. Invest Alberta, the provincial Crown corporation, says federal contact has surged. “We’ve had more conversations with the federal government in the […]
Trump’s Touted GDP, Inflation Questioned After Shutdown Data Gaps
The Trump administration’s late-December economic victory lap is colliding with a core challenge raised by critics: the headline inflation and GDP figures are being treated as policy proof points even as key data inputs were allegedly disrupted and substituted. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported inflation fell to a 2.7% annual rate in November, down […]