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 […]
Venezuela Reports Strong Growth Amid US Military Escalation
Venezuela’s economy posted robust growth through 2025 even as the Trump administration deployed the largest US military force in the Caribbean since the Cold War. Venezuela’s Central Bank reported GDP expanded 9.32% in the first quarter, driven by 18.23% growth in oil production. Growth continued with 6.65% in the second quarter and 8.71% in the […]
Russian Cargo Ship Carried Nuclear Reactor Parts to North Korea Before Sinking, Spanish Investigation Finds
Spanish authorities concluded that a Russian cargo vessel carried nuclear submarine reactor components bound for North Korea when it sank in the Mediterranean Sea on December 23, 2024, according to an investigation by Spanish newspaper La Verdad. The Ursa Major went down approximately 60 nautical miles southeast of Spain’s port city of Cartagena after crew […]