Major miner Barrick Mining (TSX:ABX,NYSE:B) is reportedly in advanced talks to sell its last remaining Canadian mine, Hemlo, to Discovery Silver (TSX:DSV,OTCQX:DSVSF). Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (July 15) that the discussions, which began in April, have reached the final stages, although a deal has…
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and MP Materials (NYSE:MP) have signed a US$500 million supply agreement to manufacture rare earth magnets in the US from 100 percent recycled materials. Under the deal, MP will deliver recycled magnets starting in 2027 to support “hundreds of millions” of Apple devices, including iPhones, iPads and MacBooks.…
Silver took some luster from gold in Q2 as its price climbed to 14 year highs. Many of the same contributors that affected the gold price were also in play for silver. Uncertainty in financial markets, driven by a chaotic US trade and tariff policy, coincided with rising tensions in…
Consumer prices rose in June as President Donald Trump’s tariffs began to slowly work their way through the U.S. economy. The consumer price index, a broad-based measure of goods and services costs, increased 0.3% on the month, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 2.7%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported…
A top Senate Democrat is accusing the Trump administration of diverting ‘critical resources’ away from fighting crimes such as organized retail theft so the president can carry out a ‘mass deportation agenda.’ Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, who is the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the remark…
Israel is calling out international organizations and the United Nations for allegedly leaving pallets of aid uncollected while decrying the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. ‘Right now, there are thousands of pallets of humanitarian aid already inside Gaza, waiting to be picked up and distributed from the crossings by U.N. agencies…
President Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Tuesday morning, amplifying 2024 claims that Schiff committed mortgage fraud by lying about his primary residence for over a decade, which the senator denies. Trump, in a Truth Social post, labeled Schiff a ‘scam artist’ and claimed he…
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., issued a subpoena to have former President Joe Biden’s deputy chief of staff appear before the committee on Friday to provide testimony regarding her former boss’s mental state while serving in the Oval Office. Comer, who leads the House Committee on Oversight and…
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are seizing on Republican fractures over the Jeffrey Epstein case, demanding a public hearing on the issue. A letter from Democrats states, ‘To that end, we request that the Committee invite — and, if necessary, subpoena — Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General…
Senate Republicans agreed to make changes to President Donald Trump’s multi-billion-dollar clawback package to help win over holdouts, but by shrinking the overall size of the cuts in the process. Lawmakers left a meeting with Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought on Tuesday afternoon and announced that about…