Amid battery boom, graphite mining gets a fresh look in U.S.
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2025-12-27 11:50 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Michael Hill
Associated Press
via Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Friday, December 26, 2025
GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. -- Graphite mines in the United States largely closed down seven decades ago. Mining the ubiquitous mineral found in everything from nuclear reactors to pencils seemed to make little sense when it could be imported inexpensively from other nations, especially China.
That view is changing now.
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Blame London, not China, for silver short squeeze, market analyst Lanci says
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2025-12-26 21:01 Section: Daily Dispatches9p ET Friday, December 26, 2025
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
In his daily commentary for Arcadia Economics, commodity market analyst Vince Lanci says China is not to blame for the explosion in silver and really wants to make the market more orderly. The real problem in silver, Lanci says, is that the London bullion banks don't have the metal they pretend to have and are the cause of the short squeeze that is underway.
Lanci's commentary is 20 minutes long and can be viewed at the Arcadia Economics channel at YouTube here:
The mainstream can't touch the real story: a cataclysmic short squeeze
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2025-12-26 19:20 Section: Daily Dispatches7:26p Friday, December 27, 2025
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
To hear mainstream financial news organizations and analysts tell it, gold and silver have been flying because of:
-- The decline of the U.S. dollar.
-- International disorder sparked by the war between Russia and Ukraine, or the West's war against Russia through its Ukrainian proxy.
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Uruguay's central banker starts crusade against dependence on U.S. dollar
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2025-12-26 10:36 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ken Parks
Bloomberg News
Friday, December 26, 2025
Uruguay's central bank chief wants to convince savers in one of Latin America’s most dollarized nations that their love affair with the U.S. currency is bad for both the economy and their pocketbooks....
Adam Sharp: A better silver squeeze this time
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2025-12-25 21:49 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Adam Sharp
Daily Reckoning, Baltimore
Thursday, December 25, 2025
In 1970 silver traded at around $1.60 per ounce. By its peak in 1980, it reached $49.45. An incredible 30x return.
The story of how it got there is full of intrigue and conspiracy. We’ll get to that. But first a little background is in order.
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Gold demand is driving Thai baht up and Bank of Thailand doesn't like it
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2025-12-25 13:55 Section: Daily DispatchesGold traders and Bank of Thailand Discuss Controls
By Nuntawun Polkuamdee
Bangkok Post
Thursday, December 25, 2025
Gold traders have proposed dollar-denominated trading as a way to curb baht volatility, as the Bank of Thailand scrambles to ease the strength of the Thai currency while bullion soars to a fresh all-time high.
The market is focused on Friday's meeting between Thai gold traders and the central bank, as the industry pushes for alternative measures to relieve pressure on the baht.
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