
Gold price is starting to go ‘parabolic here’ & this could be just the start, says David Erfle
(Kitco News) - Gold prices have rocketed past $3,200 an ounce as geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, and aggressive trade policy from the U.S. push investors into safe-haven assets, according to David Erfle, founder of JuniorMinerJunky.com.

Copper market caught between Trump's twin tariff threats
LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs blitz has left Doctor Copper battered and bruised.

India’s polished diamond exports hit two-decade low, industry group says
India’s exports of cut and polished diamonds plummeted to their lowest level in nearly two decades in the 2024/25 fiscal year, which ended in March, on sluggish demand from the United States and China, a leading trade body said on Monday.India is the world’s largest cutting and polishing hub, handling nine out of every 10 diamonds processed globally. But it is sensitive to economic uncertainty – particularly in the US, its biggest market.

China urges US to follow international law on reported deep-sea metals stockpile plan
No country should bypass international laws to authorize resource exploration in the seabed, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday, following a report of US plans to stockpile deep-sea metals to counter China’s dominance in the sector.The Trump administration is drafting an executive order to enable stockpiling of deep-sea metals found on the Pacific Ocean seabed to counter China’s dominance of battery minerals and rare earth supply chains, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.