Cobalt Market Forecast: Top Trends for Cobalt in 2026

Cobalt metal prices have trended steadily higher since September of last year, entering 2026 at US$56,414 per metric ton and touching highs unseen since July 2022. The cobalt market staged a dramatic reversal in 2025, shifting from deep oversupply to structural tightening after decisive intervention by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Prices began last […]Read More

Graphite Market Forecast: Top Trends for Graphite in 2026

The graphite market was dominated by oversupply, trade disputes and China’s continued grip in 2025. Prices hit multi-year lows as a US investigation into Chinese anode imports highlighted the vulnerability of the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain, with tariffs and anti-dumping duties creating uncertainty for North American producers. Although natural graphite output has risen from […]Read More

Top 5 Canadian Cobalt Stocks (Updated January 2026)

The cobalt market staged a dramatic turnaround in 2025, lifting sentiment across equity markets after years of oversupply and near-record price lows. Early in the year, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) decision to suspend cobalt exports sparked a major price rebound, with benchmark metal prices more than doubling as supply tightened and buyers scrambled […]Read More

Transition Metals: Discovery-focused Multi-commodity Exploration Company

Transition Metals (TSXV:XTM) is a Canada-based, multi-commodity exploration company laser-focused on discovering the next generation of critical and precious metals in the country’s most prospective and mining-friendly jurisdictions. With a diversified portfolio spanning platinum group metals, nickel, copper, gold, silver, and uranium, the company offers broad exposure to the metals powering electrification, decarbonization, and long-term […]Read More

From Caracas to Chicago: Trump’s Article II powers face their

President Donald Trump has spent the bulk of his second White House term testing the limits of his Article II authorities, both at home and abroad – a defining constitutional fight that legal experts expect to continue to play out in the federal courts for the foreseeable future. These actions have included the U.S. capture […]Read More

Iran locks nation into ‘darker’ digital blackout, viewing internet as

Iran’s internet blackout has hardened into a permanent system of digital repression, with the regime treating citizens’ access to the outside world as an ‘existential threat,’ according to digital rights monitors. Internet monitoring group NetBlocks reported Monday that Iran’s connectivity landscape had shifted dramatically as the country entered its 22nd day of unrest, following several […]Read More

Gold Price Hits New Record, Nearing US$4,700; Silver Reaches All-time

Gold and silver prices reached new highs yet again, driven higher by safe-haven demand as US President Donald Trump escalated his trade war with Europe over Greenland. The spot price of gold hit US$4,690.41 per ounce in early trading on Monday (January 19). Gold price chart, January 12 to 19, 2026. The yellow metal’s latest […]Read More

Torrent Capital

Overview Torrent Capital (TSXV:TORR) is a publicly traded investment company providing exposure to an actively managed growth portfolio of public and private investments. Torrent Capital provides investors with access to a sector-agnostic, actively managed portfolio that blends long-term core holdings with income-generating strategies. Our diversified platform spans public equities, private ventures, and royalty investments. This […]Read More

Trump invites Putin, Lukashenko to join Gaza ‘Board of Peace,’

The Trump administration extended invitations to Russia and Belarus to join a proposed Gaza ‘Board of Peace,’ officials in both countries said Monday.  Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow that Russian President Vladimir Putin is reviewing the invitation. ‘President Putin has indeed received an offer through diplomatic channels to join this Board of […]Read More

Warren launches probe into major banks over Trump Venezuela oil

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, and other Democratic senators have spearheaded an investigation into the role major U.S. banks will play in assisting the Trump administration sell Venezuelan oil.   The inquiry comes after President Donald Trump announced that Venezuela’s interim government would hand over up to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S. and that […]Read More