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Silver faces a sixth consecutive annual deficit in 2026 as supply reaches a decade high of 1.05 billion ounces.

Centrus will enrich uranium for X-energy's Xe-100 reactors under a definitive agreement signed August 6.

Central banks bought a record 288.9 tonnes of gold in Q2 2026, up 62% year over year.

Silver Institute forecasts a 46.3 million ounce supply deficit in 2026, the sixth straight year.

Ur-Energy shipped first uranium from Shirley Basin, Wyoming on Aug. 19, 2026.

Silver opened at $69.34 an ounce on Aug. 24, 2026, up 18.2% over the past month.

Gold swung from $5,595 to under $4,000 in H1 2026, ending the half down about 7 percent.

Silver industrial demand set a record 680.5 Moz in 2024 as the market ran a 148.9 Moz deficit.

Centrus Energy expects a US defense contract for enriched uranium as it builds an Ohio enrichment plant.

A new Oak Ridge lab speeds uranium-233 disposal and actinium-225 delivery for cancer research.

NRC opens a 60-day hearing window on Orano's $5 billion uranium enrichment plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Bunker Hill Mining will buy Silver47 Exploration in a $163 million all-stock deal for US silver assets.

Tennessee Rep. Ed Butler opposes the state bid for a federal uranium and nuclear fuel campus.

Gold ETFs lost 45t in Q2 2026 as North American funds posted their weakest first half since 2013.

Ur-Energy made its first uranium shipment from the Shirley Basin ISR mine to Lost Creek in Wyoming.

Silver September futures opened at $67.08 on Aug. 20, 2026, up 1.9%, after long-term Treasury yields fell.

Kitco live pricing: silver trades near $64/oz, well off its 2026 record above $121.

Premier American Uranium reports strong drill results at its Kaycee, Wyoming uranium project.

Silver futures hover near $66/oz as US-Iran talks stall and investors weigh inflation risk.

LIS Technologies acquired the 37,803 square foot K-1580 building in Oak Ridge, Tennessee for $6.2 million.