Used in nearly everything with an on-and-off switch, global demand for silver has been outstripping supply since 2020.

Silver was trading at an all-time high of more than $50 an ounce on the London market Thursday, surpassing a record set 45 years ago

First Nations, Inuit, and Métis artists from Canada are a fixture at the prestigious Santa Fe Indian Market. But this year, the Trump administration’s economic policies complicated things for those travelers.

Silversmithing is a traditional artform and a livelihood for Indigenous artists across the southwestern U.S.

Individual investors are apparently fueling the increase. It’s a similar strategy to what we’ve seen with GameStop stock.

Millions of dollars worth of valuable metals end up being flushed down the drain, some coming from our own bodies.