With palladium supplies tightening and the threat of a miners' strike in South Africa, the price of palladium surged past $1,553 a troy ounce Feb. 26.

Bayhorse Silver has commissioned the pouring of its first refined silver bar in 35 years from ore mined at its Oregon mining operations.

The U.S. Mint suspended sales Feb. 21 of American Eagle 1-ounce silver bullion coins because it had no coins left in inventory to sell.

SilverCrest Metals Inc. has identified high concentrations of gold and silver in at least nine of 30 veins drilled at its Mexico mining operations.

Drilling by Galways Metals at its Clarence Stream Project in New Brunswick, Canada, is yielding promising veins of gold.

Rhodium is now offered as a precious metals investment option. Baird & Co. and PAMP Suisse are offering the metal in 1-ounce .9999 fine bullion bars.

Investment demand for gold has grown, on average, 15 percent annually since 2001, according to the World Gold Council.

January's American Eagle silver bullion coin sales are 24 percent higher than January 2018 sales, and sales for the gold bullion counterpart are up 12 percent.

The expected slowdown in the Federal Reserve's interest rate hiking cycle “should benefit silver.”

Annual demand for gold increased 4.5 percent in 2018, stoked by the highest buying of precious metal by central banks in five decades.

A recently released analysis by the World Gold Council suggests cryptocurencies are not a safe haven for investors the same way gold is.

The London Bullion Market Association is projecting a rollercoaster ride in spot prices during 2019, especially for silver.

Authorized purchasers will be able to place orders for the 2019 Lowell National Historical Park 5-ounce silver bullion coin on March 11.