The Silver Institute reports that net demand for silver increased 3.5 percent in 2018, with investment totals climbing 20.5 percent.

A 2019 silver $1 coin and a gold $100 coin, both depicting Queen Anne’s Revenge, captained by the pirate Blackbeard, are available from Tuvalu.

In the first seven months of 2019, U.S. Mint sales of American Eagle silver bullion coins excel 2018 levels by more than 46 percent, while gold American Eagle and American Buffalo bullion coin sales are down.

The private Germania Mint depicts female national allegories on its Allegories series of .9999 fine silver silver rounds, beginning with Germania and Britannia together.

Scottsdale Mint continues is bullion series for the Eastern Caribbean nations with 2019 Brown Pelican coins for St. Kitts and Nevis.

Medals for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games in Tokyo will be struck on planchets made from metals reclaimed from recycling cell phones and other small electronic devices.

With Mint bullion dollar inventory limited, authorized purchasers are filling the needs of silver investors with 5-ounce silver America the Beautiful quarters.

The first gold mined from the Aurizona mine in Maranhão, Brazil, has been poured, according to its owner, Equinox Gold.

Johnson Matthey forecasts in its latest metals report that the platinum market will experience shortages in 2019, joining palladium.

The designers of the reverses of the American Eagle gold and silver bullion coins weigh in on possible design changes to the coins.

The Mint could introduce new designs for the American Eagle silver and gold bullion coins for the first time in more than 30 years, if approval is granted.

The West Point Mint will strike no more 2019 American Eagle 1-ounce platinum bullion coins; the entire mintage was sold by the end of April.

A subsidiary of Russia's Trans-Siberian Gold plc has secured a new 20-year license to explore and develop the Rodnikova deposit, one of the largest gold fields.

The United States Mint resumed sales April 1 of American Eagle silver bullion coins to its authorized purchasers as West Point Mint production increases.

Australia's Perth Mint 2019 Double Dragon 1-ounce silver bullion $1 coin has a mintage limit of 50,000 pieces.

Canadian-based Endeavour Mining Corp. has expanded its gold processing capabilities at its Ity CIL project in Africa’s Ivory Coast.

The Royal Canadian Mint has launched three new 2019 bullion coins, including double-incuse gold and silver Maple Leaf bullion coins.

New silver medals from South Korea celebrate Scrofa, a mythological figure.

Canada's El Dorado Gold Corp. is expecting good things from its Lamargue nine in Quebec, including up to 110,000 ounces of gold during calendar year 2019.

No additional 2019 Lowell National Historical Park 5-ounce silver coins will be struck, either of the bullion version or the Uncirculated numismatic version.