This post was originally published on this site.Haywood Securities has cut its near-term gold and silver price forecasts after a weaker second quarter but says the pullback has created an attractive entry point into precious-metals equities ahead of earnings season. The Vancouver-based brokerage lowered its U.S. dollar 2026 gold price forecast to an average of $4,345 per oz. from $4,906 in March and reduced its 2027 forecast to $4,000 from $5,000. It also cut its 2026 silver forecast to $67.11 per oz. from $73.40 and lowered longer-term platinum and palladium assumptions. “We remain constructive on gold equities heading into earnings...

This post was originally published on this site.The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said Tuesday it has selected five potential host states for what it calls “Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses” in an effort to strengthen and modernize the nation’s full nuclear fuel cycle.   The agreements with Tennessee, Utah, Louisiana, Idaho and Oklahoma represent significant progress in a decades-long effort to find a home for almost 100,000 metric tons of spent nuclear power-plant fuel.  U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright signed Memorandums of Understanding with the five states. Under the terms of the non-binding accords, the states will host Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses that would include waste sites as well as uranium enrichment, spent-fuel reprocessing and...