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Boron: Making modern life possible

When it comes to modern living, there are so many things we take for granted.

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | October 16, 2017 - 2:13 pm

Precious Metals

31 fascinating facts on the early history of the U.S. dollar

Today, we all know the U.S. dollar as an iconic currency that is recognizable to people around the world. How and why was it conceived, and why do we call it a “dollar” or a “buck”?

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | May 16, 2017 - 3:51 pm

The history of tungsten, the strongest natural metal on earth

With a tensile strength of 1,510 megapascals, we now know tungsten as the strongest naturally occurring metal on Earth.

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | May 1, 2017 - 2:26 pm

China leading the charge for lithium-ion megafactories

As exciting as Tesla's Gigafactory 1 project is, it’s actually just one of multiple large-scale “megafactories” being built – with many of them being in China.

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | February 20, 2017 - 11:36 am

Videos

Mining’s next big threat: EY warns high prices are masking deeper risks

October 30, 2026

Gold could defy another Fed rate hike, Peter Grandich says

October 29, 2026

Gold juniors trading at ‘80% off’ as mining takeover wave looms, says Michael Gentile

October 19, 2026

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Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist

What people think of globalization, by country

Most valuable U.S. companies over 100 years

31 Chinese cities with economies as big as countries

How billionaire investors hedge against geopolitical black swans

Nickel: The secret driver of the battery revolution

Great Lakes economy: Examining the cross-border supply chain