'It's Not Just an Oil Story' - How Will Gold and Uranium React as Ceasefire Breaks? Ben Elvidge

'It's Not Just an Oil Story' - How Will Gold and Uranium React as Ceasefire Breaks? Ben Elvidge

From Commodity Culture by Jesse Day

April 9, 2026 · 30 min · Episode 494

About this episode

Ben Elvidge discusses the implications of geopolitical tensions on gold and uranium markets.

Ben Elvidge, product lead at Metals.io, believes the continuing difficulties getting ships through the Strait of Hormuz is more than just an oil story, and he outlines how he thinks gold, uranium, and rare earths markets will play out as Trump's tenuous ceasefire appears to be breaking. Ben also dives into the Metals.io platform, and how it allows digital ownership of a number of metals and minerals. Metals.io: https://metals.io Disclaimer: Commodity Culture was compensated by Metals.io for...

People in this episode

Host: Jesse Day

Guest: Ben Elvidge

Topics covered

  • gold market
  • uranium market
  • rare earths
  • ceasefire
  • Metals.io
  • digital ownership

Keywords

  • gold
  • uranium
  • Metals.io
  • Strait of Hormuz
  • ceasefire
  • rare earths
  • digital ownership

Sponsors

Metals.io

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Metals.io

Places: Strait of Hormuz

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