Canada's mining ministers, with the exception of those from Ontario and Saskatchewan, made public on Sunday the Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan or CMMP, which is expected to guide priority areas for the sector in the coming years.Among those key themes are raising Canadians' awareness of the importance of the minerals and metals sector, responding to ongoing and emerging challenges, and helping...Read More
* Pound dips after last week's jump * Sterling susceptible to Brexit sentiment * Graphic: World FX rates in 2019* Graphic: Trade-weighted sterling since Brexit vote (recasts, updates prices)By Tommy WilkesLONDON, March 4 (Reuters) - Sterling fell on Monday as PrimeMinister Theresa May's top lawyer tried to clinch a Brexitcompromise with the European Union in a last-ditch bid to winover rebellious...Read More
March 4 - Newmont Mining Corp on Monday rejected rival Barrick Gold Corp's unsolicited offer, saying the all-stock proposal was not in the best interest of its shareholders as it was offered at a discount.Barrick had offered 2.5694 of its common shares for each Newmont share, which translated to about $33 per Newmont share on Feb. 25, representing a discount to Newmont's trading price by about $3....Read More
* Stainless steel prices rise, stocks build in China * Copper down on profit-taking on long positions (Adds official close)By Pratima DesaiLONDON, March 4 (Reuters) - Nickel prices climbed to asix-month peak on Monday as expectations of a fourth consecutiveyear of supply deficit were reinforced by signs of robust demandfrom stainless steel mills in China.Benchmark nickel on the London Metal Exchan...Read More
A new high leads to selling.The short-term technical position improved.The long-term picture looks good.Three reasons for higher gold.Turbocharged products on dips.In mid-August 2018, a new high in the dollar index took the price of gold to its lowest price since early 2017 at $1161.40 per ounce. Gold did not stay at that level for long, and by the end of August, the price had recovered to over $1...Read More
Financing for global mining and exploration lost momentum in 2018 with equity markets in particular shunning the metals and minerals sector according to a report released on the eve of mining's biggest annual gathering in Toronto, Canada.State of Mining Finance 2019, produced by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and junior financing tracker Oreninc, paints a grim picture of...Read More
Consolidation among smaller gold miners is expected to be top of mind as much of the industry meets in Toronto this week, with dealmakers cautiously optimistic a fresh wave of buyouts is imminent once major pending transactions are settled.Barrick Gold Corp's $18 billion hostile bid for rival Newmont Mining Corp last week came shortly after the former's acquisition of Randgold Resources and the la...Read More
Chris VermeulenPosted Mar 3, 2019The continued rally in Palladium has prompted speculation that Platinum, Gold, and Silver will follow this trend upwards with renewed buying pressure.The one thing that many people are not considering is that Palladium is an industrial use component for many manufacturing sectors – specifically the automotive sector.As traders, we must understand that a rise...Read More
By: Gary TanashianThe number in the title is in honor of the boldest forecast burped up by the gold community in February as the metal (and the miners) jerked upward and jerked the holdout would-be enthusiasts into the market. It was included in the anonymous (but real) quotes from a cautionary post last week on the Gold Bull Horns.We also used these quotes in an NFTRH update in order to tr...Read More
Mar. 1st, 2019(S14-E685)Featured GuestsProf. Burton Malkiel& Bill MurphyPlease Listen HereFormer NFL player Bill Murphy of GATA.org returns with commentary on the stunning advance in palladium. The former industrial metal has an inversion of the typical market dynamics, eclipsing the precious metals king. The host proposes a chief factor sending Palladium higher while gold and platinum remai...Read More
By: Marin KatusaIn 2015, a 16-year-old student from Jiangsu, China, tried to board a train.She couldn't even purchase a ticket.The student, Zhong Pei, tried enrolling in classes at her university. But she was not allowed to do that either. Zhong had committed a serious crime: She was guilty of being related to someone else.Her father had killed two people and died in a car accident. So the Chi...Read More
By: SRSrocco If you're puzzled by the magnitude of the stock market correction since late December, you can thank the central banks for the rally. Yes, that's correct... after the Dow Jones suffered the worst Christmas Eve trading day ever, the massive central bank monetary liquidity helped push the index up 20% from its low over the next two months. Of course, the markets were due for a r...Read More
Infested with CrawdadsNot ApplaudingSteadily More Dovish#3 MandatePuerto Rico, Cleveland, New York, Cleveland, Austin, and DallasIn an ideal world, we wouldn't have to read the Federal Reserve's rabbit entrails to discern the economy. But Since the Fed exists in the real world, and its decisions matter, we have to pay attention.Just so new and perhaps even old readers know my views on the Fed: I...Read More
By: Gary TanashianThe number in the title is in honor of the boldest forecast burped up by the gold community in February as the metal (and the miners) jerked upward and jerked the holdout would-be enthusiasts into the market. It was included in the anonymous (but real) quotes from a cautionary post last week on the Gold Bull Horns.We also used these quotes in an NFTRH update in order to tr...Read More
Mar. 1st, 2019(S14-E685)Featured GuestsProf. Burton Malkiel& Bill MurphyPlease Listen HereFormer NFL player Bill Murphy of GATA.org returns with commentary on the stunning advance in palladium. The former industrial metal has an inversion of the typical market dynamics, eclipsing the precious metals king. The host proposes a chief factor sending Palladium higher while gold and platinum remai...Read More
By: Marin KatusaIn 2015, a 16-year-old student from Jiangsu, China, tried to board a train.She couldn't even purchase a ticket.The student, Zhong Pei, tried enrolling in classes at her university. But she was not allowed to do that either. Zhong had committed a serious crime: She was guilty of being related to someone else.Her father had killed two people and died in a car accident. So the Chi...Read More
By: SRSrocco If you're puzzled by the magnitude of the stock market correction since late December, you can thank the central banks for the rally. Yes, that's correct... after the Dow Jones suffered the worst Christmas Eve trading day ever, the massive central bank monetary liquidity helped push the index up 20% from its low over the next two months. Of course, the markets were due for a r...Read More
Infested with CrawdadsNot ApplaudingSteadily More Dovish#3 MandatePuerto Rico, Cleveland, New York, Cleveland, Austin, and DallasIn an ideal world, we wouldn't have to read the Federal Reserve's rabbit entrails to discern the economy. But Since the Fed exists in the real world, and its decisions matter, we have to pay attention.Just so new and perhaps even old readers know my views on the Fed: I...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesMar 4, 2019I began to write about Anacondawell over a year ago. I have written about them half a dozen times. I love this company.The stock was $.115 but that was before a 4-1 rollback so at today’s price, the shares have dropped by a third in spite of them delivering outstanding results again and again and again.They are still trying andthe latest numbers are 59.39 g/t...Read More
StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was palladium, up 2.81 percent with continued price strength. Gold traders were split between bullish, bearish and neutral on the yellow metal this week as prices struggled to recover and posted a monthly loss for February. Lawmakers in Romania are drafting legislation aiming to repatriate the country's gold stored in the United Kingdom. The bill is t...Read More