The following is an edited excerpt from the publication "The lithium-ion battery value chain - new economy opportunities for Australia" by the Australian government's Australian Trade and Investment Commission. To download the full report, visit www.apo.org.au/node/210341.Australia has a comparative advantage in its access to the mineral elements needed for lithium-ion battery production. Australi...Read More
Commodities giant Glencore (LON: GLEN) has reported production figures for 2018 and confirmed 2019 guidance that implies a 14%-year-on-year increase in copper-equivalent production.Copper production reached 1.45 million tonnes in 2018, 11% higher than 2017, and Glencore expects that number to jump by about 45% this year to 1.54 million tonnes.Cobalt production came in at 42,200 tonnes last year, 5...Read More
VANCOUVER - A Canadian government led by Andrew Scheer, the current leader of the official opposition Conservative Party of Canada, would repeal legislation currently before the Canadian Senate that he argues hobbles resource development.Speaking at the Association of Mineral Exploration's (AME) Roundup convention, Scheer said if a Conservative government is elected this coming October, it will "d...Read More
CEO Benedikt Sobotka said ahead of Mining Indaba that, although volatility in both markets was expected to continue, the severe underinvestment in mining projects was set to drive up prices, asRead More
"Donald Trump wants to legalize marijuana. I know because he told me personally several times."That was what Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher from California told me this week, over drinks in Medell?-n, Colombia (why I was in Colombia is a story for another time).*Editors note: When interviewing Congressmen, a few drinks in a foreign locale are helpful.And Rep. Rohrabacher should know - not only w...Read More
Why are Armenians fighting over the controversial Amulsar gold mining project and how does it affect the country's new government?Read full newsRead More
"Should Lena Gold-Mining Public Joint Stock Company Lenzoloto's (MCX:LNZL) Weak Investment Returns Worry You? https://t.co/t4DQBetzGn"Read full newsRead More
"Refinitiv GFMS has released its Gold Survey Q4 2018 report, explaining why gold rose in the fourth quarter and predicting where it's headed in 2019. https://t.co/V6pP8o2UBd @Refinitiv #Gold #investing #GoldSurvey #INN"Read full newsRead More
The Fed capitulation appears to have been seen early by gold and the market is now implying a 13.5bps rate-cut in 2019... as stocks soar...Read full newsRead More
By: Gary ChristensonGold prices (weekly chart) formed an impressive inverse head and shoulders formation during a five-year base. Gold prices, which bottomed in December 2015, should climb the wall of worry.WHAT WALL OF WORRY?Really? You have to ask? Financial, stock market, debt and political worries come to mind:Global debt is about $250 trillion. The lenders expect to be repaid plus interest....Read More
By: Richard (Rick) Mills Gold markets were rocking on Tuesday, lifted by a basket of factors that included poor stock market performance earlier in the week, slow growth in China, weak earnings reports and expectations the US Federal Reserve would strike a dovish tone at its two-day meeting starting on Tuesday afternoon. The Fed raised interest rates four times in 2018 but some officials have...Read More
Well, there you have it: the most brazenly bogus rally in the history of the world. Are these guys good, or what? The fix was in even before Powell declared Wednesday afternoon that the Fed would be "patient." (Now there's a word that will reverberate through history!) AAPL's and Boeing's handlers had already gotten the jump on the Fed chairman's latest PR mutterance, deftly engineering respec...Read More
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A Canadian government led by Andrew Scheer, the current leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, would repeal legislation currently before the Senate that hobbles resource development.Speaking at Roundup 2019, Scheer said if a Conservative government is elected on October 21, they will "develop a process that aims to get things done in this country."The four-day annual mineral exploration meet-...Read More
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"iMetal Mobilizes for Drilling at Gowganda West -- $IMR #IMR @iMetalResources #Gold #Silver #Copper #Cobalt #momentumstocks #smallcap #hotstocks #Gowganda #PDAC2019 --Read the News Release here: https://t.co/DqlEFmXxi2"Read full newsRead More
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"SolGold's takeover bid for the company that holds 15% of Cascabel has exposed the bad blood between the two companies - https://t.co/dZFf5DoI2q #LSE $SOLG #copper #gold #TSX"Read full newsRead More