Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
Copper makes the headlines, but GYX has been bullish all along; gold awaits its time as the message from metals land is bullish, risk ‘on’ and cyclicalWhile copper went through its correction we have been noting each week in NFTRH that the Industrial Metals index, GYX had never aborted its bullish stance. Trends remained up and the index price held the SMA 50’s intermediate trend...Read More
The battered goldstocks are bouncing hard, blasting higher over the past couple weeks! That’s despite the Fed still looking to soonstart slowing the pace of its epic money printing. Fed-tightening fears had weighted heavily onthe precious-metals realm since June. Gold stocks’ sharp rally confirms they have started mean reverting muchhigher after withering capitulation...Read More
Strong words, I know. Can I back them up? Well,what we see now – looking at various markets – does indeed look like the startof gold’s end– The Oracle in Matrix Revolutions, 2003The counter-trend rally has probably justended, and the final big downswing has probably just started. This “beginning”of the final downswing is, in my opinion, the beginning of the fina...Read More
As precious metals traders have waited out this extended sideways/downward price contraction in price over the past 14+ months, a very broad Pennant/Flag price formation is nearing an APEX level which suggests Gold may begin a new rally phase over the next 60+ days. Support near $1675 is a critical price level that has been tested three times over the past 8 months. The true APEX of the Pennant/Fl...Read More
An understanding of the relationship between between the gold price and inflation requires historical observation and factual understanding. Below are three specific statements that are rooted in historical fact…1) GOLD IS REAL MONEYLots of things have been used as money during five thousand years of recorded history. Only gold has stood the test of time. It has earned its...Read More
Zinc's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange on Wednesday November 3 touched its lowest since October 13, with prices in the base metals complex ending the day on a mixed note ahead of the US Federal Reserve Bank's Federal Open Market Committee press conference.Zinc reached $3,263 per tonne on Wednesday, its lowest price since announcements by Nyrstar and Glencore that production in Europ...Read More
Iron ore prices went up on Wednesday November 3 with support from the demand in low-grade fines, sources said.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $100.10 per tonne, up by $4.33 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $101.70 per tonne, up by $5.03 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $76.15 per tonne, up by $8.45 per tonne65% Fe Brazil-origin...Read More
Seaborne coking coal prices across the board in both cfr and fob markets were relatively flat on Wednesday November 3.Fastmarkets indices Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $600.88 per tonne, up $0.63 per tonne Hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $525.23 per tonne, unchanged Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $403.57 per tonne, unchanged Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $339.59 per tonne, unchang...Read More
Fed Head Jerome Powell and the Zoom Square All-Stars perform in their latest post-FOMC press conference at 2:30 p.m. EST. Watch it here!(by Half Dollar) The most important Fed meeting, ever, yet again, has just taken place.Ugh.Among other financial evil, the Fed has kept interest rates at full-on assault-mode against American Savers, and the Fed is also announcing its so-called "taper".Here's the...Read More
Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipPolarX finds extra copper potential in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarxNew life for one of New Zealand's oldest gold minesSPONSOREDoceanagoldThe majority of holes released were from the Saddle Zone between the existing Main Pit and planned West Pit locations, which currently has no re...Read More
PolarX finds extra copper potential in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarxNew life for one of New Zealand's oldest gold minesSPONSOREDoceanagoldAzure eyes province potential ahead of Andover resourceSPONSOREDazure mineralsAmerican Pacific building US copper positionSPONSOREDamerican pacific miningForrest met with world leaders including US president Joe Biden, US special presidential envoy for climate John...Read More
Highlights included 231.3m grading 1.22 grams per tonne including 2.1m grading 44g/t.Read More
Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipNew life for one of New Zealand's oldest gold minesSPONSOREDoceanagoldPolarX finds extra copper potential in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarxAzure eyes province potential ahead of Andover resourceSPONSOREDazure mineralsIts US$120 billion in purchases, announced in December 2020, would be reduced by $15 billion this month, chairman Jerome...Read More
Barrick struck agreements with Red Lake Gold and Dixie Gold which have respective land positions to the west and north of Great Bear's Dixie.Read More
Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipNew life for one of New Zealand's oldest gold minesSPONSOREDoceanagoldPolarX finds extra copper potential in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarxAzure eyes province potential ahead of Andover resourceSPONSOREDazure mineralsIron ore futures in Singapore dropped 7.2% to US$93.05 a tonne, Bloomberg reported."Copper, nickel and aluminium fell al...Read More
Zinc's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange on Wednesday November 3 touched its lowest since October 13, with prices in the base metals complex ending the day on a mixed note ahead of the US Federal Reserve Bank's Federal Open Market Committee press conference.Zinc reached $3,263 per tonne on Wednesday, its lowest price since announcements by Nyrstar and Glencore that production in Europ...Read More
But investors would do well to remember the lessons of the 2010-12 bull market when rare earth prices reached far above their current levels.Read More
Prices for Japanese bulk shredded scrap have tumbled over the last week amid a drop in intake from a major Japanese blast furnace (BF)-based mill and discounted sales to South Korea.In late September, sources told Fastmarkets that shredded demand at BF-based mills had benefitted greatly from the tight supply of Shindachi prime scrap, but a reduction in shredded purchase volumes in recent weeks has...Read More
RAPAPORT... The International Grown Diamond Association (IGDA) has revamped itself, aiming to attract the raft of companies that have entered the sector in recent years."IGDA 2.0 will provide focused services to support the growing number of global lab-grown diamond companies," Dick Garard, the organization's executive director, said Tuesday. "We have an aggressive strategic plan that begins...Read More
RAPAPORT... Pandora has increased its sales outlook for the current year for the second time in four months following strong growth in the US in the third quarter.Sales will rise by 18% to 20% year on year on an organic basis for 2021, the Danish jewelry retailer predicted Monday. That compares with a previous forecast of 16% to 18%. Pandora now expects revenue for the full year to be between DKK...Read More