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

The price of gold shot to an 11-week high on Wednesday as escalating geopolitical risks saw investors seeking safe haven assets.Gold reached its highest point since January 25 after the most active gold futures contract on the Comex market in New York jumped 2% from its opening levels to reach $1,369.40 an ounce.Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and 'smart!'Wednesday saw...Read More

Rhetoric between the U.S. and Russia ahead of a possible confrontation in Syria has precious metals and relative securities getting a bid.There are various ways to play or to hedge against the event for various scenarios and according to investor risk tolerance.I believe the safest bet today is the SPDR Gold Trust, as it should benefit from fear but not cost us too much if rhetoric fails to materi...Read More

   •  Geopolitical tensions revive safe-haven demand and help build on the recent rally.   •  Weaker USD provides an additional boost and contributed to the strong up-move. Gold continued gaining positive traction for the fourth consecutive session and spiked to over 2-week tops, beyond $1350 level during the early NA session. The precious metal extended its...Read More

A few days ago Pure Gold released new data on its flagship Madsen gold project.In my opinion, this data should have a positive impact on the project's economics.In this article I discuss the way a decent mining company is developing its gold project.A few days ago Pure Gold (OTCPK:LRTNF), a gold development company, released new data on its Madsen gold project. In my opinion, this data should...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Will PurcellThe diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Wednesday was a ho-hum 80-89-125. The TSX Venture Exchange gained one point to 777 while polished diamond prices edged higher. Paul Brockington's sleepy Margaret Lake Diamonds Inc. (DIA) up one c...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business Reporter The TSX Venture Exchange gained 1.57 points to 777.71 Wednesday. David Mitchell's sixth capital pool shell, MJ Opportunity Corp. (MJC: halted), plans to acquire Lift Co. Ltd. (formerly Lift Cannabis Co. Ltd.) for the shell's qualifyin...Read More

Gold futures ended Wednesday at their highest level since late January, buoyed by geopolitical tensions focused on Syria and elsewhere that put the haven metal in demand. June gold GCM8, -0.33% rose $14.10, or 1.1%, to settle at $1,360 an ounce. That was the highest finish since Jan. 25. In electronic trading shortly after minutes from the Federal Reserve's March meeting, however, gold futures fe...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterNew York spot gold jumped $13.70 to $1,352.80 on Wednesday. The TSX Venture Exchange rose 1.57 points to 777.71 while the TSX Gold Index rose 4.03 points to 188.56. Canadian gold miners were strong today. Fred Stanford's Torex Gold Res...Read More

Aluminium continued to rally on the London Metal Exchange at the close of trading on Wednesday April 11, climbing 1.7% and recording its highest close since January 2.The spike in the metal's three-month price comes after the USplaced sanctions against key Russian firms, notably Rusal, prompting tightermarkets.Following the announcement, the LME implemented a, "temporary conditional suspension" on...Read More

Investing.com - Gold prices pushed higher on Wednesday as a combination of concerns over ongoing trade tensions between the U.S. and China and the prospect of a U.S. military strike in Syria bolstered safe haven demand for the precious metal.Gold futures for June delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange were up $1.7 or 0.13% to $1,347.60 a troy ounce by 04:21 AM ET (08:21...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business Reporter West Texas Intermediate crude for May delivery gained $1.31 to $66.82 on the New York Merc, while Brent for June gained $1.02 to $72.06 (all figures in this para U.S.). Western Canadian Select traded at a discount of $16.80 to WTI ($5...Read More

GLD is in the early stages of a bull market and has gained about 27% since bottoming in 2015, roughly as much as the S&P 500 in that time.The inflation picture is still good and is likely to get even better for gold.The gold to silver ratio is above 80, an extreme level that has preceded prior rallies in gold.Why you'll want to own gold when this breakout happens. Source: HDWallSource.com...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Mike CaswellXimen Mining Corp. has fended off a shareholder oppression action brought in the Supreme Court of British Columbia by dissident Robert Allan Slaughter and others. A judge has ruled that there were no irregularities with the way the company issued shar...Read More

Brazil's aluminium industry will request the government to increase by 50% the volume of the import tax-free quota for ingot from July onward due to supply constraints and a modest demand recovery, Metal Bulletin understands. The industry expects to have 270,000 tonnes of unwrought aluminium exempted from the 6% import tariff for a 12-month period, from the current quota of about 180,000 tonnes, a...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Mike CaswellSwisher Hygiene Inc.'s former chief financial officer, Michael Kipp, has received 4-1/2 years in jail for an accounting fraud that led to the demise of the onetime Toronto Stock Exchange listing. He received the sentence in an appearance on Tuesday, A...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Mike CaswellVancouver's Douglas Roe looks to be making a serious effort to settle civil charges that he faces from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over a purported eco-tourism listing. He has asked the judge more than once to grant him extra time to r...Read More

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Thursday April 12.Aluminium continued to rally on the London Metal Exchange at the close of trading on Wednesday April 11, recording its highest close since January 2. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at Wednesday's close:Brazil's aluminium industry will ask the government to increase volumes&nb...Read More

The first shipments from Codelco's pilot scheme to produce decommoditized copper with traceability throughout the supply chain are expected at the end of the year or by the start of 2019, the chairman of the Chilean state-run copper company said. According to ?"scar Landerretche, the scheme has been agreed upon with three customers: trading company Mitsui, French cable maker Nexans and automotive...Read More

Chinese laws restricting the nation's copper scrap imports have already materially affected the European market, Aurubis executive board chairman J? 1/4 rgen Schachler told Metal Bulletin in an interview."In the short term we see that this legal legislation has changed the game a bit." he said during Chile's CESCO Copper Week.China cut metal scrap import licenses issued to traders and pr...Read More

Gold futures marked a third straight session of gains on Tuesday, buoyed by a weaker U.S. dollar and uncertainty surrounding U.S. reaction to a possible chemical-weapons attack in Syria. Prices for the precious metal climbed even as global investors piled back into riskier assets, such as U.S. stocks, after comments out of China soothed trade-war fears. "The weaker U.S. dollar, which is softer af...Read More