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
In response to customer requests, Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology is expanding its Ranger?,,? DX series of surface top hammer drill rigs with two non-cabin Ranger?,,? DXR versions for improved safety in the toughest quarry and construction applications.Ranger DX series of surface top hammer drill rigs, suited for construction applications, quarries and open pit mines is now expanded with two ne...Read More
Sibanye Gold Ltd. said a protracted strike at its South African gold mines may hurt earnings at a time when the producer remains under pressure to reduce debt.Thousands of workers started a strike in November over pay, and there's inconsistent output at three mines amid limited operations, spokesman James Wellsted said, without saying how many workers are showing up. Sibanye is assessing the impac...Read More
The precious metals complex has enjoyed a nice run in recent months.GDX has gained 25% since the September lows while GDXJ has gained 22% since its November low. Gold has rallied over $100/oz since its October low and Silver has surged in recent weeks.The Gold community is getting excited again. They think the equity market is doomed and Gold has started a real bull run. That may be true but in th...Read More
It has been a tough year for investors in intermediate gold miner Detour Gold (TSX:DGC). Even after gold's latest rally, it is down by 16% over the last year. The miner's poor performance recently triggered a boardroom spill led by dissident shareholder and famed hedge fund manager John Paulson, who owns a nearly 6% interest in the miner. This saw the removal of CEO Michael Keyon and the replacem...Read More
Pan American Silver (TSX: PAAS) announced Tuesday that shareholders overwhelmingly (98%) approved the resolution to increase the maximum number of authorized shares of Pan American and the resolution to issue up to 72,533,152 Pan American shares in connection with the proposed plan of arrangement that Pan American will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Tahoe Resources.Tahoe share...Read More
Publisher's Note: Mr. James Dines runs one of the world's longest-lasting financial newsletters, The Dines Letter, and is "The Original Gold Bug." Here's a look at part of his current gold outlook from his 2019 Annual Forecast Issue.To your wealth,Nick HodgePublisher, Outsider ClubGold investing is so entirely out of favor by investors worldwide that mainstream Security Analysts don't even ve...Read More
Boart Longyear has announced the launch of its newest top hammer tooling, the DriftMaster series of rods and bits, now available. DriftMaster rods and bits are designed with a unique thread profile for added endurance and strength in the most demanding tunneling, bolting, and drifting applications."Global field testing of DriftMaster products lead to an extended trial duration, extensive sample si...Read More
Canada's Lucara Diamond (TSX:LUC), the company that hit the jackpot in 2016 after finding the world's second-largest diamond, said Tuesday its priority this year will be the completion of a feasibility study into potential underground production and life-of-mine expansion for its Karowe project, in Botswana."Having stabilized and significantly improved our mining operations at Karowe in 2018, Luc...Read More
Swedish industrial group Atlas Copco has acquired Industrie Pumpen Vertriebs GmbH (IPV), a German distributor of industrial pumps, including Italy-based Varisco at an undisclosed price. Italy-based Varisco has been owned by Atlas Copco since late 2015.IPV is based in Dresden, and reported revenues of approximately ?,?5 million (5.7 million) in 2017. It has around 20 employees.IPV will become pa...Read More
Juggernaut Exploration (TSXV: JUGR; US-OTC: JUGRF) has discovered a new gold zone on its Midas gold property in northwestern B.C. after drilling 6.85 grams gold per tonne over 9 metres from 35 metres downhole.The company was following up on results from an induced polarization (IP) survey that identified an anomaly about 125 metres below surface. It believes that anomaly represents a deeper feede...Read More
The precious metals complex has enjoyed a nice run in recent months.GDX has gained 25% since the September lows while GDXJ has gained 22% since its November low. Gold has rallied over $100/oz since its October low and Silver has surged in recent weeks.The Gold community is getting excited again. They think the equity market is doomed and Gold has started a real bull run. That may be true but in th...Read More
Jan 08, 2019 Guest(s): George Milling-Stanley State Street Global Advisors Risks for gold are skewed to the upside as the yellow metal has already seen its lows in 2018, said George Milling-Stanley, Head of Gold Strategy at State Street Global Advisors. "I think we've tested the downside a good deal in 2018, my guess is that what we'll do is test the overhead resistance during the course of 2019...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose for a third straight day amid cautious optimism over the prospects for a trade deal between the U.S. and China.Donald Trump said in a tweet that discussions between the world's two largest economies were "going very well."Union Pacific Corp. (UNP) jumped 8.4% after the railway operator said indu...Read More
Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN:UUUU) (TSE:EFR) said Monday that it has resumed vanadium production at its White Mesa mill in Utah and is preparing for increased uranium production.The Lakewood, Colorado-based company said in a press release that in December, it began an effort to recover vanadium pentoxide from tailings pond solutions at White Mesa related to mineral processing. This month, the c...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday January 8.Please click...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed at the close of trading on Tuesday January 8, with prices generally pushing higher amid positive risk sentiment against US-China trade talks, stronger global equity markets and a softer US dollar index. Climbing furthest over the afternoon, the three-month tin price climbed to its highest level since July 31, closing just short of $20,000...Read More
India's Supreme Court has upheld its earlier order to reopen Sterlite Copper's Tuticorin smelter, which was closed for environmental reasons, according to a statement from its parent company Vedanta on Tuesday January 8.The ruling from the highest court of appeal in India has cleared the legal barriers for the 400,000-tonne-per-year smelter to resume operations. Plans to double the smelter's capac...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:stewart@gutrader.comJan 8, 2019 It’s time for the queen of assets to rest and consolidate.Nothing goes up in a straight line, and that’s certainly true for gold! Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this daily gold chart. A pullback to about $1250 would be a healthy 50% retracement of t...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Tuesday January 8 that are worth another look.The penetration of nickel-cobalt-manganese type-811 batteries into the Chinese electric vehicle industry will be quite limited in 2019, market participants have told Fastmarkets. A new duty on imported copper raw materials in Zambia has already led to consequences, with produc...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday January 8.Please click...Read More