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
Continue...Jim Willie is a statistical analyst in marketing research and retail forecasting. He holds a PhD in Statistics, and his career has stretched over 25 years. He aspires to thrive in the financial editor world, unencumbered by the limitations of economic credentials. Jim operates a free website called Golden Jackass.Read More
SBTV picks the mind of Luke Gromen, founder of Forest For The Trees LLC, about an impending dollar crisis and what likely scenarios can destabilize the petrodollar in the coming years. We also asked him what his ideal monetary system would be if he got to choose it.Discussed in this interview:05:08 Why a dollar crisis is coming?12:14 US dollar still the center of the world?13:07 Gold is wanted as...Read More
* FTSE 100 up 0.1 pct, reversing early gains* FTSE 250 down 0.1 pct * Bank stocks biggest boost to main index * Persimmon leads sell-off among housebuilders* Centamin slips on mid-caps (Changes analyst comment, updates closing prices)By Muvija M and Shashwat AwasthiFeb 25 (Reuters) - London's blue-chip index squeezed outgains on Monday as banks got a boost from comments about apossible Brexit dela...Read More
If you're paying attention you're probably 1) watching gold rise along with global instability, and 2) wondering if it's finally time to load up on precious metals mining stocks.Continue...Read More
A wave of restocking by Chinese ferro-chrome producers has prompted a jump in UG2 chrome ore prices. UG2 chrome ore prices rise in China Spot domestic ferro-chrome prices edge up in China Alloy prices hold up in Japan, South Korea Alloy prices inch higher in Europe US prices stable amid inactivity.UG2 chrome ore prices jumped in China on Friday February 22 amid a wave of restocking by domestic fer...Read More
We write to express our concern over the national security threat products manufactured by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei) pose to our nation's critical energy infrastructure. Continue...Read More
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Andraya Yearwood - a 17-year-old biological man who identifies as a woman - won second-place earlier this month at Connecticut's indoor track girls' 55-meter sprint. Continue...Read More
Chris Howard is Executive Director in charge of the bullion division at The Royal Mint in the U.K.Read More
Barrick Gold Corp.'s new chief executive officer wasted no time telling Newmont Mining Corp. shareholders that he can do a better job.The two companies are trading barbs after Barrick launched a hostile bid for Newmont, which would disrupt a previously announced deal for Goldcorp Inc. Barrick has long wanted to combine its Nevada gold fields with Newmont, but the combination was stymied by persona...Read More
Barrick Gold may just be trying to lower Newmont MIning's share price enough in order to do a proper bid, said Pierre Lassonde, chairman of Franco-Nevada. "What's happening has never been seen in history. Frankly, it's the first time I've ever seen a hostile [takeover] at a discount to the stock price," Lassonde told Kitco News at the BMO Global Metals & Mining Conference.Read More
Michael Klein - World Economic Forum 2008From breaking into an elite cabal of Saudi Arabian advisers, to being called to work on what could be one of the largest-ever mining takeovers, Michael Klein is making his mark as one of the world's top dealmakers.The former star Citigroup Inc. investment banker is advising Barrick Gold Corp. on its hostile $17.8 billion offer for Newmont Mining Corp. in a...Read More
Whether it was a premeditated move by CEO Mark Bristow to launch Barrick's hostile bid only a couple of hours before Newmont's outgoing boss Gary Goldberg was scheduled to speak to a select group of investors isn't clear.What is apparent though is that the outgoing Newmont CEO came prepared for such an eventuality by opening his presentation at the BMO Capital Markets mining conference in Hollywoo...Read More
Newcrest Mining Ltd Chief Executive Sandeep Biswas said on Monday his company would pursue a potential acquisition only if it were the right value for investors, adding that he would prefer to buy assets rather than whole companies."We are happy to do M&A if it's the right value for shareholders," Biswas said at the BMO Global Metals & Mining Conference. "The entire focus in not on the size of oun...Read More
Barrick Gold Corp's chief executive defended the world's largest gold producer's hostile $18 billion bid for Newmont Mining Corp saying on Monday the deal is "logical" for an industry battling high costs and depleting resources.Barrick, which recently completed a $6.1 billion acquisition of Africa-focused Randgold Resources, launched its all-stock bid on Monday, encouraging the U.S. rival to ditch...Read More
The Chinese domestic ferro-silicon price fell in line with weaker demand in the week ended Friday February 22, while the European price has stabilized in February after a run of losses, with suppliers holding their offer prices. China market pares gains as supply outweighs demand Europe flat, suppliers hold offers US prices slip in sluggish spot market Domestic prices dropped last wee...Read More
OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; US-OTC: OCANF) has tabled a maiden resource at its WKP gold prospect, 10 km north of its Waihi gold mine in New Zealand.WKP's East Graben vein contains 410,000 indicated tonnes grading 18 grams gold and 22.7 grams silver for 234,000 oz. gold and 296,000 oz. silver. Its East Graben vein and T-Stream veins also contain 1.05 million inferred tonnes at 11.9 grams gold and 16.8 gr...Read More
Hostile bids bring out the worst in people. On the other hand, they also foster tremendous creativity.Barrick CEO Mark Bristow followed up on the analyst call, calling Newmont's Goldcorp bid "desperate and bizarre." Knife, meet twist.Take Barrick Gold Corp.'s $17.8 billion unsolicited bid for Newmont Mining Corp., unveiled (or unleashed) Monday morning. Barrick led with its (publicized) letter to...Read More
Freeport-McMoRan Inc Chief Executive Richard Adkerson said on Monday his company has been investing heavily to mitigate any danger from tailings dams and is "comfortable" with engineering designs in place at existing dams.Adkerson's comments come a month after a Brazilian tailings dam controlled by rival Vale collapsed, killing more than 300.Phoenix-based Freeport controls 19 active tailings dams...Read More
Perth-based Titan Minerals (ASX: TTM) and Vancouver-based Core Gold (TSX-V: CGLD) announced that they are joining forces to create a diversified Latin America-focused, ASX-listed gold company with a portfolio of projects in Ecuador and Peru.In a press release, the miners explained that they signed a binding arrangement pursuant to which Titan will acquire all of the issued and outstanding Core Gol...Read More