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 nickel was the best performer among base metals on the London Metal Exchange on Monday June 21 on account of a softer US Dollar Index, with all prices rebounding during afternoon trading after the sharp selling in the week ended June 18.Nickel rose by the most, up by 1.7% to $17,450 per tonne at 5pm compared with its closing price on Friday of $17,154 per tonne, which was a 7.2% drop...Read More
Since April 2023, as many as 150000 people have been killed in the Sudan's ongoing civil war, and some 10 million have been ...Read More
Trump Shouldn't Bully the Fed ... U.S. President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly criticized Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen during his campaign. British Prime Minister Theresa May has questioned the Bank of England's recent actions, for a while putting Governor Mark Carney's tenure in doubt. The long-cherished principle of central-bank independence seems to be under attack. – BloombergThe...Read More
At least 1.1 tonnes of gold mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were smuggled last year into countries along the eastern border, costing the impoverished nation millions of dollars in tax revenue and funding conflict and criminal networks, a United Nations Group of Experts report shows.Congo's official exports of gold extracted by artisanal miners bear almost no relation to reality, th...Read More
Taiwanese import scrap prices have increased slightly over this week due to stronger demand, while prices in Vietnam lingered....Read More
Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesAntofagasta said measures taken to counter the threat of the pandemic meant total production for the year would be "towards the lower end" of its guidance range of 725,000-750,000 tonnes "assuming ourRead More
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said on Tuesday he hoped U.S. President Donald Trump would have a positive image of Britain following his visit this week after Trump said he thought the country was “in somewhat turmoil”.Trump made the remark as he set off on a trip to Europe which includes a visit to Britain where he will hold talks with May who is curre...Read More
Artificial intelligence's massive power demands are driving investments in nuclear energy. Nuclear power, offering clean and ...Read More
Key data from the Wednesday November 13 pricing sessions in Shanghai and London. Key drivers China's cobalt sulfate price dropped by 6% from last Friday when weak demand forced suppliers to cut offers to encourage sales and facilitate cashflow in the run-up to year-end.The cobalt tetroxide price is under...Read More
Deutsche Bank cut its DE price target this morningDeere & Company (NYSE:DE) is trading down 2.4% today at $143.61, as the broader U.S. stock market sells off on recession worries. A bear note from Deutsche Bank is only adding to DE's woes, with the brokerage firm slashing its price target on the stock to $155 from $163 -- a slim 7.5% premium to current trading levels.Diving deeper, Deutsche Bank c...Read More
British mining firm Goldplat has warned that it will shed some jobs with a plannedRead full newsRead More
CD "O Ex?-lio" (A.M Recordings) - this album was recorded bei Todd Garfinkle with only two microphones (labels philosophy).Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday December 31.Click on the above image...Read More
Zero interest rates are pushing the world into the Greatest Depression. There's no stopping it. QE4 by any name is underway. Increased social unrest is spreading around the globe. In just the past week over a dozen countries are erupting. It's anti-establishment and anti-elite. The people are fed up with losing everything they have, while the rich get richer. It's beginning to look like George Orw...Read More
BEIJING, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) may issue its first U.S. dollar-denominated bond by the end of June this year, according to a state media report on Sunday citing the bank's treasurer Soren Elbech.The earliest issuance window will be "toward the end of the first half of 2018," to allow time for certain procedures, including the board...Read More
DUBAI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's stock market rose in early trade on Sunday after King Salman announced a package of handouts for Saudi citizens to compensate them for the rising cost of living, while several blue chips boosted Qatar's market.The Saudi index gained 0.5 percent in the first hour as real estate developer Dar Al Arkan , the most heavily traded stock, added 2.4 percent. Among t...Read More
The headline in this Thursday’s Financial Timesreads: “Commodities prices hit highest point since 2014”. The FT articlebegins: “The Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index,which tracks price of 22 raw materials, has hit its highest level since 2014when the oil market price crash started.”A small problem mightbe that the Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index does not include Energy or...Read More
Interview with Jean-Paul Tsotsos, Interim CEO of Chesapeake Gold Corp. Our previous interview: ...Read More
Zinc producers in China's southwestern province of Yunnan should be able to fully resume their operations by mid-June, sources said.Yunnan will remove its power restrictions by the end of June that have stunted local zinc output, the provincial energy bureau said.A few zinc smelters in Yunnan have already resumed production, however, sources that spoke to Fastmarkets said.Production capa...Read More
"The SBA inadvertently issued duplicate loan approvals to some small businesses. It is our impression that the majority of these borrowers are...honest small business owners who had applied for a PPP loanContinue...Read More