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 comments below are an edited and abridged synopsis of an article by Egon von GreyerzWe are now in the final stages of a journey that will be seen by future historians to be as unreal as Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Just as Alice called the Mad Tea Party the stupidest tea party she had ever been to, the last 100 years could be called the Craziest Extravaganza in history.Although the sto...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 14 that are worth another look.Some Chinese ports have made stricter checks or have imposed extra fees on iron ore cargoes from India recently, the better to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, market sources have told Fastmarkets.Africa-origin copper shipments were facing delays as long...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Prices for hot-rolled coil have performed in line with our expectations over the past month, with US domestic HRC prices finding a floor in July in line with the forecast, before improving in August. US HRC prices averaged $473 per short ton in August, compared with our forecast price of $470 per ton.Our prediction that an i...Read More
The European manganese alloy markets climbed strongly over the week to Friday April 30, propelled by strong spot demand from consumers in the steel sector as well inter-merchant trade.Prices for both silico-manganese and high-carbon ferro-manganese hit ?,?1,300 per tonne delivered at the top of their respective price ranges on Friday, a level last seen in each market more than four years ago in ea...Read More
Howe Street, Released on 5/13/22Bob Hoye is a trained geologist, successful resource investor and economic historian. Bob is the chief investment strategist for chartsandmarkets.com. bob hoye, bonds, Crypto, interest rates, investing, markets, stocksBob Hoye: Inverted Yield Curves, Interest Rates, Cryptos added by Herman James on 05/14/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
South Africa's Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation arrested 33 people that were illegally extracting gold at the rehabilitated Ellerton mine, just outside the northeastern town of Giyani.In a joint operation that involved the Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit?EUR? the Department for Mineral Resources?EUR? the Provincial Organised Crime Unit?EUR? Public Order Police?EUR? the Air W...Read More
The attack is the deadliest in recent years as the military struggles to contain Islamist violence that has overrun parts of Burkina Faso.Read full newsRead More
Big Oil is on the move, feeling its way into a changing energy world. There are two sides to adapting: how to decarbonise oil and gas and how to build a sustainable business around zero-carbon technology. Valentina Kretschmar, VP and Tom Ellacott, SVP of our Corporate Analysis team took me through their thinking of how company strategies are developing.This week, BP went a step further on the firs...Read More
Bob Moriarty of 321gold profiles one of the few pure-play silver companies. When the precious metals bull begins to roar, silver roars along with it. In general, when the metals go down silver goes down more and faster than gold. When precious metals climb, silver climbs faster and goes higher. So if you believe that we are in a metals bull market you may well want to own a good silver stock. Tha...Read More
Recent data released by the Northern Australian Geochemical Survey reveal that there are potential copper hotspots on the Queensland-Northern Territory border.This is according to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Senator Matt Canavan who, in interview with The North West Star, explained that surface soil samples collected at 776 sites yielded significant concentrations of copper,...Read More
Major blow to the EU! The populist Five Star Movement won about one-third of the votes in the Italian general elections. It's another negative shock for the European establishment. Will these stars shine on gold?Five Star Movement triumphsWe live in strange times. To be a hairstylist, you need a license. But you can become a politician being just a comedian and telling jokes. We refer here to Bepp...Read More
Written off by some in the fantasy community following an injury-plagued 2014 campaign with the Bears, Marshall rebounded with a flurry in his first season with Gang Green, compiling a mammoth 109-1,502-14 receiving line. The 14 TDs were the most in a single season of Marshall's career. (I do not own any of the content, all rights go to the NFLand it's broadcasters. For entertainment purposes only...Read More
The Fed meeting minutes will be released at 2 pm ETStocks are holding on to solid gains today, as trade tensions take a breather amid developments of a possible "zero tariff" policy on imported cars between the U.S. and European Union (EU). The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) boasts a triple-digit lead, while the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and the Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are confidently higher as...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More
Ontario-based White Metal Resources Corp. (TSXV: WHM) is growing its recently acquired Williams Gold property, located in central Newfoundland, where a gold rush seems to be taking place.In a media statement, the junior explorer announced that it has staked an additional 50 claim units totaling 1,250 hectares near the project and south of the former producing Beaver Brook Antimony mine.In detail,...Read More
Open Mineral Exchange beat hopefuls to be named one of 56 Technology Pioneers of 2019 by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Zug, Switzerland, on July 1 for its trading platform.The Swiss trading platform wants to bring transparency to the metal concentrate markets, which enables buyers and sellers to swap assays, payment terms and trade via its online business-to-business platform.The platform is.....Read More
Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman warned today that additional interest-rate hikes will likely be approved moving ...Read More
“We are in a bond market bubble that’s beginning tounwind.” This is the statement of Alan Greenspan. Is heright? We invite you to read our today’s article about the US bond market andfind out whether it is in bubble or not – and what does it all mean for theprecious metals market. Bond yields are inan upward trend since 2016/2017. And they hit the accelerator aga...Read More
India imported more silver through the first four months of 2024 than it did in the entirety of last year.Indian silver imports totaled 4,172 tons of silver from January through April. That compares with 455 tons during the same period in 2023. India imported 3,625 tons of silver last year.India ranks as the world's number one silver consumer. According to a Reuters report, rising demand from the...Read More