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

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday September 26 that are worth another look.Traded volumes and open interest have remained high for the CME's aluminium premiums futures contracts even after spot market volatility eased this year, Sean Kessler, manager of metals products at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange said on Wednesday September 25.China's domestic stainless...Read More

Investors often ask"why do gold stocks often move at a much higher rate on a percentage basisthan the price of gold itself. The fact is that Gold stocks can giveinvestors much greater upside "leverage" over the price of gold bullion.For example, if the price of Gold moves from $1200 to $1400,the return is approximately 16%..Not bad! But with the same $200 increase ingold a $4 gold stock can rise t...Read More

Base metals, ferrous and crude all "clawed back some of the day's losses in the late afternoon", Marex Spectron's Dee Perera on the LME desk noted.The positive vibes sent the gold price lower, to about US$1,509 an ounce on the spot market earlier.Wesdome Gold (TSX: WDO) was the only gold equity to gain on the S&P/TSX Composite Index yesterday.It closed up 3.65% after announcing a significant i...Read More

FPX regained the asset, close to Centerra Gold's Mount Milligan gold-copper operation, when it paid US$4.Read More

Pizimolas is Orexplore's new general manager APAC.He also worked as general manager of SGS rival ALS's global mine site services business and has more than 20 years' experience as a metallurgical engineer."I strongly believe in the power of digital core tomographic imaging and the need to progress to more real time information from drilling than has previously been available," Pizimolas said. "The...Read More

Alumina prices are at a two year low and market participants at Fastmarkets' International Aluminium conference in Athens, Greece, are downbeat for the rest of the year, adding that the price floor had been lowered for alumina. Market sources gathering at the annual event on September 23-25 have reported continued offers for significant volumes of alumina they "just don't need" and expect demand b...Read More

The operation was suspended for security reasons in early August after an incident involving police where an unauthorised artisanal miner died and some equipment was damaged.Rosebel partially resumed operations four weeks ago and was expected to be fully ramped up in 30 days, IAMGOLD said.The company had last month reduced its 2019 attributable production guidance from 810,000-870,000 ounces to 76...Read More

Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro expects capacity usage at its bauxite and alumina division in Brazil to average 75-85% through the rest of 2019, and full capacity to be reached in 2021, while Minera????o Paragominas and Alunorte resume normal operations.Capacity usage is expected to be around 85-95% in 2020, the company said during its annual investor day in the Norwegian capital of Oslo...Read More

Europe's battery production capacity will have more than doubled by 2025 from the level in 2015, according to Eurobat, the Association of European Automotive & Industrial Battery Manufacturers.Battery production capacity in Europe will increase to at least 1,000GWh by 2025 from 440GWh in 2015, according to Gert Meylemans, the group's senior communications manager, speaking at Fastmarkets' Battery...Read More

SRSrocco The U.S. Treasury printed another $243 billion worth of paper money in 2018, with the majority being issued as $100 Federal Reserve Notes. What's interesting is that the Reserve Banks estimated the number of notes they were going to remove from circulation and destroy accounted for 75% of the U.S. Treasury 2018 print order. However, according to the FederalReserve.gov website, the c...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold is rocking and rolling back and forth without a trend:Read More

The Turkish steel mills have continued to book deep-sea scrap for November shipments, keeping prices fairly stable, sources said on Thursday September 26.A steel mill in the Izmir region booked a Baltic Sea cargo on Thursday, comprising 30,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $223.50 per tonne and 5,000 tonnes of bonus at $233 per tonne cfr.Another steel mill in the Marmara region also booked a Baltic...Read More

Fastmarkets is extending until October 15 the consultation period for its proposal to discontinue five of its precious metals prices.Fastmarkets made this decision because the responses received to date have identified a need to conduct more in-depth consultation into the usage of and need for these prices.The prices being proposed for discontinuation are as follows:Platinum min 99.9% Europe Free...Read More

The acquisition of processed graphite represents a potential reputational risk for participants in the battery sector, according to Adam Panayi, managing director of battery analyst RHO Motion."There are reputational issues surrounding graphite processing, as well as cobalt," Panayi said at Fastmarkets' Battery Materials Europe 2019 conference in Amsterdam, September 26-27. "The leaching process o...Read More

Europe's battery production capacity will have more than doubled by 2025 from the level in 2015, according to Eurobat, the Association of European Automotive & Industrial Battery Manufacturers.Battery production capacity in Europe will increase to at least 1,000GWh by 2025 from 440GWh in 2015, according to Gert Meylemans, the group's senior communications manager, speaking at Fastmarkets' Battery...Read More

Come with me for a quick look in the rearview mirror on a career of courage, risk, and outrageous market calls.When I started Angel Publishing (the parent publisher of Energy and Capital) on January 1, 2004, my intention was to launch an entirely unique investment research company - one whose purpose was to identify trends years before Wall Street caught on and way before they entered into the mai...Read More

Here is what's new today on INK Ultra Money.1. The Cannabis Four Horsemen - Real Vision (free content)Todd Harrison, founding partner and chief investment officer of CB1 Capital Management, walks through how to take advantage of the recent volatility and liquidity concerns in the cannabis space. In this interview with Jake Merl, Harrison reviews his favorite cannabis stocks for sale, highlights...Read More

Domestic price sentiment in Europe for hot-dipped galvanized coil (HDG) has fallen over the past week due to slow market activity, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 26.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel HDG, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was ?,?520-550 ($571-604) per tonne ex-works on September 25, down from ?,?550-570 per tonne ex-works. The assessment reflected deals an...Read More

Here is what's new today on INK Ultra Money.1. Peak Leverage at Peak Earnings - Real Vision (subscriber content)Why are bonds and stocks sending conflicting signals at investors? Andrew Lapthorne, global head of quant research at Societe Generale, helps answer this question in his conversation with Roger Hirst. In this conversation, you'll understand which markets have already priced in recession...Read More

European domestic prices for heavy steel plate have moved down across the region over the past week due to low buying activity, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 26."The market is slow and buyers expect prices to decline further," a representative of a European mill said. "Generally, the outlook is gloomy, because the situation in coil products across Europe is also pessimistic."Price...Read More