XAUUSD, H1 Gold got the anticipated “G20” early month lift at open today following Fridays monthly close over the important $1220 level. The weakening US dollar, relief rally in Asian equities both added to demand for Gold. The Asian session breached $1225 and follow through buying continued through the European session and into the US open. R2 and new “line in th...Read More
Following the completion of its 2018 resource expansion drilling program, Fiore Gold (TSXV: F) announced today that it has updated the resource estimate for its Pan open pit mine in White Pine County, Nevada.The updated resource estimate includes Measured and Indicated (M+I) resources of 27.6 million tonnes grading 0.49 g/t containing 432,000 ounces of gold and Inferred Resources of 7.6 million to...Read More
Participants in the seaborne coking coal spot market stayed on the sidelines on Tuesday December 4 even as bids on the Global Coal trading platform climbed.A bid for a January-loading shipment in the branded segment was made at $234 per tonne fob Australia on the platform during the day, market sources said. This compares with $230 per tonne fob Australia just a day earlier. "I am not aware of any...Read More
GOLD Spot gold advanced 0.75% since Monday's opening and hit new nearly one-month high at $1232, advancing on weaker dollar after US/China trade ceasefire deal.The yellow metal regained traction after Thu/Fri rejection on both direction, which signaled indecision as markets were awaiting signals from G20 meeting. Fresh advance emerged from European session correction low at $1229 and probe aga...Read More
Silver looks to be creating a bearish pattern over the past few years. Could this bearish pattern end up being bullish for Silver?This chart takes a look Silver on a monthly since the 1970's. Numerous times Silver created a bearish ascending triangle at each (1). When this pattern forms, the majority of the time the asset falls in price by a large percent.Silver bucked the odds at each (1) and bro...Read More
Gold futures on Monday climbed to their highest finish in a month, as a cease-fire in the trade skirmish between the U.S. and China weakened the dollar, which has been the de facto haven amid tariff conflagrations between the world's largest economies. "We remain committed to the idea that both gold and silver are physical commodity markets in need of a lifting of global economic headwinds from t...Read More
2018 has been rough on Gold Miners, as they've declined a large percentage. The decline has this key ratio testing dual support to start off the week.This chart looks at the GDXJ/GDX ratio (Junior Miners/Senior Miners) over the past 8-years. If you are bullish miners, you prefer to see this ratio moving higher.The decline this year has the ratio testing the bottom of its 2-year trading range and r...Read More
Published9:22PM ET Sun,2 Dec 2018Updated 3:37PM ET Mon,3 Dec 2018Reuters Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGold will continue to shine amid a weak dollar, says author and gold pro Jim Rickards.Gold gained one percent on Monday, hitting its highest in more than three weeks, boosted by a sell-off in the dollar after the United States and China called a truce on fresh trade tariffs for 90 day...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices rose on Monday in Asia while the dollar dropped after news that the U.S. and China agreed to put any new tariffs on hold for 90 days.Gold futures for February delivery on the?EUR?Comex?EUR?division of the New York Mercantile?EUR?Exchange traded 0.25% higher at?EUR?$1,229.10?EUR?a troy ounce by?EUR?10:24 PM ET (03:24 GMT).?EUR?The precious metal has gained momentum since...Read More
• USD weakens across the board on US-China trade truce and helped regain traction. • Bullish traders seemed rather unaffected by a fresh wave of the global risk-on trade. • Fed rate hike expectations fail to hinder the momentum ahead of US data/Fedspeaks. Gold regained positive traction at the start of a new trading week and cli...Read More
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver's Taseko Mining has made an all-share offer for Yellowhead Mining of Calgary that values the smaller company at $15.1 million. Taseko proposes to acquire all the issued and outstanding Yellowhead shares by issuing approximately 1.15 Taseko shares for each share of Yellowhead.Yellowhead is the owner of the Harper Creek copper-gold-silver project about 90 km from Kamloop...Read More
WOLFSBURG - Volkswagen's strategy chief said on Tuesday the German carmaker's core brand will develop its final generation of vehicles using combustion engine technology in 2026.Volkswagen made a strategy shift toward battery-driven vehicles in the wake of a damaging diesel-emissions cheating scandal in 2015, which forced the carmaker to pay more than 27 billion euros in fines for hiding excessive...Read More
BELGRADE - Serbia's mining industry could expand to 5 percent of national output by 2023 if foreign investors keep commitments to plough millions of dollars into copper and lithium production, its mining minister said.The sector currently accounts for 1 percent of Serbia's gross domestic product. But since 2000, when a decade of isolation of the former Yugoslavia ended, more than 40 foreign compan...Read More
Ivan Glasenberg said there will be a generational shift at the top of Glencore Plc over the next few years, suggesting a period of upheaval for the world's largest commodity trader that's unprecedented in its short history as a public company.Glasenberg said he's actively looking for the next chief executive and plans to retire in the next three to five years. He also announced the retirement of t...Read More
The global hunt for high-quality, low-risk copper assets that are ready for construction is about to get tougher after Teck Resources Ltd. sells a stake in one of the few deals available.Sumitomo Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. agreed to pay $1.2 billion for 30 percent of the Compa??ia Minera Teck Quebrada Blanca SA project in northern Chile. The mine, which will require an estimated investmen...Read More
The Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines' latest statistical report reveals that, in the 10th month of the year, the country's gold output fell by 6.3% when compared to October of 2017. This, despite the fact that Minera Yanacocha, which is the main producer of the yellow metal, grew its output by 8.1%.Copper production, on the other hand, fell by 3.8% in October when compared to the previous yea...Read More
Following a very detailed process, Miramont Resources (CSE: MONT) finally received a drilling permit for its Cerro Hermoso project in southern Peru. The permit was granted after a series of assessments conducted by the Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines -known as MEM- to determine if Indigenous groups could be affected by the Canadian miner's activities. "We are very happy to begin our drill pr...Read More
Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.A | TECK.B)(NYSE:TCK), Canada's largest diversified miner, has chosen Japan's Sumitomo as partner to go ahead with a planned $4.8 billion expansion of the Quebrada Blanca copper mine in northern Chile.Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corporation will pay $1.2 billion to Teck for a 30% stake in the Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 project - $800 million earn-in contribution and...Read More
Source: BloombergRelief that an escalation in the trade war between the US and China has been avoided - at least for now - sparked a huge rally in mining stocks on Monday.Gold closed at a one-month high just shy of $1,240 an ounce, iron ore continued to climb from recent lows above $66 a tonne and while the rally in the price of copper had fizzled out by afternoon trading, it did not stop investor...Read More
Glencore Plc is updating investors Monday as the world's biggest commodities trader nears the end of a tough year. The company's faced challenges spanning the Democratic Republic of Congo to Russia and a U.S. Department of Justice probe that have weighed on its shares. There comes a time where the younger generation needs to take over - Ivan Glasenburg.Here are the latest developments, to be upda...Read More