Mike Gleason: It is my privilege now to welcome in Dr. Stephen Leeb, Chief Investment Officer at Leeb Capital Management. Dr. Leeb has decades of experience in the financial markets and has even authored seven well regarded books, including best sellers The Coming Economic Collapse: How to Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel, and Game Over: How to Prosper in a Shattered Economy. He's also the...Read More
Gold rose 3.5 percent in the past week, and it could keep moving higher, particularly if stocks remain under pressure.The precious metal is also seeing improved emerging market physical demand.Analysts expect gold, after two quarters of weakness, to trade higher through next year.Patti Domm| @pattidomm Published 8 Hours AgoUpdated7 Hours AgoCNBC.com Regis Duvignau | ReutersAn employee checks a...Read More
Mining at the Gruyere project, a joint venture between Gold Road (ASX: GOR) and Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) in Western Australia, could begin as early as next month with first gold production expected to come in the second half of next year, the companies said Monday.Overall project engineering at the 270,000 ounce-a-year project, which is already more than A$100 million over its original budget...Read More
• A subdued USD demand helps regain positive traction at the start of a new trading week. • Reviving safe-haven demand, amid the prevalent cautious mood, remains supportive. • The bullish momentum seemed rather unaffected by a modest uptick in the US bond yields. Gold caught some fresh bids at the start of a new trading week and...Read More
XAU/USD: Gold prices pushed on; Expect stiff resistance at 1221.70 What is going on with XAU/USD? XAU/USD: Gold prices slipped below 1221.70 support on Friday's session and finished the last session at the bottom of the consolidation channel at 1217.75. Gold prices picked up from where it finished off in last week in today's opening trades and pushed prices back up to the top of the channe...Read More
Clive says don't worry that silver didn't have a big day like gold last Thursday. Clive also says we could see a BIG SPIKE in the silver price. Here's why...by Clive Maund via Streetwise ReportsUnlike gold and precious metals stocks, silver did not break out strongly on Thursday - although it rose, it did not break out at all, nor was volume exceptional, as we can see on its latest 6-month chart b...Read More
Spot gold remains supported above the confluence of S1 and the 21.6% Fibo retracement of the latest rally. Currently, gold is consolidating at $1,221/oz, slightly above the pivot and will continue to take cues from the stock markets and investor's risk appetite. There were a recent combination short covering and a flight to safety that lead to gold's rapid increase in price with t...Read More
The prices of base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower day-on-day at the close of trading on Monday October 15, with a softer US dollar having little effect on prices but trade tensions and weak stock markets keeping investors cautious.The three-month lead price rose by 1.6% over the afternoon to reach an intraday high of $2,116 per tonne, its highest level since September 4.Whil...Read More
Comex copper prices rose to a multi-week high in morning trading on Monday October 15 amid a weaker dollar and optimism from LME Week in London last week. The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 3.00 cents to $2.83 per lb - the highest since October 4. While the rest of the complex...Read More
Scientists with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, the University of Maryland and the Paulista State University in Brazil created a new gold-silver alloy with the idea of lightening the load and enhance the power of devices used by soldiers on the battlefield.In an article recently published in Advanced Optical Materials, the researchers explain how they are working on controlling the optical and...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices were rangebound amid a quiet market on Monday October 15 with uncertainties emerging over steelmaking restrictions in east China.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $71.66 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by $0.01 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $70.69 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by $0.01 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $76.34 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by...Read More
The world's biggest miner BHP on Tuesday upped its share in SolGold Plc, bolstering its position against top shareholder Newcrest Mining as it eyes SolGold's promising Cascabel copper-gold project in Ecuador.Under the deal, SolGold will issue a 100 million shares to the company, raising its stake to 11.2 percent from 6.0 percent.BHP has agreed to pay 45 pence per SolGold share, which is offered at...Read More
Australia's chronic shortage of Greenfields mineral discoveries can only be overcome by changing the sector's exploration, financing and training models, according to a keynote speaker at a major international geoscience forum in Adelaide today.Dr Hronsky urged the sector and geoscientists to "front-end load" the area selection process to target new search spaces and to better understand and explo...Read More
One in every twenty Europeans works in the automotive industry and the European Union believes that unless it catches up on battery technology, those jobs are at risk.That's why the group is planning to allow state aid for electric battery research and will offer billions to companies willing to build giant plants, it said Monday."Public investment in developing the battery industry in the EU is a...Read More
NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (Reuters) - India's September trade deficit hit its lowest level in five months at $13.98 billion, the country's trade ministry said in a statement on Monday.The figure is despite a rising oil import bill for India, the world's third-biggest crude importer, amid concerns that U.S. sanctions against Iran next month would remove a substantial volume of crude oil from the world mark...Read More
* Tensions mount over disappearance of Saudi journalist* IEA cuts forecasts for oil consumption and demand for OPEC crude* Gasoline crack spread at weakest since February 2017 (Updates with settlement prices, adds commentary)By Stephanie KellyNEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Oil prices steadied on Monday, supported by geopolitical tension over the disappearance of a Saudi journalist that has stoked wo...Read More
* Tensions mount over disappearance of Saudi journalist* IEA cuts forecasts for oil consumption and demand for OPEC crude* SocGen raises Brent forecast for fourth quarter (Updates throughout, changes dateline from BEIJING)By Christopher JohnsonLONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Crude oil futures rose on Monday as geopolitical tensions over the disappearance of a prominent Saudi journalist stoked supply wo...Read More
Australia's chronic shortage of Greenfields mineral discoveries can only be overcome by changing the sector's exploration, financing and training models, according to a keynote speaker at a major international geoscience forum in Adelaide today.Dr Hronsky urged the sector and geoscientists to "front-end load" the area selection process to target new search spaces and to better understand and explo...Read More
Oct 15 (Reuters) - Kazatomprom, the world's biggest uranium producer, said it will float up to a 25 percent stake in its planned initial public offering in London and Kazakhstan, as it looks to cash in on robust demand for the rare metal.Kazatomprom accounts for 20 percent of the world's uranium production and seven years on from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster, the beaten down uranium sector i...Read More
Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.India's renewables target of 175 GW capacity (100 GW of solar and 75 GW of wind) by 2022 is an ambitious endeavour. Even with significant cost declines, Wood Mackenzie expects about 76% of the target to be met by 2022 and this would s...Read More