(Kitco News) - Gold prices are moderately lower in early-afternoon U.S. trading Monday, pressured by a return of trader and investor risk appetite to the world marketplace to start the trading week—despite some potentially disruptive elements that still loom over the stock and financial markets. A stronger U.S. dollar index on this day also worked against the precious metals markets. Decembe...Read More
South Africa's Lonmin (LON:LMI), the struggling platinum producer in the process of being taken over by rival Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL), said Monday it had raised $200 million through a metal-for-loan deal with a state-backed Chinese company.Under the deal, Lonmin will repay most of the loan by delivering platinum and palladium over a three year period to a subsidiary of Jiangxi Cop...Read More
Image: freemind-production/Shutterstock.com(Kitco News) - Sotheby’s gold auction that featured a gold Ferrari and a gold Kate Moss sculpture among other items collected a total of $3.9 million in sales.The first ever gold auction, titled ‘The Midas Touch,’ was organized due to rising demand for the precious metal, according to Sotheby’s. The exclusive event was held Oct. 17...Read More
Glencore chief executive officer Ivan Glasenberg is said to be planning to retire from the commodities trader and miner in three to five years, and has even begun training a small group of front runners to take over the post.Glasenberg (62), whose strategic brilliance has made Glencore's - and his own - prodigious fortune, is coaching three to four people to succeed him in the job, Bloomberg repo...Read More
Mr. Darin Wagner reportsBALMORAL INITIATES BOREHOLE EM SURVEY ON GRASSET NICKEL TARGETSBalmoral Resources Ltd. has commenced a borehole electromagnetic survey, managed by Discovery Int'l Geophysics Inc., on a series of recently completed and continuing drill holes, which are targeting nickel-copper-cobalt-platinum-palladium mineralization within the Grasset ultramafic complex on the company's whol...Read More
(Kitco News)- Gold prices are holding moderate losses and have slightlyextended overnight declines, as midday approaches. The U.S. dollar index hasmoved to its daily high, which has added some downside pressure on the gold andsilver markets.However, losses in gold are being somewhat limited byongoing concerns about the health of the U.S. stock market following recentselling pressure that did produ...Read More
(Kitco News) - Large speculators cut their net-bearish positioning by more than half during the most recent reporting week for data compiled by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.During the week-long period to Oct. 16 covered by the data, Comex December gold rose by $39.50 to $1,231 an ounce, while December silver climbed 30.1 cents to $14.701.BMO Capital Markets said gold prices rallied on...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded lower Monday after closing last week with a gain of 0.4%.The S&P 500 also fell into negative territory. The S&P 500 has closed lower in 10 of the past 12 sessions.Hasbro Inc. (HAS) tumbled 3.1% after the toymaker posted third-quarter earnings and revenue that missed expectat...Read More
Spot gold remains above chart support that starts around $1,220 an ounce, says MKS (Switzerland) S.A. “Trade concerns between the U.S. and China remain elevated and the ongoing U.S.-Saudi tensions are likely to continue to underpin a bid tone for bullion over the near term,” MKS says. “Supportive price action around $1,210-$1,220 should restrict declines amid current global polit...Read More
BASF and Nornickel have established a strategic partnership centered around battery materials for electric vehicles, including a feedstock supply deal and co-located facilities, the companies said.The European chemical company has selected Harjavalta, Finland, as the first location for battery materials production that will serve the European automotive market. The plant will be constructed adjace...Read More
The metals continue to pick up strength and look like they are getting ready to blast off. The key here is not to be too impatient and force the trade too early. There will be plenty of time to enter, but the key levels right now are $1,220-$1,240.After breaking out to the upside a couple of weeks ago, gold has found new support within its new consolidation range. The action has been bullish and i...Read More
Editor's Note: Welcome to Kitco's new Bitcoin Daily Technical Alert. Every trading day veteran Kitco technical analyst Jim Wyckoff will provide you with a concise and easy-to-understand near-term technical brief on Bitcoin. Importantly, Jim will glean the short-term charts and technical studies, and then alert you to the signals he sees regarding upcoming potential bigger price moves or price tren...Read More
Doina Chiacu, David DolanWASHINGTON/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - White House adviser Jared Kushner said on Monday he had urged Saudi Arabia’s crown prince to be transparent about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, and told him “the world is watching” Riyadh’s account of the journalist’s disappearance.Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of Crown Prince Mohammed bin...Read More
Chris Prentice, Frank Jack DanielNEW YORK/MEXICO CITY(Reuters) - The new North American trade agreement ends key legal protections for many U.S. businesses operating in Mexico, leaving their operations exposed to a risk they had avoided under the old trade deal: Mexico’s court system.For thousands of U.S. firms, the change could add complications and uncertainty to doing business south of th...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were higher across the board by the close of trading on Monday October 22, with prices elevated despite a slightly weaker US stock market opening in addition to a strong US dollar index. Despite a fresh cancelation of more than 25,000 tonnes from LME-listed warehouses in Singapore, the three-month aluminium price drifted down from its intraday high o...Read More
The shock of past downward projections belies the true value of established gold miner Guyana Goldfields' Aurora gold mine, says Investor's Digest of Canada junior mining stock columnist Mike Kachanovsky. He calls Guyana a bargain stock and says a rebound in this sector is long overdue.There is a lot of commentary circulating in the precious metals sector about where the final bottom may be found...Read More
(Updates with closing prices)By Pratima DesaiLONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Copper prices hit one-week highson Monday due to expectations of stronger demand afterauthorities in top consumer China said they would take measuresaimed at bolstering growth and liquidity.Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange endedup 0.3 percent at $6,242 a tonne. It earlier touched $6,331.50 atonne, the highest sinc...Read More
Comex copper prices traded at one-week high in the US morning on Monday October 22 amid hopes for added Chinese stimulus measures. The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 2.65 cents to $2.8045 per lb. The complex is broadly higher on strong macroeconomic data, especially from China. "They are receiving buoyancy from sharply rising.....Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesOct 23, 2018Investors are funny. You can go to the chat boards and read about Novo Resources that had an incredible run in 2017 and read about how unhappy investors are that the price of shares has gone down. It’s my entire fault or it’s Quinton’s fault or it’s Eric Sprott’s fault. It’s everyone’s fault except the investors who wanted...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices are modestly down in early U.S. trading Monday, pressured a bit by a return of trader and investor risk appetite to the world marketplace—despite potentially disruptive elements that still loom over the stock and financial markets. December gold futures were last down $3.20 an ounce at $1,225.50. December Comex silver was last down $0.01 at $14.64 an ounce.Global s...Read More