The vaccines are coming – we’re saved! Although the arriving vaccines are great for humanity, they are bad for the price of gold.In November, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that their mRNA-based vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, had demonstrated evidence of an efficacy rate above 90% against COVID-19, in the first interim efficacy analysis. As Dr. Albert Bourla, Pfizer Chairman and CEO, said...Read More
Thefinal weeks of the tumultuous year that has been 2020 present opportunities forinvestors to get their financial houses in order ahead of the New Year.Nobodyknows what 2021 will bring. But new political risks are likely to emerge –including the threats of higher taxes and a more punitive IRS.Withcontrol of the U.S. Senate still up for grabs pending runoff elections inGeorgia next month, an...Read More
Brace yourselves, winter is coming! It may be a harsh period for the United States, but much better for gold.Some of you may have seen snow this year already, but the astronomical winter is still ahead of us. Unfortunately, it could be a really dark winter. Instead of joyful snowball battles and making snowmen, we will have to contend with the coronavirus . The vaccines will definitely help (the f...Read More
Ivanhoe Capital Acquisition Corp. is raising $200 million to invest in industries key to the global energy transition.Read full newsRead More
This is far bigger than the housing bubble of 2006...Read full newsRead More
Zimbabwe continues to lose money from its gold mine through illicit trade and government monopoly.Read full newsRead More
/PRNewswire/ -- All through history, people have found security in gold during good times and especially in times of crisis. There are many purported reasons...Read full newsRead More
Zimbabwe continues to lose money from its gold mine through illicit trade and government monopoly.Read full newsRead More
"Our monetary system is out of control, we no longer have the ability to manage it. Central banks around the world have no tools left and it's going to do what it's going to do. And we're just bystanders at this point, watching the train wreck. This is no longer one of those inevitable things, it is now an imminent thing. And that's what makes it such a terrifying time... you shouldn't wish living...Read More
The project "plans to test out a controversial theory that global warming can be stopped by spraying particles into the atmosphere that would reflect the sun's rays."Continue...Read More
"If we find another and we take a photo and it looks like a light sail, I don't think anyone will argue with that."Continue...Read More
It's a bit early to be declaring "best-ofs" for a year that's just two days old. But this is a lock. Of all the great interviews sure to appear between now and December 31, none Continue...Read More
Commentary on America's overvalued stock market can be found pretty much everywhere these days. These arguments are compelling, and are becoming more so as stocks keep rising.Continue...Read More
Georgia election data indicates at least 30,000 votes were removed from President Donald Trump and another 12,173 votes were switched to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, data scientists testified on Dec. 30 during a state Senate hearing.Read More
Something's peculiar here. It's also possible that this is a false flag effort.Continue...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.By William Tankard, Principal Analyst and Hun Hao Chuah, Senior Research Analyst. Driven by a growing list of stakeholder requirements and an explosion in creative solutions, we expect the mining industry to accelerate its adopti...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.Sentiment surrounding coronavirus (COVID-19) has dominated markets and copper price movements so far in 2020. As a result of the virus, near-term global demand is softening, and the copper market is facing oversupply as a period...Read More
RAPAPORT... Russia has begun its chairmanship of the Kimberley Process (KP) after the organization deferred the role by a year due to disruption stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic.The country will chair the KP in 2021, having been scheduled to hold that position in 2020, while Botswana's chairmanship will occur in 2022, instead of this year. The KP took the decision in August after receiving...Read More
RAPAPORT... A new project to combat undisclosed synthetics has launched in India, offering retailers low-cost screening and inscription using a model based on gold hallmarking.Naturalmark will place tamper-proof seals on parcels of loose diamonds, as well as laser-inscribing finished jewelry, enabling transparency at a consumer level, Surat-based Gourav Sethi, its founder, told Rapaport News...Read More
IDEX Online) - Canadian explorer Star Diamond says it is encouraged by the gems recovered from the ninth of 10 bulk sampling trenches at its Star-Orion South project.It announced a total of 3,534 diamonds weighing 210.68 carats, among them three larger Type IIa stones, weighing 10.13, 8.10 and 7.29 carats. Altogether there were 25 diamonds weighing one carat or more.Inn 2018 an independent prelimi...Read More