Oil, like just about everything else that is related to the markets, bottomed around the March / April 2020 pandemic crash low. The oil complex had been one of the worst performing areas even underperforming the PM complex if that is possible. When oil did bottom it did so in dramatic fashion capitulating hard to the downside in one last climatic thrust.I built a few new combo chart this weekend,...Read More
Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipGlobal Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew drilling results relased by the firm today included 97.21 g/t gold (58.55 g/t cut) over 5.05 metres and 525.28 g/t A...Read More
Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Uranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSORED"Fiona will deliver Fortescue's global metals strategy - to be the most successf...Read More
Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Uranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDThe ongoing rivalry between the world's fourth and third-largest gold miners by...Read More
In terms of the expected cost of coal sales, Alpha is guiding to a range of US$106-$112.00t for metallurgical coal next year, reflecting inflation led by higher labour and supply costs.Read More
Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Uranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDThe legislation would impose a contract on four railroad unions and end a threat...Read More
Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Uranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDLondon is awash with rumours of a bidding war between Jiangxi, the largest coppe...Read More
(IDEX Online ) - A platinum necklace with 104.84 carats of D-color diamonds sold for $5.9m at Christie's Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels Sale.It was the top lot in an auction that netted a total of over $46m.Just over $11m of that was from the sale of 51 pieces from a collection including Cartier, Buccellati, Bulgari, Van Cleef & Arpels, Louis Vuitton, and Boghossian that belonged to retired...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Lucara has announced increased forecasts for 2023 diamond sales and recoveries.The Canadian miner expects to sell $200m to $230m from its 100 per cent owned Karowe mine, in Botswana, an increase on it 2022 forecast of $185m to $215m.It forecasts sales of 385,000 to 415,000 carats (up from 300,000 to 340,000 carats in 2022) and expects to recover 395,000 to 425,000 carats (an increa...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Over 1,000 high-end watches, with an estimated value of over $10m, have been stolen from a safe deposit facility in Berlin.They were being stored by Watchmaster, one of Europe's largest pre-owned watch traders, mostly on behalf of customers who were selling them.Many of the watches were Rolex, Patek Philippe, Omega, Audemars Piguet and Breitling, according to the company'...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Australian miner Newfield Resources says it has secured finance to expand the development of its Tongo Diamond Mine, in Sierra Leone.It has entered into an asset purchase and sales agreement with New York-based DelGatto Diamond Finance Fund (DDFF), at a time when miners globally are struggling to attain credit. Details of the arrangement were not disclosed.Newfield took over Tongo...Read More
Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Uranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSORED"At this stage the eventual outcome clearly remains uncertain," RBC Capital Mark...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 2 points in pre-opening trade.The Canadian Dollar slipped 0.15 to US73.92 cents following release of Canada's September real GDP report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for the third quarter was an annualized gain of 1.5% versus a gain of 3.3% in the second quarter. Actual was a gain of 2.9%.Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS.TO $71.46...Read More
It's official - good times are here again!Black Friday's sales set a new record this year, up 2.3% over 2021. Thanksgiving online sales were also up 2.9%. So don't listen to any gloom and doom talk about a recession. Just look at the numbers.That's what they'll tell you. Well, here's what they won’t tell you:All of those sales figures are nominal. In other words, they don't account for infla...Read More
The midterm elections, the "most important elections of our lifetimes," are over. Whoever won, it wasn't really going to change much. Today's system is simply too deeply entrenched.While the much-touted differences between America’s political parties get obsessive, hysterical attention, the sameness of Imperial corruption, waste and squalor regardless of who’s in power gets little noti...Read More
Say what you will about old industrial era titans like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, George Westinghouse, or J.J. Hill. At least they created steel mills, oil refineries, electrical equipment plants and rail lines, the infrastructure of prosperity.But Twitter? At the end of every day, is there any legacy value in anything that resides within the Twitter ether? If Twitter didn't exist, woul...Read More
Let's discuss the so-called "tech" sector for just a moment and how it turned into stock market roadkill in 2022.Then we'll address how it sets up a favorable new investment climate for hard assets in the coming year.I admit, I have little use for the tech sector except to say that what we in the West call tech isn't really tech. Most of it is hyped-up relational database vaporware. And if much of...Read More
The midterm elections are over (no Red Wave), but nothing has changed. In fact, the Biden regime will probably become even more emboldened to pursue destructive economic policies because it will interpret the lack of a Red Wave as some kind of mandate.Every day seems to be a day of spin, with every regime apologist assuring the public that inflation is getting better. Just look at the wonderful tr...Read More
Can a culture divorce itself from its currency? We are not half so convinced that it can.That is one reason we fear for the American future.We fear its currency is anchored to its culture - a declining culture, by our lights - a culture run to strange and often preposterous settings.It is only proper that this low and debased culture merits a debased currency - the debased dollar.Let us then consi...Read More
This week's podcast features Christelle Kupa, a sustainable finance expert and global impact investor with experience spanning international banking, sustainable investing for developing countries, with a strong focus in Africa. Christelle is the CEO of Uhusiano Capital, which she founded in 2016 to facilitate better business in the African impact investing sector, with a particular interest in ag...Read More