"The Investing News Network looks back at gold's performance over the past year and what analysts expect in 2020. https://t.co/SQyUKArxQW #preciousmetals #gold #marketoutlook #investing"Read full newsRead More
"The gold price hit a second seven year high this week following an Iranian missile attack on two Iraqi military bases. https://t.co/NyzZRqPgzu #preciousmetals #gold #goldprice"Read full newsRead More
Velocity Minerals Ltd. announces that it has received initial drill results for its Sedefche Gold Project in Bulgaria.Read full newsRead More
"Peloton Advances All Four Gold Exploration Projects in 2019 and Announces Recommendations for Follow-up Exploration in 2020 https://t.co/BZVnluwz2E @pelotonminerals #ResourceNews #Gold #Silver $PMC"Read full newsRead More
Meat-free foods could go mainstream in the 20s, as everything from ethical consideration to climate change and cost efficiencies weigh on the agri sector. Four big names offer access to the huge growth market potential of alternative protein: Beyond Meat for a pure play, Nutrien for agri market dominance, and Restaurant Brands (TSX:QSR)(NYSE:QSR) and McDonald’s for less-direct exposure....Read More
If you are considering buying gold because you are looking for a safe haven to store some wealth, you are not alone.As we can see by gold’s steady appreciation over the last eight months, there have been many events that have served to increase fear in the markets.This has driven a number of people to get some initial exposure and increase it as the fear around the world continues to grow.Bu...Read More
Warren Buffett has often shot down gold as an investment when the topic has come up in the past. Over prolonged periods, the “magical metal was no match for the American mettle.” according to Buffett, who is no fan of the “unproductive asset” that is gold.Gold has become a hot topic again, with tensions building the Middle East. While many folks see gold as an excellent ins...Read More
Photo courtesy of Tugliq Energy and Raglan Mine, a Glencore Company, 2019 award recipient.The Art of mining, PwC Canada's annual photography contest celebrating the Canadian mining industry at home and abroad is back.Canadian mining companies are reimagining the way they work to prepare themselves for growth in the long term. The speed of technological change is unrelenting, and the industry is f...Read More
Piles of Salt, Salar de Uyuni Bolivia Luca Galuzzi - Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Investment in battery manufacturing plants and electric vehicle factories continues to boom around the world, but for now the market for lithium shows no signs of emerging from a four-year slump. Prices for the raw material used in lithium-ion batteries fell again at the end of last year, according to the D...Read More
The 2020 Consumer Electronics Show is in full swing out in Las Vegas, and already, big ideas are being announced.Toyota may just have the biggest, not only in ambition but in actual physical size.Here it is...What we're looking at here is a rendering of what Toyota is calling Woven City, a nod to its origin as a maker of automatic looms.The small city will sit not far from Mount Fuji in Japan, hou...Read More
Jan 10, 2020 Guest(s): Phillip Streible Chief Market Strategist, Blue Line Futures Gold's solid fundamentals are set to see prices head higher, and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are simply "green shoot" events that offer traders and investors a short-term opportunity to take gains, this according to Phil Streible, chief market strategist of Blue Line Futures. "I think the underlying f...Read More
Credit: BDG International Inc. New ocean shipping regulations could have a big impact this year.Under International Maritime Organization (IMO) rules that came into effect on Jan. 1, emissions from fuel used in ocean carriers cannot exceed a sulphur content of 0.5%.With current sulphur content at about 3.5%, the coming switch to low-sulphur fuel is enormous, both as an undertaking and in its far-...Read More
High grade silver sample from Castle mine. Image from Canada Cobalt Works. Canada Cobalt Works (TSXV: CCW) announced Friday that assays from the second wedge hole at the Robinson Zone at Castle East, a new grassroots high-grade discovery in Ontario adjacent to three past producers, have returned 70,380 g/t silver (2,053 oz/ton) over 0.30 meters within a broader zone of 1.4 meters 20,136 g/t...Read More
Fosterville operation in Australia. Photo by Kirkland Lake Gold Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX, NYSE: KL) has announced record gold production for the fourth quarter and full year 2019. Production in Q4 2019 reached 279,742 ounces, an increase of 21% from the 231,217 ounces for the same period in 2018, driven mainly by record quarterly production at the Fosterville mine in Australia.Full-year production...Read More
Premiums for primary foundry alloy in the United States and Europe were unchanged on Friday January 10 in an illiquid global market.Fastmarkets assessed the aluminium wheel alloy silicon 7 ingot/T-bar premium, dlvd dup over P1020A Midwest US at 7-10 cents per lb on Friday, unchanged from the previous monthly assessment and holding at an all-time low. With limited spot opportunities and abunda...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange consolidated higher at the close of trading on Friday January 10, edging slightly upward on moderately low turnover, while volatility in the aluminium complex saw strong stock moves make little change to its outright price.Aluminium's underlying price settled at $1,806 per tonne in the afternoon, a climb of just 0.1% over the day, while the total vol...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materialsmarkets and their price moves from the pastweek.Read More
An overview of the battery raw materialsmarkets and their price moves from the pastweek.Read More
Adam HamiltonArchivesJan 10, 2020 Gold dramatically surged to major new secular highs this past week, fueled by stunning geopolitical news. The US assassinated Iran's top general, so Iran fired ballistic missiles at military bases in Iraq used by the US. That naturally ramped gold bullishness, spawning all kinds of predictions for much-higher prices. But geopolitically-driven gold spikes never las...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday January 10. China UG2 chrome ore prices rose after South African sellers successfully raised their offer prices in response to the appreciation of the rand. Buying interest improved for chrome ore and there were reports of traders coming into the market to acquire material at the...Read More