By: Jan Nieuwenhuijs, Voima GoldAn interview with the gentlemen behind the website "WTF Happened in 1971?" The last remnants of the gold standard were abandoned in August 1971, when President of the United States Richard Nixon decided to close the gold window (foreigners couldn't redeem dollars for gold at the Treasury anymore). From 1945 until 1971, the U.S. dollar was backed by gold, and serv...Read More

I've been wondering what might provide the catalyst to push the Dow above 30,000, and this may be it, from Bloomberg: "A strain of virus spreading in Chinese pigs has shown it can also infect humans, with researchers suggesting that another pathogen with pandemic potential waits in the wings behind Covid-19." There's no telling how much stimulus we'd see if a new virus takes wing before we've...Read More

Industrial metal demand and energies demand will be much higher than the second quarter. World will never be in lockdown mode for the rest of the year. Cities, localities, districts may be locked down but never a nation. Demand for metals and energies will be there. Pace of demand will vary each month in every nation. Human have to live with COVID. Wearing mask and other precautions need to be t...Read More

*This interview was recorded on June 26thJim Rogers, renowned investor and financial commentator, discusses current market themes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Where is the US Dollar, gold, and silver headed given the expansive monetary policies aimed at combating virus-induced economic fallout? Will the Euro move beyond its current problems in relation to the conflict between the ECB and Germany's...Read More

Today marks a grim milestone as the world crosses the 10 million covid-19 cases threshold, as well as half a million dead from the virus.And the counts keep rising.Christopher Martenson is a former American biochemical scientist. Currently he is a writer and trend forecaster interested in macro trends regarding the economy, energy composition and environment. He is the founder of PeakProsperity.co...Read More

I present the most important chart in precious metals right now and I explain why.Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT is a Chartered Market Technician and member of the Market Technicians Association.. He is the publisher and editor of TheDailyGold Premium, a publication which emphasizes market timing and stock selection for the sophisticated investor, as well as TheDailyGold Global, an add-on service for subsc...Read More

Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom,...Read More

Topics:Air going back into the bubble is fueling Q2's phony rally from Q1.Spectacular gains in the gold stocks eclipse the gains in the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P.Gold breaking out and stealing the spotlight from Bitcoin.The dollar privilege, enjoyed by all Americans, is about to go away.When the dollar loses its reserve status, gold will take its place.Congress and the Fed open the door for reparations...Read More

The junior miners are a notoriously thinly traded and volatile sector. Let them catch the collective eye of millions of momentum traders and there's no real limit to their upside - or at least to their volatility.Continue...Read More

Gold's worst ever bear market (2011-15) is behind us and gold is positioned for new highs of over $2,000 per ounce in the short run and much higher over the next several years.Continue...Read More

Trump can appeal to the base all he wants, but he better do something about independents, race relations, and immigration. Instead, Trump has Continue...Read More

An interview with the gentlemen behind the website "WTF Happened in 1971?"Continue...Read More

The city of Wuhan, China, is back making headlines again - this time as the place of origin for one of the biggest gold counterfeiting scams ever.Continue...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.The latest forecast of global oil country tubular goods (OCTG) consumption paints a stark picture of the slowdown in demand from the energy industry in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak and subsequent oil and gas retreat.For 2020, total global consumption is expected to amount to 13.2 million tonnes, a decline of nearly 3.5...Read More

In conversation with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable, the president and CEO of Riverside Resources describes his company's option agreement with Hochschild Mining and plans to move the Los Cuarentas Gold-Silver Project forward. Maurice: Today, we're going to highlight Riverside Resources Inc. (RRI:TSX.V; RVSDF:OTCQB), a project generator that just consummated a definitive option agreement...Read More

Brazilian iron ore export volumes increased by 1.3% year on year in June, according to figures released by the country's economy ministry on Wednesday July 1.Shipment volumes totaled 30.05 million tonnes last month, compared with 29.66 million tonnes in June 2019.Exports also rose by 40% from May's total of 21.5 million tonnes.In May, there were concerns about the supply of iron...Read More

Industry associations up and down the steel and metals supply chain applauded the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade pact going into effect on Wednesday July 1.The update to the North American Free Trade Agreement - which previously governed trade between the three nations - should increase demand while also assuring that essential cross-border supply chains remain intact, the Ame...Read More

Gold miners’ stocksrocketed out of mid-March’s stock panic, breaking out to major new bull-markethighs in mid-May.  Such blisteringly-fastgains, and gold stocks’ upleg stalling out since, have left many tradersnervous about this sector.  Calls for aserious selloff are mounting.  But arguingin favor for more near-term gains to come, gold stocks never grew overvalued...Read More

Industrial metal demand and energies demand will be much higher than the second quarter. World will never be in lockdown mode for the rest of the year. Cities, localities, districts may be locked down but never a nation. Demand for metals and energies will be there. Pace of demand will vary each month in every nation. Human have to live with COVID. Wearing mask and other precautions need to be t...Read More

China will ban the import of all solid waste from 2021 for environmental reasons, but ferrous scrap will not be affected by the move.Well-placed sources with deep knowledge of government policy told Fastmarkets on Wednesday July 1 that the ban - announced by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment a day earlier - does not affect imports of the steelmaking raw material.Import restrictions imposed s...Read More