For Part 1 of this interview, CLICK HEREFor Part 2 of this interview, CLICK HEREIn this final part of the series, Mike and Chris discuss the ramifications of the growing political divide in the USA. What are the solutions? What can we do? Stay tuned until the end for Mike's trademark answer to these most important questions.Christopher Martenson is a former American biochemical scientist. Currentl...Read More

Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada's largest independently owned securities firms. In 2001, Eric established Sprott Asset Management Inc. Over the years, Eric has personally been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including one of Investor Dig...Read More

Desperation continues at the Fed. They're expanding their balance sheet (again), but denying that it's QE, despite the fact that they've added almost $200 billion to their balance sheet in just a matter of days. Fed Chair Powell is also out-and-about pretending that everything is just fine. Central planners always box themselves into a corner. Neither lies, nor more counterfeiting can fix the trou...Read More

"Taken together with other deployments I have extended or authorized within the last month, this involves about 3,000 United States forces," the Pentagon chief said.Continue...Read More

In Canada, they are now fining people whose cell phone is visible in their car. You don't have to be using it at all. If it is simply visible it is deemed to be a distraction. Continue...Read More

Today's relief rally is brought to you by chastened US and Chinese trade negotiators who are now working on a "mini" trade deal that will apparently include a reduction in USContinue...Read More

Today's guest, Marco Janssen, shares his thoughts on the demise of the European Union. During our discussion we talk about negative rates, quantitative easing and the threat of a cashless society in the near future. Marco highlights why the EU experiment is revealing to the world that Central Bank policy is disastrous for humanity. To find out more about Marco Janssen visit the link here: http://w...Read More

The answer is very bad. The structure of the Eurozone is an absolute disaster. It is promoted as a single country, but it lacks everything that stands behind a Continue...Read More

The Federal Reserve's recent need to supply $100's of billions in new credit for the overnight repo market underscores the condition of dollar scarcity in the global financial system. Continue...Read More

The first portion of the trade deal will be written over the next three weeks, Trump said Friday afternoon. Continue...Read More

The Federal Reserve will be continuing its overnight funding operations through at least January 2020, the central bank announced Friday.Continue...Read More

Austenitic steel scrap prices in Europe and UK may have found the market floor after a month of substantial decreases, while chrome steel scrap prices have fallen sharply on weak demand and low ferrous costs, Fastmarkets heard on Friday October 11."I think [austenitic] prices have found a new level after the significant drops we have had in the past month," one scrap trader said. "Material has sta...Read More

Sentiment in the market for pig iron exports from the Commonwealth of Independent States has improved, with demand appearing in China and mills able to avoid further price reductions to their traditional outlets, Fastmarkets heard on Friday October 11.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for high-manganese pig iron, export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS, was $270-275 per tonne on October 10, narrow...Read More

Technical analyst Clive Maund charts a junior explorer and explains why he sees it as a speculative buy. Although we are generally aiming to gravitate towards the large and mid-cap gold stocks during the early stages of the sector bull market, it is worth considering smaller stocks from time to time, if they measure up fundamentally and technically. Goldcliff Resource Corp. (GCN:TSX.V) is one suc...Read More

Recent assays demonstrate high prospectivity between two existing zones. Pure Gold Mining Inc. (PGM:TSX.V; PUR:LSE) identified a new target area for discovery at its Madsen gold complex in Ontario, it announced in a news release. As such, the company expanded its current drill program by 20,000 meters (20,000m). The new area of interest, where Pure Gold hit mineralization on drilling and where ex...Read More

These results are from one of the company's high-priority regional prospects. Nighthawk Gold Corp. (NHK:TSX.V) announced in a news release results from eight more holes drilled over 2,328 meters (2,328m) at its Treasure Island gold project. Assay results are pending for the last nine holes of the total 19 drilled this year at Treasure Island, which sits on Nighthawk's Indin Lake property in Canad...Read More

Brazilian export prices for steel slab remained stable in the week ended Friday October 11 because few deals have been reported with producers cutting slab output as a consequence of the low prices.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob main port Brazil, was $370-380 per tonne fob on Friday, unchanged from the previous week.Producers continued to focus in the United State...Read More

The Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry announced permanent duties on steel billet, rebar and wire rod on October 10, effective from October 12, Egyptian sources told Fastmarkets.The permanent safeguard duty is 16% of the cif price and a minimum of $74 per tonne for steel billet from October 12, 2019 until April 11, 2020. The duty will fall to 13% and $60-per-tonne minimum payment on April 12,...Read More

Iranian semi-finished steel exporters resumed sales to China this week as customers in the country returned to the market after Golden Week holiday which took place from October 1-7.A 30,000-tonnes prompt shipment cargo was heard booked in China at $405-410 per tonne cfr. That would net back to $365-370 per tonne fob, market participants said. The deal has not been included in the assessment as sh...Read More

The price of stainless steel cold-rolled sheet in Europe was lower this week because of sustained pressure from poor demand, Fastmarkets heard on Friday October 11.Fastmarkets' price assessment for stainless steel cold-rolled sheet, 2mm, grade-304, transaction domestic, delivered North Europe, was ?,?2,350-2,400 ($2,587-2,642) per tonne on Friday, down by ?,?40-50 per tonne week on week.Many marke...Read More