Europe and United States' lithium battery-grade spot prices held steady over the week to Thursday October 8, with the market in wait-and-see mode, while the technical-grade hydroxide price rose for the first time in a year.Europe and US battery-grade spot prices held steady for the third consecutive week after posting losses in mid-September. Sources reported strengthening prices for technical-gra...Read More

Chile's SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world's second largest lithium producer, will voluntarily cut its use of fresh water and brine from the Atacama desert to mitigate the overall impact of its operations in one of the driest places in the world.The company, which produces lithium by pumping brine from beneath the desert and concentrating it through evaporation in pools, has committed to reduce its use...Read More

Shares of gold mining companies are well placed for a win-win outcome from November's U.S. election, according to MBMG Group Managing Director Paul Gambles.Read full newsRead More

Alianza Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V: ANZ, OTC: TARSF) ("Alianza" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the private placements of Flow-Through Shares and Units are now fully subscribed and the offerings will close shortly. The Flow-Through Shares were offered at $0.155 per share and the Unit offering is priced at $0.135 per unit, where each [...]Read full newsRead More

The gold mining company's plan has lost its luster.Read full newsRead More

Exploring for Zinc, Lead and Silver in Nevada and Titanium in MongoliaRead full newsRead More

Warren Buffett is considered one of the most value-focused investors of our time. And while it’s true that he has made fortunes investing in troubled companies and leveraging recessions, he isn’t always after the lowest valuation point. This was evident in the 2020 market crash when Buffett didn’t start buying after the market was about halfway into recovery.This also falls in li...Read More

Many years ago when I was first starting out in the work force, my mother always told me to put your money in Canada Savings Bonds. Giving away my age, at the time back in the 1970's I was getting as high as 19% on CSB's and even 90 day GIS's. Of course interest rates on loans and mortages were just as high back then to. I remember hearing about people having mortgages at 22% and even a bit higher...Read More

Torex Gold Resources Inc. (TSX: TXG) is an intermediate gold producer, based in Canada, engaged in the exploration, development, and operation of its 100% owned Morelos Gold Property, an area of 29,000 hectares in the highly prospective Guerrero Gold Belt, located 180 kilometres southwest of Mexico City. We learned from Jody Kuzenko, President and CEO of Torex Gold, that their assets in Mexico inc...Read More

It didn’t take long for the mining stocksto turn south once again. No wonder, given that their breakdown was more thanverified.Additionally, they also got bearish supportfrom gold, the stock market, and the USD Index, which also confirmed theirdecisive move. For more details, let’s take a closer look at the chart below. We've witnessed the USD's breakout andbreakdowns in the precious m...Read More

‘A complete paradigm shift will make gold the generational trade’ As we turn the calendar to October, often a daunting month for financial markets, the same toxic mix that has bedeviled the global economy for most of 2020 remains in full force – the pandemic, the crippled economy, the money printing, and the disheveled politics. For its part, gold held up under the pressure of a...Read More

In the five months between March and August this year, the price of silver increased from a fourteen-year low of $11.77 per ounce to a seven-year high of $29.26. That is a whopping gain of one hundred sixty-three percent.Meanwhile, gold’s price rose from its low of $1472 per ounce to a recent high of $2061. That represents a gain of forty percent, which is certainly a handsome number. N...Read More

Recent sentiment toward the yellow metal matched peak 2011 levels You may recall investor optimism that attended gold's then record high of $1921.50 in September 2011.A Gallup poll from that time period captured the prevailing sentiment. The Sept. 2, 2011 Elliott Wave Financial Forecast said a monthly publication which provides forecasts for major U.S. financial markets, said:Perhaps the stronges...Read More

Whether the market is foreign or domestic, equity, commodity or metal the grind is on. Speaking of grind, the one in gold has been expected as the metal builds out its big picture Handle to the bullish Cup with an objective that is much higher. Let’s take a look at a few NFTRH charts to gauge the grind in several markets and by extension, the grind many feel on their nerves these days. It&rs...Read More

Technical analyst Clive Maund takes a look at silver and explains why he believes it's a good time to build positions.More than a few traders are confused about what is going on with silver here after its recent reaction, but when we look at its long-term chart the situation quickly becomes clear. So we will start this update by looking at silver's 13-year chart in order to get big picture perspec...Read More

Technical analyst Clive Maund charts recent movements in the gold market and what they may indicate going forward.In the last Gold Market update we had thought that it might break out upside from the Triangle that was forming, mainly because of its positive Accumulation line coupled with favorable seasonal factors, but instead, after moving sideways for a while, it broke down, as we can see on its...Read More

Gold is trading really close to its 2011all-time high. This is obviously a critical level for the future of goldprices.Historically gold in US dollars often clearssignificant all-time highs only some time after significant currencies like theEuro and British pound.This is mainly due to US dollar behaviourduring times of significant risk aversion, like we’ve had this year and 2008,for example...Read More

IntroductionToday, we will take a look at the damage inflicted on this sectorby the recent sell-off and try to ascertain just what lies ahead for theprecious metals stocks involved in gold and silver mining.We will commence with look at the charts for gold and silverprices followed by a comparison of gold’s progress versus that of the Gold BugsIndex (HUI) and conclude with what lies in store...Read More

Brazilian iron ore producer Vale will enter into a 50:50 joint venture with China-based Ningbo Zhoushan Port Co to double capacity at the Shulanghu port in the eastern Chinese city of Zhoushan, 290 kilometers south of Shanghai, it said on Friday October 9. Capital expenditure for the project, called West III, is estimated at 4.3 billion yuan ($633 million) to install a stockyard and loading berths...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday October 8 that are worth another look.The European Commission (EC) has set definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of hot-rolled flat stainless steel products from Indonesia, China and Taiwan, it announced in a document published on Tuesday October 6.Read More