Royal Road Minerals has released results from its recently completed diamond drilling program at the Luna Roja gold project in Nicaragua.The Luna Roja project is part of a strategic alliance agreement with Hemco Mineros Nicaragua and is located in the highly prospective Golden Triangle region of northeastern Nicaragua. Mines in the region have been operating since the early 1900s.The first drillin...Read More

Sep 04, 2019 Guest(s): Peter Grandich petergrandich.com A more explosive gold market is on its way, and we may not see another equities bull market again for years, this according to Peter Grandich of petergrandich.com and the founder of trinity financial. "We're going to see a more explosive, a more volatile [gold market], and that's simply because so long as the stock market...one thing you do...Read More

Royal Road Minerals has released results from its recently completed diamond drilling program at the Luna Roja gold project in Nicaragua.The Luna Roja project is part of a strategic alliance agreement with Hemco Mineros Nicaragua and is located in the highly prospective Golden Triangle region of northeastern Nicaragua. Mines in the region have been operating since the early 1900s.The first drillin...Read More

A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday September 4.Please click...Read More

The three-month zinc price on the London Metal Exchange topped gains at the close of trading on Wednesday September 4, appreciating by almost 5% to close at its highest level since August 5, while the copper outright price closed at a two-week high. The three-month zinc contract ended the day's trading at $2,310 per tonne, closing above the nearby resistance level for the first time since early Au...Read More

Ahead of Fastmarkets' Battery Materials Europe conference in Amsterdam, find out what our industry experts think are the key drivers in the market and what's on the horizon. Fastmarkets will host a free web seminar on Wednesday September 18 at 3pm London time to discuss recent market moves in the battery raw materials sector. Click here to register for the webinar. Date Wednesday September 18, 201...Read More

Bob Moriarty ArchivesSep 4, 2019I recently had the privilege to participate in a webcast withETF Trends, talking about factors I like to see when investing in resource stocks. I’ve seen a surge in traffic to my gold website lately, 321gold.com,telling me that investors are buying into this new cycle. The webcast was for accredited investors, brokers, RIAs and money managers. It included...Read More

We're currently in the last phase of a gold bull rally, and this phase will see the most upside action, this according to Frank Giustra, chairman of Leagold.  I think we're in the third and final phase of the gold market that's started in 2001, and this will be the most explosive phase for gold," Giustra told Kitco News.  Giustra noted that past monetary policies of the Federal Reserve...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Wednesday September 4 that are worth another look.A sustained weakness in the United States' Midwest aluminium premium and increased barge freight rates pushed the estimated arbitrage between Southeast Asian warehouses and the United States to an 18-month low.Zinc premiums in Northern Europe have risen with falling zinc prices, while sp...Read More

Key data from Fastmarkets' Wednesday September 4 pricing session in Europe.Key driversThe ferro-titanium market is stable, with industry sources reporting deals done within the current price range and market attention turning to consumer tenders due in the next few weeks. Almost 120 tonnes of alloy was reported sold in the past few days, with more tonnages heard at the upper end of the latest asse...Read More

"Recession risk in the US is higher by virtue of the weak PMI numbers last night," Australia-based IG market analyst Kyle Rodda noted.Silver has continued to rise and shine, moving above US$19.40 an ounce on the spot market for the first time since September 2016.Gold reached a 6.5-year high yesterday of $1,547.10/oz and was earlier trading about $1,543/oz.Key global market indices closed lower ye...Read More

At its latest price of $89/t, iron ore is sitting close to the midpoint of the forecasts from big-name banks such as UBS, Goldman Sachs and Liberum Capital.Read More

An overview of the minor metals markets and their latest price moves.Read More

Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTAA few weeks ago we wrote that precious metals were at risk of a correction. First, they powered higher. But last week they ran into technical resistance levels that date back well beyond only a few years. This is true for Gold, Silver as well as the miner ETFs: GDX and GDXJ.Starting with Gold, we can see that it has struggled to get through $1550/oz. That's not a surp...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold is just a very solid move, almost straight up since gold's low in May - gold weekly chart:Read More

Turkish steel producers have bought several deep sea cargoes from various locations at heavily reduced prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday September 4.There were three confirmed cargoes today - two from the United States and another from the United Kingdom.A steel mill in the Marmara region purchased a UK cargo comprising 18,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $250 per tonne cfr. This compa...Read More

Key data from Fastmarkets' Wednesday September 4 pricing session in Europe.Key driversThe ferro-titanium market is stable, with industry sources reporting deals done within the current price range and market attention turning to consumer tenders due in the next few weeks. Almost 120 tonnes of alloy was reported sold in the past few days, with more tonnages heard at the upper end of the latest asse...Read More

The somber trading sentiment in Asia is turning exceedingly bearish, with ferrous scrap prices plunging to levels not seen for years, market sources told Fastmarkets."It's gloom and doom all over the place. No one has anything good to say about the ferrous scrap markets at this point in time," a trading manager in Singapore told Fastmarkets.Several of the key price points in Asia have shown sharp...Read More

While lack of progress on United States-China trade talks remains ever present, the potential removal of the logjam over Hong Kong seems to be providing some cheer across markets.Europe, Japan and the US are now suffering manufacturing contraction, but there are early signs that parts of China's economy are starting to recover. Following a rebound in the Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers' i...Read More

Ecuador and Colombia are neighbours in northwest South America and share similar geology. The Andes mountain range bisects both countries and both have an historical lack of exploration.Read More