In his latest interview with Jim Goddard, Bob Hoye from ChartsandMarkets.com explains how the end of a powerful move in commodities ends up in a bust. That sets up a subsequent mania in financial assets which also does not end well. Click to listenAs is custom in his broadcasts, Hoye puts today's financial world in riveting and sometimes eerie historical perspective.This is what happens, you go...Read More

Why are Armenians fighting over the controversial Amulsar gold mining project and how does it affect the country's new government?Read full newsRead More

Carter Worth, Cornerstone Macro, on whether there's a gold rally on the horizon. With CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders, Tim Seymour, Steve Grasso, Jeffrey Mills and Guy Adami.Read full newsRead More

Carter Worth, Cornerstone Macro, on whether there's a gold rally on the horizon. With CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders, Tim Seymour, Steve Grasso, Jeffrey Mills and Guy Adami.Read full newsRead More

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Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed at the close of trading on Friday February 1, with most futures prices ending the week higher amid continued weakness in the US dollar index and LME stock drawdowns. Despite consolidating 0.5% lower over the afternoon, copper's three-month price remains well supported above $6,100 per tonne. While on-warrant material is now above 100,000 t...Read More

Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose Friday after the U.S. created more jobs than expected in January. Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)   fell 5.4% after the online retailing giant reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street's forecasts but issued first-quarter guidance that was below expectations.Exxon Mobi...Read More

The London Metal Exchange has outlined the terms in which it will conduct its electronic price discovery trial of nickel, introducing a trade-at-settlement (TAS) functionality and setting out a scheduled start date of March 18, the exchange said in a notice to members on Friday February 1. The electronic trial will last for three months and will end on June 18, 2019. Closing prices for nickel will...Read More

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Courts in Brazil have ruled that up to 12.6 billion Reais ($3.44 billion) of Vale's assets and resources will be frozen after the rupture of a tailings dam at Vale's C??rrego do Feij??o iron ore mine, the miner stated on Friday February 1.The federal prosecutors' office, state prosecutors and the state government of Minas Gerais, where Feij??o is located made most of the complaints. Additionally,...Read More

Adam HamiltonArchivesFeb 01, 2019 Silver recently started outperforming gold again, a watershed event. For long years this white metal has mostly lagged the yellow one, relentlessly battering silver sentiment. But gold surging into year-end 2018 finally sparked some life into moribund silver. This is a bullish sign, as silver has soared in the past once rising prices reach critical mass in attract...Read More

First Quantum Minerals has resumed copper production at its Las Cruces mill in Spain after a land slippage last week, by processing lower-grade stockpiled ore.The stockpiled ore was expected to provide feed for the next several months while the company, which is based in Toronto, Canada, obtains the necessary regulatory approval to begin mining at Phase 6, an area that was not affected by the land...Read More

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Global scrap prices pushed upward during the working week from Monday January 28 to Friday February 1, driven by heightened demand due to restocking activity from steel mills worldwide. Steelmakers in Turkey secured at least 17 ferrous scrap cargoes over the past week, pushing Turkish scrap import prices and US ferrous scrap export prices higher during that period. Asian and Indian import pri...Read More

Light iron steel scrap prices in the United Kingdom increased for the second consecutive week on tighter availability because collection rates have dropped off amid freezing temperatures in the week to Friday February 1.The move to higher prices is only the second increase since the start of November 2018, and puts the market at a level last seen on December 14. Major shredders need a high, steady...Read More

Alloy steel scrap prices in Europe increased in the week ended Friday February 1 because of higher costs for nickel and molybdenum.The largest gains were seen in the price of European 18/8 scrap solids imports, which moved up by ?,?20-40 per tonne to ?,?940-980 ($1,079-1,125) per tonne cif on Friday.The UK domestic price for 18/8 solids increased more modestly, with traders complaining that mills...Read More

[Editor’s note: This story was previously published in November 2018. It has since been updated and republished.]Penny stocks are often dangerous for individual investors. Generally described as stocks with a price under $5, the group usually consists of quite a few fallen angels and growth stocks that haven’t reached, and may never reach, their potential.But there are diamonds in the...Read More

The price of copper on the Comex exchange in the United States edged lower in the final session of trading on Friday February 1, with the market awaiting further news on US-China trade talks.The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange dipped by 0.20 cents to $2.7825 per lb.Price action in the red metal has been positive throughout the week, on lo...Read More

Further weakness in China's Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI), that fell to 48.3 in January from 49.7 in the prior month, was enough to dent confidence in the base metals market this morning, Friday February 1, with prices for the most part weaker as a result. Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were down by an average of 0.3% this morning, with aluminiu...Read More