Base metals traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were all higher during Asian morning trading on Monday April 2, but gains were somewhat limited in some of the metals following the release of two sets of Chinese manufacturing data showing mixed results.The most-traded copper contract on the SHFE was at 50,210 yuan ($7,994) per tonne as of 10.56am Shanghai time, up by 30 yuan per tonne from Frid...Read More

Energy Fuels Inc (TSE:EFR, NYSE:UUUU) has marked a major milestone and moved its Alta Mesa uranium project in Texas one step further towards resuming production, it told investors.Alta Mesa is a fully permitted and constructed ISR (solution mining) uranium project in the south of the state, currently on standby status ready to resume operations.READ THE BIG PIC - Energy Fuels nudges higher as it o...Read More

Probe Metals (PRB.V) released an updated resource estimate on its Val D'Or East project in Qu?(C)bec. The updated resource now contains 536,000 ounces of gold at 2.16 g/t gold in the indicated category as well as almost 250,000 ounces at 1.46 g/t in the inferred resource category, whilst it also outlined approximately 620,000 ounces (1/4 indicated, 3/4 inferred) in an underground resource estim...Read More

Anthony Milewski, Chairman and CEO of Cobalt 27 Capital, at the company’s cobalt warehouse in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Photo courtesy Cobalt 27 Capital Corp.Anthony Milewski: At Cobalt 27 Capital, we base the valuation of our business in part on the benchmark prices for the metal produced by Metal Bulletin. Whether you're a shareholder in Cobalt 27, or someone who's just interested in thi...Read More

The Chinese silicon export market weakened further this past week, with exporters again lowering their quotations to attract business amid continued sluggish demand.The Chinese grade 553 silicon export price slipped to $1,940-1,980 per tonne on Friday March 30, from $1,960-2,000 per tonne a week earlier. The majority of quotations that buyers received from Chinese suppliers were around $1,950 per...Read More

Dollarama Inc.'s (TSX:DOL) fourth quarter and fiscal 2018 results beat consensus; company raises dividend and plans stock splitSmallCapPower | April 2, 2018: Dollarama Inc. (TSX:DOL) Thursday reported strong fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2018 results. Profit for the fourth quarter ended January 28, 2018, increased 11.5% to $162.8 million, or $1.45 per diluted share, above the consensus estim...Read More

Nicola Mining's mill facility, located adjacent to the New Craigmont Project, custom mills ore for gold producers. Source: Nicola Mining Inc.Nicola Mining Inc. [NIM-TSXV] on Monday April 2 released a summary of results from winter drilling at its company's 100%-owned New Craigmont Project near Merritt in southern British Columbia's Thompson-Nicola Region. Highlights included Hole NC-2018-03, whi...Read More

European antimony prices weakened further last week after material continued to flow into warehouses in Rotterdam while demand remained muted. The Chinese market followed suit with domestic prices there also coming under pressure from feeble demand.Metal Bulletin assessed the MMTA standard grade II antimony in-warehouse Rotterdam price at $8,500-8,660 per tonne on Wednesday March 28, down by 0.1%...Read More

HudBay's Constancia polymetallic mine 100 km south of Cusco, Peru. Source: HudBay Minerals Inc.HudBay Minerals Inc. [HBM-TSX, NYSE] on Monday April 2 filed an updated NI 43-101 technical report for its 100%-owned Constancia Mine in Peru. The 2018 technical report includes updates to the mineral reserves and resources and mine plan, including anticipated throughput recoveries and capital and oper...Read More

It's the greatest drug in the world.Nothing makes me feel as good as this stuff.And I pay top dollar to get my fix, too.I even go directly to the source - through a dealer, of course.And my dealer is connected all across the globe.He meets with producers in Colombia and Mexico.He helps small Ethiopian operations get off the ground, and does it in plain view of law enforcement.Hell, even the local...Read More

Vancouver, British Columbia - April 2, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Nicola Mining Inc. (TSXV: NIM) (the "Company" or "Nicola") is pleased to provide the results of their latest drill hole, as well as a summary of results on its 2017-2018 Winter Drilling Program (the "Program"). The Program focused on extending and defining boundaries on the Craigmont West Zone, previously ref...Read More

We hear so much about gun murders that it might surprise you to find out that London’s murder rate has just surpassed New York City’s so far in 2018.But don’t worry, their gun murder rate is still much lower. People are just getting stabbed to death.That’s one way to solve the gun crime problem. Great Britain has some of the toughest gun laws. Citizens are virtually banned...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1341.90+$16.00Silver$16.60+$0.26XAU82.01+1.10%HUI177.73+1.32%GDM618.75+1.06%JSE Gold1127.39-3.86USD90.01-0.05Euro123.05+0.01Yen94.51+0.46Oil$63.01$1.9310-Year2.741%-0.001T-Bond146.53125-0.09375Dow23644.19-1.90%Nasdaq6870.12-2.74%S&P2581.88-2.23%  The Metals: Gold gained $18.80 to $1344.70 in early afternoon New York trade before it edged back lower into...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

By Ira EpsteinSafe haven buying lifts gold...questionable if all the gains hold through Tuesday.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More

Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate Guide To Money and The Markets (free ebook). Gregory currently hosts a b...Read More

By Stefan GleasonLast Monday, the Shanghai International Energy Exchange launched the first futures contract for crude oil priced in Chinese yuan. It's a major step forward in the process of international de-dollarization. Now Chinese and other international traders can buy and sell the world's most important commodity in a liquid market without using U.S. dollars.The "petro dollar" now faces th...Read More

Technical analyst Jack Chan updates the gold and silver charts.Our proprietary cycle indicator is up.Gold sector is on a long-term buy signal. Long-term signals can last for months and years and are more suitable for investors holding for long term.Gold sector is on a short-term buy signal. Short-term signals can last for days and weeks, and are more suitable for traders.Speculation is in bull mar...Read More

It's no secret that John has been a raging bear on Tesla. With it's bloated valuation and insatiable need for ever larger amounts of cash, it's a disaster waiting to happen. And then the unthinkable, one of its cars crashes and burns, killing its owner. The market is down another 555 points today, just 111 away from the magical 666! And now France is saying it can't regulate social media companie...Read More

By Frank HolmesStrengths? The best performing metal this week silver, down 1.13 percent. Gold traders were split this week between bullish and bearish outcomes, according to the weekly Bloomberg survey. The yellow metal is on its best run since 2011 as it wraps up a third consecutive quarter of gains and exchange-traded funds backed by bullion are also near the highest in five ye...Read More