A high availability of scrap put pressure on European floated frag and cast prices on Friday March 2, with Metal Bulletin's assessments dropping for the first time since September 15, 2017. Metal Bulletin's prices for floated frag for delivery in Europe, fell to ?,?1,280 -1,310 ($1,577-1,614) per tonne in Friday's assessment from ?,?1,300-1,330 per tonne seven days earlier, while European cas...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Fremont Gold (TSXV: FRE) (OTC Pink: USTDF) Announces Drill Program at its Gold Bar and Gold Canyon Properties, Nevada Vancouver, British Columbia - March 5, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Fremont Gold Ltd. (TSXV: FRE) (OTC P...Read More

Comex copper prices inched higher in early-Monday trading on March 5 after trending lower last week.Copper for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 0.1 cents or 0.1% to $3.1255 per lb. Last week, the contract traded at a multi-week low before recovering slightly Friday afternoon."We should now get an update on how bullish underlying support...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Secova (TSXV: SEK) and Tres-Or (TSX-V: TRS, OTCPK: TRSFF) Announce Assay Results at Duvay-Chenier Gold Project in Quebec Which Show Extensive Gold Mineralization at Surface Vancouver, British Columbia - March 5, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investori...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Vangold Mining (TSXV: VAN) (OTC Pink: VGLDF) Concludes Phase 1 Drilling at El Pinguico to Focus on Phase 2 Drilling In-Situ El Pinguico Vein Vancouver, British Columbia - March 5, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Vangold Minin...Read More

CloseGain/LossGold $1319.60-$2.30Silver$16.43-$0.08XAU79.10+0.44%HUI174.35+0.78%GDM603.42+0.25%JSE Gold1108.17+0.60USD90.00+0.06Euro123.36+0.08Yen94.25-0.41Oil$62.57+$1.3210-Year2.884%+0.024T-Bond143.96875-0.46875Dow24874.76+1.37%Nasdaq7330.70+1.00%S&P2720.94+1.10% The Metals: Gold gained $5.80 to $1327.70 in Asia before it dropped back to $1317.40 by midafternoon in New York, but it then...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Canadian Zinc Reports Remaining Drill Results at Lemarchant Deposit, South Tally Pond Project, Newfoundland2017 drill program successfully extends the Lemarchant Deposit mineralization14.5% copper over 0.6 metres (LM17-161) in latest drilling re...Read More

Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part weaker this morning, Monday March 5, with the complex down by an average of 0.4%.Nickel leads on the downside with a 1.1% fall, copper prices are down by 0.4% at $6,887 per tonne and tin is the only metal where prices are higher, up by 0.2% at $21,595 per tonne.Volume has been high with 10,045 lots traded as of 07.30am London ti...Read More

By Visual CapitalistThere is nothing more exciting than making some type of discovery.Discoveries can come in many forms - they can be physical, scientific, personal, or even philosophical in nature. But while there are different types of discoveries that can be made, perhaps the most tactile kind of discovery is in the field of mineral exploration. The discovery of a mineral deposit can transfo...Read More

Dr. Charles Hall may not be a name you instantly recognize, but it should be. Now a Professor Emeritus of the College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Dr. Hall is a rigorous researcher of energy, oil, biophysical economics - and was a critical early pioneer in developing the key resource metric of Energy Returned On Energy Invested (EROEI).After a life's career of looking at the world throug...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Drilling Returns 5m at 20% Zinc; Tinka Resources Also Looking for the Source of AyawilcaSource: The Critical Investor for Streetwise Reports March 5, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) The Critical Investor provides an update on this explorer as...Read More

By Graham Summers The Fed officially has a new Fed Chair, Jerome Powell. And ever since he took office, it is clear that "something" has changed at the Fed. That something is the famed "Fed put" or the idea that the Fed would immediately move to prop up stocks any time they began to fall.Jerome Powell was sworn in as Fed Chair on February 5th 2018. At that time, the market was in the sharp se...Read More

John Rubino of Dollarcollapse.com joins us for a critical update of the economy and the looming financial crisis. He discusses the Trump presidency overseeing a historic crash and the pension bubble, which is at the point of no return.John Rubino is the founder and manager of the popular financial website DollarCollapse.com. Mr. Rubino is the co-author, with GoldMoney's James Turk, of The Money Bu...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Silver Special Commemorative Update in Honor of the Large Specs First Net Short Position in Silver in MemorySource: Clive Maund for Streetwise Reports March 5, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Technical analyst Clive Maund charts silver and ex...Read More

Taking profits on our short positions and closing them on Thursday turned out to be a good idea. Gold, silver and - on an intraday basis - mining stocks moved higher on Friday, while the USD Index declined. But, is the rally over after just one day? Not likely - gold's and miners' turning points are likely to result in something more than just a daily rally. So, how high is gold likely to rally...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Explorer Spin-off Is a Win-WinSource: Adrian Day for Streetwise Reports March 5, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Fund manager Adrian Day looks at the two-part transaction that he believes will create two strong, focused companies.Almadex Mine...Read More

Steel producers in Russia are planning further price rises in the domestic markets for hot-rolled (HR) and cold-rolled (CR) sheet, Metal Bulletin has been told.Metal Bulletin's weekly assessment of the price for Russian 4mm HR sheet was unchanged at 43,000 roubles ($757) per tonne cpt Moscow, including VAT, on Monday March 5.Steel producers kept their March-rolled HR sheet prices for both stockist...Read More

By Keith WeinerLet's continue on our topic of capital consumption. It's an important area of study, as our system of central bank socialism imposes many incentives to consume and destroy capital. As capital is the leverage that increases the productivity of human effort, it is vital that we understand what's happening. We do not work harder today, than they worked 200 years ago, or in the ancien...Read More

By Frank HolmesStrengths? The best performing metal this week was silver, nearly flat with a drift lower by just 0.06 percent. Sharp's Pixley notes gold demand is on the rise while supply has begun to fall, signaling a potential increase in the gold price. Many see gold as appealing in the medium and long term due to the sustained demographic move into the middle class in China a...Read More

Exporters of hot-rolled coil (HRC) and cold-rolled coil (CRC) from the Commonwealth of Independent States increased their offer prices in the week ended Monday March 5 because of the higher prices being sought for China-origin material."The increase mainly related to the bullish mood of Chinese exporters, which are pushing prices higher and higher every day," a trader told Metal Bulletin.Metal Bul...Read More