Feb 28, 2018 Guest(s): Pierre Lassonde Chairman, Franco-Nevada While a much higher gold price is needed to bring bullish sentiment back into the mining space, they yellow metal is already fairly priced, said Pierre Lassonde, Chairman of Franco-Nevada Corp."At $,1300 [an ounce], I will argue that gold is well priced," Lassonde told Kitco News on the sidelines of the BMO Global Metals & Mining...Read More

Feb 28, 2018 Guest(s): Sean Roosen CEO, Osisko Mining Even if gold is unable to make new multi-year highs, the market is still in a good space and the mining sector has room to grow, said Sean Roosen, CEO of Osisko Gold Royalties. "I think the gold market at $1,330-$1,350 is a pretty good price to set the stage for new projects to come online," Roosen told Kitco News on the sidelines of the Gold...Read More

Canada has launched a process to prepare a roadmap to explore the potential of on- and off-grid applications for small modular reactor (SMR) technology. The roadmap will help position Canada to become a global leader in the emerging SMR market, according to Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).The roadmapping process, which is part of NRCan's Energy Innovation Program, was announced on 22 February by...Read More

The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is looking for suppliers to deliver a solution to provide a Safeguards Information Management and Reporting System (SIMRS). The is being advertised via the government's Digital Marketplace.ONR is to establish a new domestic civil nuclear safeguards regime ahead of the UK's withdrawal from the European Union and Euratom on 29 March 2019. The UK currently...Read More

Christopher Martenson is a former American biochemical scientist. Currently he is a writer and trend forecaster interested in macro trends regarding the economy, energy composition and environment. He is the founder of PeakProsperity.com. As one of the early econobloggers who forecasted the housing market collapse and stock market correction years in advance, Chris rose to prominence with the laun...Read More

Question 1. Anthony G: when it comes time to pay the debt, what the hell are we going to use to pay other than our land, resources, blood? Is this part of the Act of 1871 when the US went bankrupt and became a corporation under admiralty law?Question 2. Henrik A: Is it true that local banks/Credit Unions are unaffected during a bail-in ("Cyprus style"), OR will all banking institutions, regard...Read More

Apple CEO Tim Cook has one big hope for the future - that he lives to see the end of money.Continue...Read More

Handan, a major steel-producing city in north China's Hebei province, will step up its steelmaking curbs by cutting production by 50-55% until the end of March, according to an official notice from its local government late on Monday February 26. The city, which is among 28 in the country's northern region that are limiting production at 50% of capacity during the winter heating season, which ends...Read More

RAPAPORT... Polished-diamond shipments out of India increased in January,according to data from the nation's Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council(GJEPC). Polished exports climbed 29% year on year to $2.08 billionand, by volume, rose 20% to 2.7 million carats. The average price grew 7% to$766 per carat. Polished imports dropped 21% to $136 million, while netpolished exports - the excess of...Read More

RAPAPORT... Thailand's gem and jewelry exports climbed2% to almost $13 billion in 2017, excluding gold, Commerce Minister SontiratSontijirawong said in his opening address at the Bangkok Gems & JewelryFair last week.An improving economic outlook in keymarkets for Thai-manufactured jewelry, such as the US, provides optimism forcontinuing growth in the country's gem exports, according to governm...Read More

Palantir Technologies is a private American software and services company which specializes in big data analysis. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company is known for two projects in particular: Continue...Read More

In the assumption that one of the three recommendations by the DOC (Dept. of Commerce) is adopted and unlike section 201 made permanent, US producer prices (FOB Midwest mill) are unlikely to fall in the short term but the degree of gains could be quite different.In this article we examine "option 3" - a quota regime, which restricts foreign steel to 63% of the 2017 total. In this scenario the pric...Read More

Weekly Reports |Feb 27 2018The buyers are lined up in the uranium spot market but are not prepared to meet prices on offer.-Utility demand driving off sellers-Buyers not paying up-US uncertainty continuesBy Greg PeelLast week there were two non-US utilities awaiting offers in the uranium market, industry consultant TradeTech reports. Of note is one utility seeking a total of 1.02mlbs U3O8 to be de...Read More

Popular financial data maven Lynette Zang, Chief Market Strategist at ITM Trading, returns to Reluctant Preppers to dive deeper into the DROPOFF CLIFF of INTER-BANK LENDING and why it offers us a CRITICAL SIGNAL of BANKING LOSS of TRUST. Zang answers viewer questions on WHO REALLY OWNS YOUR ACCOUNTS, whether the government FDIC insurance offers any real protection, and WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT whi...Read More

Handan, a major steel-producing city in north China's Hebei province, will step up its steelmaking curbs by cutting production by 50-55% until the end of March, according to an official notice from its local government late on Monday February 26. The city, which is among 28 in the country's northern region that are limiting production at 50% of capacity during the winter heating season, which ends...Read More

HARARE – Zimbabwe expects to earn $1.78-billion from mineral sales in 2018, up from $1.5-billion last year, Masimba Chandavengerwa, chief executive of the government marketing agency, told a mining conference on Tuesday.Political changes that saw former president Robert Mugabe step down last year after almost four decades in power have improved the investor mood in Zimbabwe, which has some o...Read More

In the assumption that one of the three recommendations by the DOC (Dept. of Commerce) is adopted and unlike section 201 made permanent, US producer prices (FOB Midwest mill) are unlikely to fall in the short term but the degree of gains could be quite different.In this article we examine "option 3" - a quota regime, which restricts foreign steel to 63% of the 2017 total. In this scenario the pric...Read More

In the assumption that one of the three recommendations by the DOC (Dept. of Commerce) is adopted and unlike section 201 made permanent, US producer prices (FOB Midwest mill) are unlikely to fall in the short term but the degree of gains could be quite different.In this article we examine "option 3" - a quota regime, which restricts foreign steel to 63% of the 2017 total. In this scenario the pric...Read More

In the assumption that one of the three recommendations by the DOC (Dept. of Commerce) is adopted and unlike section 201 made permanent, US producer prices (FOB Midwest mill) are unlikely to fall in the short term but the degree of gains could be quite different.In this article we examine "option 3" - a quota regime, which restricts foreign steel to 63% of the 2017 total. In this scenario the pric...Read More

This deal may be a forerunner for how the Defense Department will purchase certain technologies in the future.Continue...Read More