RambusI promised you on Friday that I would take an in-depth look at the energy complex in the Weekend Report. If there is one sector to define the possible deflationary event we've been discussing for the last several months or so oil is probably the most important commodity of all. Eventually we'll know the cause in no uncertain terms, but the charts have been suggesting for a long time now th...Read More

Sector expert Michael Ballanger examines last week's markets with an eye toward hockey leagues and central banks. Wikimedia CommonsThere are times in my life where I am forced to fight the urge to do harm to people, something that I have never enjoyed, even when I was playing hockey in the violent Southern Hockey League in 1977. I have taken spears to the groin, butt-ends to the face, hooks to th...Read More

I promised you on Friday that I would take an in-depth look at the energy complex in the Weekend Report. If there is one sector to define the possible deflationary event we’ve been discussing for the last several months or so oil is probably the most important commodity of all. Eventually we’ll know the cause in no uncertain terms, but the charts have been suggesting for a long time no...Read More

Published on March-8-2020: Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Northman Trader's clear-eyed founder, market analyst, and longtime skeptic, Sven Henrich, writes tonight that the astounding volatility in the financial markets is "screaming" at governments and central banks: "Intervene now!":https://northmantrader.com/2020/03/08/vix-shock/Unlike most analysts allowed to appear on mainstream financial new...Read More

I appeared to occupy a unique place on the lunatic fringe when, many years ago, I started writing about the prospect of a short squeeze on the dollar. When I bounced this idea off a half-dozen finance professors, each had the same response: "Huh?" Their incredulity notwithstanding, it has always seemed a given to me that it would take a catastrophic deflation to wipe out debts, both public and...Read More

Steve St. Angelo, SRSrocco Report (MARCH 8, 2020 Late PM US EST)It begins... the world is finally waking up to the massive economic and financial threat of this global contagion. As reported by Zerohedge, the Middle East markets opened today to a bloodbath as many of the region's stock indexes fell more than 5%, with Kuwait suspending trading after it's market fell 10%. According to the ar...Read More

RambusI promised you on Friday that I would take an in-depth look at the energy complex in the Weekend Report. If there is one sector to define the possible deflationary event we've been discussing for the last several months or so oil is probably the most important commodity of all. Eventually we'll know the cause in no uncertain terms, but the charts have been suggesting for a long time now th...Read More

SD Outlook: Silver fell over 6% last night, peak to trough, but it's unlikely silver continues to perform as a "commodity". Here's why...The commodities are crashing!Check out the candle that crude oil is developing today:That's one serious gap down!Copper has finally made a new low on the daily chart:Recall copper bottomed below $2.00 when the commodities were bottoming at the end of 2015 and the...Read More

RAPAPORT... Sotheby's will hold an exhibition and sale of pieces Parisian jewelry house Mellerio made for royals including Marie Antoinette.The exhibition, which will showcase some of the jeweler's most important commissions, is set to take place from March 28 to 31. It will feature 17 items made by the 407-year-old brand, which have been worn by Marie de Medici, former queen of France, as we...Read More

RAPAPORT... Star Diamond Corporation has started legal proceedings against Rio Tinto, accusing the mining giant of failing to comply with the terms of a joint-venture agreement.In 2017, Rio Tinto closed a deal with the Canadian miner, giving it the right to acquire shares in the Star-Orion South exploration project in Saskatchewan. In November, five years earlier than its original deadline, R...Read More

RAPAPORT... It may surprise many, but the diamond industry has emerged as quite tech-savvy in the past few years, says Alexey Tikhonov, Alrosa's head of projects for strategy and analytics.Rapaport Senior Analyst Avi Krawitz spoke with Tikhonov in episode 23 of the Rapaport Diamond Podcast about how the mining company is using data to improve efficiency in the rough-sales process. Captur...Read More

(IDEX Online)  - Pionnering tech firm Sarine says it will revolutionize the diamond industry with the introduction of the first ever in-house grading system.Its AI-driven cloud-linked technologies will allow manufacturers, wholesalers and even retailers to automatically grade stones for the 4Cs on the premises, ending the need to send them to a third-party lab.The eGrading system then uploads...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The president of The World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) today warned that smaller businesses may struggle to survive the coronavirus outbreak.In a statement from his home in Milan, where he and his family are currently quarantined, Dr Gaetano Cavalieri calls for mutual help and co-operation within the jewelry industry at this time of crisis.He writes: "Many of the technology-bas...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A shopper splashed out more than $600,000 on a diamond engagement ring at Costco.The company said it was a cushion-cut 10-carat solitaire, according to New York Daily News, but didn't give further details. Costco, the world's second largest retailer after Walmart, is better known for selling groceries and household items in bulk, rather than high-value jewelry.But it...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were sharply lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 145 points to its daily limit in pre-opening trade before trading was halted. Index futures responded to increasing coronavirus concerns and failure by OPEC and Russia to reach an oil production quota agreement. Saudi Arabia slashed prices for its crude oil and announced intentions to increase production. WTI...Read More

Cardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesMICROMINE STRENGTHENS DATA MANAGEMENT SOLUTION WITH Geobank 2020SPONSOREDmicromineThe measures include amendments to the environmental protection regulations related to mineral explorat...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesIf the bill is passed, the royalty would apply to mines that produce more than 12,000 tonnes per year of copper and more than 50,000t of metallic lithium.Read More

Cardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesMICROMINE STRENGTHENS DATA MANAGEMENT SOLUTION WITH Geobank 2020SPONSOREDmicromineNew York-based Jefferies, which also highlighted MMG's operational risks in a weekend note on the 75%-C...Read More

Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) said that progress at its Kakula project, the first of multiple planned mining areas at Kamoa-Kakula in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, continues to move forward, with production slated for the third quarter of 2021.Delivering full year results and an update on activities, the Canadian miner said once the ongoing definitive feasibility study for its Kak...Read More

Max Resources (TSXV: MXR; US-OTC:MXROF) has discovered a high-grade outcrop at its wholly owned Cesar copper-silver project in northeastern Colombia, about 140 km north of the capital, Bogota.The Cesar project comprises two mineralized zones, AM North and AM South. Assays from the AM North-2 mineralized area within the AM North zone of the project, recently returned 24.8% copper and 230 grams silv...Read More