A rebound is underway across a broad set of markets, with China's CSI 300 index up by 2.5% this morning, after China's central bank pumped money into the financial system and appears to be working to stabilize markets and calm fears.Most Asian equity indices are rebounding.Gold prices are retreating as they pull back from Friday's highs.US 10-year government bond yields are firmer too. Base metals...Read More
Hebei Steel, China's second-largest steel mill, has set its price for silico-manganese for February delivery at 7,200 yuan ($1,027) per tonne, market participants told Fastmarkets on Tuesday February 4.This was up by 600 yuan per tonne from the mill's January tender price, they added.The price from Hebei Steel, which is for cargoes delivered to warehouse, includes value-added tax and should be pai...Read More
Glencore's ferro-chrome production dropped by 9% in 2019 due to maintenance taken during periods of high costs and low prices, the trader-miner announced on Tuesday February 4.Glencore, which operates a chrome joint venture with South Africa's Merafe Resources, produced 1.44 million tonnes of ferro-chrome in 2019, down from 1.58 million tonnes in 2018."Attributable ferrochrome production of 1,438,...Read More
The TSX hides some surprisingly rich yields that are just right for income investors buying in February. Steel and banking are two unlikely areas that abound in rich dividends, showcasing some of the most rewarding stocks on the TSX. Today, we’ll take a brief overview of a pair of stocks that pay +6% yields for a diversified mix of passive-income assets drawn from the cream of Canadian busin...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesFeb 5, 2020Hint: That’s what massive tops look like. Don’t tell anyone else, I want to keep it a secret between you and me.###Bob MoriartyPresident: 321goldArchives321gold LtdRead More
The precious metals producer said yesterday it had received the US$11.Read More
Principal analyst Farid Ahmed said this week original equipment (OE) manufacturers in the US and China, which accounted for about 40% of the world's automotive manufacturing capacity, experienced production contractions during 2019, with pressure expected to persist in these key markets.Global OE demand shrank last year, with China down 8% and the US down 14%. Global OE demand is forecast to rever...Read More
Is it the end of oil?It's about time, isn't it?Watching WTI prices fall below $50 per barrel for the first time in over a year, even the best of us can get that bearish twinge of concern.But this isn't 2014.You probably remember that painful crash just as much as I do. Prices collapsed nearly 75%, from over $100 per barrel all the way down to around $26 per barrel.All it took was a global pandemic...Read More
Craig Hemke, TF MetalsAt the recently completed World Economic Forum in Davos, many interesting stories and headlines emerged. Here's one you may have missed.In our 2020 forecast, we wrote that you should expect higher gold and silver prices this year due to a continuation of the trends from 2019. And we expect great things for "all forms of precious metal" as the global investment community slo...Read More
Keith Weiner, PhD, Monetary MetalsWe apologize for not posting articles during January. We have been busy, and going forward will publish a separate Market Report every Monday morning plus macroeconomics essays later in the week, as time permits.This is our annual analysis of the gold and silver markets. We look at the market players, dynamics, fallacies, drivers, and finally give our prediction...Read More
Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTALast week we noted that the risks in precious metals were primarily technical. Sentiment and technicals urge caution over the short-term. The net speculative position in Gold has remained high for months while the 21-day daily sentiment index (DSI) hit 81%. Since the sector peak five months ago, Silver and the gold stocks have corrected in price while Gold has made a...Read More
The cost is CA$8 million, payable by issuing common corporate shares. Ely Gold Royalties Inc. (ELY:TSX.V; ELYGF:OTCQB) announced in a news release it agreed to purchase from Eric Sprott a 0.50% net smelter returns (NSR) royalty, the Target Royalty, on the gold-producing Jerritt Canyon mine in Elko, Nevada.Ely Gold already holds a per ton royalty interest on the Jerritt Canyon processing facilitie...Read More
The network underlies the Tuvatu Alkaline Gold Project. Lion One's Tuvatu ProjectLion One Metals Ltd. (LIO:TSX.V; LOMLF:OTCQX) announced in a news release that the controlled source audio magnetotelluric (CSAMT) surveys conducted late last year at its Tuvatu project in Fiji showed an underlying structural network at the alkaline gold system. "We can readily see evidence of structures we think wer...Read More
Bill Powers of Mining Stock Education speaks with Greg Crowe, president and CEO of Silver One Resources, about his company's new Phoenix silver project in Arizona as well as the company's plans for 2020. In this interview, Silver One Resources Inc.'s (SVE:TSX.V; BRK1:FSE; SLVRF:OTC) President and CEO Greg Crowe discusses the company's new Phoenix Silver project in Arizona with its spectacular gra...Read More
Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable speaks with Andy Schectman, president of Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments, about the rationale for buying precious metals and the best values at this time. Maurice Jackson: Joining us for a conversation is Andy Schectman, the president of Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments. Recently we discussed the prudence of implementing ratios as an eff...Read More
Fund manager Adrian Day looks at four of the resource companies in his portfolio, three of which he calls good buys at current prices. Altius Minerals Corp. (ALS:TSX.V, Toronto, 10.71)generated $78 million in royalty revenue last year, following a soft last quarter, with 37% of it from copper. Coal royalties, which dominated after the acquisition of a package of royalties from Sherritt in 2013, a...Read More
Following up on an exciting article we shared with friends and followers on January 17, 2020, it appears ERY has reached the first stage for profit taking with a fairly strong potential we may see this rally continue even higher. Please review the following repost of our original research and analysis of ERY back in early January.January 17, 2020: ENERGY CONTINUES BASING SETUP – BREAKO...Read More
Every fiscalquarter the World Gold Council puts out a wonderful little report on the gold market,that is made into an article by just about every mining news outlet. Forreasons unknowable to mere mortals like us, the report focuses on gold demand.The reader has to go deep into the report to find the other half of the story,gold supply, and in particular, mined gold supply. Doing so inthe WGC&rsquo...Read More
Craig Hemke, TF MetalsAt the recently completed World Economic Forum in Davos, many interesting stories and headlines emerged. Here's one you may have missed.In our 2020 forecast, we wrote that you should expect higher gold and silver prices this year due to a continuation of the trends from 2019. And we expect great things for "all forms of precious metal" as the global investment community slo...Read More
Keith Weiner, PhD, Monetary MetalsWe apologize for not posting articles during January. We have been busy, and going forward will publish a separate Market Report every Monday morning plus macroeconomics essays later in the week, as time permits.This is our annual analysis of the gold and silver markets. We look at the market players, dynamics, fallacies, drivers, and finally give our prediction...Read More