(Kitco News) - Gold stocks and not gold prices will have a breakout year in 2018, largely because people are not “afraid of anything right now,” said CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings Rick Rule.“Gold will do well this year, but it is not on a verge of a breakout, gold stocks are. Gold outperformed gold stocks last year and this year [the underdog] is going to surprise, particularly bec...Read More
By Nicole MordantVANCOUVER, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Small, opportunistic deals will dominate the global gold mining sector again this year, analysts said on Tuesday, after Leagold Mining Corp unveiled a $264 million bid for fellow Canadian gold miner Brio Gold Inc . Six years after the last mining boom ended with billions of dollars in writedowns following over-priced mega-acquisitions, miners remain...Read More
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The top U.S. securities regulator on Tuesday rejected arguments by Rio Tinto Plc and two former top executives that its civil lawsuit claiming they concealed the plunging value of coal assets owned by the big Anglo-Australian mining company should be dismissed.In letters filed with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the Securities and Exchange Co...Read More
In September of 2017 gold prices topped out at $1363 per ounce. This marked the conclusion of a dynamic rally, which began in July 2017 when gold was trading just above $1200. This $163 rally contained the largest single price move of any rally last year.What would follow would be a sustained and multi-month correction in which gold prices toppled first to $1262 in October of last year and then, a...Read More
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Anglo American PLC said on Tuesday it expects to receive long-awaited licenses on Friday which will pave the way for the mining company to boost its Brazilian iron ore production capacity by about 56 percent.Anglo American plans to invest 1 billion reais ($308.94 million) to expand its iron ore extraction capacity at Minas-Rio mine in Minas Gerais state to 26.5...Read More
(Kitco News) - It is not just about the economic and political headlines, according to the best-selling author, Jim Rickards, who said that the current gold bull market is being driven by fundamentals.“We are in the third year of a bull market with a very long way to run,” Jim Rickards told Kitco News on the sidelines of the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference. “The fundamen...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices ended the U.S. day session moderately higher Tuesday, as some mid-morning selling pressure was quickly pounced on by bulls looking to buy the brief dip in prices.There has been no fresh, major fundamental news to drive the safe-haven metal higher early this week. However, the gold charts continue to look bullish, which is inviting technically related buyers. February Com...Read More
(Kitco News) - While the gold market appears to have entered a consolidation period, one analyst says that this is just the beginning of the rally this year.In a telephone interview with Kitco News, George Milling-Stanley, head of gold investments at State Street Global Advisors, said because of the strong sentiment in the gold market, he thinks it is only a matter of time before gold breaks above...Read More
(Kitco News) - The London Bullion Market Association is seeking proposals on how to develop a “blockchain” for gold to underpin integrity of the supply of the metal, the organization announced Tuesday.According to news reports, this would track metal to its origins, thereby helping prevent use of gold for financing terrorism, money laundering and helping resolve the problem of “c...Read More
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The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday January 23.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange closed in positive territory on Monday January 22 due to continued support from the weaker dollar. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the end of the day on Monday.Chinese ferro-silicon prices have dropped for a third week in a r...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday January 23.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange closed in positive territory on Monday January 22 due to continued support from the weaker dollar. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the end of the day on Monday.Chinese ferro-silicon prices have dropped for a third week in a r...Read More
The three-month copper price on the London Metal Exchange plummeted over 2% at the close on Tuesday January 23 after on-warrant stocks hit their highest since October 20, 2017. Copper prices hit their 2018 low at $6,914.50 earlier today following the delivery of 40,000 tonnes of copper into LME warehouses, with the majority of the stock into Busan while 8,100 tonnes was re-warranted across Asian l...Read More
Comex copper prices fell to a one-month low on Tuesday January 23 morning in the US on the back of increased supply.Copper for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 7.05 cents or 2.2% to $3.1380 per lb. Copper on-warrant stock levels on the London Metal Exchange are now at their highest since October 20, 2017, after today's delivery. Over 40,000 tonne...Read More
Metal Bulletin Research topped the base metals leaderboard in the Apex fourth-quarter 2017 contest, with an accuracy rating of 99.35%. Click on the image below to download the full report. Bunk Muscat's Ajit S Mauskar was second in the base metals table with an accuracy rating of 98.88%, Casper Burgering of ABN Amro was third with 98.66%. SP Angel's John Meyer and Sergey Raevskiy were fourth with...Read More
Chrome ore and charge chrome import prices rose in China on Friday January 19 amid tight supply after mills failed to secure sufficient alloy supply for their steel-making needs, while domestic prices rose on New Year stockpiling. Ore and alloy prices continued to propel each other in ChinaFurther price strength predicted amid new round of stockpiling before Lunar New YearJapanese, South Korean p...Read More
Global ferro-vanadium markets experienced sharp gains once again this past week, with supply concerns continuing to support prices....Read More
Chrome ore and charge chrome import prices rose in China on Friday January 19 amid tight supply after mills failed to secure sufficient alloy supply for their steel-making needs, while domestic prices rose on New Year stockpiling. Ore and alloy prices continued to propel each other in ChinaFurther price strength predicted amid new round of stockpiling before Lunar New YearJapanese, South Korean p...Read More
Global ferro-vanadium markets experienced sharp gains once again this past week, with supply concerns continuing to support prices....Read More
China's monthly refined copper output reached an all-time high of 865,000 tonnes in December 2017, according to data released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday January 22.This brought full-year production for 2017 to 8.89 million tonnes, representing an increase of 7.7% year on year from 8.44 million tonnes previously, NBS data showed.Last month's total was 16.7% highe...Read More