Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

The Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it...Read More

Trump's assertions that he could wait on a trade deal with China dragged stocks lower todayConcerning comments from U.S. President Donald Trump that he may not be ready to make a trade deal with China until next year's election had the Dow continuing its slide today -- down 280 points for its biggest one-day dip since early October. A report also said the president is still planning on placing new...Read More

Cobalt market participants have been keeping an eye out for potential non-industrial buying, such as stockpiling from China's State Reserve Bureau (SRB), since global metal prices slid to two-year lows at the beginning of this year.A spotlight has been cast on the Chinese bureau ever since it carried out extensive research into major Chinese producers' products and output in the first quarter of t...Read More

Sign up for my free weekly newsletter at https://jaymartin.substack.com/subscribe Micro Strategist at Crescat Capital Tavi Costa ...Read More

Chinese steel exporters are bracing for a tough year end and an equally challenging 2020, even as the trade war between China and the United States mellows after a truce reached in early October.A source at a major steelmaker in eastern China expects the export market for Chinese steel to worsen in the months to come, even if the US holds off on increasing its tariffs on Chinese imports. "The truc...Read More

Vale S.A. (NYSE: VALE) has agreed to streaming deals for cobalt from its Voisey's Bay nickel mine in order to finance an expansion. News reports describe this as the world's biggest cobalt stream ever. Streaming companies upfront money in exchange for a share of future production. Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE, TSX: WPM) and Cobalt 27 Capital Corp. will provide Vale a combined $690 million in fund...Read More

Tommy Robinson was arrested while reporting on a grooming gang trial in the UK. Shortly after a judge ruled that the press in the UK cannot talk about this. The ruling goes so far to even block people from posting too much on social media about what happened.Can the UK really do this? What does this mean for free speech in the UK?SUPPORT JOURNALISM. Become a patron athttp://www.patreon.com/Timcast...Read More

Written off by some in the fantasy community following an injury-plagued 2014 campaign with the Bears, Marshall rebounded with a flurry in his first season with Gang Green, compiling a mammoth 109-1,502-14 receiving line. The 14 TDs were the most in a single season of Marshall's career. (I do not own any of the content, all rights go to the NFLand it's broadcasters. For entertainment purposes only...Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices dived further on Wednesday August 21, falling to a level last seen just after Vale's tailings dam accident in Brazil late in January.Fastmarkets' index for iron ore 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $82.38 per tonne, down by $5.56 per tonne. Fastmarkets' index for iron ore 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines, cfr Qingdao: $82.76 per tonne, down by $5.56 per tonne. Fastmarkets' index for i...Read More

Estimates of recoverable oil are proving wildly wrong. Art Berman, geological consultant with over 37 years experience in petroleum exploration and production, returns to the podcast this week to debunk much of the hopium currently surrounding America's shale oil output.Because the US is pinning huge hopes on its shale oil "revolution", so much depends on that story being right. Here's the narrati...Read More

US and Chinese negotiators held "productive" talks late last week, Bloomberg reported, with China's planned US farm visit cancelled at the US's request for separate reasons, according to people familiar with the matter.Spot gold was above US$1,516 an ounce on the spot market earlier and silver is about $18.25/oz, as geopolitical tensions simmer following the recent attack on Saudi oil facilities.M...Read More

Mining Journal Americas editor Paul Harris speaks with Western Copper and Gold president and chief executive Paul West-Sells about the company's plans to develop the massive Casino copper and gold asset, which returned a $2.3 billion after-tax NPV (8% discount) over a base-case 25-year life within a PEA published last month (August).Western Copper and Gold is solely focused on developing the world...Read More

Interview with Dr. Andreas Rompel, Executive Chairman, and Rene Bharti, President & CEO of Jourdan Resources (TSX-V: JOR) ...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump accused immigrants in Europe of “violently” changing the culture on Monday and said people should be wary of the same thing happening in the United States, as his administration faced heavy pressure to stop separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.Democrats and some in Trump’s own Republican Party have str...Read More

Bill Sullivan, senior foreign counsel at Jakarta-based law firm Christian Teo & Partners and a senior adviser to Stephenson Harwood LLP, said the new challenge was in the form of increased uncertainty about the practical enforceability of a traditionally favoured security right of lenders, the Fiducia Charge.He said the Constitutional Court had recently ruled a creditor was not entitled to rep...Read More

The elections are behind us. However,the official results are still not definite. What does it mean for gold prices?Ladies and Gentlemen, the new Presidentof the United States is… still unknown! The election results are not available,as some states are still counting the votes. The race is very balanced, withfew states remaining too close to call. At the moment of writing this report,Joe Bi...Read More

Mr. Eric Fier reports SILVERCREST ANNOUNCES LAS CHISPAS MAIDEN RESOURCE ESTIMATE: 3.4 MILLION TONNES @ 3.66 GPT AU AND 297 GPT AG OR 572 GPT AGEQ FOR 63 MILLION OZ AGEQTetra Tech Canada Inc. has completed its independent mineral resource estimation for Silvercrest Metals Inc.'s Las Chispas property, located in Sonora, Mexico. Inferred Mineral Resources are estimated at 3.4 million tonnes grading 3...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Ten women designers have each created a limited edition of 10 affordable engagement rings, all using ethically and sustainably sourced diamonds from Botswana. They were challenged to re-design the iconic symbol of love for the Ten/Ten project, all using diamonds under a carat from De Beers.  The 100 rings will be sold exclusively on Blue Nile from January.New York-based M...Read More

Gold Silver (w/ Mike Maloney), Released on 7/26/22Some days, the media acts like a recession is impossible... And some days, they act like we're already in one. Which one is it? In this week's video, best-selling author Mike Maloney of GoldSilver.com tries to answer that question by taking a look at today's economic environment and how it compares to recessions in the past... It's important to not...Read More

Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitteris being hailed as a victory for free speech. Musk vows to make changes to thesocial media platform that will make it a true “digital town square” wherepeople are free to speak their minds, even if others take offense.Of course, not everyone is excited aboutthe prospect.“Biden officials worry Musk will allowTrump to return to Twitt...Read More