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

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean delegation met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday, a South Korean official said, after arriving in the North on a visit aimed at encouraging North Korea and the United States to talk.Both North Korea and the United States have expressed a willingness to hold talks, but the U.S. position has been that they must be aimed at North Korea’s denuclearization...Read More

By cutting out paper, improving tracking and allowing data sharing, blockchain is set to revolutionize mining as we know it. (Image: Autonomous truck at Rio Tinto'sPilbara operations Rio Tinto | Flickr.)Blockchain technology and the smart contracts it enables are the next step in the evolution of the mining and metals global supply chain, according to a paper published Thursday by global law firm...Read More

"The E.U. and China will further lower interest rates and pump money into their systems, making it much easier for their manufacturers to sell product. In the meantime, and with very low"Continue...Read More

"The fundamental backdrop looks good. Interest rates remain low, money supplies excessive (quantitative easing), and we are doubtfulContinue...Read More

By Clint SiegnerThe U.S. and other nations with free market economies got credit for defeating the communists in Russia. That is ironic, because it is now more clear than ever that western leadership actually shares the Soviet inclination for central planning, and they have been increasingly intervening in our markets since the collapse of the USSR.Our officials make economic policy as if healthy...Read More

Aug 26 (Reuters) - For other diaries, please see:Top economic eventsGovernment debt auctions Political and general news eventsIndex of all diaries Guide to economic indicatorsECONGUIDE----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-----------------------------------------------------------SATURDAY, AUGUST 26BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei...Read More

By Frank HolmesPresident Donald Trump's proposed tariff on imported steel and aluminum, at 25 percent and 10 percent, is much more than a shot across the bow. Indeed, this could be the official kickoff of the trade war we all anticipated. The protectionist trade policy, announced last week as the president met with metals executives, raised fresh inflation worries and had an immediate impact on c...Read More

An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More

Prices paid for flat steel imports into the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia decreased in the week ended Tuesday July 30, with demand improving in the latest deals heard.Buying was strong this week in the UAE, with several new orders being placed.UAEOffers of hot-rolled coil (HRC) imports from China to the UAE came in at $500-505 per tonne cfr, but no major deals were heard.Ukraine offered si...Read More

Besides batteries, electric vehicles and lithium stocks have at least one other thing in common. Read our take on what the upcoming election could mean for them in this week's Insights.Read More

Max Keiser is an American broadcaster and film-maker. He hosts Keiser Report, a financial program broadcast on RT. He presents a weekly show about finance and markets on London's Resonance FM, and writes for The Huffington Post. Keiser invented "Virtual Specialist Technology," a software system used by the Hollywood Stock Exchange. Prior to inventing this technology, he worked on Wall Street where...Read More

Investor's Digest technical analyst Brian Hoffman says trading in gold and silver mining stocks is likely to be quite volatile until it is clear where the precious metal prices head from the mid-December levels. Gold and silver bullion prices will likely bounce around before support levels firm and a rally can unfold.First, there was Brexit, with the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Uni...Read More

Teck Resources Limited ("Teck") has selected a M15,000 IsaMill for their mill upgrade project at Teck Red Dog Operations, which is expected to increase Red Dog's average mill throughput by about 15% over the current mine life. The operation, located north of the Arctic Circle and one of the world's largest zinc mines, required grinding equipment that could be retrofitted within the confines of the...Read More

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Seaborne hard coking coal prices fob Australia dipped day on day on Tuesday October 6 in the run-up to the conclusion of a tender that some market participants say they expect will fetch lower prices.Fastmarkets indices Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $137.46 per tonne, down $0.25 per tonne. Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $145.10 per tonne, unchanged. Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $113....Read More

On Thursday, platinum futures contracts continued to recover from levels last seen at the beginning of 2017 hit on Monday, adding $12 to exchange hands for $912.30 an ounce.Platinum is vastly underperforming the precious metals complex and sister metal palladium which is sporting year-to-date gains of more than 17% at just shy of $800 an ounce.The fortunes of platinum and palladium has diverged d...Read More

Aug 28 (Reuters) - IVE Group Ltd(IGL) :Seeks trading halt pending announcement in relation tooutcome of proposed capital raisingRead More

On Tuesday morning, Chris Haldane, of Marathon Gold Corp., was looking at the price of gold and looking at his stock price: Gold had climbed US$17 per ounce, but the company stock was barely moving."It just seems like the junior gold space has gone into a pause mode," said Haldane, who handles investor relations for Marathon, and had just issued a press release touting positive drill results for i...Read More

LONDON (Reuters) - British and European Union airlines will automatically lose the right to fly to each other’s territories if Britain leaves the bloc without a divorce deal, the government warned on Monday, meaning that flights could potentially be grounded.Flying rights to and from and within the European Union, as well as between the United States and Britain, are currently covered by EU-...Read More