Gold hit a new all-time high as investors seek a hedge against market uncertainty and potential inflation, but its investment track record is spotty, and Warren Buffett has never been a buyer.Read full newsRead More

The Canadian stock market made a remarkable rebound in the last four months after bottoming out in March. While the recovery was primarily due to government support, chances are pretty high that the equity market could crash again before the pandemic is gone.One could infer from the weak economic indicators, high unemployment rate, and continued increase in coronavirus infections that another stoc...Read More

There should be little doubt that investors should be leafing through their recession playbook right about now. Investors buying shares in gold miners have a playbook of their own. Today, let’s consider a few ways to make that long-term position in gold miners really pay off.The return of value investing2020 was a bad year to start buying shares in gold miners if decent value for money forms...Read More

MINING.COM MINUTE is a roundup of the biggest stories from the global mining and metals industry.This week's top stories:Rio Tinto set on building long-delayed Simandou - Read moreForget the gold price, copper was most profitable covid-19 trade - Read moreUS moves to boost domestic production of strategic minerals - Read moreNew Century, Vale delay nickel mine deal - Read moreGiant Alaska copper-...Read More

If you have invested in gold, you have reasons to be happy, as the precious metal has gained about 30% this year. It should hit US$2,000 very soon. The party is expected to go on for a long time, as Bank of America predicts the yellow metal will hit US$3,000 an ounce over the next 18 months.Fears about the economy are driving the yellow metal rallyInvestors are pouring their money in the precious...Read More

Publisher's Note: Today we're bringing you an excerpt from The Dines Letter.You'd be hard-pressed to find a more experienced market analyst than Mr. Dines, and it'd be even harder to find one as accomplished. Read on for an important message we should all keep in mind from the "Original Goldbug".Call it like you see it,Nick Hodge While we still favor some precious metals, ________ is a different...Read More

Image courtesy of Kirkland Lake Gold via Flickr. Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX, NYSE: KL) (ASX: KLA) on Thursday reported strong financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2020 despite disruptions caused by covid-19.Adjusted net earnings came to $219.3 million ($0.79 per share), double the Q2 2019 level of $109.8 million ($0.52 per share) and 22% higher than the $179.2 million ($0.70 per...Read More

Denison Mines' flagship Wheeler River project in Saskatchewan. Image courtesy of Denison Mines The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) has recently rendered a final award in favour of Canadian uranium miner Denison Mines (TSX: DML) for the previously disclosed arbitration proceedings between the company and Uranium Industry (UI).In November 2015, Denison completed the sale of its mi...Read More

Image courtesy of Pixabay. While gold has been on a generally positive trend for the past few years, the onset of the global pandemic has made bullion's relevance as a hedge even more apparent - and accelerated its price performance.During the first half of 2020, the price of gold increased by 17%, followed by an additional 10% gain for the month of July, outpacing all major assets.Spot gold set...Read More

Nevada operations. (Image courtesy of Newmont | Flickr) Newmont (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT) said on Wednesday that higher gold prices helped generate significant free cash flow in the second quarter.The world's largest gold miner's adjusted net income for the June quarter was $261-million, or $0.32 per diluted share, compared with $92-million, or $0.12 per diluted share, in the prior-year quarter. Th...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday July 30 that are worth another look.Brazil's largest flat-rolled steel producer by capacity, Usiminas, is looking to correct the current domestic price discount to imports in the short term, commercial vice-president Miguel Homes said on July 30....Read More

Here are three royalty and streaming stocks. They enjoy lower expenses and less risk than their operating peers, while enjoying the upside of any successes.Government responses to COVID-19 are paving the way to a long-term credit crisis, excellent news for precious metals investors, as long as they can stomach a very bumpy ride to profits, says Sprott US Holdings president and CEO Rick Rule."Under...Read More

Long-term uncertainty among consumers over end-user demand in Italy benefits downstream distribution network Metal Link who aims to serve consumer needs more quickly than producers who need consumers to have a clear order outlook for around 10 weeks.In an interview with Fastmarkets this month, the aluminium products distribution network said the economic uncertainty caused by Covid-19 offers busin...Read More

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were collectively lower at the close of trading on Thursday July 30, with LME nickel's 1.3% price dip leading the complex-wide decline, while a tightening of copper's forward curve led to thin volumes and a negative close on the day.Weighing equally heavily on the base-metals complex, the US economy shrank by 32.9% over the second quarter...Read More

Brazilian miner Vale is expecting copper prices to remain at high levels through the remainder of 2020, because it sees strong signs of demand resilience amid expectations of reduced supply, especially from South America, the company's top executives said on Thursday July 30."We are firm believers in the copper price uptrend," chief executive officer Eduardo Bartolomeo told analysts and investors...Read More

The declining quality of global zinc concentrate has left Noranda Income Fund's (NIF) residue handling section at capacity despite ongoing work to optimize its electrolytic processing facility in Quebec, Canada, the company said.Two belt filters will be added to the handling section as part of a recently announced expansion project. They are expected to help improve production capacity and overall...Read More

A summary of Brazilian mining company Vale's financial results for the second quarter of 2020, as stated in its earnings report released on Wednesday July 29.In briefFerrous division: Iron ore fines' realized price - after adjustments on both a cfr and fob basis - was $88.90 per tonne in the second quarter, down by 6% from $94.60 per tonne a year before. Pellet's realized price was $129.40 per ton...Read More

The June quarter marked a new record for shipments of 47.3 million tonnes, 2% higher than the same quarter of 2019. Full-year shipments were 178.Read More

The order book total compares with circa-$350 million this time last year.The company has 15 drill rigs - nearly a quarter of its total fleet - deployed at Jundee, where it has worked for 15 years. It says the latest two-year contract extension, with a two-year option, was awarded "at Swick's target margins after a competitive tender process".A two-year extension at Perilya's Broken Hill lead-zinc...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday July 30 that are worth another look.Brazil's largest flat-rolled steel producer by capacity, Usiminas, is looking to correct the current domestic price discount to imports in the short term, commercial vice-president Miguel Homes said on July 30....Read More