Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.By William Tankard, Principal Analyst and Hun Hao Chuah, Senior Research Analyst. Driven by a growing list of stakeholder requirements and an explosion in creative solutions, we expect the mining industry to accelerate its adopti...Read More

Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Sentiment surrounding coronavirus (COVID-19) has dominated markets and copper price movements so far in 2020.  As a result of the virus, near-term global demand is softening, and the copper market is facing oversupply as a period...Read More

RAPAPORT... Russia has begun its chairmanship of the Kimberley Process (KP) after the organization deferred the role by a year due to disruption stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic.The country will chair the KP in 2021, having been scheduled to hold that position in 2020, while Botswana's chairmanship will occur in 2022, instead of this year. The KP took the decision in August after receiving...Read More

RAPAPORT... A new project to combat undisclosed synthetics has launched in India, offering retailers low-cost screening and inscription using a model based on gold hallmarking.Naturalmark will place tamper-proof seals on parcels of loose diamonds, as well as laser-inscribing finished jewelry, enabling transparency at a consumer level, Surat-based Gourav Sethi, its founder, told Rapaport News...Read More

IDEX Online) - Canadian explorer Star Diamond says it is encouraged by the gems recovered from the ninth of 10 bulk sampling trenches at its Star-Orion South project.It announced a total of 3,534 diamonds weighing 210.68 carats, among them three larger Type IIa stones, weighing 10.13, 8.10 and 7.29 carats. Altogether there were 25 diamonds weighing one carat or more.Inn 2018 an independent prelimi...Read More

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One of the unfortunate parts of the Federal Reserve's actions, is that for people who just want to keep their money safe, and think about just putting it in ...Read full newsRead More

Zimbabwe continues to lose money from its gold mine through illicit trade and government monopoly.Read full newsRead More

/PRNewswire/ -- All through history, people have found security in gold during good times and especially in times of crisis. There are many purported reasons...Read full newsRead More

Zimbabwe continues to lose money from its gold mine through illicit trade and government monopoly.Read full newsRead More

Looking at Canada’s most significant exports to Britain, it’s fairly easy to come up with an at-a-glance “gold and autos” thesis. But the best trends are those that serve a double purpose. Buying gold and auto stocks for a potential investment rush into Britain is all well and good. But what if that British bulldog market doesn’t quite materialize? What then? The fact...Read More

We’ve experienced a few black swan events over the years, but none of them have been quite like the COVID-19 pandemic. An unprecedented event, the likes of which was never even on the cards, the pandemic created a lot of uncertainty. Stock markets declined 35% within a few weeks between February and March 2020.After phenomenal ups and downs, most stocks managed to pull some gains by the time...Read More

Stocks are hovering around all-time highs. Valuations are the highest since the dot-com bubble. Various experts and some of the greatest investors of all time, including Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, have warned investors for some time that we’re approaching nosebleed levels in terms of valuations right now.With the potential for a 2021 market crash on the horizon, let’s look at w...Read More

For those with Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) room this tax year, this ETF could save your portfolio.Many high-profile investors much smarter than me think now is the time to hedge. With a market crash potentially on the horizon, many investors are loading up on counter-cyclical investments. Warren Buffett has (uncharacteristically) recently invested in the gold sector, tapping Bar...Read More

(Updates prices) * Dollar slips to multi-year lows * Platinum hits highest level since August 2016* Silver hits over three-month peak * Silver set to shine in 2021* Interactive graphic tracking global spread of coronavirus: By Shreyansi SinghJan 4 (Reuters) - Gold prices rose more than 2% on Monday totheir highest level in nearly two months, bolstered by thedollar's slide ahead of runoff elections...Read More

The London Metal Exchange three-month nickel price had the biggest rise of 4.8% and tin crossed the $21,000 per tonne mark for the first time since April 2019 in an upbeat start to the year for the entire complex on Monday January 4, where all forward prices rose by more than 1%. Nickel's price closed on Monday at 5pm $17,404 per tonne after closing last year at $16,613 per tonne. Nickel's rising...Read More

Except for copper, base metals stocks in Shanghai Futures Exchange-registered warehouses all recorded falls in the week to Thursday December 31, with zinc down the most by 13%. The anomaly in stock copper levels was stark, surging by 15.3%, while the rest of the base metals' inventories declined.Copper inventories totaled 86,679 tonnes on Thursday December 31, up by 11,530 tonnes or 15.3% from a w...Read More

Jack ChanPosted Jan 4, 20212020 Traders log(Click on image to enlarge)In 2020, our closed positions realized a profit of 22.67%, while our open positions are sitting on a profit of 15%. A very fruitful year.As always, we do not offer predictions or forecasts for the markets. We simply follow our trading models to see what and when we should be invested in.Looking ahead to 2021…….Gold...Read More

The London Metal Exchange nickel price led the way on morning trading on Monday January 4 with a 4.3% rise from its closing price of 2020, reflecting an upbeat start to the year where all metals' forward prices rose by more than 1%. The three-month nickel price was at $17,335 per tonne on Monday at 9am, from Thursday December 31's closing price of $16,613 per tonne. Copper's three-month price was...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday January 4 that are worth another look.News of Covid-19 vaccines being distributed and administered around the world has boosted sentiment in Asian economies, with steel markets in the region seemingly upbeat on prospects in 2021.Sustainable mining of lithium - a critical...Read More