By: Ira EpsteinGold above the monthly Bollinger band, it only stays above this band only 5% of the time. The weekly gold chart, this is the best gold price close we have had in years! Up $42 1/2 for the week..Read More

We learned from Tom Revy, Managing Director of BlackEarth Minerals (ASX: BEM), that they are focused on fast tracking the high-grade, near-surface Maniry Graphite Project, located in the southern region of Madagascar. We learned from Mr. Revy that their current resource is about 20 million tons of material, grading from 6% to 7% total graphitic carbon (TGC). The property remains open to further di...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 15 that are worth another look.A diversified portfolio may well prove to be a winning ticket for metals and mining companies during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the former chief executive officer of Rio Tinto.The stainless sector in the United States and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region will consume 13% less n...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 15 that are worth another look.A diversified portfolio may well prove to be a winning ticket for metals and mining companies during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the former chief executive officer of Rio Tinto.The stainless sector in the United States and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region will consume 13% less n...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 15 that are worth another look.A diversified portfolio may well prove to be a winning ticket for metals and mining companies during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the former chief executive officer of Rio Tinto.The stainless sector in the United States and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region will consume 13% less n...Read More

Chris MarcheseChief Mining Analyst, GoldSeek & SilverSeekWeek Ended May-17, 2020$KOR.TO, $CORVF, $EDV.TO, $EDVMF, $SMF.TO, $SEMFF, $EQX, $FSM, $AG, $FNV, $SOLG.TO, $SLGGF, $GORO, $GCM.TO, $JAG.TO, $JAGGF, $TPRFF, $GBR.V, $GTBAF, $KNT.V, $KNTNF, $OR, $PGM.V, $LRTNF, $ROXG.TO, $ROGFF, $SAND, $SSRM, $TGZ.TO, $TGCDF, $TXG.TO, $SVM $USAS, $AGI, $GPL, $PAAS, $CDE, $NEM, $VITFF, $VGCX.TOMexico has d...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold above the monthly Bollinger band, it only stays above this band only 5% of the time. The weekly gold chart, this is the best gold price close we have had in years! Up $42 1/2 for the week..Read More

Week 1 HighlightsAnd Then We Look at PoliticsThen It Was WednesdayWar of the ExpertsPuerto Rico and the WorldI knew this letter's topic months ago. It was going to be a review of the Strategic Investment Conference, which would have just concluded fabulously in sunny Scottsdale.Well, something intervened. Coronavirus precautions kept us from having an in-person conference. No one was more disapp...Read More

Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Sider??rgica Nacional (CSN) will try to apply price increases to flat steel products next month, to compensate for the recent loss of value of the local currency."With the current value of the dollar [versus the Brazilian Real], a price increase is unavoidable; it is a matter of survival," commercial director Luis Martinez said during the company's first-quarter earn...Read More

A summary of production figures and financial results from Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Sider??rgica Nacional (CSN) for the first quarter of 2020, as stated in its earnings report published on Thursday May 14.In brief CSN's hot-rolled coil, cold-rolled coil and galvanized domestic steel sales fell year on year in the first quarter of 2020, but tinplate and long steel sales were up in the sa...Read More

China's crude steel output was largely flat in April, but finished steel production significantly increased to exceed 100 million tonnes, according to data released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday May 15.Steel outputAprilCrude steel: 85.03 million tonnes, up by 0.2% from a year earlier and up by 7.7% month on monthHot metal: 72.02 million tonnes, down 1.2%...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 15 that are worth another look.A diversified portfolio may well prove to be a winning ticket for metals and mining companies during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the former chief executive officer of Rio Tinto.The stainless sector in the United States and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region will consume 13% less n...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold above the monthly Bollinger band, it only stays above this band only 5% of the time. The weekly gold chart, this is the best gold price close we have had in years! Up $42 1/2 for the week..Read More

Powell gave a much-awaited speech yesterday, in which he sent one bearish and two bullish messages for gold. What exactly did he say and what does it mean for the yellow metal?Powell Sends One Bearish and Two Bullish Messages for GoldJerome Powell gave a speech yesterday at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The Fed Chair acknowledged the unprecedented depth of the coronavirus cri...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 15 that are worth another look.A diversified portfolio may well prove to be a winning ticket for metals and mining companies during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the former chief executive officer of Rio Tinto.The stainless sector in the United States and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region will consume 13% less n...Read More

Chris MarcheseChief Mining Analyst, GoldSeek & SilverSeekWeek Ended May-17, 2020$KOR.TO, $CORVF, $EDV.TO, $EDVMF, $SMF.TO, $SEMFF, $EQX, $FSM, $AG, $FNV, $SOLG.TO, $SLGGF, $GORO, $GCM.TO, $JAG.TO, $JAGGF, $TPRFF, $GBR.V, $GTBAF, $KNT.V, $KNTNF, $OR, $PGM.V, $LRTNF, $ROXG.TO, $ROGFF, $SAND, $SSRM, $TGZ.TO, $TGCDF, $TXG.TO, $SVM $USAS, $AGI, $GPL, $PAAS, $CDE, $NEM, $VITFF, $VGCX.TOMexico has d...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold above the monthly Bollinger band, it only stays above this band only 5% of the time. The weekly gold chart, this is the best gold price close we have had in years! Up $42 1/2 for the week..Read More

Week 1 HighlightsAnd Then We Look at PoliticsThen It Was WednesdayWar of the ExpertsPuerto Rico and the WorldI knew this letter's topic months ago. It was going to be a review of the Strategic Investment Conference, which would have just concluded fabulously in sunny Scottsdale.Well, something intervened. Coronavirus precautions kept us from having an in-person conference. No one was more disapp...Read More

The Covid-19 pandemic is likely to lead to another casualty: the mega mine. The volatility created by crises like Covid-19 is adding a layer of uncertainty to the development of large-scale projects that take a decade or more to progress and are highly capital intensive, according to Tom Albanese, the former chief executive officer of Rio Tinto.This means that mining projects are likely to be deve...Read More

Alcoa Corp has called on the aluminium industry to assess the cost effectiveness of its smelting capacity and make cuts where appropriate - or face a ratcheting up of inventories and a protracted period of low prices. Roy Harvey, the US producer's chief executive officer, said that while curtailments were costly, both financially and in terms of job losses, they were more than necessary at this mo...Read More