By Frank HolmesYou've no doubt heard that everything's bigger in Texas. That's more than just a trite expression, and I'm not just saying that because Texas is home to U.S. Global Investors.Want to know how big Texas really is? Let's compare its economy with that of Russia, the world's largest country by area. As you probably know, Russia's been in the news a lot lately, so the timing of this co...Read More

Metal Bulletin has added four battery-grade lithium price assessments to its existing coverage of the battery raw materials sector. Metal Bulletin has established a dedicated, global team to track the lithium ion battery raw materials supply chain while it evolves and responds to demand from the electric vehicle (EV) sector. China is the world's largest consumer of lithium, and is expected to ramp...Read More

Source: Jack Chan for Streetwise Reports 04/17/2018 Technical analyst Jack Chan updates the gold and silver charts and finds buy signals for both gold and silver. -->Our proprietary cycle indicator is up. The gold sector is on a long-term buy signal. Long-term signals can last for months and years and are more suitable for investors holding for long term. The gold sector is on a short term...Read More

Boom! The U.S. and its allies struck Syria in response to a suspected deadly chemical attack several days ago. Gold should be the safe haven in such situations, right? But the price of gold was practically unchanged on Monday. What happened? U.S. Strikes Syria. Gold YawnsA lot has happened in recent days. Luckily, we have kept an eye on the most important developments for you, so let's analyze...Read More

Metal Bulletin will today add two graphite price assessments to its existing coverage of the battery raw materials sector. Metal Bulletin has established a dedicated, global team to track the lithium-ion battery raw materials supply chain while it evolves and to respond to developments in the electric vehicle sector. Metal Bulletin will be using its standard price discovery pro...Read More

By: Nicholas LePan, GoldSeek.com The Road to Camino Minerals' Los Chapitos Copper Exploration Property, outside the town of Chala, Peru The current list of tier-one assets of copper, many of which were discovered in the early 20th century and have been operating for several decades, are quickly becoming uneconomic as grades fall, sustaining capital outlays rise and processing costs step up ac...Read More

Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom,...Read More

Graceland Updates By Stewart Thomson 1. Sales and profits growth for key Asian gold jewellers continues to set the stage for an imminent and massive mining stocks rally.2. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this fabulous Chow Tai Fook chart.3. A major breakout to the upside is in play, and where Chinese jewellers go on the price grid, Western miners are likely to...Read More

By Clint SiegnerThe U.S. fired 105 Tomahawk missiles into Syria on Friday night.In other times, the salvo would have put Americans on edge over the prospect of war with nuclear-armed Russia. Our former Cold War adversary is actively defending the Syrian regime and warning the U.S. to mind its own affairs.But, these days not much can command the attention of the complacent public.The President qu...Read More

Flat steel import prices in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia continued to fall this week, with market participants expecting further declines, sources told Metal Bulletin on Tuesday April 17.Demand was weak in both countries, and no improvement was expected because the Islamic holy month of Ramadan will start in mid-May and market activity will reduce even more.UAEChina offered hot-rolled...Read More

"each year about 200 Moz of silver are used in silver jewelry fabrication, but only a small amount is ever recycled." Here's why it matters...by Steve St Angelo of SRSrocco ReportGlobal silver scrap supply fell to its lowest level in 26 years. World silver recycling in 2017 dropped by nearly 50% since its peak in 2011. According to the 2018 World Silver Survey, global silver scrap supply decli...Read More

By Frank HolmesYou've no doubt heard that everything's bigger in Texas. That's more than just a trite expression, and I'm not just saying that because Texas is home to U.S. Global Investors.Want to know how big Texas really is? Let's compare its economy with that of Russia, the world's largest country by area. As you probably know, Russia's been in the news a lot lately, so the timing of this co...Read More

Peter KrauthAfter a wild ride last week, investors have an increasingly optimistic outlook for the price of silver. And for good reason.You see, the 2018 World Silver Survey by the Silver Institute was just released, and it's immensely positive for the silver market.According to the Silver Institute, global demand for silver is growing at a ravenous pace, rising to its highest level in five years....Read More

Russia's Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) reduced shipments of steel products to foreign customers by 20.7 % year on year, to 605,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2018, the company said on Tuesday April 17.Russia's Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) reduced shipments of steel products to foreign customers by 20.7 % year on year, to 605,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2018, the co...Read More

Craig Hemke says JP Morgan won't get caught in an silver short squeeze again like they did in 2011. Here's why...Craig Hemke interviewed by Max Keiser of The Keiser ReportIn this latest interview, Max and Craig take a deep dive into what really happened to gold and silver in 2011.Craig explains how the run-up in silver to nearly $50 occurred, and what has been done since so that JP Morgan doesn't...Read More

Boom! The U.S. and its allies struck Syria in response to a suspected deadly chemical attack several days ago. Gold should be the safe haven in such situations, right? But the price of gold was practically unchanged on Monday. What happened? U.S. Strikes Syria. Gold YawnsA lot has happened in recent days. Luckily, we have kept an eye on the most important developments for you, so let's analyze...Read More

In a world of cheap emerging market labor and ever-more-dexterous robots, inflation - especially the wage-driven variety - seems like yesterday's news. But Continue...Read More

China's hot-rolled coil prices edged up on Tuesday April 17 amid a strengthening of the paper market, particularly in the morning trading session.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,940-3,980 yuan ($627-634) per tonne, narrowed upward by 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,880-3,900 yuan per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonne In Shanghai, spot cargoes were traded at the higher end of range in th...Read More

Many, including Russia's President Putin, have asked why the US launched an illegal attack on Syria prior to the chemical weapons inspectors examining the site of the alleged chemical attack.Continue...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 17 (SMM) – China’s investment in fixed assets, excluding rural households, stood at 10.08 trillion yuan in the first quarter of this year, up 7.5% year on year, according to latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday April 17. The growth was 0.4 percentage point slower than in the first two months of this year.Of the total, private investment in fixed a...Read More