The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday March 27.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange closed mostly in positive territory on Monday March 26, barring copper and aluminium. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how LME prices looked at Monday's close:London-based metals merchant Concord Resources is eyeing opportunities, including those for physical...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Will PurcellThe diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Monday was a weak 73-100-117. The TSX Venture Exchange fell one point to 816 while polished diamond prices edged lower. Dr. Leon Daniels's Pangolin Diamonds Corp. (PAN) gained one cent to six cen...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterNew York spot gold gained $6.60 to $1,353.40 on Monday. The TSX Venture Exchange fell 1.26 points to 816.54 while the TSX Gold Index rose 2.63 points to 190.34. Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (AEM) led Canadian gold miners higher today, addin...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterThe TSX Venture Exchange lost 1.26 points to 816.54 Monday. David Patterson and Colin Watt have listed their seventh capital pool shell, Two Owls Ventures Corp.(OWL), with a $400,000 initial public offering at 10 cents. The stock opene...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Mike CaswellAbida Khan, a California investment adviser serving four years in jail for her part in a scheme run by Vancouver-linked fraudster Ed Durante, has suddenly dropped her appeal. A jury previously convicted her for placing clients of her advisory firm int...Read More

Investing.com - Gold prices turned lower on Monday, pulling away from five-week highs after reports that the U.S. and China had started negotiations over escalating trade tensions eased fears over a possible all-out trade war.Gold futures for April delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange were down $4.5 or 0.33% to $1,345.4 a troy ounce by 04:19 AM ET (08:19 GMT).Gold pri...Read More

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday March 27.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange closed mostly in positive territory on Monday March 26, barring copper and aluminium. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how LME prices looked at Monday's close:London-based metals merchant Concord Resources is eyeing opportunities, including those for physical...Read More

It is difficult to say when the 'free' gold market came into existence, since there always has been one. Yes, the gold price has been set and fixed by governments for long periods of time throughout history, as part of various types of gold standards. However, gold prices always have fluctuated around those official prices.Setting such nuances aside, the modern gold market was born 50 years ago th...Read More

Scientists from Imperial College London and UCL used a synthetic diamond grown in a nitrogen-rich atmosphere to create a new maser that operates continuously.A maser (microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) is the older, microwave frequency sibling of the laser. It was invented in 1954 and has traditionally been used in deep space communication and radio astronomy.However, ear...Read More

Gold prices are beginning to enter zones that have seen significant resistance for a few years now. Naturally, gold bugs are optimistic that this time, the price will push through and start climbing up to US$1,400 and beyond.One unique stock that will give you exposure to both gold and silver is Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (TSX:WPM)(NYSE:WPM). For those that don't know, Wheaton is the new name f...Read More

The markets plunged last week, and investors were flocking to hedge against a market downturn. In times of uncertainty, gold is a proven safe haven for investors. This makes sense, as gold and market crashes are negatively correlated. Need proof? From May 10, 2011, to October 3, 2011, the S&P lost 19% of its value, while gold gained 9.4%. During the last financial crisis, the S&P lost 5...Read More

The Oreninc Index fell in the week ending March 23rd, 2018 to 26.70 from an updated 52.33 a week ago as financings once again dried to a trickle.The week was full of news that was generally positive for gold led by the US Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy decision that confirmed the long-expected interest rate increase, but more importantly, the Fed indicated that it will only make three ra...Read More

France has demonstrated a strong commitment to nuclear security, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The Vienna-based agency carried out a two-week International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) follow-up mission at the French government's request.The team completed the mission on 23 March to review the legislative and regulatory framework for nuclear security i...Read More

The Czech government is expected to reach a decision on the best way to finance new nuclear projects by the middle of the year, after a Ministry of Industry and Trade committee agreed yesterday to finalise its recommendations to government.Dukovany (Image: ?OEEZ)The Standing Committee on Nuclear Energy met to consider investor models and financing for the construction of new nuclear reactors. Mini...Read More

Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange remained high at the close of trading on Tuesday March 27, with only aluminium moving down. Aluminium was the only downward mover, dropping $7.50 to $2,044.50 per tonne while it continues to lack momentum."Its technical configuration is starting to improve and now badly needs follow-up buying to help the price of the light metal to edge higher. Going...Read More

Bob Moriarty ArchivesMar 27, 2018Gold companies often work for years and spend millions of dollars before hitting the jackpot. Today I’m going to talk about a company that did a deal on a project and hit the jackpot right out of the box.Years agoI wrote a short piece about some people I named the heroes of mining. By chance the first person I talked about is named Carl Pescio from Nevada. At...Read More

Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:stewart@gutrader.comMar 27, 2018I’ve predicted that in 2018 the US stock market would suffer a series of crashes somewhat akin to the 1987 event, but smaller in size. Pleaseclick here now. Double-click to enlarge this interesting chart of the US stock market. Clearly, these mini-crashes are starting to...Read More

Trade wars historically have been symptomatic of more profound underlying problems. Primarily economic in nature. Any big war in history can be tied to economic roots.The degree to which the U.S. financial and economic system is self-destructing varies inversely with the amplitude of the propaganda promoting the opposite.Yet, in 2016 based on the latest annual W-2 numbers available (SSA.Gov), 55%...Read More

Weekly Reports |Mar 27 2018The Trump administration has suspended government sales of uranium in FY18, previously undertaken to fund an environmental clean-up.-DoE suspends US government uranium sales-Global price gap begins to close-Japan restarts number sevenBy Greg PeelThe US Department of Energy announced last week it would suspend government sales of uranium from excess inventories, which had...Read More

Metal Bulletin and sister publication American Metal Market will follow its published pricing calendar for its base metals and minors, ores and alloys prices over the coming Easter Break. You can find the complete pricing calendar here. Base metals price assessments In summary, all our base metals price assessments and indices follow the holiday calendar adopted by the London Metal Exchange, which...Read More