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.Electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage have dominated the narrative in the metals and mining space. As announcements on EV targets by automakers and governments grew ever more bullish, panic around the security of raw materi...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.Electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage have dominated the narrative in the metals and mining space. As announcements on EV targets by automakers and governments grew ever more bullish, panic around the security of raw materi...Read More
Frank Mariage, partner at Fasken, took some time to talk about the top trends in mining law and share his advice for investors.Read full newsRead More
By Scott Patterson Glencore PLC has agreed to sell a large chunk of its cobalt production to a Chinese company, a person familiar with the matter said, marking another victory for China in a race to lock up supplies of an important metal used in batteries for electric vehicles. Glencore, the giant Swiss commodity producer and trader, signed a deal several weeks ago to provide more than 50,000 me...Read More
Despite concerns surrounding the Dow Jones in February, newly released numbers show that inflation was right on track last month.Read full newsRead More
CloseGain/LossGold $1325.20-$0.60Silver$16.55-$0.02XAU79.79+0.11%HUI174.19-0.04%GDM607.88+0.17%JSE Gold1077.28-12.85USD89.74UNCHEuro123.67-0.23Yen94.14+0.26Oil$60.96+$0.2510-Year2.817%-0.030T-Bond145.875+0.71875Dow24758.12-1.00%Nasdaq7496.81-0.19%S&P2749.48-0.57% The Metals: Gold gained $4.30 to $1330.10 in Asia before it fell back to $1321.60 in midmorning New York trade, but it then chop...Read More
- Gold Cup at Cheltenham - 'The Olympics' of the European horse racing calendar - Gold Cup trophy contains 10 troy ounces of gold - worth ?9,000- ?620 million bets on horses, 230,000 pints of Guinness will be drunk, 9.2 tonnes of potato eaten - Since the 5th century BC, gold has been the ultimate prize to award champions and gold has been constantly and universally awarded as top prize...Read More
Political developments in the USA will prevent the US dollar from sharp gains before the Federal Reserve meeting next week. Inflation meeting the Federal Reserve's target implies that a minimum of three interest rate hikes will be there. The fourth interest rate hike will be dependent on energy prices. Gold and silver are firm due to reduced chances of four interest rate hikes this year. Trump...Read More
- Gold Cup at Cheltenham - 'The Olympics' of the European horse racing calendar - Gold Cup trophy contains 10 troy ounces of gold - worth ?9,000- ?620 million bets on horses, 230,000 pints of Guinness will be drunk, 9.2 tonnes of potato eaten - Since the 5th century BC, gold has been the ultimate prize to award champions and gold has been constantly and universally awarded as top prize...Read More
Political developments in the USA will prevent the US dollar from sharp gains before the Federal Reserve meeting next week. Inflation meeting the Federal Reserve's target implies that a minimum of three interest rate hikes will be there. The fourth interest rate hike will be dependent on energy prices. Gold and silver are firm due to reduced chances of four interest rate hikes this year. Trump...Read More
At the 5th India International Bullion Summit (IIBS -5), the World Gold Council’s CEO Aram Shishmanian will be delivering the key note speech. In addition, Somasundaram PR, World Gold Council’s Managing Director, India will be participating in a panel discussion about India’s Gold Policy and the implementation of the framework. This Summit is aimed at increasing interac...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted 67 to 31 on Wednesday to ease bank rules, bringing Congress a step closer to passing the first rewrite of the Dodd-Frank reform law enacted after the 2007-2009 global financial crisis.The draft legislation now heads to the U.S. House of Representatives where majority Republicans say they want to add more provisions to ease financial regulations.The bill...Read More
Jeff Mason, Makini BriceWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. television commentator and conservative economic analyst Larry Kudlow will replace Gary Cohn as President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, the White House and Kudlow said on Wednesday, adding another loyalist to Trump’s inner circle.Kudlow, a Republican who served as an economic adviser to former President Ronald Reagan in the 198...Read More
Centenera Mining Corporation (TSXV:CT; OTC:CTMIF) was recently featured on Streetwise Reports, where Peter Epstein of Epstein Research discussed his time at PDAC and highlights Centenera Mining's copper-gold project in Argentina.Read full newsRead More
BHP's Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world's largest, said on Wednesday that it has invited its powerful workers' union to start early talks on a new collective labor contract.Last year, a more than month-long strike at Escondida ended with workers opting to extend their previous contract through July 31 of this year instead of replacing it.New negotiations are scheduled for June, but BHP sai...Read More
BHP's Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world's largest, said on Wednesday that it has invited its powerful workers' union to start early talks on a new collective labor contract.Last year, a more than month-long strike at Escondida ended with workers opting to extend their previous contract through July 31 of this year instead of replacing it.New negotiations are scheduled for June, but BHP sai...Read More
Earlier this week the Chilean press learned about an application for a mining concession presented before Quilpu?(C)'s First Municipal Court by Augusto Pinochet Hiriart, the son of former dictator Augusto Pinochet.According to local media, back in February, Pinochet requested a "license to exploit a copper, gold, silver and other minerals" in an area near the city of Quilpu?(C), which is located i...Read More
Earlier this week the Chilean press learned about an application for a mining concession presented before Quilpu?(C)'s First Municipal Court by Augusto Pinochet Hiriart, the son of former dictator Augusto Pinochet.According to local media, back in February, Pinochet requested a "license to exploit a copper, gold, silver and other minerals" in an area near the city of Quilpu?(C), which is located i...Read More
Dollar climbs, gold sinks on Kudlow remarks; yen gains againInvestors weigh mixed outlook on trade, Fed policy trajectory'Good Side' of U.S. Eco Data Is Strong, Says BofA's MeyerU.S. stocks ended mixed Thursday, as industrial and tech gains were offset by losses in the consumer and energy sector. Ten-year Treasury yields steadied after briefly sinking below 2.80 percent as traders look forward to...Read More
Is this the quiet before the storm or the quiet before the quiet? Gold is trading in a narrow and defined trading range. Only eight dollars separates the intraday low and intraday high for today’s trading range. Currently gold futures, basis the most active April contract, is trading -$1.40 lower and fixed at $1,325.70.With next week’s FOMC meeting, traders across the board are looking...Read More