West Africa-focused gold producer Avocet Mining (LON:AVM) has finally concluded the three-times delayed sale of some key assets in Burkina Faso for $5 million to Ghana-based Balaji Group, a move that should avoid a looming bankruptcy.The $5-million deal includes the Inata gold mine and the Souma exploration project.The transaction, which includes the Inata gold mine and the Souma exploration pro...Read More

Canada's top uranium producer Cameco (TSX:CCO) (NYSE:CCJ) injected some optimism in the depressed yellow powder market by posting a better-than-expected quarterly profit, on the back of improved prices and its efforts to cut production to ease a current oversupply.Uranium prices have fallen more than 70% since the Fukushima disaster in 2011, remaining low since then as a result of global glut of...Read More

Namibia's top diamond producer, Namdeb, a 50/50 joint venture company between the country's government and De Beers it's selling its Elizabeth Bay mine in a move that will affect at least 130 of its 1,700 employees.The announcement comes three weeks after the company wrote to staff offering voluntary redundancies, saying the move sought to ensure the sustainability of Namdeb land-based operations....Read More

https://www.reuters.com/LONDON (Reuters) – Copper bulls who are betting on labor strife this year due to a full calendar of contract talks may be disappointed if early wage deals at two copper mines are a signpost for further agreements with mine workers.Benchmark copper prices rallied 12 percent in December, partly due to fear of shortages if workers go on strike since many major operations...Read More

Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More

Read the latest articles at Peak Prosperity: https://www.peakprosperity.com/Christopher Martenson is a former American biochemical scientist. Currently he is a writer and trend forecaster interested in macro trends regarding the economy, energy composition and environment. He is the founder of PeakProsperity.com. As one of the early econobloggers who forecasted the housing market collapse and stoc...Read More

Posted: Feb 9, 2018JK: Discovery Watch Feb 9, 2018 with Jim Goddard and John KaiserPublished: Feb 9, 2018HSC: Discovery Watch Feb 29 2018: Will Osisko's Windfall Rethink Payoff?Discovery Watch is a weekly 15-20 minute audio show sponsored by HoweStreet.com where Jim Goddard interviews John Kaiser about resource juniors with interesting exploration plays that have caught John's attention. The proje...Read More

The Pentagon is considering deploying Marine Expeditionary Units to Asia to reassure Asian allies and deter Chinese influence in the region.Continue...Read More

A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that the largest buyers of risky corporate loans are now exempt from post-crisis rules that would haveContinue...Read More

James G. Rickards joins Remy Blaire in the aftermath of the 'Gold vs. Bitcoin' debate with James Altucher at the Stand Up NY comedy club. Rickards weighs in on the outlook for commodities and cryptocurrencies in "the year of living dangerously.Jim Rickards is a lawyer, investment banker and economist with over thirty years' experience in capital markets. He is currently Chief Global Strategist at...Read More

Prices for flat steel products in Brazil increased in early February, following the adjustments announced by local producers during January.Metal Bulletin's monthly price assessment for Brazilian hot-rolled coil (HRC) rose to 2,500-2,600 Reais ($763-793) ex-works on Friday February 9, from 2,300-2,400 Reais per tonne ex-works on January 5.In the same...Read More

Rebar prices in Brazil were steady at the beginning of February, amid uncertainty over the approval of the merger between ArcelorMittal Brasil and local long steel producer Votorantim Siderurgia.Metal Bulletin's monthly price assessment for Brazilian rebar was 2,200-2,400 Reais ($677-738) per tonne delivered on Friday February 9, stable on a monthly basis.The transaction, which will turn Votoranti...Read More

Latin American steel group Ternium and Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (NSSMC) have reached an agreement over the control of Brazilian steel and iron ore producer Usiminas.The two firms, which are Usiminas' main shareholders, have agreed to establish new rules to govern their relationship as members of the Usiminas control group and to "amicably resolve and terminate the pending legal d...Read More

https://www.reuters.com/LONDON (Reuters) – Copper bulls who are betting on labor strife this year due to a full calendar of contract talks may be disappointed if early wage deals at two copper mines are a signpost for further agreements with mine workers.Benchmark copper prices rallied 12 percent in December, partly due to fear of shortages if workers go on strike since many major operations...Read More

Posted: Feb 9, 2018JK: INN's Charlotte McLeod interviews John Kaiser about his outlook for 2018Published: Feb 5, 2018INN: INN: Gold Price Could Reach $1,600 to $2,000 this YearOn January 22, 2018 Charlotte McLeod of the Investing News Network interviewed me about my outlook for 2018. The INN link includes a transcript. You can also go directly to YouTube.Read More

Posted: Feb 9, 2018JK: Discovery Watch Feb 9, 2018 with Jim Goddard and John KaiserPublished: Feb 9, 2018HSC: Discovery Watch Feb 29 2018: Will Osisko's Windfall Rethink Payoff?Discovery Watch is a weekly 15-20 minute audio show sponsored by HoweStreet.com where Jim Goddard interviews John Kaiser about resource juniors with interesting exploration plays that have caught John's attention. The proje...Read More

Kaiser Media Watch Blog enables John Kaiser to share online content from other media he deems interesting or relevant to Kaiser Research Online audiences. He collects links to such content and writes a brief explanation. The KMW Blog gets updated during the evening KRO update. After a week or so the current KMW Blog gets archived and a new one is started. Tweets are sent with a link to the item in...Read More

Markets were up and down like a yo-yo today, but the Dow closed today up 330 points. Since last Thursday we'd seen a triple meltdown in bonds, stocks and Continue...Read More

On Monday, February 5th, 2018 we experienced 'Volmageddon' (Volume Armageddon) where the low volatility indexes got crushed.Continue...Read More

Published on: Feb 9, 2018 | by finfeedASX small-cap, Pure Minerals (ASX:PM1), this morning updated the market with additional results from the first phase of drilling at its Battery Hub manganese project, situated in WA's renowned Gascoyne region.Encouragingly, drilling indicates the presence of high-grade mineralisation exceeding 30 per cent manganese within zones of thick, continuous mineralisat...Read More