Recent News

Could Trump's Next Fed Chair Be A "Goldbug?"

January 20, 2017 / marketsanity.com

A former campaign adviser for Trump, Shelton has been a vocal Fed critic who has praised the gold standard in the past. Continue...Read More

Doug Casey: Tensions With Iran Can't End Well

January 20, 2017 / marketsanity.com

Don't believe almost anything. Most reporters just parrot whatever they're told by the authorities. Most pundits misinterpret the facts - apart from the fact most of what they think they know Continue...Read More

Troubling contradictions in Trumponomics

January 19, 2017 / www.mining.com

Economic growth is not a mystery. As Dr. John Hussman reminds us, economic growth always comes down to the sum of just two things: 1) more people working, 2) higher productivity. Add them up and you get the real growth rate. Everything else means nothing unless it contributes to these two factors.Hussman assumes that the unemployment rate falls to an incredibly optimistic 2% by 2024 (from its curr...Read More

Curb your copper price enthusiasm - report

January 19, 2017 / www.mining.com

A year ago credit ratings agency Moody's warned that the downturn in raw materials was like no other and that defaults among mining and metals companies could reach levels last seen during the height of the financial crisis.As a result, Moody's embarked on a sector-wide review of the 87 global mining majors that it covers, eventually downgrading 36 companies, including marquee names like Rio Tinto...Read More

This start-up plans to be a top lithium miner in the UK

January 19, 2017 / www.mining.com

Newcomer Cornish Lithium Limited is hoping to lead the development of a lithium industry in the UK after acquiring the rights to drill for the mineral in the ancient mining region of Cornwall from Canadian junior Strongbow Exploration (TSX-V:SBW).With the deal, the start-up led by the head of mining research at Investec Plc, Jeremy Wrathall, is undertaking what is believed to be the largest, sin...Read More

Gold falls around 1% after Yellen signals

January 19, 2017 / in.investing.com

Investing.com - Gold prices fell sharply during European morning trade on Thursday, dropping below the $1,200-level after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the U.S. economy is strong enough to warrant higher interest rates.Gold for February delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange slumped $12.35, or around 1%, to $1,199.75 a troy ounce by 3:35AM ET (08:35GMT), after...Read More

Peru says it and India plan to start free trade talks this quarter

January 19, 2017 / in.investing.com

LIMA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - India and Peru plan to start negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement covering goods, services and investments sometime in the first quarter, Peru said on Wednesday.The Cabinet of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved a feasibility study on the proposed deal on Wednesday, clearing the way for the start of formal talks, Peru's Trade Ministry said in a stateme...Read More

Copper: 5 things to look for in 2017

January 19, 2017 / www.woodmac.com

Description This Metals Insight report highlights the key issues surrounding this topic, and draws out the implications for those involved. For industry participants and advisors who want to look at the trends, risks and issues surrounding this topic, this report gives you an expert point of view to help inform your decision making. Our analysts are based in the markets they analyse and work with...Read More

Uranium Resources Announces Closing of $9.7 Million Public Offering

January 19, 2017 / www.westwaterresources.net

CENTENNIAL, Colo., January 19, 2017 - Uranium Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq: URRE; ASX: URI), an energy metals exploration and development company, today announced that it has completed a registered public offering of an aggregate of 1,399,140 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $2.01 per share and pre-funded warrants to purchase 3,426,731 shares of common stock at a price to the public o...Read More

SMM Evening Comments (Jan 19)

January 19, 2017 / news.metal.com

SHANGHAI, Jan 19 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Nonferrous metals rallied today, with lead rising 2%. Aluminium and tin edged up about 1% and copper gained slightly. Nickel saw a slight dip today.The ferrous complex also did well today. Rebar led the gain with a 2% rise. Hot-rolled coil climbed nearly 2%, iron ore rose 1.59% and coke gained 1%. Coking coal edged up 0.63%.Copper: SHFE copper traded bet...Read More

Data: SHFE, DCE market movement (Jan 19)

January 19, 2017 / news.metal.com

Read More

Analysis: Copper prices to rise in 2018 despite current decline

January 19, 2017 / news.metal.com

SHANGHAI, Jan 19 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Copper prices are expected to rise, overall, in 2018 despite current declines.This is in line with expectations from financial institutes such as Deutsche Bank, Société Générale and the Chilean state copper commission, Cochilco. All three have raised their price expectations in anticipation of tighter supply.SMM believes that, as i...Read More

SMM Morning Comments (Jan 19)

January 19, 2017 / news.metal.com

SHANGHAI, Jan 19 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Copper: Copper is expected to remain rangebound today. LME copper is to trade at $7,020-7,120/mt while SHFE 1803 is to trade at 53,190-54,050 yuan/mt. Spot discounts are expected at 130-80 yuan/mt.Aluminium: We see LME aluminium trading at $2,220-2,250/mt while SHFE aluminium is likely to follow LME tendency at 14,600-14,800 yuan/mt today. We see spot discoun...Read More

Jayant Bhandari - India's Demonetization, Fake News, and You

January 19, 2017 / www.youtube.com

Remember to subscribe: website: www.provenandprobable.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/provenandpr...Jayant Bhandari who is the host of the highly acclaimed Capitalism and Morality, and a world recognized adviser to institutional investors sits down with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable to address the latest events unfolding in India, since the 8th of Nov. when PM Modi stripped the pop...Read More

More Cooperation Between America and China Than There Seems

January 19, 2017 / www.thedailybell.com

Xi portrays China as global leader as Trump era looms ... China will build a “new model” of relations with the United States, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday in a speech that portrayed China as the leader of a globalized world where only international cooperation could solve the big problems. -ReutersWith Trump focusing on domestic problems, China is stepping up to become an int...Read More

More Cooperation Between America and China Than There Seems

January 19, 2017 / www.thedailybell.com

Xi portrays China as global leader as Trump era looms ... China will build a “new model” of relations with the United States, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday in a speech that portrayed China as the leader of a globalized world where only international cooperation could solve the big problems. -ReutersWith Trump focusing on domestic problems, China is stepping up to become an int...Read More

Tyler Childers - "Redneck Romeo" - Live at Sound Stage Studios

January 19, 2017 / www.youtube.com

http://www.soundstagestudioslive.comLive Tyler Childers performance of "Redneck Romeo" from Sound Stage Studios in Nashville, TN.Read More

Paladin Energy 'positioned well for a turnaround in Uranium prices' says CEO

January 19, 2017 / www.youtube.com

Paladin Energy's the world's eighth largest uranium producer with two mines in Africa and projects in Australia and Canada. They're listed on both the ASX and the TSX. Chief executive Alex Molyneux spoke to Proactive: ''We've had to focus on having our operating business be sustainable in these low uranium prices, so we've focused very, very heavily on cost saving and we've managed to bring those...Read More

Freeport reaches settlement with US Gov't, Navajo Nation on uranium mines cleanup

January 18, 2017 / www.mining.com

Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) has entered into an agreement with the US government for the cleanup of 94 abandoned uranium mines on Navajo land, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.Company will perform the work and federal government will contribute about half of the more than $600 million cleanup costs.Under the deal, valued at more than $600 million, Freeport-McMoRan units Cyprus Amax Mine...Read More

Rio Tinto, Chinalco put an end to copper joint venture

January 18, 2017 / www.mining.com

Mining giants Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) and Aluminum Corp. of China (Chinalco) have decided to call it quits on a six-year-old exploration joint venture originally set to find copper deposits in China.Rio had dropped a hint about the breakup on Tuesday by saying it had discontinued exploration work in China, India and Mexico, with no further details.A Chinalco spokesperson confirmed to Bloomberg that t...Read More

Share to Youtube Share to Facebook Facebook Share to Linkedin Share to Twitter Twitter Share to Tiktok