Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

That’s an interesting situation that wehave today. Gold us up, but silver and miners are down. What gives? In short, it’s almost certainly all about the temporary impact from the stock market. The S&P 500 Index is downtoday. Not significantly, but enough to make the parts of the precious metals marketmore linked to it underperform.MiningStocks: Strength in the Current SetupGDXJ is...Read More

The gold miners’ stocksare heading into their winter rally, when strong seasonal tailwinds help boosttheir advances.  This is especiallypronounced when gold stocks’ primary drivers of sentiment, technicals, and fundamentalsare bullish, which is certainly true today. This sector is nearing a psychological tipping point of surgingpopularity, making secular breakouts, and earnin...Read More

The current setup on the silver chart is alot like the start of the silver bull market of the early 2000s. In those dayssilver was under $5 and considered cheap.The current bottoming pattern from around2014 to now is very similar to the early 2000s bottoming pattern (see the chartbelow). I have highlighted two similar patterns(marked 1 to 5).The bottoming period of the early 2000s started when sil...Read More

Since the creation of the Federal Reserve,the Dow Jones has significantly outperformed silver.It was only during brief periods before the1919 and 1980 silver peaks that silver was able to outperform the Dow (see theDow/Silver chart below).                         The Dow/Silver ratio...Read More

Dear Reader,Gold might be losing out to stocks when it comes to headlines. But, the precious metal also just hit all-time highs and did it in style -- rocketing 35% in seven months. Elliott Wave International's analysts helped their subscribers get in front of gold's historic rise. That's why we're letting you know about their Gold Investor's Survival Guide.This FREE report gives you 5 principles...Read More

When the Federal Reserve decides to slash interest rates, it sets off a domino effect in the financial world, and precious metals like gold and silver are among the first to feel the impact. Yesterday, we saw a 0.50% cut, so it’s time to revisit how these metals have historically performed… and let’s just say, they’ve put on quite the show.The Golden (and Silver) Trut...Read More

The CPI data isgoing to be released today, so the markets are tense.Gold'sGains Limited by Short-Term ResistanceGold moved slightly higher, but thevery short-term resistance line based on the previous highs keeps gold’s gainsin check. The fact that goldalready confirmed the breakdown below its rising wedge channel makes the following declines likely from the short-term point of vie...Read More

When I think about the metals market, I chuckle as it has obliterated just about every expectation many have had about what drives the market.We have seen metals decline during a strong inflationary period in 2022, wherein most were expecting it to rally alongside inflation.We have seen metals rally alongside the US Dollar, when most were expecting it to move in the opposite direction to the dolla...Read More

As the summer winds down, investors are keeping a close eye on the precious metals market. August proved to be a stellar month for both gold and silver, with gold prices rising a solid 3.5% and silver not far behind at 3.2%.But what does the future hold? Well, according to Bank of America, the outlook is positively golden. In a recent note to clients, the bank stated, “We believe gold can hi...Read More

For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice. Demand for mined commodities exceeded pre-pandemic levels in 2021. Despite macro-economic headwinds over the next few years, growth seems assured and could be supercharged by a faster decarbonisation pathway. Supply constraints and disruptions continue and are likely to be exacerbated by economic sanctions on Russia...Read More

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Early 2022 has brought the most traumatic events in Kazakhstan’s 30 years of modern independence. Widespread protests and civil unrest led to unprecedented scenes of violence on the country’s streets. Especially in Almaty, the largest city. More than 225 lives have been lost.What began as peaceful demonstrations against a sharp increase in the price of LPG fuel in resource-ri...Read More

For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice. The road to zero carbon will see an extraordinary build out of low carbon electric vehicles (EVs) and renewable power generating capacity. And as the world reduces its dependence on hydrocarbons, metals will be a linchpin of a zero carbon economy. Copper – in the form of wire, cable and foil – will bind...Read More

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We stand at a pivotal moment for the metals that will be essential to the energy transition. Metals-intensive low-carbon electrification remains a significant demand driver for transition metals, but geopolitical tensions and a challenging fiscal environment mean net-zero policies are being rolled back.For copper, EV and grid-related growth will boost long-term demand, but short-term supply-demand...Read More

Both nickel and copper possess properties that give them a central role in the drive for a greener future. While demand from existing use cases will continue to grow steadily, electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage applications will underpin a huge increase in long-term demand.At the recent Future Facing Mined Commodities Forum, we looked at the importance of these two metals for the energy tran...Read More

The copper market is on the brink of transformation, driven by increasing demand for copper-intensive technologies and the urgent need for sustainable practices across the metals and mining industry.Our interactive copper infographic offers a comprehensive overview of the future of the copper market, detailing the key trends and projections that will shape the industry through 2034.Fill out the fo...Read More

For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice. It’s a little over a year since the US Inflation Reduction Act was passed into law. Solar was one of the main beneficiaries, thanks to an extension and expansion of the tax credits available to the industry. So why has the sector fallen out of favour with investors recently?August was a difficult month for the...Read More

BHP has made an all-share offer for Anglo American which valued the company at US$40.7 billion, conditional upon separate demergers by Anglo American by distribution of its entire shareholdings in Kumba and Anglo-American Platinum Limited to Anglo American shareholders. Anglo American’s board has unanimously rejected the proposal from BHP on the basis of valuation and uncertainty associated...Read More

The question was framed, according to some historians, by Josef Stalin at the Potsdam Conference. Winston Churchill had suggested that the Pope might be brought in to provide moral backing to the Allies' campaigns against Hitler.Stalin must have wondered how morality would hold up against Panzer tanks."How many divisions does the Pope have?" he allegedly asked.We wish we could be in the room when...Read More