As the world watched the Taliban assume control of Afghanistan this summer and the U.S. withdraw its last troops from the war-torn country, another conflict, thousands of kilometers away in the sub-Saharan Sahel region of West Africa, continued to claim victims in the tri-border region of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.Last month there were attacks on civilians in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger by mil...Read More

Major mills in China paid higher prices for domestic scrap amid bullish sentiment in the finished steel markets on Friday September 3, providing support for imported scrap spot prices, sources told Fastmarkets. Chinese domestic buy prices rebound, keep import prices supportedMajor Vietnam holiday dampens spots liquiditySouth Korea books New Zealand scrapChinaThe purchase prices for domestic steel...Read More

Taiwanese steel mills have shifted their buying focus toward bulk Japanese H1&H2 (50:50) scrap in light of the shortage of containerized heavy-melting scrap (HMS) 1&2 (80:20) from the United States West Coast.Bids increased to $465-468 per tonne cfr Taiwan on Friday September 3, up from $460-465 per tonne cfr Taiwan mid-week.There was a transaction concluded at $465 per tonne cfr Taiwan earlier in...Read More

The global aluminium industry needs to work collaboratively and faster to deal with carbon emissions, and social and governance challenges, executives said during a sustainability panel discussion at Fastmarkets' International Aluminium Conference on Friday September 3.Such industry-wide movement will also need large investments to materialize, which could come from the private sector, the governm...Read More

Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto will offer its benchmark iron ore fines, Pilbara Blend Fines (PBF), against an average of three indices from Thursday September 2, the Beijing Iron Ore Trading Centre (Corex) said this week.Fastmarkets' index for iron ore 62% fines will form one third of the basket index, which also includes the average of indices produced by two other price reporting agencies.The...Read More

The country sits atop what could be one of the world's largest reserves of various metals and minerals, including not just gold but also platinum, silver, copper, iron, aluminum and uranium.Read full newsRead More

E-commerce platform Shopify is the largest publicly listed company in Canada with its $190.1 billion. The tech phenomenon is nice to own, except that the current share price of $1,926.59 is too steep. Besides, the gain in the preceding 12 months in only 41.41%.If you were to scout the TSX for stocks with explosive returns in 2021, Nuvista Energy (TSX:NVA) and Capstone Mining (TSX:CS) sta...Read More

We spoke with Nolan Peterson, CEO of World Copper Ltd. (TSX.V: WCU, OTCQB: WCUFF), a Canadian resource company, focused on the exploration and development of its two primary copper porphyry projects in Chile, and one copper-oxide porphyry project in Arizona. The Escalones porphyry-skarn project, southeast of Santiago, Chile, has indicated and inferred resources and tremendous upside exploration po...Read More

"Supply and demand" does not always determine the price trend of crude oil As you probably know, Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana on August 29, the exact date that Hurricane Katrina made a Louisiana landfall sixteen years earlier.On August 30, the Wall Street Journal said:Oil Industry Surveys Damage After Hurricane Ida Slams LouisianaThe storm disrupted fuel supplies, and the speed of the recovery will...Read More

Clients often ask when they should sell precious metals. We usually suggest one basic rule around the timing. After that, the decision to sell will depend upon whether your reasons for holding gold and silver have changed.The basic rule is to avoid selling based on impulse. Humans are emotional creatures and studies show most of us make poor choices when it comes to timing. If you are making a sna...Read More

When the Fed entices grown up kidswith sweet words, they hit the candy store and stock up on gold, silver, andstocks. A sugar hangover follows.Beware of the candyman!With Fed Chairman Jerome Powellperforming his usual dovish dance on Aug. 27, gold, silver, and mining stockswere like kids in a candy store. However, with the short-term sugar highs oftenleaving investors with nasty stomach aches, the...Read More

I’ve been suggesting for some time now that the PM complex is trading at a critical inflection point where they can have a big move in either direction. It may sound like a copout but that is what an inflection point is. Many times at a critical inflection point, in the  case of the PM stock indexes, support can hold beautifully or there can be a false breakout of the the S&R line w...Read More

There are many factors affecting goldprices on a daily basis, but… how can GameStop stock be one of them?Given today’s pre-market slide in gold,it seems that the triangle-vertex-based turning point worked once again.Declines are likely next.In yesterday’sanalysis, I explained why the situation remains very similar to whathappened in 2013, and that remains up-to-date. On top of t...Read More

Friday the 13th of August 1971 wasa very important date in U.S. history. It was the date that set the table forthe beginning of the end of the USD's world reserve currency status. And,greatly expedited the road to perdition for the dollar's purchasing power.That means this past Friday was the 50-yearanniversary of President Nixon's absolute termination of the dollar's abilityto be redeemed for gol...Read More

With its negative correlation to themetals, the USDX rally weighed heavily on gold, silver and stocks. Stop and think: what would be if it continued?While the overwhelming majority ofinvestors entered 2021 with a bearish outlook for the U.S. dollar, our optimismhas proved quite prescient. The USDX bottomed at the beginning of the year.With the USD Index hitting a new 2021high last week – com...Read More

Gold prices are slipping as talk of a “taper tantrum” has investors thinking that the US Federal Reserve’s bond-buying program could be scaled back.Over the last three days spot gold has dropped $18, peak to trough, on news of US jobless claims falling sharply to 348,000, and the US dollar scaling over a nine-month peak. The dollar’s rise makes gold expensive for holders of...Read More

The rise and fall of gold stocks is a story of hurt and disappointment. That is because most of the time gold stocks are in decline.Below are four charts which depict the sad story. Following each chart I will make some brief comments… HUI – 1 Year ChartNYSE Arca Gold BUGS Index (INDEX)The HUI is back to its low reached earlier this year in March, at just under 255. Where it goes fr...Read More

Ladies and gentlemen, we have abreakdown! Gold stocks underperformed the yellow metal so much that theyreached the lowest levels seen this year…The HUI Index (goldstocks) broke to new 2021 lows while the USD Index broke to new 2021 highs.Just as I’ve been warning you.Mining stocks’ extremeweakness relative to gold continued yesterday, and while it may seem likethe weakness has t...Read More

Technical analyst Clive Maund charts silver and explains why he believes the metal is in the “perfect” buy spot. Silver is now regarded as the best value hard asset around, and it really doesn’t matter in the long-term whether J. P. Morgan and the other banks try to suppress the price or not. Like gold, it has intrinsic value and, in the situation of high inflation that we are mo...Read More

Inflation softened slightly in July and gold prices rose, but the bullish joy may be premature. How should we respond?Inflation eased a bit in July, but it remained disturbingly high. According to the latest BLS report on inflation, the CPI increased 0.5% in July after rising 0.9% in June. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy, also softened, as it rose 0.3% in July after increasing 0.9% in...Read More