LONDON, 16 January 2023 - Analysis from BullionVault features today in a report on the boom in central-bank gold buying from the South China Morning Post, now in print for 120 years and widely regarded as Hong Kong's newspaper of record."Gold purchases by China and Russia's central banks, and smaller moves by central banks elsewhere...suggest that the rise in gold prices so far may only be the tip...Read More

GOLD HEADLINES – UP $300Advisors and marketers are ecstatic:…“Nothing will be able to stop gold when it breaks to a new all-time high”  or “On the cusp of a breakout where gold can go up to $5000”  are two examples of recent exclamations about prospects for higher gold prices. The euphoria can be contagious. I’m sure that makes gold bulls feel...Read More

"Crude should be at the forefront of a..."Looking back on 2022, one of the biggest fears about oil was that prices would skyrocket even more than they did due to a disruption in supply from Russia.Of course, Russia has been a major world supplier of oil, but after Russia invaded Ukraine, many global financial institutions refused to back transactions involving Russian oil. So, back in March of 20...Read More

Back in October we began to plan the prospect of a relief rally that would be fueled by over-bearish sentiment (contrary bullish), ‘Fed hawk’ relief as we anticipated inflation signals to ease, and a post (mid-term) election seasonal pattern that is bullish for stocks. This public article had a lot to say about that on November 10th:Q4-Q1 plan engages For the purposes of this week&rsqu...Read More

Gold has powered highersmartly over the past couple months, achieving big gains.  But this gold buying is only starting,implying this young upleg still has a long way to run yet.  Speculators’ gold-futures buying remainsmodest, while much-larger identifiable investment buying hasn’t even begun.  Traders will have to increasingly chase gold’supside momentum to resto...Read More

Gold’s nasty divorce from the U.S. dollar was finalized in August 1971 when President Richard Nixon suspended any further convertibility of U.S. dollars into gold by non-U.S. citizens. That action removed any remaining links between the dollar and gold.Without convertibility, any official price for gold became meaningless. At that time, the official U.S. dollar price of gold was raised from...Read More

Gold started this year with a quickrally, but it was mostly erased. It’s still above its mid-2022 high, but willit stay there for much longer?IsIt All Bearish? The above chart features goldprices in terms of weekly candlesticks. As you can see, it justapproached its August high, and it’s trying to break above those highs onceagain. The previous attempts failed, so the question is whet...Read More

Fed officials flexed their muscles during the last FOMC meeting. Silver tripped and fell in response, but that didn’t last long – why?The hawkish force was strong with this FOMC! The minutes from the last meeting of the Committee in December offered almost no dovish signals. In particular, the document doesn’t mention anything about the Fed’s pivot. Actually, we can read th...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadership4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootRed Dirt rockets toward mining in 2023SPONSOREDred dirt metalsWhile the company said it was "hard to find words" to describe how impressive the latest headline drill hit in Quebec was, the numbers do most of th...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadership4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootRed Dirt rockets toward mining in 2023SPONSOREDred dirt metalsAnglo Asian, which is progressing plans to become a mid-tier copper producer, produced 57,618 gold equivalent oz in 2022, which compared to guidance...Read More

EVM Arabia will be setting up a new battery chemicals complex on a 1.27Msqm at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, to develop lithium and nickel chemicals plant.Read More

Tiehm's buckwheat has become a totem issue in the federal permitting of new mines that could potentially supply critical minerals, including lithium.Read More

First Majestic guided AISC for its Mexican operations at US$16.69-17.83 silver equivalent oz (EqAg oz), compared to its previous guidance of $15.48 EqAg oz and analysts' estimates of around $15.Read More

4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootRed Dirt rockets toward mining in 2023SPONSOREDred dirt metalsAlien Metals accelerates toward productionSPONSOREDalien metalsMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingThe benchmark S&P/ASX 200 resources index added 13.1% over 2022 for a total return of 22.3%.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Israel Diamond Exchange is to host its first international events since the Covid pandemic.The inaugural Israel Diamond Conference will take place on March 27, bringing together mining ministers, major diamond producers, finance and banking leaders and other key industry figures. A tender of white and fancy color polished goods, Diagurus, the Israeli branch of the South Africa...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Kim Kardashian has bought the amethyst and diamond pendant famously worn by the late Princess Diana.The American socialite and media personality paid $197,453 for the Attallah Cross after fierce bidding at Sotheby's London yesterday. The estimate was $97,000 to $145,000.The The Fleuree cross, circa 1920, set with square-cut amethyst and accented by circular-cut diamonds belong...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The eight-year-old daughter of a wealthy Indian diamond merchant has relinquished her share of a $61m inheritance, to become a Jain nun.Devanshi Sanghvi took part this week in the 'diksha' ceremony, abandoning all material possessions, after a lavish four-day ceremony in which she rode in a carriage pulled by an elephant.She was heiress to the Sanghvi and Sons jewelry bus...Read More

4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootRed Dirt rockets toward mining in 2023SPONSOREDred dirt metalsAlien Metals accelerates toward productionSPONSOREDalien metalsMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingThe Committee of Ministers ruled on 12 appeals presented by environmental organisations against the Environmental...Read More

4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootRed Dirt rockets toward mining in 2023SPONSOREDred dirt metalsAlien Metals accelerates toward productionSPONSOREDalien metalsMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingDecember quarter production of 66.9 million tonnes (attributable) took half-year output to a record 131.9Mt (attr...Read More

(Refiles to correct source in paragraph 6 to official companystatement, not spokeswoman) JAKARTA, Jan 19 (Reuters) -Germany's BASF and French miner Eramet are finalising a $2.6 billion partnership deal to invest in afacility in Indonesia to process nickel for use in batteries forelectric vehicles, Indonesian officials said. The Indonesian announcement comes as Southeast Asia'sbiggest economy has...Read More