Cobalt demand to surpass 100,000 tonnes in 2017: CRU
Our commodities research and consultancy firm CRU estimates that global consumption for refined cobalt is set to reach 100,000 tonnes in 2017. Whilst demand growth for most metals has stalled…
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Editorial: Metallurgical coal prices go through the roof
While so much attention this year has focused on gold, it’s metallurgical coal that has suddenly become the unlikely star performer of 2016. Traders in metallurgical coal, also known as…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 28: Our eyes on autumn ft. Mickey Fulp
Matt is joined by the Mercenary Geologist, Mickey Fulp, to talk the U.S. economy, elections, and a potential interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve. We ask if gold stocks are…
Editorial: Texas to build its own gold depository
When the average person thinks about Texas, a few words and phrases quickly come to mind: old-school, wealthy, isolationist, entrepreneurial and open-carry. Happily we can roll all these elements into…
Editorial: LME shakes up gold world with gold and silver trading
Metal trading in the historic centre of London has had a pretty-clear cut dichotomy in recent years: base metals trading including futures are carried out on the giant London Metal…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Gold demand nears new record, WGC says
The following is a release by the World Gold Council detailing global gold demand in the second quarter of 2016. The full 26-page Gold Demand Trends report is available for…
Editorial: Gold gains appeal in UK as interest rates hit 322-year low
One of the features of the gold bull run from 2001 to 2011 was the divergence in enthusiasm for gold on either side of the Atlantic. Gold bugs taking in…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Gold is ‘back in style’ amid economic, political uncertainty, GFMS says
The following is an edited commentary by Thomson Reuters as it publishes its “GFMS Gold Survey: Q2 2016 Review and Outlook”, which is available for download at https://forms.thomsonreuters.com/gfms/. The first…
Oroplata picks up lithium brine project in Western Nevada Basin
Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting dresses like Steve Jobs and thinks like Elon Musk. The Beijing-based entrepreneur, who made his money initially in online video streaming and wireless telecoms, is confident…
Editorial: Silver starts to outshine gold, and Greenspan goes full goldbug
The surging U.S. dollar in the wake of the Brexit vote has set aside for now all that talk of an imminent interest-rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board….
Editorial: Brexit vote stokes gold rally
With all the political turmoil surrounding the United Kingdom’s surprise, non-binding vote in a June 23 referendum to leave the European Union, the world has certainly learned a few lessons….
Canpotex nixes plan for potash terminal in Prince Rupert
VANCOUVER — Canpotex, an exclusive offshore marketing company for potash mined in Saskatchewan by Agrium (TSX: AGU; AGY: NYSE), Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) and Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX: POT; NYSE: POT),…