Gold majors lose their shine
The share prices of major gold producers plunged to multi-year lows following actions of the central banks in the U.S. and Japan that pushed down the gold price and clouded producers’ third-quarter results.
Commodities Markets
Editorial: Precious metal prices collapse as QE3 ends
It’s been another grim day for precious metal enthusiasts as we go to press, with gold prices sinking to US$1,144 an oz., silver at US$15.45 an oz., platinum at US$1,208 an oz. and palladium plumbing US$756 an oz.
Lukas Lundin talks diamonds
Lukas Lundin is bullish on diamonds. The famed mining mogul and chairman of Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) sees rising demand and a lack of new discoveries as underpinning the healthy…
Canadian production on the rise
With Gahcho Kué and Renard now officially under construction, I think it’s fair to say that in four years’ time, Canadian diamond production will look significantly different than it does…
Rick Rule sees ‘lustrous return’ ahead
The Northern Miner recently interviewed Sprott US Holdings chairman Rick Rule on commodity trends, his investment strategy and the junior exploration market. Listen to the podcast at www.northernminer.com, or read the edited transcript below:
Metals, mining and money markets
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Commentary: As graphite prices stumble, more is needed for new operations to succeed
The latest China monthly graphite export data support the idea of some graphite price stabilization. Natural graphite prices trending lower would bolster their competitiveness against synthetic graphite and accelerate demand.
Metals, mining and money markets
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Metals, mining and money markets
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Editorial: Miners smile at falling oil prices
Mining companies struggling to cut cash costs have caught a welcome break in September and October, as global oil prices have fallen sharply to two-year lows.
Metals, mining and money markets
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Commentary: Steel demand cools
The following is an edited excerpt from the World Steel Association’s (worldsteel) “Short-range outlook for 2014 and 2015.” It forecasts that global apparent steel use will increase by 2% to 1,562 million tonnes in 2014 after…