Editorial: Central banks are major gold buyers in 2019
With the gold market’s supply and demand numbers coming in for the first two to three months of 2019, one of the features of this year that’s coming into focus…
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Macquarie Research assesses global iron ore market
Spot iron ore prices rose from US$75 per tonne to US$95 per tonne in the weeks following the Brumadinho dam disaster at Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Feijao iron ore mine in…
CESCO Week: Deficits delayed in global copper market
SANTIAGO, CHILE — Mention electric vehicles and copper industry executives’ eyes dazzle like the headlights on a Tesla. As electric motors and lithium batteries replace combustion engines, cars, buses and…
Raymond James raises gold, copper forecasts, lowers uranium
Brian MacArthur of Raymond James is increasing his price forecasts for gold, copper, zinc and coking call and lowering his estimate for uranium. The mining analyst has revised his average…
Commentary: Are diamond mining stocks a good contrarian play?
During ALROSA’s (MICEX: ALRS) Capital Markets Day on March 18, the company said the most frequently asked questions it gets during 1-on-1 meetings with investors are those related to the…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Copper mine output rises 2.3% in 2018, says ICSG
The following is an edited release from the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) showing preliminary data for world copper supply and demand for 2018. For more detailed information, visit www.icsg.org….
Metals Commentary: Fed policy shift should be good for gold
The following is an edited Investment Update from the World Gold Council. For the full report, visit www.gold.org. The latest U.S. Federal Reserve Open Markets Committee meeting on March 20…
Editorial: Palladium has its day in the sun
Already-strong palladium prices soared to new heights in March, with spot palladium prices topping US$1,600 for the first time on March 20, and hitting an all-time record high of US$1,604…
Facts ‘n’ figures: Central banks buoyed gold demand in 2018
The following is an edited summary from the World Gold Council, based on its Gold Demand Trends Full Year and Q4 2018 report. To access the full report, visit www.gold.org. Global gold demand…
Editorial: Iron ore prices surge higher on Vale disaster
All of those supply and demand, and price forecasts carefully assembled in late 2018 for iron ore have become obsolete in the wake of Vale’s devastating Corrego do Feijao tailings…
Commentary: Silver poised for stronger year after humdrum 2018: Silver Institute
The following is a release by the Silver Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit association that draws its international membership from across the breadth of the silver industry, including silver miners,…
UxC’s Nick Carter expects uranium’s ‘gradual upward movement’
Nicolas Carter is an executive vice-president of uranium at UxC LLC, one of the nuclear industry’s market research and analysis companies. Carter has 21 years of nuclear industry experience. He…