Raymond James’ top silver picks
Given the plunge in silver and gold prices, Raymond James analysts are urging investors to stick with quality names, in terms of assets, balance sheets and management.
Commodities Markets
Editorial: After three long years, uranium has its day
An encouraging feature of today’s mineral industry is that it’s not bad news across the board, as a few subsectors — such as diamonds and nickel — have seen strong price increases and renewed investor interest this year.
Supplier news
Horizon Conveyor to supply new UK mine
Metals, mining and money markets
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HSBC cuts iron ore price forecasts
The current iron ore market “looks like a game of chicken where no player has blinked,” says the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp.
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.
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.