Editorial: Mainstream media misses the boat on gold prices
Gold investors have become far too familiar with the same old reasons offered by the financial press for short-term gold price movements.
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Tin and silver — the new electric metals
Historic high prices for tin and silver are in the cards between now and 2018 as demand for the two metals in solder used in the electronics industry continues to climb and supply fails to keep pace, Jon Hykawy, head of global research at Byron…
Editorial: CSR office shoots another blank
There have been a couple of new precedents set in Canada’s evolving corporate social responsibility (CSR) landscape.
Metals Commentary: Pullback in gold a buying opportunity, Macquarie says
Since the 2007 global financial crisis, March has been the worst month for the gold price with average declines of 1.6%. But David Doyle, a Toronto-based strategist and economist at Macquarie Capital Markets, believes the recent pullback is a…
Editorial: Nothing for your thoughts, after rounding
In presenting its budget on March 29, the Canadian government lived up to its reputation of being mining-friendly, even in an age of austerity budgets worldwide. Overall, the relatively healthy state of the Canadian economy gave federal Finance…
Metals Commentary: Is a nickel export ban coming to Indonesia?
The nickel sector was caught a bit off guard in February when an Indonesian press report claimed the country’s government intends to enact its proposed ban on nickel ore exports from January 2014 to as early as May 2012. The ban,…
ICSG: China, Russia boost copper use for 2011
The following is a summary of the International Copper Study Group’s (ICSG) preliminary data for 2011 world copper supply and demand. The full report is included in the ICSG’s March 2012 Copper Bulletin, which can be purchased at…
Editorial: Mali-ce aforethought
Another year, another coup in Africa. This past week it was Mali’s turn to see rebel troops running through the streets of the capital and taking over the presidential palace.
Pullback in gold is buying opportunity, Macquarie says
Since the outbreak in 2007 of the global financial crisis, March has been the worst month for the gold price with average declines of about 1.6%. But David Doyle, a Toronto-based strategist and economist at Macquarie Capital Markets, believes…
UBS updates near-term commodity prices
The acceleration of capital outflow from emerging markets and tighter liquidity as stimulus ends from the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank, a “rebalancing” in China where policymakers are not actively stimulating private…
Silver Wheaton rises on record 2011 revenues
Vancouver — Silver Wheaton (SLW-T, SLW-N) is the reigning king of silver-stream financing, and the company continued to experience notable growth in 2011.
Glorious royalties
Financing was a recurring theme at this year’s eightieth Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto. With debt markets in Europe faltering and equity markets globally not performing up to snuff, miners…