August 23, 2015 EPA knew cleaning up mine could trigger spill The EPA was aware of the potential for a catastrophic release of toxic materials from an old Colorado gold mine but appears to have only had a cursory plan to…
August 21, 2015 Gold price: Hedge funds reverse historic bearish position Amid chaos on equity markets, large speculators on gold futures this week exited bearish positioning not seen in at least 9 years.
August 21, 2015 INFOGRAPHIC – On the precipice: Will global markets follow commodities off the cliff? Today may be the end of this trend of divergence. US equities are at a precipice: fueled by low rates and quantitative easing for years, they have finally started to…
August 21, 2015 Metals heading for worst week of 2015 Metals from copper to aluminum fell again Friday, and were heading for their worst week of the year, after data showed Chinese factory activity shrinking at the fastest pace since…
August 21, 2015 Gold juniors’ strong financials Extreme declines have led investors and speculators to assume that much of this sector won’t survive lower prevailing gold prices. But nothing could be farther from the truth.
August 20, 2015 Forget slower growth, worry about Chinese GDP contraction Chinese rail freight tonnage – a key indicator for economic activity and the commodities trade – has plunged by 10.2% this year.
August 20, 2015 Is this gold price jump the turning point? Gold leaped more than 2% to a five-week high Thursday on a futures market in rare backwardation and where hedge fund investors are short 323 tonnes.
August 20, 2015 Heap Leach: Mining’s breakthrough technology New techniques for tailings treatment and sulfide ore recovery will see low-cost environmentally friendly heap leaching take another giant leap forward.
August 20, 2015 Carsten Ringler makes the basket case for gold equities Carsten Ringler, analyst and founder of Ringler Consulting and Research in Germany, strongly believes that precious metals prices will move sharply higher over the next few years and discusses some…
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm