Researchers learn to produce borophene on a gold surface

A bad week for markets as Thursday and Friday saw heavy heavy selling and we have now broken a very bearish pattern.

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The emerging market contagion which began making headlines and roiling markets last week is not well understood and it is not even clear which countries are ground zero for this crisis.

The steep, last minute metal concentrate tax slapped on copper miners has brought exports to a standstill.

Mill throughput up 60% and better grades see Lake Shore cut cash costs to just $605 an ounce.

The bill generally adds certain requirements to the application for conversion, most of which codify existing industry best practices.

This could be the ‘bifurcation’ point that we have been looking for, says Eric Angeli, an Investment Executive at Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd.

At the start of the year we asserted that the mining equities could lead the metals higher. Since then, the shares have roared higher while the metals have remained subdued.

The gold price is up five weeks in a row as safe haven buying returns amid carnage on stock, bond and currency markets.