I found an interesting dataset at the IMF of commodity prices going back to 1980. What makes it interesting is to look at the longer-term price trends of some of the industrial metals you don't often don't see charted, such as aluminum, tin, lead, zinc, and nickel.
A nickel mine in northern Manitoba will start producing again after a 6-month suspension of operations due to a dispute over contractors, […]
From Quebec, Canada to Sonora, Mexico, House Mountain Partners Founder Chris Berry constantly uncovers new opportunities in the Americas. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Chris outlines the geopolitical changes that are driving renewed interest in areas considered too risky or not profitable enough in the past.
Quadra FNX Mining Ltd (QUX.TO) outlined a resource at its Victoria copper-nickel project in Ontario that is equivalent to about 3.4 billion […]
These days, the number of perpetually inaccurate predictions forecasting an end to the gold boom are thoroughly drowned out by the now multitudinous voices screaming from the rooftops for gold to go much higher. About 90 percent of that is the herd mentality at work.
Nothing is cheap in today’s investment world. Because of the trillions of currency units that governments all over the world have created – and are continuing to create – financial assets are grossly overpriced.
Mining contractor Barminco continues to drive growth in its domestic market with the award of a three year, A$60 million underground mining services contract for Western Areas’ Spotted Quoll nickel mine located 5 km from the Flying Fox underground complex and 80 km east of Hyden in Western Australia. Read more
Monday was a very quiet trading day in the world's gold markets yesterday. It traded ruler flat in the Far East...and only bumped up at the London open...and then climbed to its high of the day [$1,440.00 spot] about ten minutes after Comex trading began. Then a seller showed up and quietly sold gold down to its low of the day [$1,429.60 spot] at 11:45 a.m. Eastern...but once that seller disappeared, gold inched higher...and finished the New York trading day up about five bucks from Friday's close. Volume was very light.
The former Vale executive, who has previously led the group’s Canadian nickel operations, will take up the post on May 22 and […]
Although Greenland has been known as a source of uranium for many years, its recent development as a base for rare earth extraction could not be much timelier.