Summary: This piece explores the correlation between the Dow and gold/silver, and compares charts from the 1970s and today. With the Dow hitting … [Read more...]
Gold Prices Surge Ahead of Eastern Buying Season
Summary: Gold posted an impressive 4.5% rally last week for one of its best performances of the year. One of the factors driving this rally is … [Read more...]
Gold Bugs Will Love What This Chart Says About Gold Prices
Summary: Technical analysis of gold charts from 2013 shows the rough time its had in the last 9 months, but that it may be starting to break for the … [Read more...]
Silver’s 13% jump “confirms” recovery in gold
Summary: Both gold and silver posted impressive gains last week - in silver's case, it was the metal's strongest rally in 2013. Merrill Lynch analyst … [Read more...]
Are gold ETFs back in favor?
Summary: Last week, the world's largest gold exchange-traded fund (ETF) posted its first gain since last November. The reasons for gold's rally last … [Read more...]
Gold futures close lower after weekly gain
Gold market update for August 20. Gold posted its first loss after a nearly 5% gain last week. It was in fact gold and silver's strongest weekly … [Read more...]
Gold, Silver Slip as Traders Anticipate Fed Minutes
Gold/silver market update for August 20. Following its strongest performance last week in several months, gold and silver posted losses on Monday … [Read more...]
Copper Falls Most in Three Weeks on Fed Stimulus Bets
Copper market update for August 20th: Copper posted its biggest one-day lost in over 3 weeks on concerns that monetary stimulus from the Fed will be … [Read more...]
A primer on reading drill result press releases
Summary: In determining if an area is an anomaly or a large deposit, geologist Brent Cook describes the process as "half science, half art, and half … [Read more...]
Copper Mining in Africa
Summary: Because of its thermal and electrical conductivity, copper is a coveted industrial metal around the world. The history of copper though dates … [Read more...]
United Nations publishes first plan for deep sea mining
Summary: As technology has developed, so has the opportunities to mine in areas once thought untouchable. The sea floor is one of those places. … [Read more...]
Meltdown for mining stocks
Summary: When gold took a steep dive last month, losing $145 in just 2 days, stocks for some the world's miners dropped with it. Shares for the 3 … [Read more...]