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The Fed Sends A Bullish Signal To The Gold Market

August 31, 2020

Summary Chairman Powell said that the inflation rate target is an average rather than a line in the sand. Gold has been consolidating since the…

Venezuela Fuels Amazon Gold Rush With Petrodollars Drying Up

August 31, 2020

U.S. sanctions and a collapsing oil industry are prompting Venezuela to accelerate a push into gold mining, including in protected areas of the Amazon. The amount…

Gold Is Bigger Bubble Than Tech, Says $63 Billion Asset Manager

August 26, 2020

Carillon Tower Advisers Inc. portfolio specialist Matt Orton is a rare critic when it comes to gold’s meteoric rise this year. He says excitement around…

What Are The Top Questions For Electric Revolution?

August 26, 2020

CleanTechnica has been digging into lithium and nickel like we never did before. Every revelation or learning session opens up several more questions. This week, I will again be talking…

Key takeaways from the latest Base Metals Market Tracker

August 26, 2020

These include an increase in our copper mine disruption estimates, upgrades to our production outlook for Indonesian nickel pig iron (NPI), a smaller refined zinc…

In a world of low interest rates, gold becomes more relevant every day for investors – WGC

August 26, 2020

After hitting an all-time high above $2,000 an ounce at the start of the month, there has been more back-and-forth in the gold market…

Nickel shows signs of life as Chinese inventories dry up, Musk’s intervention linger

August 26, 2020

Nickel is used in stainless steel and in electric vehicle batteries A drop in nickel output from major mining projects in the Philippines has…

Will China-US dispute extend to rare earths?

August 26, 2020

Editor’s Note: With China-US tensions continuing to rise, many speculate that China may leverage rare earths to countermand the United States’ moves. Will the China-US…

UK secondary aluminium ingot prices surpass pre-pandemic levels

August 26, 2020

UK secondary aluminium prices continued to rise on Wednesday August 26, with a regional supply squeeze pushing LM24 ingot prices above the levels seen before…

Investors jump into gold, price up 1% as tensions between China and U.S. increase

August 26, 2020

Rising geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China are giving gold a boost late Wednesday morning as prices have pushed well off their session lows.…