MINING.com Editor, Author at MINING.COM

Embry: Gartman inept, CNBC wrong, gold demand off the hook

Bullion dealers are telling him phones are ringing off the hook and demand is incredible.

MINING.com Editor | April 9, 2012 | 3:19 pm

Molycorp stock jumped up as mine plant revamp nears completion

India, US jobs news should lift gold next week

June gold contracts ended the holiday shortened week at $1,632 an ounce, but the end of Indian strike and disappointing news out on Friday – a day the markets were closed and could not react – about job growth in the US should provide stimulus for renewed interest in the yellow metal.

MINING.com Editor | April 6, 2012 | 9:00 pm

Molycorp is up 38% in 2012, but still cheap say analyst

Molycorp’s mould-breaking deal with Neo Material Technologies has sent its shares rocketing and the counter is now up 38% so far this year, but some analysts say it's still a cheap buy for any potential acquirer.

MINING.com Editor | April 6, 2012 | 8:00 pm

Hollywood is looking for Greenland prospectors

Reality show producers, who have made shows about ice road trucking and underground coal mining in Virginia and underwater gold miners that work the waters off Nome, Alaska are now turning their attention to one of mining’s last frontiers.

MINING.com Editor | April 6, 2012 | 6:48 pm

JPMorgan: We don’t speculate with metals

"We store significant amounts of commodities, for instance silver, on behalf of customers. We operate vaults in New York City, in Singapore and in London. Often when customers have that metal stored in our facilities they hedge it on a forward basis through JPMorgan, which in turn hedges in the commodities market," said Blythe Masters.

MINING.com Editor | April 5, 2012 | 11:10 pm