November 6, 2011 US Mint’s gold bullion coin sales at lowest level in October The United States Mint witnessed lowest monthly sales of the year in OCtober while Silver bullion sales remained at elevated levels.
November 6, 2011 Central bank gold buying will make 1980 gold run look ridiculous Demand for gold bullion remains broad based and global in nature. One of the most important sources of demand continues to be central bank demand. According to data from the…
November 6, 2011 Despite strike, Freeport-McMoRan looks substantially undervalued Over the last eleven consecutive quarters, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) has beat consensus estimates - a considerable feat that comes amidst unpredictable labor disruptions.
November 6, 2011 G-20 demands German gold to keep Eurozone intact; German Central Bank tells G-20 where to stick it Going back to the annals of brokeback Europe, we learn that gold after all is money, after the G-20 demanded that EFSF (of €1 trillion "stability fund" yet can't raise…
November 6, 2011 Canadian Zinc junior reports $5.3 million loss Junior zinc producer Canadian Zinc (TSE:CZN) reported a $5.3 million loss in the third quarter, which it attributed to higher exploration expenses and losses in the value of its shares…
November 5, 2011 Did John Paulson kill the gold rally? Even as a long-term bear on the metal, I was initially puzzled by gold's underperformance over the past couple of months, just as the European sovereign debt crisis moved into…
November 5, 2011 Gold posts weekly gains as euro zone optimism undermines demand for US dollar Gold eased at the end of the week amid a surge in the US dollar, but still managed to post weekly gains after Thursday’s rally on the back of the…
November 4, 2011 IAMGOLD snaps up another equity stake in Colombian gold company Mid-tier gold producer IAMGOLD (TSE:IMG) has purchased a 14% stake in Colombia Crest Gold Corp. (CVE:CLB) for $3.4 million. Stock in Colombia Crest Gold shot up 9.43% on the news.…
November 4, 2011 Majors amassing $144 billion in M&A cash… start buffing up your gold projects The cash at the world's top six mining companies is estimated to top out at $144 billion by end 2013 and M&A activity this year is already up 67% over…
November 4, 2011 Guatemalans risk lives to “mine” metals from garbage dump It seems that Guatemala's poor will go to extreme lengths for the chance to find valuable precious metals. The Associated Press reports that hundreds of people regularly search for jewelry…
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am