April 22, 2016

Chart: The march of the zombie miners continues

It was just over a year ago that Tony Simon, President of Seguro Consulting, brought to our attention the initial problem of the zombie miners (definition referred to mining exploration…

April 22, 2016

Silver’s new bull market

Speculators and investors alike are returning as awareness spreads of how radically undervalued silver is compared to prevailing gold prices.

April 21, 2016

Miners spending again: $50 billion capex in five months

Confidence returns to mining sector as announced capital outlays surge to $108 billion – greenfield project spending up three-fold in first quarter.

April 21, 2016

All hail the mighty silver bugs…

Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger examines silver's recent moves upward.

April 21, 2016

Newmont Mining investigating bribery allegations

The gold and copper miner didn’t specified where the alleged misconduct took place.

April 20, 2016

Jonathan Wellum: Investment Manager says average person has ZERO exposure to precious metals; that will change

Central banks want to debase our money. And if asset prices were to come down significantly it would wipe out the entire banking system.

April 20, 2016

Silver plays catch up with gold — hits 11-month high

Increasing interest from hedge funds and Chinese buyers are driven the metal to its biggest monthly rise since January 2015.

April 19, 2016

What is the COMEX futures & options market really all about?

All of us follow COMEX in New York and assess the ‘net speculative long position’ there, so as to see the actual weight of opinion on the gold price.

April 19, 2016

China launches yuan gold fix in bid to gain more influence in metal pricing

It is set twice a day based on a few minutes of trading by 18 trading members,

April 18, 2016

Hedge funds have never been this bullish on silver

Managed money futures speculators' bullish positioning reaches 9,575 tonnes silver, highest level since at least 2006, when data were first collected.