January 25, 2016

Hedge funds in major commodities rethink

Silver attracts buyers, gold price lifted out of historic net short positioning as large futures speculators cut overall bearish bets on commodities by 74%.

January 25, 2016

North America’s 10 highest mines

North America's highest mines are all concentrated in just four states

January 25, 2016

Comparisons to 2008 spark gold’s fear trade

Plunging oil prices, rising market volatility, surging global debt—it’s all beginning to remind some investors of 2008.

January 25, 2016

Sprott monthly market update with Rick Rule: Uranium, gold and silver

Rick Rule discusses the arbitrage between the biggest streaming companies and the largest base metals companies.

January 24, 2016

Gold could lose safe-haven bid as equities rebound

Equities have become very oversold and are forming a bullish reversal.

January 22, 2016

Chile losing ground as top copper producer since metal price in the pits

From 2005 to 2015 Chile's copper output rose a mere 8%, while Peru’s grew 37%, China’s 114%, Zambia’s 72% and Congo’s 956%.

January 22, 2016

LME said in talks with banks to list gold contracts in London

The LME, the world’s biggest metals bourse, has said for years that it wants to expand into London’s gold market.

January 22, 2016

Moody’s puts 175 energy and mining firms on review as low prices bite

Top miners BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Vale and Anglo American are among the firms at risk of rating downgrade.

January 22, 2016

Barrick braces for up to $3 billion in writedowns

The asset writedown is primarily related to two Latin American assets — Pascua Lama project, on the border of Chile and Argentina and Pueblo Viejo, in Dominican Republic.

January 22, 2016

Rick Mills: How to profit from the demands of a growing world population

As the world prepares to house, feed and care for 9.7 billion people, Ahead of the Herd founder Rick Mills is looking for the companies that will profit from the…