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By Will Bancroft |
May 21, 2012
Traditionally pension funds have ignored gold due to their focus on yields. Japan is the world’s second largest pension market, and a move by Okayama Metal & Machinery is worth paying close attention to.
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By Eric McWhinnie |
April 30, 2012
Precious metals received support and climbed higher as more disappointing economic data hit the market, fueling speculation for additional Federal Reserve easing. Furthermore, central banks around the world continue to purchase safe-haven metals.
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By Don Miller |
March 21, 2012
Will a near-monopoly in rare earth metals do for China what oil did for Saudi Arabia? Not if the U.S. government has anything to say about it.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
February 14, 2012
Safe haven demand for gold continues due to concerns that Greece’s “bail out” is yet another short-term panacea and Moody's downgrades of various European nations' ratings have reignited contagion fears.
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By Adrian Ash |
December 9, 2011
To help keep money moving after the terrible earthquake and tsunami which hit Honshu this spring, Tokyo is now offering gold coins to investors buying its reconstruction financing bonds. Japan's reconstruction bonds pay 0.3% the coin.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
December 6, 2011
Gold is marginally lower in most currencies (except the CHF and AUD) extending the 1.4% fall seen yesterday. Gold's continuing failure to make strong gains given the heightened monetary and systemic risk continues to surprise many in the market.
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By Gareth Hatch |
October 10, 2011
Overall, I was impressed with all aspects of the Strange Lake project, and the management team behind it. The project is clearly well on its way to completing the pre-feasibility study, and determining the flow sheets required to produce end products.
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By Roman Baudzus |
April 27, 2011
The surging price of rare earth minerals is putting pressure on industrial end consumers across the globe. Automobile producers as well as computer and mobile phone businesses are as a result paying higher prices to produce their goods.
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By Lawrence Roulston |
April 15, 2011
The aftershocks of the Japanese earthquake are still being felt around the world. People everywhere are reeling from the triple whammy of a massive earthquake, a terrifying tsunami and now the prospects of a nuclear accident.
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By Jon Nadler |
April 14, 2011
Precious metals trading opened on a slightly weaker note this morning as minor gains in the US dollar and a small decline in crude oil and copper dampened buying enthusiasm somewhat more. The spot gold price fell to near the $1,455.00 level.
