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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
April 12, 2012
There aren’t any nickel names left. Once Inco went, who do you invest in if you want nickel? Here’s something else to think about – when was the last time you heard of a major mining company actually finding a deposit?
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By Jon Nadler |
February 13, 2012
Although the markets greeted the news of the passage of the austerity measures with the enthusiasm that one might have expected, the ’celebrations’ were rather half-hearted, as reflected in the gains in various assets.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
December 14, 2011
The Megatons to Megawatts program had, as of August 2011, down-blended 425 tonnes of HEU - equivalent to 17,000 nuclear warheads. The 20-year program to down-blend 500 tonnes of Russian HEU into fuel will eliminate 20,000 warheads.
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By Ben Traynor |
September 2, 2011
Gold prices climbed more than 2% following the start of trade in London on Friday - breaching $1,876 per ounce around lunchtime - after the publication of weak US jobs data. Nonfarm payroll data showed the US economy added no jobs in August
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By Frank Holmes |
August 30, 2011
One market trend that seems to be attracting more and more attention is the large performance gap between gold bullion and gold stocks. The price of gold bullion has increased roughly 28% in 2011, while the S&P/TSX Gold Index was recently down 1%.
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By Ben Hobson |
August 12, 2011
Strolling around the boardroom in the Mayfair headquarters of stockbroking firm Old Park Lane Capital, Barney Gray contemplates a question about US debt and macro-economic misery
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
June 8, 2011
Concerns about climate change, carbon footprints, energy security and the rising cost of fossil fuels spurred a revival of interest in nuclear power generation in early 2010 and a global civil nuclear renaissance but it derailed with Fukushima-Daiichi.
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By Jon Nadler |
May 26, 2011
A larger than 9% reversal in the price of silver overnight helped drag the entire precious metals complex to lower price ground as the new trading day dawned on Thursday. The white metal turned away from the high of $39.01 seen just hours earlier.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
April 29, 2011
Gold rose to new record nominal highs at $1,540.85/oz in early Asian trading last night. Silver and gold remain very close to nominal highs today as the beleaguered US dollar remains under pressure .
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By Jon Nadler |
April 27, 2011
Lingering selling pressure persisted in silver overnight and the white metal sank very near to the $45 per ounce bid quote as the US dollar rebounded from fresh lows ahead of today's Fed meeting and Bernanke press conference.
