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 Gold: The Ultimate Safety Haven
By Mary Anne and Pamela Aden,
The Aden Forecast
With all of the daily drama and contagion fears out of Europe over the past month, it’s no wonder that gold has held up well. The gold price has actually been telling us for the past few years that the world is a scary place, even more than it was during the 2008 meltdown. |
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Platinum and Palladium Markets Expected to be in Modest Surplus in 2011
Gross demand for platinum is forecast to rise to 8.08 million ounces in 2011, close to pre-recession levels, according to Johnson Matthey in “Platinum 2011 Interim Review”. Continued strong demand will be more than matched by a rise in supplies and higher levels of recycling. The palladium market is forecast to be in surplus by 725,000 oz in 2011, but only because of another year of sales from Russian state stocks. |
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Demand For Platinum Jewelry Forecast To Rise Modestly in 2011
Gross demand for platinum in the jewelry sector is forecast to increase by 2% to 2.47 million ounces, according to Johnson Matthey in “Platinum 2011 Interim Review”. Demand is expected to reach a two-year high, mainly as a result of higher levels of purchasing in China – the world’s largest market for platinum jewelry. |
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Silver Outlook Bullish
for 2011 and into 2012
World silver investment will reach a record high total of $10 billion in 2011, representing a 66 percent increase over the $6 billion posted in 2010, reported Thompson Reuters GFMS. |
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Silver Valley Mining Update – Part I
By Tom Wobker, Pennaluna & Company
Things are different in North Idaho’s Silver Valley since the Wall Street Crash of 2008. |
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Northwest Mining Stock News
Silver Valley Mining Update – Part II
Tom Wobker, Pennaluna & Company discusses the Sunshine Silver Mines IPO, the abrupt Crescent Mine work halt and Dennis Wheeler’s resignation from Coeur d’Alene Mines. |
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Precious Metals: Experts' 2011 Forecasts All Bullish
The experts have spoken! This year's gold price high will be $1632, silver $38.36, platinum $2015 and palladium $993.35 - or so the experts who have been prepared to set out their forecasts for all to see in this year's London Bullion Market Association price forecasting competition predict on average. |
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Two mining stocks to profit from China's chokehold on Rare Earths
China recently announced that it will cut its export quotas for rare earths by more than 11 percent in the first half of 2011. There are two ways to play this game if you are hoping to profit from it... |
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The "Green" Treason
No rare earth elements - critical to our national security - have been extracted from Mountain Pass mine or anywhere else in the nation since 2002. |
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Bad Job News Good for Silver
Patrick Heller, Liberty's Outlook: Along with the higher reported unemployment were statements made by top government officials to expect the U-3 definition of unemployment in the near future to exceed 10 percent. So what does the jobs and unemployment report have to do with the prices of gold and silver? Plenty. |
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Stans Energy: A Rare Earth Elements Company to Watch
Rare earth elements continue to garner a lot of investor attention within a junior mining sector. |
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The Federal Hegemon
The following commentary was presented by David Bond, Silverminers.com, before an EPA "informational meeting" 4 Aug. More than 200 showed up to protest the agency's latest scheme to occupy the Coeur d'Alene Mining District for the next 100 years. |
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The Fear Trade Is In
Introduction to Global X Silver Miners ETF
Sean Rakhimov thinks the fund (and its underlying index) provides a reasonable representation of the global silver miners sector. |
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Global Mining News
-- Gold Investment Demand Has 'Barely Scratched The Surface'
-- Venezuela May Nationalize Gold Mining Concessions, Chavez Says
-- Study Group Forecasts 580,000 T Refined Copper Surplus For 2010
-- Nickel's Surge Set To Continue
-- China Steel Demand To Surge In Next Decade
-- Miners Face Billions in New Taxes - Australia |
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Worldsteel - Short Range Outlook
The world steel industry now seems firmly set on a path to recovery. World steel demand is forecast to increase by 10.7% in 2010 and 5.3% in 2011. |
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Platinum & Palladium Survey 2010
Platinum's gross surplus jumped in 2009, expected to remain at elevated levels in 2010. In contrast, the palladium market was in balance last year, with only a modest gross deficit forecast for 2010. |
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CPM Group's 2010 Vanadium Market Outlook
CPM Group predicts strong vanadium demand over the next decade. Over the 10-year projection period, strong demand and upward pressure on the cost curve are forecast to keep vanadium prices around the high levels seen over the previous decade. |
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Silver in 2010?
By J.L. Rapholz, Economic Advice
Gold was everyone's favorite candidate in 2009; however don't bet on in this year. Silver, platinum and palladium just might be this year's winners. |
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2010 Ranking of Countries for Mining Investment: Where "Not to Invest"
Since 1999, Behre Dolbear has compiled a political risk assessment of countries of import to the mining industry. Behre Dolbear feels that the mining industry is vital to the creation of wealth and prosperity in any country and that countries that stifle it with detrimental political, economic, and financial policies should be challenged to make changes more accommodative to its success. |
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Natixis Commodity Markets' First Quarter Metals Review
The Outlook for Precious Metals
Although there remains huge uncertainty concerning the economic and financial markets, we feel the balance of probabilities favours an eventual resolution of economic imbalances, such that investor interest in gold and silver will gradually begin to unwind, according to London-based Natixis Commodity Markets Ltd. |
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Natixis Commodity Markets' First Quarter Metals Review
The Outlook for Base Metals
2009 was characterised by massive advances in prices, which occurred well in advance of an improvement in the visible fundamentals noted London-based Natixis Commodity Markets Ltd. Here is the outlook and price forecasts by Natixis for Aluminum, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Tin and Zinc |
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Molybdenum: Market outlook to 2014
Cutbacks by major producers, combined with stockpiling in China, resulted in a tightening of supply, causing prices to spike in mid 2009. |
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GLOBAL MINING NEWS
 African Barrick Raises $873 Million in London IPO
BMO Forecasts Gold, Silver, and PGMS To Do 'Very Well' Next few Years
China Rules Out Gold Purchases To Diversify Forex Reserves
Nickel, Best-Performing Metal of 2010, May Drop, Survey Shows
China Keen To Invest in South Africa Mines
Uranium Price May Gain on China Demand, Energy Resources Says |
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Precious Trio: Gold, Platinum, and Silver All Will Shine
By Stephen Leeb, The Complete Investor
We've long trumpeted gold as our top overall investment pick. But this doesn't mean you should ignore those other precious metals, platinum and silver - which during periods of inflation and economic growth will likely outshine even the Midas metal. |
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The Fractional Reserve Aspects of Gold ETFs
By James Turk, Free Gold Money Report
Depositor flights to safety appear most frequently during the economic 'bust' that inevitably follows the 'boom' induced by excessive bank lending -- bank lending made possible through the reckless practice of maintaining only fractional reserves. |
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2009: A Good Year
By Mary Anne & Pamela Aden, The Aden Forecast
What a year 2009 has been, filled with twists and turns, some surprises, thrills, excitement, history and some disappointments too, all topped off with gold skyrocketing in its biggest monthly rise in a decade. |
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Johnson Matthey Platinum 2009 Interim Review:
Platinum Market Forecast To Be In Surplus By 140,000 Ounces In 2009.
Net global platinum demand is forecast to decrease by 4.4 per cent to 5.92 million ounces in 2009, according to Johnson Matthey's "Platinum 2009 Interim Review". Platinum supplies are expected to increase by 110,000 ounces to 6.06 million ounces despite a fall in underlying mine production. As a result, the platinum market is forecast to be in surplus by 140,000 oz in 2009. |
