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Another excellent week for copper and gold
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - April 07, 2024 04:56 - 3 minutesGold jumped another 5% this week with June gold futures hitting $2,350 an ounce. On Saturday mining audiences manager Michael McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. Copper was also on fire, which were up 4.6% for the week to close above $4.20. The copper miners are up 20% year to date and tradin...
Interest rate cuts should favor gold and Calibre Mining announces $100 million financing
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - March 23, 2024 19:15 - 3 minutesMetals could get a lift with the Fed signaling that it wants to cut interest rates, note mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. Gold ended the week flat with spot at $2165.The metal did spike mid-week. The Federal Reserve has given the all-clear ...
Copper pops and Lithium America closes $2.2 billion financing from the US government
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - March 16, 2024 20:12 - 3 minutesCopper gained nearly 6% this week to trade above $4 pound, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. Copper got a boost with news that potentially less metal will be available. According to Reuters, China announced that it was cutting produ...
Gold hits an all-time high and Gabriel Resources loses $4.4 billion damage claim
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - March 09, 2024 18:01 - 2 minutesGold's run is having limited benefit for gold miners, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday, McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. After an impressive seven-day rally, which pushed prices to an all-time high of $2,203, the gold market could see some consolidation in the near...
Metals get a lift from the Fed
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - February 25, 2024 03:21 - 6 minutesBoth copper and gold were higher this week with signs that the Fed may be easing as soon as June. On Saturday mining audiences manager Michael McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with correspondent Paul Harris.
Gold is buffeted by CPI, and a massive landslide in Turkey traps miners
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - February 17, 2024 18:24 - 6 minutesGold recovered after tumbling mid week due to a hotter than expected CPI number, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae and Kitco correspondent Paul Harris recorded Kitco Roundtable. On Tuesday the Labor Statistics said that its Consumer Price Index rose 0.3% in Ja...
Why 2024 may suit silver, and production jumps at New Gold
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - February 10, 2024 21:12 - 5 minutesNew Gold announced a big production update this week, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday, McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with correspondent Paul Harris. New Gold reported that consolidated gold production is expected to increase by approximately 35% from 2023 to 410,...
Strong jobs data hurts metals and a First Nations group in B.C. forms a royalty company
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - February 03, 2024 17:23 - 5 minutesMetals traded lower end of week when jobs data came in stronger than expected, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with Kitco correspondent Paul Harris. On Friday jobs data showed the U.S. economy created a whopping 353,000 jobs last mo...
Copper comes into focus
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - January 27, 2024 01:44 - 14 minutesThe copper market is setting up nicely and prices for the metal should head higher, noted Kitco correspondent Paul Harris. On Monday Harris, mining audiences manager Michael McCrae and Soar Financial CEO Kai Hoffmann recorded Kitco Roundtable at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference. ...
Copper sector heats up and the Fed narrows gold's trading range
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - January 21, 2024 05:20 - 5 minutesA Chinese miner made a large investment into a Latin American copper developer, noted Kitco correspondent Paul Harris. On Saturday Harris and mining audiences manager Michael McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. Earlier this week Solaris Resources announced a $130 million strategic investment b...
The uranium party continues
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - January 13, 2024 17:04 - 5 minutesUranium leaped to a new high, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae and Kitco correspondent Paul Harris recorded Kitco Roundtable. Uranium traded as high as $100 this week according to pricing data provider UxC. The metal is has tripled in the past two years. Uran...
Gold has a solid year, and Agnico Eagle makes a surprise nickel investment
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - December 29, 2023 23:20 - 2 minutesGold has had a solid year, overcoming the Fed's higher interest rate regime, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. Spot gold managed to finish the final trading day of 2023 in the 2060 range, up about $200 from the start of the year. In ...
Gold falls to earth and platinum miners cut costs
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - December 09, 2023 21:00 - 3 minutesOn Friday gold prices fell on strong job numbers from the U.S., noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. Friday was jobs day. The U.S. economy created 199,000 jobs last month, beating expectations. At the same time, the unemployment rate drop...
Gold hits an all-time high, and First Quantum stops operations in Panama
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - December 02, 2023 17:58 - 3 minutesGold finally hit a record high, and the copper markets had a big supply shock, said mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. February gold futures last traded at $2,091.90 an ounce, up more than 4% from last Friday's close. Gold's previous record w...
The Metals, Money, and Markets Weekly December 1, 2023: Time Waits For No One
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - December 02, 2023 17:13 - 11 minutesJoin Kitco Kitco correspondent Paul Harris and mining audiences manager Michael McCrae who highlight the biggest news in precious metals and mining.
Gold gets comfortable above $2,000 oz and a top 10 copper mine faces supply disruptions
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - November 24, 2023 20:42 - 2 minutesTo end the week gold has spent much of the time trading above $2,000 a ounce, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. After the good CPI numbers earlier this month that may allow the Fed to stop hiking, gold has found room to rise. Notabl...
Markets turn a corner and Teck makes a deal
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - November 18, 2023 17:54 - 2 minutesCommodities and markets were up this week off the good consumer price index report, which came in below market expectations, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. The GDX, a index of gold miners, was up 5% on the week. The S&P was up hal...
Powell talks down commodities and De Beers paints gloomy picture for diamonds
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - November 13, 2023 00:23 - 3 minutesCommodities traded down this week after the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made hawkish remarks at a news conference. On Sunday mining audiences manager Michael McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. Powell warned markets that although inflation has come down from last year’s 40-year highs, ...
Gold can't hold 2,000, Ero Copper and Vale make a deal
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - November 04, 2023 12:16 - 6 minutesGold is deferring a break higher, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with correspondent Paul Harris. Key economic news this week was the jobs report. Non-farm payrolls number come in at up 150,000 versus market expectations of 170,000. T...
The Fed will likely pause and Atlantic Lithium receives its permits
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - October 27, 2023 17:33 - 5 minutesA Fed rate-hike pause at next week's FOMC meeting is likely, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with correspondent Paul Harris. Also noted during Roundtable was Piedmont Lithium and partner Atlantic Lithium obtaining permits for the Ewoy...
Why precious metal prices are up and QC Copper & Gold focuses on critical minerals in Quebec
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - October 20, 2023 19:34 - 23 minutesWar worries and a possible end to Fed tightening are some of the reasons gold is rebounding, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with correspondent Paul Harris and QC Copper & Gold CEO Stephen Stewart. The gold price has been on an unstop...
Gold and oil trade higher and EMX Royalty's David Cole sees a bright future for copper
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - October 14, 2023 19:32 - 10 minutesThe set up for copper looks good, said EMX Royalty CEO David Cole. On Friday Cole recorded Kitco Roundtable with mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. With the Federal Reserve looking to be near the end of its tightening cycle and geopolitical concerns, the vice-grip that monetary policy ...
Jobs data jolts commodities and battery metal sector stays busy
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - October 07, 2023 02:16 - 5 minutesMany commodities were routed in October, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with Kitco correspondent Paul Harris. Gold prices dropped to a fresh seven months below after data showed that the us economy created 336,000 jobs last month, si...
Gold drops and gigafactory to be built in Quebec
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - September 30, 2023 17:07 - 2 minutesDuring the last week of September, gold suffered its second largest monthly decline of 2023 with only February having a greater devaluation of gold futures, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. The precious metal droped 5%, nearly $100. ...
Gold miners’ margins are going to be squeezed
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - September 25, 2023 00:22 - 22 minutesDue to travel schedules, we reprised an interview with Exploration Insights’ Joe Mazumdar. Mazumdar spoke to Kitco in mid-September at the Precious Metals Summit 2023 in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Mazumdar is editor and analyst of Exploration Insights. Brent Cook, who is founder of Exploration In...
'The joy has gone out of it' - unending bear market is grinding down gold miners
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - September 17, 2023 11:38 - 15 minutesThere is a big disconnect between gold prices and gold miners, noted panelists on Kitco Roundtable. On Friday mining audiences manager Michael McCrae, Kitco Correspondent Paul Harris and David Erfle with the juniorminerjunky.com recorded Roundtable at the Precious Metal Summit in Beaver Creek,...
One commodity is surging, but it's not a metal
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - September 09, 2023 23:28 - 5 minutesWhile gold and copper slipped 1% and 3.5% respectively this week, oil is gaining, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with correspondent Paul Harris. Copper prices dropped 3.5% this week to finish at the low $3.70 level. Gold trended do...
Base metals are up, and battery tech sees significant investor interest
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - September 01, 2023 18:37 - 18 minutesBase metals are trading higher due to China's efforts to shore up its struggling property sector, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday, McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with correspondent Paul Harris and Srini Godavarthy, the CEO of Li-Metal. China is issuing directives to ...
The Fed stays hawkish and it's decision time in Beijing
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - August 25, 2023 22:21 - 21 minutesAll eyes were on the Jackson Hole meeting in Wyoming, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with correspondent Paul Harris and Stillwater Critical Minerals' CEO Michael Rowley. Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSX.V: PGE | OTCQB: PGEZF) is a C...
Metals trade down on China worries and Ford makes big battery investment in Canada
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - August 18, 2023 17:54 - 6 minutesMetals are sliding due to recession worries, higher for longer rates and China concerns, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with correspondent Paul Harris. China is the story that is dominating commodity markets. A handful of large...
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