Latest Lithium Podcast Episodes
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...
The market rewards exploration success, says Miles Thompson
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - August 11, 2023 21:28 - 21 minutesJoin Kitco Kitco correspondent Paul Harris and mining audiences manager Michael McCrae who highlight the biggest news in precious metals and mining.
Gold's tepid response to job numbers and Albemarle's outlook is rosy
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - August 05, 2023 16:13 - 16 minutesGold did not get much of bounce from the favorable job numbers, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with Kitco correspondent Paul Harris. U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose by 187,000 last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whi...
Gold market seeks clarity and lower commodity prices hit base metal miners
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - July 29, 2023 17:23 - 8 minutesThe gold market is seeking direction, noted Kitco's mining audience manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with Kitco correspondent Paul Harris. McCrae noted that the big news this week was the Federal Reserve pushing interest rates to a 22-year high on Wednesday...
Gold fizzles, and signs of bullishness in mining - equipment sales
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - July 22, 2023 02:54 - 3 minutesGold approached $2,000 earlier this week but then fizzled as the upcoming Fed hike weighed, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. The Fed skipped a raise in June. There were signs that the Fed is winning its inflation battle with favorable...
A big CPI number buoys markets, and copper has a good week
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - July 15, 2023 17:11 - 28 minutesA good inflation report pushed the gold market to a three-week high, with prices holding solidly above $1,950 an ounce, and sentiment turning bullish, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. Roundtable covered the lift in metal prices due ...
Lithium companies' funding advantage
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - July 07, 2023 20:28 - 15 minutesLithium companies enjoy a funding advantage, noted Bradda Head Lithium CEO Charles FitzRoy. On Friday FitzRoy recorded Kitco Roundtable with mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. Bradda Head is advancing projects in Arizona and Nevada. With energy transition underway and gov...
Robert Friedland on copper and a lousy end to the quarter
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - June 30, 2023 19:38 - 7 minutesRobert Friedland warned about a coming copper crunch due to increasing demand and dropping supply, noted Kitco correspondent Paul Harris. On Friday Harris recorded Kitco Roundtable with mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. The bleak picture for gold stocks was also covered. Gold is seei...
Gold drops on hawkish Fed and Chinese EV sales are super-charged
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - June 25, 2023 00:23 - 4 minutesGold ended its worst week since February as the Federal Reserve's outlook of two more rate hikes weighed on the precious metal. But some analysts don't see the macro picture supporting that hawkish view. On Saturday mining audiences manager recorded Kitco Roundtable. The gold market was down ...
Gold's path is uncertain, and lithium deals abound
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - June 16, 2023 20:06 - 3 minutesGold could make a decisive move either up or down next week, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. The gold market has been steady so far in June, trading between $1,940 and just under $2,000 an ounce, writes Kitco reporter Anna Golubova...
Forest fires in Quebec and can miners be taught to be better communicators?
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - June 09, 2023 20:09 - 29 minutesUnprecedented forest fires in Quebec forced shut downs at several mining operations in the province, noted Kitco correspondent Paul Harris. On Friday Harris recorded Kitco Roundtable with mining audiences manager Michael McCrae and CEO and Co-founder of VRIFY, Steve de Jong. Unseasonably war...
Gold trades lower and Ford announces a spate of lithium deals
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - May 26, 2023 19:29 - 8 minutesGold dropped end of week after less than rosy economic data was released, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with correspondent Paul Harris. The U.S. annual core Personal Consumption Expenditures price index came in at 4.7% in April vers...
SQM to invest $1.2 billion despite Chile's plans to tighten grip on sector
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - May 19, 2023 19:10 - 23 minutesLithium giant SQM plans to keep investing despite Chile's plan to exert more control. On Friday mining audiences manager Michael McCrae and Melissa ‘Mel’ Sanderson, President North America at American Rare Earths recorded Kitco Roundtable. American Rare Earths is developing its 100% owned m...
Abitibi Royalties' Ian Ball returns with a new company
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - May 17, 2023 00:03 - 18 minutesDespite a tough market for precious metal exploration companies, Canadian Gold interim president and CEO Ian Ball said he has a plan to attract investors. On Friday correspondent Paul Harris hosted Kitco Roundtable with Ball and Rob McEwen, chairman and chief owner of McEwen Mining. Canadi...
'We don't have any competition right now' - Kai Hoffmann on gold investing
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - May 08, 2023 08:48 - 14 minutesDuring past precious metal run ups, gold investing was competing against rotations into cannabis or crypto, argued Soar Financial CEO Kai Hoffmann, but during this cycle the metal has the stage to itself. On Friday Hoffmann recorded Kitco Roundtable with Kitco correspondent Paul Harris and m...
Uncertainty still looms over Chile's lithium industry
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - April 28, 2023 20:14 - 32 minutesAfter Chile's President Gabriel Boric announced a nationalization plan for his country's lithium sector, miners are still striving to understand what the ruling means, noted Fastmarkets William Adams. On Friday Adams recorded Kitco Roundtable with mining audiences manager Michael McCrae ...
Lithium's three headwinds: substitution, price drop and demand weakness
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - April 22, 2023 18:13 - 26 minutesDespite lithium prices halving in 2023, Battery Materials Review Managing Editor Matt Fernley is optimistic about the metal. On Friday Fernley recorded Kitco Roundtable with mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. This decade lithium went on a stellar run, trading up 10x versus hist...
Base metal sector sees big shake up
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - April 14, 2023 18:41 - 8 minutesWhile gold M&A has dominated resource headlines, the focus turned to base metals this week. On Friday Kitco correspondent and mining audiences manager Michael McCrae recording Kitco Roundtable. Glencore made an unsolicited $22.5 billion bid for Teck. So far Teck has fended off Glencore's a...
A week of mega deals in mining
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - April 07, 2023 18:33 - 2 minutesThe surprise bid by Glencore for Teck was covered on Kitco Roundtable, recorded on Friday. The week started with Glencore making an unsolicited $23 billion bid for Teck, which Teck rebuffed. Also this week Pan American Silver, Agnico Eagle wrapped up their $4.8 billion deal to acquire Yama...
'The riskiest assets on the planet' - Rick Rule on when to bet on gold stocks
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - March 31, 2023 20:59 - 35 minutesWhile precious metal prices have been relatively high this year, it could be too early to leap into junior gold stocks, said Rick Rule, president and CEO of Rule Investment Media. On Friday Rule recorded Kitco Roundtable with Kitco correspodent Paul Harris and mining audiences manager Michae...
What's good for gold is also good for copper
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - March 24, 2023 18:31 - 9 minutesThe same news that drove gold higher this week also gave copper a lift, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Thursday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with correspondent Paul Harris. Gold started off the week strong due to wobbles in the banking sector. Credit Suisse, the Europe...
Tough time to finance, but getting better
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - March 17, 2023 21:13 - 17 minutesIt is a tough time to finance gold exploration projects, says Ari Sussman, executive chair of Collective Mining, who just announced a S$30M bought deal, but conditions will improve as 2023 progresses as investors seek safe haven investments in real assets.
The gap widens between the gold producers and developers
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - March 10, 2023 21:14 - 22 minutesWhile relatively high gold prices favor the producers, weak financing conditions are going to be a drag on companies not yet producing, noted Kitco correspondent Paul Harris. On Friday Harris recorded Kitco Roundtable with mining audiences manager Michael McCrae and Meridian Mining Executiv...
'They're making a lot of money' - Paul Harris says current gold price still favors miners
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - March 05, 2023 21:09 - 28 minutesAlthough gold prices are down from the start of the year, miners still have healthy margins at the current price levels, noted Kitco correspondent Paul Harris. In February Harris recorded Kitco Roundtable at BMO Global Metals, Mining & Critical Minerals Conference with Mining Audiences manage...
Time to worry about gold?
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - February 26, 2023 05:37 - 3 minutesThe Fed is expected to keep up its fight against inflation rather than ease, and that is bad for gold. On Saturday Mining Audiences Manager Michael McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable.
M&A momentum in the gold sector
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - February 17, 2023 20:33 - 6 minutesEarly this week B2Gold said it would acquire Sabina Gold & Silver for C$1.1 billion (US$823.66 million). On Friday's Roundtable mining audiences manager Michael McCrae and Kitco correspondent Paul Harris talked about yet another big M&A in the gold sector. Early this month number one gold min...
Newmont will have a big presence in B.C. if Newcrest deal goes through
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - February 10, 2023 22:04 - 7 minutesNewcrest Mining, which has a number of assets in B.C., received a $16.9 billion bid from Newmont early this week. On Friday Kitco correspondent Paul Harris discussed on Kitco Roundtable how Newmont's portfolio would change if the deal goes through. By gold production Newmont is the world's...
A big jobs number slows metals
Kitco NEWS Roundtable - February 04, 2023 02:58 - 3 minutesThe gold market saw significant losses on Friday as the precious metal dropped $50 on the day following a shockingly solid employment report out of the U.S., said mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. The U.S. economy added a staggering 517,00...
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