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You’ve heard it for some time now… The global economy is finally showing signs of improvement – especially over the past year or so. Most economists and central bankers cite a slew of stats to justify their optimism. Nonfarm payrolls… nominal and real GDP… consumer confidence surveys… employment statistics… the producer price index… The list

Seven of the thirteen gold miners who were trapped underground since Thursday at Sibanye-Stillwater’s (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) mine in South Africa have died as a result of their injuries, the company confirmed Saturday. The workers got stuck at the company’s Masakhane mine, part of the Driefontein operations following a quake that caused a fall of ground

Hour 1 – Investing and Markets – A Look Into Resource Stocks And Fed Policy Download audio file (0505-KER-Weekend-Show-Hour-1.mp3) This week had a number of news events that could have driven markets but the overall trend takeaway was the continue rise in the USD. The Fed reemphasized its plan to raise rates at least 2

Hour 2 – KER Politics Download audio file (0505-KER-Politics-Hour-2.mp3) Here is hour 2 of the KE Report weekend show. KER Politics will be focusing a bit more on political issues that impact the US and global economy. We will continue to divide hour 1 and 2 in different posts to keep the comments more focused.

Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO, NYSE: TAHO) announced this week the end of a strike carried out by 65 per cent of its workforce at the La Arena gold mine since April 22, 2018. Workers were demanding higher profit-sharing payouts. However, the company has said that it addresses such payouts in accordance with the Peruvian labour

The DIVA Museum, an institution created with the idea of highlighting the story behind some of the world’s most beautiful diamonds, opened today in Antwerp, the capital city of the Flemish province of the same name located in northern Belgium. Antwerp is known for being home to silversmiths, jewellers and diamond dealers since the sixteenth

MINING.com editor Frik Els sat down with the chair of the upcoming Resources for Future Generations conference (RFG2018), John Thompson, to discuss trends in mining like responsible sourcing, as well as the conference’s drive towards educating consumers about resource issues. John Thompson is currently the Wold Family Professor in Environmental Balance for Human Sustainability at

Gregory Thomas Weldon is in his 31st year observing and analyzing the global financial markets. His pedigree includes a trial-by-fire introduction to the industry spending three-years as the point-man in the COMEX Gold and Silver pits for one of the largest COMEX Gold and Silver floor brokers of the 1970’s and 80’s, Stanley B. Bell

I believe that this chart is very important. It details the number of days of oil demand that the U.S. has in storage relative to the five-year average. In other words, this tells us how long it will take us to consume all of the oil we currently have in storage. The blue line with