Every fiscal quarter the World Gold Council puts out a wonderful little report on the gold market, that is made into an article by just about every mining news outlet. For reasons unknowable to mere mortals like us, the report focuses on gold demand. The reader has to go dee...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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February 4, 2020
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The Europeans want their gold back. Amid global trade uncertainty, a pall hanging over the European Union due to continued economic weakness , the exit of Great Britain still a real possibility, and dark, nationalist undercurrents swirling, several of the 28-strong EU mem...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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December 16, 2019
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“There is a Chinese curse which says ‘May he live in interesting times.’ Like it or not we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also more open to the creative energy of men than any other time in history.&CloseCurl...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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May 22, 2020
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Major gold companies are running out of reserves and every year it costs more to mine. That is causing an “existential crisis” for the gold mining industry, as executives at gold producers like Barrick, Newmont Goldcorp, Randgold, AngloGold Ashanti, New...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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October 11, 2019
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Something has changed in the gold industry. During high gold-price periods the trend was to produce as much as possible - in many cases, irrespective of higher extraction costs per ounce. In a way you can’t blame them for making hay while the sun shone. The g...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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November 8, 2019
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On Monday Wall Street pared back losses from last week’s sell-off, the worst since 2008, but it was only the promise of lowering interest rates, the return of the “punch bowl” hearkening back to recession-era stimulus, that has tempora...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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March 3, 2020
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Since Warren Buffett and his investment company Berkshire Hathaway ( NYSE: BRK.A ) joined Barrick ( TSX: ABX ) , investors and media have tended to change their minds about the world's oldest currency. In the past, the US star investor has made no secret of the fact that, i...
Mario Hose
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August 26, 2020
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Back in May, AngloGold Ashanti announced plans to sell its last remaining gold mine in South Africa, the Mponeng mine southwest of Johannesburg. Despite extremely rich 10 grams per tonne ore, “the challenges of making money at Mponeng are immense,” st...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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August 14, 2019
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This year at AOTH we have tackled a number of reasons for gold and silver’s rise, aiming to explain “in layman’s terms” what is behind the seemingly relentless move upward - despite the trend-busting reality of a high US ...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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October 3, 2019
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One of the most prevalent current trends concerning mined commodities is the shift, driven by the effort to reduce our carbon footprint, is towards the electrification of the global transportation system. Electrification is part of the solution to averting further glo...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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January 29, 2020
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