Gold ETF holdings remain robust - and silver could outshine gold - ScotiaMocatta

Tuesday , 18 Nov 2008
Despite the flood of asset liquidations, ScotiaMocatta notes that long-term investors are holding on to their gold holdings and the long term remains bullish for the precious metal, while silver and platinum are also favored.

Japan's Sumitomo buying Apex interest in San Cristobal for $22.5 mln

Monday , 17 Nov 2008
Looking to the long term, Japan’s Sumitomo is planning to buy out Apex Silver’s 65 percent holding in the San Cristobal silver/lead/zinc mine in Bolivia.

PanAm Silver says physical silver investment market remains strong

Friday , 14 Nov 2008
Pan American Silver President and CEO Geoff Burns predicted that the common investors buying physical gold and silver during the current global financial crisis "will be handsomely rewarded for their foresight."

Silver finally comes back to the silver screen

Friday , 14 Nov 2008
Baby boomer filmgoers may remember CinemaScope, Cinerama, Todd AO, and other attempts to lure the public back to movie theaters. Now the 3D digital revolution is hoping to revitalize the industry.

Making a silver Impact in Mexico

Thursday , 06 Nov 2008
A look at Impact Silver Corporation which controls a huge mineral concession area in Central Mexico, has small-scale profitable mining operations and a major ongoing exploration programme in one of Mexico’s most beautiful historic mining districts.

Known knowns and unknown unknowns for silver but a still bullish appraisal

Thursday , 06 Nov 2008
An interesting viewpoint on the current state of the silver investment market from one of London’s specialist precious metals fund managers.

Long-term fundamentals for silver never better – Hecla CEO

Wednesday , 05 Nov 2008
Despite low metals prices, Hecla’s Phil Baker says small denomination silver demand is still doing well, citing the lack of physical inventories.

Silver Wheaton more bullish than ever on silver price

Tuesday , 04 Nov 2008
Silver Wheaton President and CEO Peter Barnes believes that the current environment of depressed silver prices will not persist in the long term, potentially strengthening over the next six months.

Coeur foresees a positive silver supply/demand picture

Monday , 03 Nov 2008
In spite of personnel cuts at Kensington, the temporary closure of Cerro Bayo and a $4.3 million net loss so far this year, Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene Mines believes 2009 may be its best year ever.

Gold:silver ratio will narrow, but base metals outlook ultra-gloomy – UBS

Friday , 31 Oct 2008
UBS believes that energy, bulk commodities and precious metals are the most attractive commodities in the current environment; base metals producers in for a torrid time.

Higher gold and silver prices boost Buenaventura

Friday , 31 Oct 2008
NYSE quoted Peruvian miner, Buenaventura, has reported increased a small increase in 3Q profits on higher precious metals prices and gold production, but costs higher too.

Gold below $700, silver less than $9.00, platinum under $800 as dollar strength continues

Friday , 24 Oct 2008
Precious metals prices continued to plunge on the markets today before staging a slight, but perhaps temporary, recovery as the dollar remained strong and oil fell further to around $64 a barrel

Despite cutbacks and delays, Hochschild says silver market conditions present opportunity

Thursday , 23 Oct 2008
Peruvian silver miner Hochschild feels that current market conditions “are creating some new and interesting opportunities” in the mining sector.

Silver could be pointing the way higher for gold?

Thursday , 23 Oct 2008
Speculators often take advantage of silver’s volatility to gear up their gold exposure when looking for a move in the sector. Is such a move underway again?

Polymetal cuts 2008 silver forecast to between 16.5m and 17m ounces

Monday , 20 Oct 2008
The drop in silver prices has convinced Russia’s largest silver miner, Polymetal, to cut its production this year, along with revising its proposed capital expenditures for 2009.

Not a good week for gold, silver and platinum group metals

Saturday , 18 Oct 2008
A look at the precious metals sector and why gold and platinum group metals should be viewed differently with silver falling somewhere between the tw

Fresnillo raise its net, presumably, to capture Mexican JV partner MAG Silver

Thursday , 16 Oct 2008
Vancouver’s MAG Silver is circling the wagons as über silver miner Fresnillo may be gearing for a long anticipated run at its junior partner during this period of dismal junior company valuations.

Bolivia: A blizzard of misinformation on mining and everything else

Tuesday , 14 Oct 2008
A detailed assessment of Bolivia's mining industry and the Morales government's attitude towards foreign mining investment and whether further nationalization will, or will not, take place.

Fortis/VM Group predict solar energy will boost silver demand

Wednesday , 08 Oct 2008
The Fortis/VM Group’s Silver Book says silver demand in solar energy is expected to almost triple by 2012. The solar industry is expected to be a major consumer of silver in ten years.

Gold ETFs rise by over $3 billion in just five days - how much was done Over the Counter?

Wednesday , 01 Oct 2008
Valuation is much more instructive than just tonnage. Net inflows into the major gold funds over the quarter exceeded $3 billion over the quarter - with one particularly exciting week in September. Silver funds also saw substantial activity.