Closing rates for silver and gold in Mumbai show significant valuations, with silver priced at Rs 99,641 per kilo, standard gold (99.5 purity) at Rs 90,750, and pure gold (99.9 purity) at Rs 91,115.
Source – Devdiscourse
Gold prices slipped more than 1% on Tuesday, as optimism over trade deals between U.S. and its trading partners weighed on safe-haven flows, with a firmer U.S. dollar and rising Treasury yields adding further pressure.
Spot gold eased 0.8% to $3,307.16 per ounce, as of 01:49 p.m. EDT (1749 GMT), after hitting its lowest in over one week earlier in the session. U.S. gold futures settled 0.8% lower at $3,316.9.
“Focus is on trade as the July 9 deadline nears, with the Trump administration ramping up pressure. But some optimism related to trade deals is fuelling risk-on sentiment, keeping gold subdued,” said Peter Grant, vice president and senior metals strategist at Zaner Metals.
Spot silver lost 0.3% to $36.64 per ounce, platinum dropped 0.8% to $1,359.90, while palladium was flat at $1,111.36.
Source – Reuters
Source – KITCO
Analysts led by Lina Thomas moved their gold forecast for the end of 2025 to $3,300 an ounce, from $3,100.
Gold futures rose 1.3% to $3,060.70 an ounce, buoyed by uncertainty over new auto tariffs announced by the White House on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Bank of America lifted its gold-price forecast to $3,500 from $3,000. As with Goldman, their analysts cited central bank and ETF demand, but also pointed out that China’s insurance industry is getting a regulatory push to buy more.
Source – Market Watch
Mokopane, South Africa–(Newsfile Corp. – February 18, 2025) – Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) (OTCQX: IVPAF) Executive Co-Chairman Robert Friedland and President Marna Cloete announced today that the company’s subsidiary, Ivanplats, and its partners, welcome the positive and significant results from two independent technical studies completed on the Phase 2 and Phase 3 expansions of the tier-one Platreef platinum, palladium, rhodium, nickel, gold, and copper mine in South Africa.
Ivanhoe Mines’ Founder and Co-Chairman, Robert Friedland commented: “The results of these studies mark the culmination of three decades of tireless efforts by thousands of our people to discover, then delineate, and finally build a world-class, polymetallic mining complex that will have a life span of many human generations.
Source – Junior Mining Network
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Analysts estimate that copper demand from energy transition sectors will grow at a CAGR of 10.7%, with the EV sector alone driving a 14.3% increase, solar power 5.6%, and wind applications 9.3%. Overall, the demand for copper is projected to grow at a CAGR of 2.6% through 2034.
Source – Stock News
Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) +4.2% pre-market Thursday after reporting a 42% jump in FY 2024 profit and saying it met revised full-year guidance after a stronger H2 performance.
Gold Fields (GFI) raised its dividend by 34% to a company record 10 rand/share ($0.54) per share, prompting CEO Mike Fraser to say the company may consider a share buyback program as a way to boost shareholder returns if the gold price remains elevated.
Source – Seeking Alpha
