Daily Dispatches

Koos Jansen: Another week of strong gold demand in China, and silver gets scarcer

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2014-09-07 12:12 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:10p ET Sunday, September 7, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Chinese gold demand remained strong for the most recent week reported by the Shanghai Gold Exchange, gold researcher and GATA consultant Koos Jansen reports today. He adds that silver inventories on the Shanghai Futures Exchange have dropped to a record low. His analysis is posted at Bullion Star here:

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Gold plunge to $900 wouldn't bother Goldcorp; it would buy poorer miners

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2014-09-06 20:26 Section: Daily Dispatches

The poorer miners are acting as if a price plunge wouldn't bother them either.

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Goldcorp CEO Says Gold Price Plunge to $900 Would Be an Opportunity, Not a Disaster

By John Shmuel
National Post, Toronto
Saturday, September 6, 2014

http://business.financialpost.com/2014/09/06/goldcorp-inc-ceo-says-gold-...

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Gene Arensberg: Watch 'other reportables' for trigger for short squeeze in silver

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2014-09-06 16:29 Section: Daily Dispatches

4:30p ET Saturday, September 6, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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LME pulls out of clearing OTC gold trades on lack of price data

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2014-09-05 23:34 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jan Harvey
Reuters
Friday, September 5, 2014

LONDON -- The London Metal Exchange will not provide clearing services for over-the-counter trades in gold from Sept. 22 after the London Bullion Market Association said its members would no longer supply price data for forward curves.

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Alasdair Macleod: A difficult question

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2014-09-05 13:44 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:45p ET Friday, September 5, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Why does rigging of the gold market matter? The economist Alasdair Macleod, GoldMoney's research director, today provides the answer he said he gave recently to a BBC radio program.