Filed under: Major Movement , Competitive Strategy , Barrick Gold (ABX) , Commodities , Federal Reserve Back in the late 1970s, the Hunt brothers from Texas tried to corner the silver market . That drove prices to $48 an ounce. Now, 31 years later, silver is shooting higher again. The March silver futures contract closed at $32.296 per ounce , up 72 cents. Since gold is expensive, investors are turning to silver to hedge against inflation. Many fear that the Federal Reserve will not be able to control the spike in commodity prices. The Fed is buying $600 billion of treasuries and keeping interest rates near zero. Continue reading Silver Near a 31-Year High Silver Near a 31-Year High originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Kinross (NYSE:KGC) JV Partner Millrock Resources (TSE:MRO) Releases Council Gold Results
Drilling results by Kinross Gold’s (NYSE:KGC) joint venture partner Millrock Resources (TSE:MRO) from its Council gold project in Western Alaska have been released by the company. Millrock’s report: “At Albion, 2,062m of reverse circulation drilling in 17 holes was completed. Two holes, CNL1013 and CNL1014, intersected more than 1 g/t gold mineralization, confirming bedrock mineralization at