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Tuesday, March 10: Today in Gold and Silver

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — The gold price had a positive price bias during the Far East trading session—and that lasted until the price got to the $1,175 spot price mark—and then it traded sideways until the 8:20 a.m. EST COMEX open—and that was that.  There was a bit of a bump at the London p.m. gold fix—and the low tick came at 4:15 p.m. in electronic trading. The high and

Saturday, March 7: Today in Gold and Silver

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — After a little bump up at the 6 p.m. open on Thursday evening in New York, the gold price chopped sideways in Far East trading on their Friday morning before developing a negative bias starting around 1:30 p.m. Hong Kong time.  There was a bit of rally once the a.m. London gold fix was in at 10:30 GMT—and from there it traded flat until JPMorgan’s HFT

Friday, March 6: Today in Gold and Silver

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — It was another day where gold rallied in Far East trading until 1 p.m. Hong Kong time—and then then the not-for-profit sellers showed up, with an interim low coming at the 10:30 a.m. GMT morning gold fix in London.  It rallied a bit from there—and really took off to the upside the moment the London p.m. gold fix was done for the day.  That rally got

Thursday, March 5: Today in Gold and Silver

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — It was a nothing sort of day in the gold market on Wednesday.  The high, such as it was, came shortly after 2 p.m. in Hong Kong trading—and then it was a long, slow slide during the London and New York trading session.  The gold price dipped under the $1,200 spot mark on a couple of occasions, but managed to close above it, but only by

ENERGY (MSM)

Exxon, Chevron holders say 'no' to adding climate experts to boards

By Anna Driver HOUSTON (Reuters) – Shareholders of the top two U.S. oil companies on Wednesday rejected proposals to add directors with climate change expertise to their boards, but a measure passed at one, Chevron Corp, could give new power to minority investors with environmental concerns. Proposals to add an independent director with expertise in climate change received the support of about 20 percent of shareholders at each company, according

Canada wildfires displace nearly 7,000

Nearly 7,000 people in Canada’s Alberta province have been evacuated from the path of wildfires which threaten to ravage homes and businesses, including oil refineries in the region, officials said Tuesday. More than 1,600 firefighters are battling the 70 wildfires, 55 of which were sparked by lightning on Sunday. Fire has creeped to within 20 kilometers of homes or oil facilities, Alberta Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier said during a telephone

The U.S. Could Get a Third of its Electricity From Wind Power—And Save Billions of Gallons of Water

Absolutely, says the U.S. Department of Energy in a new report that details the benefits of replacing fossil fuel power plants with millions of wind turbines generating carbon-free electricity. Fossil fuel power plants consume huge amounts of water for cooling. If wind supplied a third of the nation’s electricity by 2050, it would save an estimated 260 billion gallons of water a year.

Total hosts climate talks with big oil companies

French oil major Total is hosting a meeting of the world’s biggest oil companies over the sector’s action plan ahead of U.N. climate talks in Paris at the end of the year. Officials from Royal Dutch Shell, Saudi Aramco, Norway’s Statoil, BG Group and Italy’s Eni are in Paris to “work on an initiative” highlighting the oil & gas sector’s position in the global debate on climate change, several company