With Middle East conflict unwinding, a focus on the Fed could slow gold's momentum. On Saturday mining audiences manager Michael McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable.

Gold jumped another 5% this week with June gold futures hitting $2,350 an ounce. On Saturday mining audiences manager Michael McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable.

Metals could get a lift with the Fed signaling that it wants to cut interest rates, note mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable.

Gold's run is having limited benefit for gold miners, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday, McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable.

Gold recovered after tumbling mid week due to a hotter than expected CPI number, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae and Kitco correspondent Paul Harris recorded Kitco Roundtable.

New Gold announced a big production update this week, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday, McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with correspondent Paul Harris.

Metals traded lower end of week when jobs data came in stronger than expected, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with Kitco correspondent Paul Harris.

The copper market is setting up nicely and prices for the metal should head higher, noted Kitco correspondent Paul Harris. On Monday Harris, mining audiences manager Michael McCrae and Soar Financial CEO Kai Hoffmann recorded Kitco Roundtable at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference.

A Chinese miner made a large investment into a Latin American copper developer, noted Kitco correspondent Paul Harris. On Saturday Harris and mining audiences manager Michael McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable.

Gold has had a solid year, overcoming the Fed's higher interest rate regime, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable.

On Friday gold prices fell on strong job numbers from the U.S., noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. Friday was jobs day. The U.S. economy created 199,000 jobs last month, beating expectations. At the same time, the unemployment rate dropped to 3.7%, down from 3.9% in October.

Gold finally hit a record high, and the copper markets had a big supply shock, said mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. February gold futures last traded at $2,091.90 an ounce, up more than 4% from last Friday's close. Gold's previous record was at $2,089.20 in August 2020, wrote Kitco editor Neils Christensen.

To end the week gold has spent much of the time trading above $2,000 a ounce, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable.

Commodities and markets were up this week off the good consumer price index report, which came in below market expectations, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable.

Commodities traded down this week after the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made hawkish remarks at a news conference. On Sunday mining audiences manager Michael McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable.

Gold is deferring a break higher, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with correspondent Paul Harris. Key economic news this week was the jobs report. Non-farm payrolls number come in at up 150,000 versus market expectations of 170,000. The report fell into the camp of the U.S. monetary policy doves, who want the Federal Reserve to stop raising interest rates.

A Fed rate-hike pause at next week's FOMC meeting is likely, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with correspondent Paul Harris. Also noted during Roundtable was Piedmont Lithium and partner Atlantic Lithium obtaining permits for the Ewoyaa project in Ghana.

War worries and a possible end to Fed tightening are some of the reasons gold is rebounding, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with correspondent Paul Harris and QC Copper & Gold CEO Stephen Stewart.

The set up for copper looks good, said EMX Royalty CEO David Cole. On Friday Cole recorded Kitco Roundtable with mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. EMX is a precious, base and battery metals royalty company. The company asset mix is 56% gold and 22% copper.

Many commodities were routed in October, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with Kitco correspondent Paul Harris.

During the last week of September, gold suffered its second largest monthly decline of 2023 with only February having a greater devaluation of gold futures, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable.