African swine fever is likely to hurt demand for grains and oilseeds in the next couple of years, the chief executive of fertilizer dealer Nutrien Ltd said on Thursday, the latest threat to a sector already reeling from the U.S.-China trade war.CEO Chuck Magro, speaking at the BMO Farm to Market conference in New York, said agriculture markets will eventually correct themselves from the impact of...Read More
Chinese alumina prices have jumped to a five-month high on news that at least two refineries in the province of Shanxi are being shut down pending environmental inspections.So far the market impact seems localised.Shanghai aluminium prices have risen on concerns about the potential knock-on effect on metal production in China. Alumina is the intermediate product derived from bauxite used to smelt...Read More
Zimbabwe's biggest gold producer sued the country's central bank for $132 million because it has been paying for the metal in a local quasi-currency rather than U.S. dollars, highlighting the business sector's dissatisfaction with the nation's financial regime.Metallon Corp., which acquired Lonmin Plc's gold mines in Zimbabwe in 2002, wants an additional $5.8 million because the central bank preve...Read More
With a new CEO, Veeral Rathod, who cofounded menswear fashion brand J. Hilburn, Spence Diamonds is expanding from its Canadian roots into the U.S. market offering lab-grown diamonds side-by-side with mined diamonds. For 80% of its customers, lab-growns are their choice.Read full newsRead More
Following the development of a reclamation program that involves the application of treated biosolids to the Central Tailings Area at the Copper Cliff nickel mine in Ontario, Vale Canada and its partner in the project, Terrapure Environmental, received an Environmental Leader Award for Project of the Year.Instead of incinerating or landfilling nutrient-rich organics, Terrapure worked with Vale to...Read More
Following the development of a reclamation program that involves the application of treated biosolids to the Central Tailings Area at the Copper Cliff nickel mine in Ontario, Vale Canada and its partner in the project, Terrapure Environmental, received an Environmental Leader Award for Project of the Year.Instead of incinerating or landfilling nutrient-rich organics, Terrapure worked with Vale to...Read More
Transition Metals (TSXV: XTM) announced this week that it has entered into an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Cryderman gold property located near Shining Tree, Ontario.In order to move forward with the deal, the Sudbury-based firm has to issue $60,000 in cash and $110,000 in shares to the vendor and complete $300,000 in work over a three year period. If the company vests its in...Read More
Vancouver, BC - Graphite One Inc. (TSX-V:GPH | OTCQX:GPHOF) ("Graphite One" or the "Company") announced today it has has completed the second tranche of a non-brokered private placement offering, raising gross proceeds from both tranches of the financing to CA$2 million, and also the awarding of options.CLOSES SECOND TRANCHE OF PRIVATE PLACEMENTThe Company has completed the second and fina...Read More
VANCOUVER, May 14, 2019 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- TSX: GPR | NYSE American: GPL GREAT PANTHER MINING LIMITED (GPR)GPL (Read full newsRead More
With a new CEO, Veeral Rathod, who cofounded menswear fashion brand J. Hilburn, Spence Diamonds is expanding from its Canadian roots into the U.S. market offering lab-grown diamonds side-by-side with mined diamonds. For 80% of its customers, lab-growns are their choice.Read full newsRead More
Debmarine, a 50/50 joint venture between world's No. 1 diamond producer by value, De Beers, and the government of Namibia, will build a $468 million-diamond recovery ship, the world's first custom-made vessel of such a kind and the seventh in the company's fleet.The vessel, slated to start operations in 2022, would add about 500,000 carats per year of production capacity to Debmarine Namibia's out...Read More
"$CSSE - Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment's (CSSE) CEO William Rouhana on Q1 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript https://t.co/uRU11XTjkU"Read full newsRead More
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1.The short seasonal rally for gold that typically follows India's Akha Teej holiday (May 7 this year) is in play but this time it is being "juiced" by a major U.S. stock market meltdown!2.In a game with nine innings, the U.S. business cycle is probably in the eighth or ninth inning.3.Stock market welfare programs provided by central banks (QE and intense rate cuts) have extended the bull market i...Read More
The best income-producing stocks are often widely known by the market, meaning their prices can be bid up aggressively. Fortunately, there are plenty of high-yield stocks that remain under the radar.Sometimes, however, you’ll need to take a bit of extra risk to get additional yield. You may even need to buy them before they become high-yield stocks.If you’re looking to some extra divi...Read More
New investors turning to the TSX Index for some exposure to the yellow stuff have some solid options at the moment. With gold prices moving higher on U.S.-China trade war nervousness, it’s a good time to follow the crowd and get invested in some precious metals stocks. But which stocks are best for young investors hungry for upside in a competitive and sometimes risky sector?One stock that&#...Read More
Franco Nevada Corp. (TSX:FNV)(NYSE:FNV) has proven once again why this stock is a great one to have in your corner during times of volatility. The last couple of weeks, following the remarks from President Trump with respect to trade and tariff talks, demonstrated the protective power of Franco Nevada on your portfolio. The increased uncertainty resulted in a jolt to gold prices followed by a simi...Read More
ASX business development manager, listings, Josh Collard said at the Paydirt 2019 Latin America Downunder conference in Perth Thursday the ASX was one of the most active in the world, was well understood among Australia's and Latin America's mining fraternity and there was an opportunity to deepen that relationship."The ASX has been home to total capital raisings for the resources sector of more t...Read More