South Africa's biggest labor group staged a nationwide protest against job losses Wednesday, the latest setback for an economy reeling from four days of rolling power cuts. The rand fell the most against the dollar among major currencies.The double blow comes at a terrible time for President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is gearing up to contest elections in May, is seeking to lure $100 billion in new inve...Read More
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. bonds dropped after S&P Global Ratings cut the company's credit rating to the cusp of junk, the latest blow for the Canadian engineering firm at the center of a controversy that's ensnared Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Risk premiums for the company's bonds due 2023, or the extra yield they pay compared with Canadian benchmark government securities, were quoted at more than 2...Read More
Brazil's government intends to make the mining giant Vale "private again" by selling its shares and pushing out quasi-state pension funds, a senior official said. Shares rose."Vale is a state company. Pension funds controlled by the government control Vale," Privatization Secretary Salim Mattar said on Wednesday at an event in Brasilia. "We're here to reprivatize Vale." "Vale is a state company....Read More
* Flooding likely to disrupt rail for at least a month -analyst* Glencore's Mt Isa zinc, lead transportation affected* Around 40 percent of Australia's zinc exported from TownsvilleFloods in Australia's Queensland state are set to disrupt the rail delivery of zinc exports to the northern port of Townsville, with the line likely to be out of action for at least a month, analysts said on Wednesday.T...Read More
Peru's environmental agency, El Organismo de Evaluaci??n y Fiscalizaci??n Ambiental, (OEFA) has ruled out that a "greenish solution" found in a river near Southern Copper Corp's Cuajone mine was the product of a tailings spill.In a statement late Tuesday, OEFA noted it was still supervising operations at the mine, which is located in an area hit by heavy rains over the past week.Southern Copper...Read More
* Palladium market had 29,000 oz shortfall in 2018* Platinum market surplus was 498,000 oz last year (Adds detail)A deficit in the palladium market that has driven prices of the autocatalyst metal to record highs will widen dramatically this year, specialist materials company Johnson Matthey said in a report on Wednesday.The company, a leading autocatalyst manufacturer, said the shortfall in the r...Read More
"Good morning from #Germany, where inflation expectations have collapsed. 10y inflation expectations measured by inflation linked bonds have dropped to 0.94%, lowest since 2016 and way below #ECB's inflation goal of near 2%."Read full newsRead More
Petrol and diesel vehicles cost more over four years in UK and four other European nationsRead full newsRead More
Colombia's coal production and exports are likely to remain steady this year, companies said on Wednesday, amid predictions international prices for the fuel will fall in 2019.The Andean nation is the world's fifth-largest exporter of coal. Fitch Solutions reduced its Colombian coal production growth forecast from 4.5 percent to 0 percent in January due to price declinesOverall Colombia producti...Read More
Precious metals miner Hochschild Mining (LON: HOC) has been forced to halt operations at its Arcata gold and silver mine in Peru, saying that low silver prices had left the company little choice aside from suspension.Hochschild, which operates three mines in southern Peru and one in southern Argentina, said Arcata would be on "full care and maintenance" by the second quarter of 2019.Any potential...Read More
Even renewable energy relies on certain decidedly non-renewable resources...Read full newsRead More
Canada's Barrick Gold TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD), which completed its $5.4 billion merger with Africa-focused Randgold Resources at the start of the year, reported Wednesday a loss for its fourth quarter, due partly to issues at two mines in South America.The world's top gold producer by volume, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, lost $1.2 billion, or $1.02 per share, for the quarter ended Dec. 31 co...Read More
Moscow-based Vist Group, a subsidiary of Helsinki-based Zyfra, announced this week that it launched a robotized towing truck project together with Nazarbayev University and Russian truck maker Kamaz.Using a previous experience robotizing the BelAZ 7513R truck and BelAZ 78250 front loader for open-pit mining, Vist said that it now wants to upgrade the five-wheel towing truck Kamaz Neo. The plan is...Read More
Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.A | TECK.B)(NYSE:TCK), Canada's largest diversified miner, posted Wednesday quarterly profits below estimates, due mainly to weak prices for heavy crude and base metals.The Vancouver-based miner, the world's second-biggest exporter of steel-making coal, recorded negative pricing adjustments, charges related to a write-down in inventory and an operating loss at its Fort Hi...Read More
In the eyes of investors, lustrous futures await Goldcorp, Eldorado Gold, and Yamana Gold.Read full newsRead More
Vancouver, BC - IsoEnergy Ltd. (TSX-V: ISO | OTCQX: ISENF) (the "Company" or "IsoEnergy"), is pleased to announce chemical assay results from intervals of strong uranium mineralization reported earlier (see news release dated January 28, 2019) from the Hurricane zone. The highlight is an intersection in drill hole LE19-02 of 3.5 metres averaging 10.4% U3O8 from 326.5-330.0 metres, that include...Read More
Vancouver, BC - Quadron Cannatech Corporation (CSE:QCC) (the "Company" or "Quadron"), is pleased to report Q3 revenue of $1.87 million for the period of November 1st, 2018 to January 31st, 2019.The figure represents aggregate sales from Quadron's three subsidiaries: Soma Labs Scientific Inc., Greenmantle Products Ltd, and Cybernetic Control Systems Inc.Among Quadron's portfolio of extraction an...Read More
Intermin's share price was 8.33 percent higher at the end of trading on Monday, closing on the ASX at AU$0.13.Read full newsRead More
In the late stages of 2018, gold regained some of its luster. As a safe haven, investors warmed up to the yellow metal as the market corrected. Gold has quietly resumed its uptrend and is up 2.8% year to date.For investors, it is always a good idea to have gold exposure in your portfolio. It's no secret that the traditional large cap gold mining stocks have struggle mightily over the past few year...Read More
Canadian mining giant Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.B)(NYSE:TECK) released its fourth-quarter and annual 2018 results early on Wednesday. Quarterly performance was weaker than what analysts had predicted, but the company broke some new records for the year. The stock has been a great recovery story over the past three years. Does the latest financial report encourage new investment in the resources gi...Read More