The seaborne thermal coal market's recent strength is expected to continue, with significant supply constraints adding to a positive demand outlook."Rumours of coal's death are premature", according to Jefferies analysts06 JUNE 201806/06/2018commentsshare Jefferies analysts lead by Christopher LaFemina said "rumours of coal's death are premature" and they increased their seaborne price f...Read More
US Cobalt's Iron Creek Project in the Idaho Cobalt Belt. Source: First Cobalt Corp.First Cobalt Corp. [FCC-TSXV; OTCQB-FTSSF; FCC-ASX] recently enhanced its position as a pure-play North American cobalt company by acquiring all of the issued and outstanding shares of US Cobalt Inc. [USCO-TSXV, USCFF-OTCQB].The deal puts First Cobalt in a position to benefit from protectionist trade policies rather...Read More
The Lac Gueret Graphite Project in northern Quebec. Source: Mason Graphite Inc.Mason Graphite Inc. [LLG-TSXV; MGPHF-OTCQX] said Wednesday June 6 that it has received the main environmental permit for its Lac Gueret Project in northern Quebec.Mason is a graphite mining and processing company focused on developing the Lac Gueret Project where the graphite grade is believed by management to be among...Read More
The Copper Mountain copper-gold mine near Princeton, southwest British Columbia. The mine is 75%-owned by Copper Mountain Mining and 25% owned by Mitsubishi Materials Corp. Photo courtesy Copper Mountain Mining Corp.On 18 April this year, copper-gold producer Copper Mountain Mining Corp. [CMMC-TSX; C6C-ASX] completed a significant transaction by closing its acquisition of the Queensland focused Al...Read More
CALGARY - The CEO of Suncor Energy Inc. says it will continue to avoid spending on large growth projects in Canada despite the federal government's move last week to purchase the Trans Mountain pipeline system and its stalled expansion from Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd.The $4.5-billion sale to ensure the project is built doesn't change his view that Canada is falling behind other nations, notably...Read More
January 13, 2017.Keep that date firmly ingrained in your mind after you cash out on the next resource war.That was the day H.R. 520 was introduced to the 115th Congress. But to be fair, the name instantly gives things away...The National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act.It took less than four weeks after President Trump wrote an executive order regarding the country's supply of a ver...Read More
June 6, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Bob Moriarty of 321 Gold dissects this gold developer's agreement with a large-cap miner that he sees as mutually beneficial.Silver Bull Resources Inc. (SVB:TSX; SVBL:NYSE.MKT) has made a major change in direction and it seems to be paying off. I wrote about them in November when the price seemed stuck in molasses. SVB has a giant 43-101 resource in silver...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - June 6, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Power Americas Minerals Corporation (TSXV: PAM) ("Power Americas" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the final results of their winter diamond drilling program on their Kittson-Cobalt Project, located in the prolific Cobalt Silver Camp in Northeast Ontario, Canada.A total of 17 drill holes, totaling 1,75...Read More
June 6, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Vancouver-based miner collaborates with partners to advance mine development and the gold processing plant.Lion One Metals Limited (LIO:TSX.V; LOMLF:OTCQX) recently announced it has signed an indicative term sheet with Sinosteel Equipment & Engineering Co., Ltd. and Baiyin International Investment Ltd. It combines an EPC (engineering, procurement and const...Read More
I have avoided writing about David Hogg up to this point because I don’t find him particularly relevant. His stale arguments in favor of gun control are not novel or compelling. He uses bully tactics to force businesses and people to bend to the will of the anti-gun lobby.But something just happened to David Hogg that is a bigger threat to Americans than mass shootings. He was “Swatted...Read More
Students from Colorado School of Mines took first place in the 2018 Applied Collegiate Exoskeleton Competition, beating out teams from four other universities in the first-time event held May 5 at the University of Michigan.Exoskeletons - powered mechanical suits that augment the wearer's strength and abilities - could be used in the future to improve mobility for people with disabilities, help a...Read More
Turning points in a financial system usually occur in discrete phases. At first, new information that contradicts existing preconceptions is dismissed as unimportant. But as more such data accumulates, a growing number of people come to expect the new trend to continue. In economist-speak, "expectations" change, and these become self-fulfilling prophecies, as people start behaving in ways that ant...Read More
I've raised a couple million bucks for a few cannabis companies that have gone on to do quite well.My group of accredited investors funded Emblem (TSX-V: EMC) while it was still private, getting shares at 75 cents.Those shares subsequently went as high as $4.60 - a 513% gain - and Emblem is one of the fastest-growing producers in Canada, currently undergoing an expansion to 17,000 kilograms of ann...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1296.50+$4.70Silver$16.49+$0.09XAU83.05+1.06%HUI178.67+0.97%GDM623.77+0.53%JSE Gold1025.63+18.59USD93.91-0.14Euro117.17+0.19Yen91.16+0.03Oil$65.52+$0.7710-Year2.920%-0.023T-Bond144.375+0.25Dow24799.98-0.06%Nasdaq7637.86+0.41%S&P2748.80+0.07% The Metals: Gold gained $8.70 to as high as $1300.50 in early afternoon New York trade before it drifted back lower into the close...Read More
Increase Portfolio DiversificationImportant Tail Risk HedgeValuable Inflation Hedgeby George Milling-Stanley of State Street via TheFMReportWhile gold has traditionally been seen as a tactical way to help preserve wealth during market corrections, times of geopolitical stress or persistent dollar weakness, we think there is a case to be made for gold as a core diversifying asset with a long-term...Read More
The US dollar is firm ahead of the FOMC meet next week. The European political crisis is partly to blame for the US dollar's gain. Big moves in gold and silver or energy space will be there from Thursday as short term traders prepare for FOMC. Over the past five years, I have seen gold demand in India rising sharply around the end of "Ramzan Eid". The same is applicable to other nations where th...Read More
You might think of it as a car company, but from Australia to Puerto Rico the company is also changing the world's power grids-and making renewable energy more reliable.Read full newsRead More
Golden Predator Mining Corp. (TSXV:GPY) and its wholly owned subsidiary, the Yukon Mint?,,? are pleased to announce the First Yukon Mint?,,? .9999 gold coin was unveiled on May 30th, 2018 at a Company event in Toronto, Canada.Read full newsRead More
Production at Escondida began in 1990 and peaked in 2007 at more than 1.4 million tonnes of copper. Image: BHPCopper jumped 3.7% in New York on Tuesday to trade at $3.25 a pound ($7,165 a tonne), the highest since end-February, as worries about supply disruptions in key producing region resurface.Workers at the Escondida copper mine in Chile put down quite a marker in the third round of contract n...Read More
Asante Gold Corporation (CSE:ASE Frankfurt:1A9) and Perseus Mining (Ghana) Limited ('Perseus') have agreed to modify the terms of their Betanase Option and Sale Agreement.Read full newsRead More