Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Charlotte Radford,...Read More
The cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed cobalt...Read More
The cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed cobalt...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in China on Wednesday November 4. Key driversChina's domestic gallium price narrowed upward after finding further support from continued firm offers.Several suppliers raised their offers further while some producers held back from offering in anticipation of higher prices in...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in China on Wednesday November 4. Key driversPrice declined following lower offers in response to weak buying appetite.Traders remain cautious about building positions in the face of volatile changes on the Wuxi Stainless Steel Exchange.The December indium contract...Read More
A summary of stainless steel producer Aperam's results for the third quarter of 2020.In brief Aperam managed to increase shipments for the period driven by flexible multi-product business in Brazil and the demand recovery in Europe after Covid-19-related lockdowns earlier in the year were eased. Sales, however, were still down year-on-year due to weaker prices. The automotive industry, one of the...Read More
Brazilian ferro-alloys producer Ferbasa has reported a fire at its plant in the country that it warned may affect ferro-silicon production for about eight days, the company said on its website on Tuesday November 3.Ferbasa has the capacity to produce around 120,000 tonnes per year of ferro-silicon and sells its product domestically, while exporting alloy to the United States and Europe. The compan...Read More
November 4, 2020 - Brixton Metals Corp. (the “Company“) (TSXV: BBB) (OTCQB: BBBXF) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement of units of the Company for gross proceeds of C$2,000,000 (the “Private Placement“) with Mr. Robert Friedland's controlled affiliate, Newstar Advantage Ltd. Further details are provided in the pr...Read More
China has stepped up trade restrictions against Australia, with at least one clearinghouse suspending imports of a range of agricultural and mineral products, Hong Kong's daily English-language newspaper, the South China Morning Post, reported on Nov. 3.That same day, Bloomberg News also reported that the Chinese government had ordered commodity traders to stop purchasing products, including coal,...Read More
With its Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan on care and maintenance for the majority of the second and third quarters, Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) reported a quarterly net loss of $61 million ($78 million adjusted) for the third quarter, following a net loss of $53 million in the previous quarter.Cigar Lake restarted in September, after a six-month suspension in response to the Covi...Read More
The European high carbon ferro-chrome markets were largely stable in week to Tuesday November 3 despite concerns about Covid-19 inspiring caution among consumers, sources said.Fastmarkets' ferro-chrome high carbon 6-8.5% C, basis 60-70% Cr, max 1.5% Si, delivered Europe assessment was stable at $0.88-1.03 per lb Cr for a second consecutive week on Tuesday November 3.Likewise, Fastmarkets' assessme...Read More
Australia's Human Rights Law Centre has issued a statement saying that the residents of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea have welcomed this week's decision by the Australian government to accept a human rights complaint against mining giant Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) for investigation and conciliation.The complaint, which was filed by the HRLC on behalf of 156 Bougainville residents...Read More
Global zinc production is poised to rise over the coming years as elevated prices encourage miners to restart idled capacity and begin production at new mines.Using data provided by Miningintelligence, MINING.COM takes a look at the 10 biggest zinc producers in world in terms of their 2019 output.The Red Dog mine in Alaska, operated by Canada's Teck Resources, kept its "top dog" status with zinc p...Read More
The government of Angola says it has identified key steps that it needs to take before launching its own diamond exchange in Luanda, which is slated to open by the end of 2021.Mining and oil minister Diamantino Azevedo announced on Nov. 2 that its office is working to set up a gemological academy and a technological research centre within the same free-trade zone as the Angolan Diamond Bourse (ADB...Read More
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Short-term valuation analysis implies major gold stocks still have another 10-20% downside.Read full newsRead More
TORONTO - Iamgold Corp. says it has shut down operations at its Westwood underground gold mine in southern Quebec following aRead full newsRead More
Brixton Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that it has closed itRead full newsRead More
Gold mining giant Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD) announced its third-quarter earnings report today. The company reported better-than-expected net income and sales over the previous year and surpassed most analyst expectations. In my view, this could be an early sign of much more momentum in gold stocks going into 2021. Here’s a closer look at the report and Barrick Gold stock’s...Read More
It’s a general thinking among investors, especially those who are new to the investing world, that lower dollar denomination stocks have a long runway for growth, and they could deliver multifold returns over time. While I do not agree to this as stocks quoting low dollar price doesn’t assure great returns, but there are few stocks that are quoting low in terms of price and have except...Read More