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
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were collectively lower at the close of trading on Friday March 8, with most metals ending the week down despite strong fundamentals across the complex and continued market optimism over US-China trade resolution. Losing momentum over the afternoon, the three-month nickel price fell to just over $13,000 per tonne amid continued selling pressure. ...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More
While some of the big miners were promoting messages of female empowerment for International Women's Day, the numbers show they fall well behind other global businesses in representation at the top.Only BHP beats the 29% average for FTSE 100 companies' proportion of female directors (non-executive or executive), with a third of its nine-member board women. The Big Australian also recently pro...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesMar 8, 2019Quaterra Resources (QTA-V) owns the site of the oldAnaconda Copper Mine near Yerington in Nevada just outside of Reno. Part of the deposit, the MacArthur deposit, contains over 1.6 billion pounds of inexpensive and easy to process oxide copper. It could be put into production for about $233 million. A 2012 PES believed there would be a cash cost of $1.89 a pound and...Read More
Mining Journal spoke to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence analyst Caspar Rawles about pricing direction, supply and other trends in the market.Read More
There was no change to the composition of miners in the ASX 100 or 200, but five miners were added to the ASX 300.They were growing gold miners Ramelius Resources and Silver Lake Resources, high-grade producer Mount Gibson Iron, uranium play Paladin Energy and contractor Macmahon Holdings.Paladin was also added to the All Ordinaries.Also making the All Ords was newly listed Coronado Global Resourc...Read More
While drilling contractors around the world have got busier in the past year or so, and fleet utilisation levels have edged higher, new machine orders have generally remained sluggish."The biggest challenge is that credit is still tight and people's capital expenditures are still small, and the mining juniors are struggling to raise funds to do drilling programs," said Mayman, who replaced Jim Dol...Read More
He highlighted the importance of innovation, collaboration and reconciliation for the industry to succeed in a guarded conversation with PDAC president Glenn Mullan.Read More
Adam HamiltonArchivesMar 08, 2019 The widely-held mega-cap stocks that dominate the US markets recently finished reporting their Q4'18 financial results. Because the tenor of stock markets changed radically last quarter, this latest earnings season is more important than usual. An extreme monster bull market suddenly rolled over into a severe near-bear correction in Q4. How major corporations fare...Read More
Gold futures finished lower on Thursday as the European Central Bank slashed its forecast for eurozone growth and extended a pledge to hold off on interest-rate hikes until at least late this year, pressuring the euro and providing a boost to the U.S. dollar. The euro EURUSD, +0.3752% fell to four-month lows after the ECB said its ultralow interest rates wouldn't rise at least until late 2019. We...Read More
PLEASE NOTE: THE COT REPORT SCHEDULE IS NOW UP-TO-DATE & ON ITS NORMAL SCHEDULE WITH THE RELEASE OF THIS REPORT. Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 202,628114,61059,730155,732269,729418,090444,069 Change from Prior Reporting Period -34,20713,471-5,6729,690-36,158-30,189-28,359 Traders 18568814952269168 Small Speculator...Read More
The widely-held mega-cap stocks that dominate the US markets recently finished reporting their Q4'18 financial results. Because the tenor of stock markets changed radically last quarter, this latest earnings season is more important than usual. An extreme monster bull market suddenly rolled over into a severe near-bear correction in Q4. How major corporations fared offers insights into whe...Read More
By: IRA EPSTEINEU cuts back its growth forecasts. ECB update. Gold under a down thrust from a strong US Dollar. Inflation around the world not an issue right now. Gold on pause of this bear leg... Gold close to support?Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More
Fastmarkets proposes to change the calculation basis for the China cobalt sulfate, Co 20.5% min, ex-works adjustment to the standard-grade cobalt low-end price to 100% Co basis from the current Co 20.5% basis. As part of the consultation, Fastmarkets also proposes to change the name of this assessment to China cobalt sulfate, Co 20.5% min, ex-works, adjustment to standard-grade cobalt low-end pric...Read More
There were widespread rises in global ferrous scrap prices in the week ended Friday March 8, due to stable demand from end-users in key importing markets, Fastmarkets heard.Turkish steelmakers were buying imported materials to shore up their inventories, while buyers in Asia were purchasing spot cargoes to hedge against future price increases.TurkeyScrap prices in the Turkish import market began t...Read More
Scrap battery cathode materialAmerican Manganese Inc. [AMY-TSXV; AMYZF-OTCPINK] said Friday March 8 that it continues to process cathode scraps through the company's lithium-ion battery recycling pilot plant.Using the company's patent-approved process, the scraps underwent separation and leach operations, yielding a pregnant leach solution (PLS) containing cathode metals (cobalt, lithium, nickel...Read More
An underground driller at work at the now closed Max molybdenum mine near Trout Lake, British Columbia. Note the veins of massive molybdenite. Photo Courtesy Roca Mines Inc.Cameo Cobalt Corp. [CRU-TSX; CRUUF-OTC; SY7N-FWB] shares were active Thursday March 7after the company said it had closed the previously announced acquisition of the Max Mine and Willa properties. Both are located in British Co...Read More
UK prices for alloy steel scrap have moved up over the past week due to higher costs for nickel, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday March 8.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic UK 18/8 stainless steel scrap solids was ?830-870 ($1,090-1,143) per tonne delivered on March 8. This was up from ?800-840 per tonne delivered a week earlier, reflecting transactions heard in the market."Nick...Read More
Northern Vertex's Moss Mine located 80 miles southeast of La Vegas in Mohave County, western Arizona. Source: Northern Vertex Mining Corp.Northern Vertex Mining Corp. [NEE-TSXV; NHVCF-OTC] said Friday March 8 that it has delivered the largest gold shipment to date from its Moss Mine in northwest Arizona.The company said it shipped an estimated 1,004 ounces of gold to a third party refiner. "These...Read More