Iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) revealed Friday that one of its massive driverless trucks collided with another at one of its Western Australia mines earlier this week. There were no injuries.The truck, said the company, was traveling at low speed and crashed into another that was parked at its Christmas Creek iron ore mine in the Pilbara region.One of the trucks was traveling a...Read More
South Africa's Gold Fields Ltd said on Friday its full-year profit slumped 73 percent, dented by a decline in bullion production led by its South Deep operations.Headline earnings per share (HEPS) fell to $0.07 per share, for the full year ended Dec. 31, 2018, from $0.26 in the previous year.HEPS is the main profit measure used in South Africa that strips out certain one-off items.Revenue dropped...Read More
The world's two biggest gold miners both announced mega-mergers over the past 5 months or so. These huge deals briefly garnered some interest in the usually-forgotten gold-stock sector, and fleeting praise from Wall Street analysts. But gold-stock mega-mergers are bad news for gold-miner shareholders on all sides. They reveal the serious struggles of major gold miners, and really retard future ups...Read More
Kinross Gold's (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) shares were up 6.25% on Friday, after reporting Q4 results this week. The company produced 2.45 million gold-equivalent ounces last year, with record production from its Paracatu mine in Brazil and its Bald Mountain mine in Nevada, and forecasts company-wide production this year will be similar to 2018.The company reported an attributable all-in cost per oz. s...Read More
Iron ore mining giant Vale (NYSE:VALE) issued a statement Friday advising that there was a fire in one of the transfer houses of the belt conveyor system at its distribution center in Malaysia.The fire reportedly caused material damage only and the company expects operations to resume in 10 to 15 days.Vale expects reduced impact on its shipments, since a 10-day preventive maintenance was alr...Read More
Brazilian miner Vale SA said a fire broke out on Friday in its distribution center in Malaysia, temporarily affecting shipments, according to a securities filing.Vale added that the fire caused "only material damages" and that operations are likely to resume in 10 to 15 days.The company said the fire should have a reduced impact on shipments as 10 days of preventive maintenance was already program...Read More
Monarch Gold (TSX: MQR) resumed diamond drilling at its wholly-owned Croinor Gold property, where activities were suspended following a winter freeze that affected Quebec's Val-d'Or region.In a press release, the Canadian company said the purpose of the current 1,750-metre campaign is to finish the 2018 drilling program and to drill high potential targets.Monarch said that before it was suspended,...Read More
If a mine dispute were all that SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. had to worry about, Chief Executive Officer Neil Bruce might be looking forward to next week's earnings report with some equanimity.As it stands, the Canadian engineering giant is being rocked by a political controversy that's embroiled Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and dredged up corruption allegations that date back almost two decades in Lib...Read More
Brazil's Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais posted 830 million reais ($223.21 million) in profit in 2018, more than doubling its earnings from a year ago, the company said in a securities filing on Friday.Brazil's steelmakers have benefitted from higher metal prices in 2018 amid global trade disputes between the United States and China.($1 = 3.7184 reais)(By Marcelo Rochabrun; Editing by Mark Pot...Read More
The interest in gold mining stocks intensified this week as analysts saw further reasons to believe the precious metal itself can sustain its current form and pointed to junior stocks as the best way to benefit should a sustained rally materialise. Stewart Thomson suggested on Goldseek that the latest, tiny “price correction” in the precious metal may already be done, and gave...Read More
In the last few weeks, uncertainty has pushed gold up above US$1,300. The fact that gold has been increasing in value shows why it can be important for investors to have a holding in the yellow metal. Besides investing in physical gold, people have traditionally had only a few choices for gold investment. There are the gold miners, gold certificates, exchange-traded funds, and royalty streaming co...Read More
In 2010, a mine in northern Chile collapsed, trapping 33 workers underground for more than two months. IBM is working to provide AI solutions that can improve response to mine disasters. (Image: Miner Alex Vega. Hugo Infante, Chilean Gov't via Wikipedia.)Much has been said lately about how IBM's cognitive exploration and content analysis platform, known as Watson, is helping major miners, such as...Read More
Stocks rallied to close higher Friday, with the Dow and the Nasdaq gaining for an eighth straight week, on progress in U.S.-China trade negotiations. Expectations for talks to continue next week in Washington has added fresh hope that a resolution was near, even if the two countries appeared far apart on key points. Stock markets will be closed Monday in observance of the Presidents Day holiday....Read More
Westhaven Ventures Inc. (TSX-V:WHN) is a Canadian based exploration company focused on advancing its wholly owned Shovelnose, Prospect Valley, Skoonka and Skoonka North gold projects covering over 35,000 hectares within the prospective Spences Bridge Gold Belt in British Columbia. The projects are situated within a geological setting like those which host other significant epithermal gold-silver s...Read More
Delrey Metals (CSE: DLRY, FSE: 1OZ) is focused on sourcing, financing and developing undervalued, strategic energy metals assets. We learned from Morgan Good, Founder, President and CEO of Delrey Metals. They own four vanadium projects and one cobalt project. The Company's main focus is on vanadium. According to Mr. Good, the vanadium sector is expected to increase in size, demand, and value over...Read More
John Kaiser kicks off his latest Discovery Watch (February 14th) reviewing the latest S2 Resources drilling at its Ecru project in Nevada characterizing the results as neither making or breaking it. The meat of the broadcast is found in the middle segment where Kaiser gives a thorough update on the status of exploration in the Pilbara region of Australia which made big waves a few years ago with...Read More
Jordan Roy-Byrne of TheDailyGold.com is well-known for his commentary on the gold market. In this interview, Jordan shares not only his thoughts on where gold is headed but also regarding how he approaches junior gold stock investing. Jordan provides an overview profile of his ideal junior gold stock, offers his commentary on mining jurisdictions he prefers, the state of junior mining finance and...Read More
Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More
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Continue...Andrew Maguire is an Independent London Metals Trader and Analyst, internationally renowned for his unique ability to read the precious metals market with the knowledge and experience gained over 35 years trading in financial and commodity markets. Andrew sits on the advisory board of a global physical bullion exchange and is a consultant advisor to many international hedge fund manager...Read More