Poli is executive chairman of ASX-listed Matsa Resources, a gold junior that has flown under the radar in recent years as it beavered away at the historic Lake Carey project in Western Australia'sRead More
The price of antimony in China ticked upward in the latest assessment on Wednesday April 10, after the country's producers raised their offer prices in response to production stoppages in Lengshuijiang.The city, in China's central province of Hunan, is a major hub for antimony production.Fastmarkets' price assessment for MMTA standard-grade II antimony, delivered duty-paid in China, was 44,000-45,...Read More
Vancouver, BC - Norra Metals Corp. (TSX-V:NORA) (the "Company" or "Norra") is pleased to announce that it has submitted four recently completed, NI 43-101 technical reports on its newly acquired Scandinavian properties to the TSX.V and has now filed those reports on SEDAR.The four Scandinavian projects; Bastutr??sk in Sweden, and the three Norwegian properties; Bleikvassli, Mer??ker and Sagvoll...Read More
Turkish steel mills had a quiet start to the week in the deep-sea scrap markets, but market participants are expecting more bookings for May deliveries, sources said on Monday April 15.There were no new deep-sea transactions done on Monday, but mills continued to negotiate on May cargoes for lower prices, Fastmarkets heard. Some traders reported that mills were bidding for US-origin HMS 1&2 (80:20...Read More
Investors have thrown caution to the wind as they bid up FAANG stocks to imprudent heights and provide overly generous bids for a few others that face serious jeopardy, including Tesla and Boeing. Even so, the herd evidently had second thoughts about one stock on Friday, pummeling the shares of Netflix when competitor Disney announced a new streaming service that will be bargain priced at $6.99...Read More
Turkish domestic auto bundle scrap prices have increased over the past week, while domestic ship scrap prices moved downwards on a weak lira, sources said on Monday April 15.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic auto bundle (DKP-grade) scrap in Turkey was TRY1,730-1,870 ($300-325) per tonne delivered on Monday, compared with TRY1,695-1,870 per tonne last week. The slight change in the...Read More
Domestic prices for ferrous scrap in Italy have decreased over the past month, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday April 15.The monthly price assessment for Italian grade-E3 scrap was ?,?260-275 ($294-311) per tonne delivered on April 15, compared with ?,?270-285 per tonne delivered in the previous month.The reasons behind the decrease were slower scrap buying activity by Italian mills, lack of dem...Read More
Yamana Gold's copper-gold Chapada Mine in Brazil which Lundin Mining is acquiring. Source Yamana Gold Inc.Lundin Mining Corp. [LUN-TSX; LUMI-Sweden] said Monday April 15 that it has struck a deal to acquire Yamana Gold Inc.'s [YRI-TSX; AUY-NYSE] 100% interest in the Chapada copper-gold mine in Brazil for US$800 million.Under the definitive purchase agreement, Yamana will retain a 2.0% net smelter...Read More
The US government has proposed new import duties of up to 100% on a wide range of products from the European Union, as a countermeasure for sales lost by the US aerospace industry due to EU subsidies paid to Airbus, the US Trade Representative said in a notice published in the Federal Register on Friday April 12.In a preliminary list, the USTR named a variety of goods that would be subject to...Read More
Gold futures settled at their lowest in more than week on Monday, with apparent progress in U.S.-China trade talks helping to dull haven-related demand for the metal, as investors also showed disappointment that recent weakness in the dollar has failed to provide support. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday the U.S. and China are continuing to make progress on trade talks and "get...Read More
* Gold may revisit April 4 low of $1,280.59 -analyst * Silver hits 3-1/2-month lows * Asian shares near nine-month high (Updates prices)By Sethuraman N RApril 15 (Reuters) - Gold prices fell on Monday to a morethan one-week low as progress in U.S.-China trade talks liftedrisk sentiment, taking the sheen off safe-haven bullion even asthe dollar weakened.Spot gold dipped 0.5 percent to $1,283.65 per...Read More
The concentrator at the Kamoto Mine in the DRC. Source: Katanga Mining Ltd.Glencore AG's Katanga Mining Ltd. [KAT-TSX] unit has resumed the export and sale of a limited amount of cobalt that complies with both international and local Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) transport regulations with respect to the level of uranium.In the fourth quarter of 2018, Katanga said it would temporarily suspend...Read More
Lundin Mining has signed an agreement with Yamana Gold to buy the open-pit copper and gold Chapada mine in the Brazilian Midwest state of Goi??s for up to $1.03 billion, the miners said on Monday April 15.Cash payments will total $800 million, with an additional $125 million in effect over five years depending on gold prices, as well as $100 million more whether the mine chooses to build a pyrite...Read More
* First greenfield aluminium mill in U.S. for 37 years * Rusal looks to invest $200 million in the mill * To supply 2.0 mln T of low-carbon aluminium over 10 years (Releads, adds detail throughout)By Polina DevittMOSCOW, April 15 (Reuters) - Rusal is making itsfirst investment in the United States since Washington liftedsanctions against the Russian aluminium giant, teaming up withU.S. manufacture...Read More
There were seven main points for participants in the lithium market to take away from the Battery Materials 2019 Conference, hosted by Fastmarkets in Shanghai on April 10-12 this year.1. Lithium prices will remain under pressure for most of 2019Lithium prices will remain under pressure due to increasing supply.There were new projects able to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide in...Read More
Rio Tinto has committed $302 million of additional capital to advance its Resolution Copper project in the US state of Arizona, a mine that the company envisages will provide raw materials to help fuel the electromobility boom. When fully operational, Resolution - a joint venture in which Rio Tinto has a 55% stake and BHP Billiton has the remainder - has the potential to supply nearly 25% of the U...Read More
Cobalt hydroxide prices reflect the true fundamentals of the cobalt market, and are likely to be one of the market's most important benchmarks, delegates who attended Fastmarkets' Battery Materials Conference in Shanghai heard last week."This is why we are happy to see Fastmarkets launch cobalt hydroxide assessments, which is more representative of the dynamics of cobalt market as a whole," Forres...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices bounced back on Monday April 15, with domestic gains continuing to encourage steelmakers to raise their export offers.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,000-4,020 yuan ($597-600) per tonne, up 30-40 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,930-3,950 yuan per tonne, up 10-20 yuan per tonnePrices in Shanghai rose significantly during the day, with most transactions t...Read More
On November 4, 2014, voters in Washington, D.C., approved Initiative 71, a ballot initiative that legalized the recreational use of cannabis for adults 21 and over.But there was a bit of a catch.Initiative 71 "allows adults 21 and older to possess up to two ounces of marijuana, grow up to six plants, and gift up to one ounce of pot to other adults 21 and older, but sales remain banned."So, in shor...Read More
Desert Mountain Energy Corp. (TSX.V: DME) is engaged in exploration and development of helium, oil & gas and mineral properties, in the Southwestern United States. At PDAC2019, we learned, from Irwin Olian, President and CEO of Desert Mountain Energy, the Company's current focus is on helium, which is in surging demand in the high-tech world. There is currently a worldwide shortage of helium, its...Read More