A trade war between the United States and China is depressing the price of copper and the red metal would be 5% to 15% higher without the dispute, the chairman for Chile's Antofagasta Plc told a Chilean newspaper on Sunday."Without the commercial war, I am convinced that the price of copper would be between $3.20 and $3.50 per pound," Jean-Paul Luksic said in an interview with El Mercurio.Despite...Read More
Compelling supply and demand projections for copper in the years ahead makes the red metal one of the favourites of industry observers, who see flat-lining mine supply running into increased demand as the world continues to achieve greater electrification. Here's a look at eight active juniors with substantial copper assets in their property portfolios.AURYN RESOURCESWhile Vancouver-based junior A...Read More
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Large diversified miners saw another 12 months of consistently increasing profit margins and cash flows in FY2018.According to Fitch Solutions, the positive numbers are a result of miners streamlining their operations, cutting debt and expenditures, increasing production efficiencies, and incorporating advanced technology in operations to further enhance productivity and reduce costs."Building on...Read More
Investors are standing by for a fresh bout of market turmoil as President Donald Trump turns up the heat on Beijing over trade.The standoff between the U.S. and China appeared to deepen at the weekend after Trump took to Twitter again, this time to say the Chinese may have felt they were "being beaten so badly" in the recent talks that it was better to drag their feet in hopes he would lose the 20...Read More
About 50,000 people rallied this week in the Colombian city of Bucaramanga to express their opposition to the Soto Norte gold project.The $1.2-billion project, proposed by Sociedad Minera de Santander or Minesa, is located in the north-central Santander department, just outside the P??ramo de Santurb??n, an area of the Andes mountains covered with subalpine forests above the continuous tree line b...Read More
The Siberian Coal Energy Company or SUEK has partnered with Zyfra Group's subsidiary VIST Group, to develop an unmanned drilling technology at the Tugnuysky coal mine, located on the border between the Buryatia and Chita regions in south-central Siberia.Officially created in 1989, the open-pit operation has an annual output of approximately 12.5 million tonnes of low-nitrogen hard coal, which is m...Read More
The price of copper dropped to a 15-week low on Monday after China fired back in the mounting trade war with the US. In afternoon trade, copper for delivery in July touched $2.709 a pound ($5,972 a tonne), down 2.4% from Friday's settlement.China will match 25% tariffs on $60 billion of goods imported from the US including precious stones like diamonds, rubies and emeralds, iron ore, and nickel,...Read More
May 13, 2019 Guest(s): Phillip Streible Senior Market Strategist, RJO Futures Renewed trade war fears are breathing life into the gold market as the possibility of a rate cut enters investors' minds, this according to Phil Streible, senior market analyst at RJO Futures. "Potentially down the road, if equities slow down, and if the global economy slows down enough, you might see the Fed cut rates...Read More
The Wall Street Journal did not mince words earlier this year when it ran an essay with the title Only Nuclear Energy Can Save the Planet.The message was clear: Do the math on replacing fossil fuels. To move fast enough, the world needs to build lots of reactors.I've been saying this for years, telling anyone who'd listen that nuclear energy is the cleanest, safest form of baseload electricity the...Read More
It has been said there is a massive paradigm shift going on in the world - a shift that is only slightly perceptible to some - but one that is already revolutionizing the mining industry. Picture an image of a city block at the turn of the 20th century. Horse-drawn carriages fueled by grass and hay were the main method of transportation on dirt roads during the agricultural era. Fast for...Read More
British Columbia's top mining companies have been on a roller-coaster ride over the past five years, according to data compiled for Business in Vancouver's Biggest Mining Companies in B.C. list.In 2015, Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TECK.B) (No.1 on BIV's list) and Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) (No. 2) suffered massive declines in net income.Teck's net income fell by $2.87 billion to $2.48 billion in the red...Read More
May 13, 2019 Guest(s): Peter Hug Global Trading Director, Kitco Metals The best metal to own to weather the trade wars storm is still gold, owing to its status as a safe haven and the potential for industrial metals to suffer from the economic consequences of tariffs, this according to Peter Hug, global trading director of Kitco Metals. "Given the current state of sort of the macro picture that...Read More
First Quantum Minerals (TSE: FM) is investigating the possibility of re-starting its idled Ravensthorpe nickel/cobalt operation in Australia, according to UK-based market research firm Roskill.The Vancouver-based company acquired the Ravensthorpe mine and processing plant from BHP in February 2010, with commercial production reached in December 2011. However, the mine was later placed under care a...Read More
The world's second largest miner, Rio Tinto, (ASX, LON, NYSE:RIO) is a step closer to begin expanding its West Angelas iron ore mine in the Pilbara, Western Australia, as it has received the state's environmental watchdog's approval.The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) said Monday it would recommend open-cut mining at the site to be expanded by 4,100 hectares to 26,700ha, taking it to with...Read More
Gold traders wondering about bullion's 5% decline since its February high may not need to look any further than the calendar. That's because gold appears to follow a six-months-on, six-months-off seasonal pattern. We're right in the middle of the period of seasonal weakness, which likely could last through August. To be sure, this seasonal pattern doesn't always hold up every year. Its existence i...Read More
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