The possibility of an oversupply of lithium chemical is a myth, the president of California-based Global Lithium, Joe Lowry, said this week.Addressing the audience at the conference Paydirt 2019 Latin America Downunder, Lowry blamed the spread of such a 'myth' on 'big bank' analysts and the Chilean regulator CORFO.In Lowry's view, there have been misunderstandings regarding CORFO's reports related...Read More
Hot Chili secures copper 'super hub' SPONSOREDhot chili limitedVimy ready for move to higher uranium groundSPONSOREDvimy resourcesWhite Gold Corp a force in Yukon as exploration drive reaps dividendsSPONSOREDwhite gold corp"It's not regulation that fails, it's [the industry] as engineers and operators"SPONSOREDsrk consultingThe sedimentary-hosted copper-silver mineralisat...Read More
Hot Chili secures copper 'super hub' SPONSOREDhot chili limitedVimy ready for move to higher uranium groundSPONSOREDvimy resourcesWhite Gold Corp a force in Yukon as exploration drive reaps dividendsSPONSOREDwhite gold corp"It's not regulation that fails, it's [the industry] as engineers and operators"SPONSOREDsrk consultingThe programme will focus on exploration leading...Read More
Martin Elvis, senior astrophysicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, and Tony Milligan, a philosopher at King's College London, collaborated on a study that concludes that humans should be allowed to mine only one-eighth of eligible planets, moons and asteroids, leaving 85% of the solar system untouched.As companies get closer to developing technologies that allow them to...Read More
The stock market is in an interesting place today.Investors have enjoyed a significant rally in the first part of 2019, and despite all the recent turmoil and potential threats, the TSX Index and the major U.S. exchanges continue to sit near record levels.Two things come to mind. Either the market simply doesn’t believe the U.S. will extend the trade battle with China or go to war with Iran,...Read More
With new metals investors in mind, here are four of the top mining stocks currently trading on the TSX Index, and worthy of a place in a new portfolio.The top choice for copper bullsWith its share price down 5.27% in the last five days, Lundin Mining (TSX:LUN) is cheap as chips at the moment, and my top suggested metal stock to buy for a brand new portfolio. Discounted by more than 50% of its fair...Read More
If there is one issue that nearly every presidential candidate agrees on, it is the legalization of marijuana.In fact, Sen. Cory Booker went as far as to introduce a bill that would legalize marijuana nationwide, expunge federal convictions, and allow those prosecuted for use to petition the courts for shorter sentences.And he's doing this with four of his presidential rivals as co-sponsors.As you...Read More
May 20, 2019 Guest(s): Rob McEwen The commodities markets are cyclical, and we are about to enter a bull phase in which mining stocks become much more valuable relative to the broad market, said Rob McEwen, chairman of McEwen Mining. McEwen said that currently, several factors play a key role in determining the direction of gold prices, most important of which is the U.S. dollar."One of the pri...Read More
May 20, 2019 Guest(s): Matt Geiger Managing Partner, MJG Capital The vast majority of junior miners are not investable, so investors have to be extremely selective, said Matt Geiger, managing partner of MJG Capital. "I'm a big believer of Pareto's Law, that the top 20% of any population is going to result in 80% of the value, and if you take that a step further, the top 4% of any population is g...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now Stocks fell broadly Monday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq faring the worst of the three major indexes on fallout from the blacklisting of China's Huawei. Google (GOOGL - Get Report) suspended business with Huawei and prevented the company from accessing critical portions of its Android mobile phone platform. Sprint (S - Get Report)...Read More
Aluminium's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange dropped by nearly 2% at the close of trading on Monday May 20, falling below its nearby $1,800 per tonne support level on the news that Norsk Hydro's Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil has been allowed to resume full operations. Brazilian authorities ended the final production embargo on the facility earlier this afternoon and Alunor...Read More
Norsk Hydro's Alunorte alumina refinery will ramp up to full production capacity after the federal court in Belem, Brazil, ended the final production embargo on the facility under the criminal lawsuit on Monday May 20. The court removed a production embargo under a civil lawsuit on Wednesday May 15, as Fastmarkets reported last week. The refinery has been running at 50% capacity since March 2...Read More
Market participants saw little immediate change to aluminium premiums in Europe on Monday May 20 following the US government's removal of its 10% Section 232 tariff on aluminium imports from Canada and Mexico at the end of last week. Fastmarkets assessed the Rotterdam P1020 duty-unpaid in-warehouse premium at $85-90 per tonne Monday, unchanged from last Friday. The duty-paid premium was...Read More
* GRAPHIC-2019 asset returns:* Premium for cash over 3-month zinc highest since 1997 (Updates with closing prices)By Pratima DesaiLONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Zinc prices hit four-month lowson Monday as investors frettedabout rising supplies from topproducer China, while industrial metals overall came underpressure from trade tensions between the United States andChina.Benchmark zinc on the London M...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Monday May 20 that are worth another look.Massive amounts of scrap metal are being held at Malaysian ports for unprecedented inspections and multiple copper cargoes still at sea are being diverted to other Asian countries at big discounts, sources told Fastmarkets. The German federal government is planning to invest "billions of eu...Read More
Tesla has been "done" for awhile but many of the Wall Street and investor "uber" bulls are finally starting to see this reality. Amusingly, Wedbush's Dan Ives issued a report in which he lowered his price target on Tesla stock from $270 to $235. He refers to Tesla's situation as a "code red situation." Quite frankly, a "code red situation" with regard to a company and its stock price shoul...Read More
Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), the copper-producing arm of global miner Vedanta Resources in Zambia, is under threat from the president of the African country of a possible takeover of its copper assets amid disputes arising from the country's new tax regime.Zambian president Edgar Lungu said on Sunday May 19 that the government plans to disengage with KCM and invoke a legal process, according to loc...Read More
Norsk Hydro's Alunorte alumina refinery will ramp up to full production capacity after the federal court in Belem, Brazil, ended the final production embargo on the facility under the criminal lawsuit on Monday May 20. The court removed a production embargo under a civil lawsuit on Wednesday May 15, as Fastmarkets reported last week. The refinery has been running at 50% capacity since March 2...Read More
The backing is at Anson's discretion, and involves Long State paying a placement amount of up to $250,000 in any period of 20 trading days (and up to $1.Read More
Vancouver, BC - Quadron Cannatech Corporation (CSE:QCC) (the "Company" or "Quadron") is pleased to announce that it will begin to take reservations to toll process hemp or cannabis with the "BIG BEAST", a fully automated, touch screen control continuous flow Ethanol Extractor System. The "BIG BEAST is the latest addition to the BEAST family of extractors, with estimated processing capacity of up...Read More