Drilling the Tatogga property in B.C.'s Golden Triangle. Source: GT Gold Corp.GT Gold Corp. [GTT-TSXV; GTGDF-OTC] released assay results from the latest two holes from the Saddle North discovery at its wholly-owned Tatogga property in northwest British Columbia's Golden Triangle area.The shares sank on the news, falling 34.16% or $0.55 to $1.06 on volume of 3.15 million.The company said results fr...Read More
The Comex copper price continued lower in in the US morning on Tuesday November 20, with the rising dollar pressuring the entire commodities sector.The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 3.25 cents to $2.7665 per lb."We continue to expect a strong rebound in copper prices by the end of 2018 principally because investors are likely to...Read More
* China-U.S. trade tension rises ahead of G20 meeting * SPDR Gold Trust holdings rose on Monday (Updates prices)By Sumita LayekBENGALURU, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Gold firmed near a two-weekpeak on Tuesday, as a slide in stock markets offset an uptick inthe dollar, with the metal holding a tight range in light tradeahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.Spot gold rose 0.1 percent to $1,225.56 per ounce...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney gave his backing to a Brexit deal struck by British Prime Minister Theresa May, saying the alternative of leaving the European Union with no transition could be akin to the 1970s oil shock.“We have emphasized from the start the importance of having some transition between the current arrangements and the ultimate arrangements,” Ca...Read More
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia’s main mining industry group said on Monday it was optimistic a new tax bill that includes a cut to corporate taxes will help attract more foreign investment, allowing companies to boost exploration and output in the coming years.The bill, known as the financing law, proposes a gradual reduction in taxes on businesses to 30 percent by 2022 from the current 35 perc...Read More
Jittery stock markets and ongoing disappointment over United States/China trade developments continued to put either a cap on the base metals - the exception being tin that broke higher at the start of this week - or keep them under pressure, in the likes of nickel and aluminium.The three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were on divergent paths this morning, Tuesday November 2...Read More
* Euro falls as risk sentiment sours * Yen, Swiss franc both gain on safe-haven bids * Tech share slide, Fed caution had earlier hobbled dollar * Graphic: World FX rates in 2018 (Adds quotes, details, updates prices)By Tommy WilkesLONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The euro fell from a two-weekhigh on Tuesday as a selloff in world stock markets andnervousness about Italian banks fed through to the currenc...Read More
LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Global primary aluminium output rose to 5.414 million tonnes in October from 5.301 million tonnes in September, data from the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) showed on Tuesday.Estimated Chinese production rose to 3.05 million tonnes in October from 3.01 million tonnes in September, it added.Keywords: IAI PRODUCTION Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article...Read More
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada’s Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO) is the front-runner to win a New Jersey Transit (NJT) rail car contract, two sources familiar with the matter said, in a boost for the plane-and-train-maker’s North American business which has wrestled with delivery delays and has lost orders to rivals.The order for up to 999 multilevel passenger cars, including options, would be o...Read More
Yesterday every sector was down, including most commodities. One sector that bucked the trend was orange juice.As I write this, my wife is home sick with a brutal cold, or maybe it's the flu - who knows? But one thing I had to pick up from Giant along with tomato soup (Campbell's, NYSE: CPB) and Theraflu (GlaxoSmithKline plc, NYSE: GSK) was their fresh-squeezed OJ, which sells for over 10 bucks a...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said she would withhold support for Saudi Arabia and urged U.S. sanctions after President Donald Trump’s statement earlier on Tuesday pledging to back Riyadh despite the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Feinstein said in a statement that she would not vote for any future weapons sales or appropriations for Saudi Arabia. She...Read More
The London Metal Exchange is planning to launch a lithium contract in the second quarter of 2019 to meet growing demand from the electric vehicle industry, Fastmarkets learned during Asia Copper Week in Shanghai. The contract, announced as part of the exchange's Strategic Pathway in September 2017, will be settled against an index price, with Fastmarkets MB's lithium spot price index one of those...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund Elliott Management on Tuesday asked Mitek Systems Inc (MITK.O) to scrap a so-called “poison pill” to let it buy more stock and said it may press for board changes after the software company took steps to protect itself from the activist investor.Elliott, which invests more than $34 billion, wrote to Mitek’s board and asked for “relief from th...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walmart Inc (WMT.N), Target Corp (TGT.N) and Best Buy Co (BBY.N) have made changes to their gift card programs to reduce the risk of fraud as consumers enter the holiday shopping season.Barbara Underwood and Josh Shapiro, the attorneys general of New York and Pennsylvania, announced the changes on Tuesday, as part of a more than year-long initiative to thwart scam artists.The...Read More
Chinese buyers have been reluctant to commit to long-term contracts for cobalt raw materials for 2019 during this year's mating season, Fastmarkets has learned.Year-long or multi-year commitments are traditional, but Chinese buyers now intend to purchase cobalt raw materials, including concentrates and hydroxide, on a spot basis, because there is adequate spot supply and because their profit margi...Read More
BEIJING (Reuters) - The failure of the countries attending a major Asia-Pacific summit to agree on a communique resulted from certain countries “excusing” protectionism, a top Chinese diplomat said, in a veiled criticism of Washington that further sours China-U.S. ties ahead of a meeting of the G20 nationsIn Washington, a White House official rejected the Chinese line as “complet...Read More
The initial public offering (IPO) of shares in the newly created Livent Lithium will help the fledgling company to face the challenges of meeting global demand for lithium and to solidify its position as a major supplier to the fast-growing battery industry, according to chief executive officer Paul Graves.The acquisition by Livent's parent company, FMC, of chemicals giant DuPont set the course fo...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Companies began triggering plans to keep operating if Britain leaves the European Union without an agreement, a “no deal” scenario the Bank of England said could plunge the economy into a crisis not seen since the 1970s.With less than five months before Britain leaves the bloc, Prime Minister Theresa May is struggling to persuade parliament to back a draft divorce de...Read More
Flat steel import prices in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have tumbled over the past seven days by $20-55 per tonne due to weak demand and lower offer and deal prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday November 20.UAEAbout 5,000 tonnes of hot-rolled coil (HRC) from Ukraine was booked at $520-530 per tonne cfr.Chinese material, meanwhile, was on offer to the UAE at $510-520 per...Read More
Steel traders in Asia have been feverishly short-selling their cargoes in recent weeks due to the bearish sentiment in the Asian market, with back-to-back offers for steel products often accompanied by short-selling offers at a wide discount to mill cargoes.These discounts can reach up to $15 per tonne, which indicate the additional price falls that traders expect when short-selling cargoes. Buyer...Read More