Revised standards for rebar in China have failed to lend continued support to vanadium prices in the country since their introduction in November, primarily due to enforcement of the standards not being as stringent as previously expected, market sources told Fastmarkets.The new rebar policy, effective November 1, 2018, requires Chinese steel mills to eliminate the original 335 megapascals (MPa)-t...Read More
Import prices for stainless steel in East Asia continued on a downward trend over the past week amid the year-end lull.Fastmarkets MB's import price assessment for 304 stainless 2mm trimmed cold-rolled coil in East Asia was $1,860-1,930 per tonne cif for the week ended Wednesday December 19, down $40 per tonne from a week earlier.Fastmarkets MB's import price assessment for 304 stainless trimmed h...Read More
The junior exploration and development scene is still in high gear in North America, with many juniors planning for extensive work programs in 2019 at precious and base metal projects across the Americas. Here is a look at eight such companies.BARKERVILLE GOLD MINESBarkerville Gold Mines (TSXV: BGM; US-OTC: BGMZF) is exploring and developing the historic Cariboo mining district of central British...Read More
A Wisconsin district court has dismissed a lawsuit by the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin's lawsuit against both the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that alleges they should have presided over Aquila Resources' (TSX: AQA; US-OTC; AQARF) wetlands permit application for its Back Forty Creek polymetallic project in Michigan.The Michigan Departme...Read More
Junior explorer Supreme Metals (TSXV: ABJ) has identified a large magnetic anomaly on its Bloom Lake East property in Labrador, about 2.5 km to the east of Champion Iron Mines' (TSX: CIA) flagship Bloom Lake open-pit mine and mill, near Fermont in Quebec.The 2.5 km long magnetic anomaly, defined in a recent magnetometer survey done by drone, is about 15 km from the Wabush mines of Iron Ore Company...Read More
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Weak production growth, steady-to-rising demand, supply deficits and falling inventories pushed prices of palladium up 19% in 2018, after a 51% jump in 2017, Scotiabank economist Rory Johnston concludes in his Dec. 20 Commodity Price Index report.By contrast, cobalt prices were down 24% year-to-date in 2018. That's a sharp reversal from the 127% gain in 2017, which made the metal the best performi...Read More
Mahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsSustained investment in people a big plus for consultancySPONSOREDbyrnecutNo one likes to be told what to do and I am no exception. All of us are brilliant, we all have superb judgement, we kno...Read More
A Wisconsin district court has dismissed a lawsuit by the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin's lawsuit against both the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that alleges they should have presided over Aquila Resources' (TSX: AQA; US-OTC; AQARF) wetlands permit application for its Back Forty Creek polymetallic project in Michigan.The Michigan Departm...Read More
More than half of the copper mines in Zambia, Africa's second-biggest producer of the metal, will probably be unprofitable next year with thousands of jobs on the line, as the nation raises taxes for operators, the country's biggest industry lobby group said.The effective tax rate will range from 86 percent to 105 percent, with about 27,900 jobs at risk, the Zambia Chamber of Mines said in a state...Read More
American engineering company Bechtel, ranked #11 on Forbes' America's private company list for 2018, announced this week that it opened the Bechtel Mining & Metals Innovation Center in Chile with the goal of developing new technologies that boost productivity, promote environmental sustainability and improve worker safety for the copper industry.In a press release, Bechtel said that the cente...Read More
Don't listen to what miners say. Look at what they do.That's good advice for working out the long-term direction of commodities prices. Ask mining companies which of their mineral assets will see good long-term demand and they'll naturally answer, "All of them." But a look at spending can give the lie to that rosy outlook - and highlight the times when they're putting their money where their bulli...Read More
Bravada Gold (TSXV: BVA) (OTCQB: BGAVF) today announced an option/joint venture agreement has been fully executed with OceanaGold, giving the company the option to earn up to a 75% interest in Bravada's Highland gold-silver project in Nevada's Walker Lane Gold trend.The Highland project consists of 102 Federal lode claims for a total of approximately 825 hectares and is located along the Walker...Read More
Junior explorer Supreme Metals (TSXV: ABJ) has identified a large magnetic anomaly on its Bloom Lake East property in Labrador, about 2.5 km to the east of Champion Iron Mines' (TSX: CIA) flagship Bloom Lake open-pit mine and mill near Fermont in Quebec.The 2.5 km long magnetic anomaly, defined in a recent magnetometer survey done by drone, is about 15 km from the Wabush mines of Iron Ore Compa...Read More
An Australian Independent Planning Commission approved a modified version of Clean TeQ's Sunrise nickel-cobalt-scandium project, located in New South Wales' central west area. According to Clean TeQ, Sunrise is one of the highest grade and largest nickel and cobalt deposits outside of Africa and one of the largest and highest grade scandium deposits in the world.The new version of the proposal inc...Read More
* Codelco signs large supply deals with major clients* Asia including China accounts for about 50 percent of sales* Copper price down 20 percent from JuneLONDON/BEIJING - Chilean state miner Codelco has agreed to sell France's Nexans, China's Minmetals and U.S.-based Southwire 50,000 to 100,000 tonnes of copper each from 2019 to 2021 in rolling deals known as "evergreens", sources close to the mat...Read More
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