LIMA, Oct 22 (Reuters) - A strike at Shougang Group's iron ore mine in Peru by workers demanding higher pay has forced the company to declare force majeure on its shipments but has not reduced output, the mine's manager said on Monday.Some 800 workers, including at the port San Juan de Marcona, have taken part in the indefinite strike after negotiations over a new contract broke down, manager Raul...Read More
Canada's Nutrien (TSX:NTR), the world's largest potash miner whose attempt to sell its 24 percent stake in Chilean lithium miner SQM to China's Tianqi has been hindered by a row about competitive risks, accused SQM's largest shareholder of blocking the deal for "personal benefit".In an interview with a Chilean newspaper El Mercurio (in Spanish), Nutrien's executive vice-president Michael W...Read More
When you are looking for Canadian energy and mining stocks to buy and hold, there are a few things to keep in mind, especially if you are new to trading shares. One of the first things that you need to look for if you want to hold a stock for the mid to long term is value: some folk like to use the P/E ratio almost exclusively, though this does not always tell the whole story with a stock's valuat...Read More
Silver continues to wallow at under US$15 per an ounce, while the gold-to-silver ratio has risen to a multi-decade high triggering considerable speculation that a long-awaited rally is on the way. This has sparked calls among silverbugs for investors to bolster their exposure to the white metal.While there are signs that silver will remain stagnant for the foreseeable future, it shouldn't deter in...Read More
Two years after commercial production began in October 2016, Newmont Mining's (NYSE: NEM) Merian mine in Suriname has poured one million ounces of gold.Newmont Suriname - a subsidiary of the Colorado-based company - owns 75% of the mine and Suriname's state-owned oil company, Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname, owns the remaining 25% stake.Construction of the mine, about 60 km south of Moengo and 1...Read More
Back in 1998, author Harry Browne wrote Fail-Safe Investing, a book that introduced the world to a concept called a permanent portfolio. Browne argued that this powerful asset allocation model as a way for investors to participate in upside while the market goes up while protecting themselves in the event of a downturn.The permanent portfolio consists of the following: 25% of assets in growth sto...Read More
The day is finally here.Recreational weed goes legal in Canada today.I'm actually in British Columbia for this historic occasion, doing some diligence on the industry.What's emerged is a small group of lead dogs in the space. You know the names: Canopy, Aurora, Aphria, and Tilray.But they are lead dogs only in the sense that they were some of the first companies to be awarded a coveted "LP" - maki...Read More
In February, B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO; NYSE: BTG) announced an initial open-pit inferred resource for the newly discovered El Limon Central zone at its El Limon mine in Nicaragua.This week the gold producer announced the results of an expansion study that evaluated the life-of-mine options for combining El Limon's remaining underground inferred resource (17 million ounces of gold) with the new infe...Read More
Mr. Darrell Rader reportsMINAURUM SAMPLES UP TO 1205 G/T SILVER AND 3.2% COPPER ON NEWLY DISCOVERED EUROPA SUR VEIN EXTENSIONMinaurum Gold Inc. has acquired the 311-hectare Claraboya concession located in the western part of its 100-per-cent-owned Alamos silver project in Sonora, Mexico.Claraboya hosts the newly discovered southern extension of the Europa-Guadalupe vein system named "Europa Sur" a...Read More
For the first time since April 26, gold has closed above its 100-day moving average. Although gold closed well off of the intraday high, it did manage to close above the 100-day moving average for the first time in six months. Gold prices surged to a high of $1,243 before backing off, and as of 4:20 PM Eastern standard time, gold futures are currently fixed at $1,233.20, which is a net gain of $8....Read More
(Excerpt from upcoming article by Alisha Hiyate in Diamonds in Canada magazine, published by The Northern Miner ) In 2013, De Beers Canada turned down a chance to own a majority stake in Peregrine Diamonds' Chidliak project in Nunavut. Five years later, it now owns the project outright.So what changed in that time period? De Beers Canada CEO Kim Truter says that the timing just wasn't quite ri...Read More
Arianne Phosphate Inc. has been halted at 5:23 a.m. PT on Oct. 23, 2018, at the company's request, pending news.© 2018 Canjex Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices could be in store for the “mother of all short-covering” rallies, said one analyst, citing CFTC short positioning and the yellow metal’s strength in the face of higher U.S. dollar.Even $1,500 is not out of the realm of possibilities, according to ThinkMarkets chief market analyst Naeem Aslam, who sees the latest CFTC data as a positive sign for gold pri...Read More
Oct 23, 2018 Guest(s): Stephen de Jong CEO & Co-Founder, VRify The mining sector needs to innovate and differentiate themselves, the way Uber disrupted the taxi industry, said Stephen de Jong, CEO and co-founder of VRify. "We need something like what Uber did to the taxi industry. Uber didn't just come along and find an extra few million drivers so we have more options, every single person that...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices arehigher in Tuesday afternoon trading, and earlier today hit a nearly three-monthhigh. The yellow metal was boosted by safe-haven demand amid keenergeopolitical uncertainty in the marketplace. Gold prices did back off theirdaily highs as the U.S. stock indexes moved up from their daily lows. December gold futures were last up $11.30 an ounce at $1,236.00. December Comex...Read More
China-owned conglomerate CITIC and subsidiaries Sino Iron and Korean Steel have launched legal proceedings in the Australian Federal Court against mining tycoon turned politician, Clive Palmer, and his private company, Mineralogy.The Chinese firms have vowed to vigorously defend against an action launched by Palmer's private company over environmental rehabilitation funds for the massive Sino Iron...Read More
The TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing documentation with respect to a non-brokered private placement announced Oct. 19, 2018.Number of shares: 11,257,500 shares Purchase price: eight cents per share Warrants: 11,257,500 share purchase warrants to purchase 11,257,500 shares Warrant initial exercise price: 12 centsWarrant term to expiry: two years Number of placees: 42 placees...Read More
The TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing documentation with respect to a non-brokered private placement announced Sept. 19, 2018.Number of shares: 68,416,603 sharesPurchase price: 95 cents per shareNumber of placees: 150 placeesPro groups: Thomas Relling, 350,000; Robert Disbrow, 2.15 million; Gilbert Payeur, 50,000; Patricia Hyssop, 20,000; W. Bruce Johnstone, 30,000; Shaun Chin,...Read More
(Kitco News)- The gold market has suffered under the weight of rising U.S.interest rates and a stronger U.S. dollar, but one bank sees a shift coming asequity markets have seen increased selling pressure this this past month.Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) said that inthis current environment they see gold prices pushing to $1,400 an ounce by theend of 2019. Along with their long-...Read More
Shares in Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), the world's no.1 heavy machinery maker, fell more than 7% in pre-market trading Tuesday, despite the company beating earnings estimates for the tenth time in a row.The stock lost as much as $9.76 by 8:48 a.m. EST, dropping to $118.95, after closing at $128.71 on Monday, the lowest so far this year. The drop followed the mining and construction equipment manufact...Read More