Norsk Hydro, one of the world's largest aluminium makers, said on Monday it will replace its chief executive in May as the company seeks to restore production at its troubled Alunorte plant in Brazil and boost earnings.Svein Richard Brandtzaeg, CEO of Hydro for a decade, will be replaced by Hilde Merete Aasheim, who has been head of the company's Primary Metal unit since 2008.The Norwegian metals...Read More

TerraX Minerals of Vancouver has traced mineralization from the former Giant gold mine in Yellowknife onto its own TerraX target zone in the Barney Deformation Corridor (BDC). Relogging and sampling of 1,579 metres of historical drill core led the company's geologists to believe mineralization in the old cores is adjacent to historical high grade assays within vein and shear zone structures across...Read More

Chile's Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) (NYSE:GOLD), revoking the permanent closure of the Canadian miner's Pascua-Lama gold-silver project.The world's largest gold miner, which completed its merger with Randgold at the beginning of the year, said the March 14 ruling overturned the Antofagasta Environmental Court's order, issued late last year, and it also ordered...Read More

Canada's Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) (NYSE:GOLD) said Wednesday its interest in Chile remains strong despite local authorities ordering the "total and definitive" closure of its Pascua-Lama gold-silver project over environmental issues.The world's largest gold miner, which completed its merger with Randgold at the beginning of the year, is currently reviewing a range of "new exploration opportunities...Read More

I fear stock market crashes. When writing about investing every week, the specter of a big crash scratches the back of your mind like a trapped rodent. One often wonders what it will take to bring stocks back to Earth... especially after a bull market that has lasted longer than almost every other one in history.We've been riding too high for too long, and as a colleague once told me when I starte...Read More

Mar 19, 2019 Guest(s): David Grabau Senior Investment Specialist, Resources & Energy, Austrade Australia's government policies are pro-mining, and the nation hosts a variety of mineral reserves, attracting miners from all over the world, said David Grabau, Senior Investment Specialist of Resources & Energy at Austrade. "We're really encouraged by the policies we have to help mining, to assis...Read More

Bannerman Resources Ltd (ASX:BMN) received a query from the ASX today related to the company's shares rising from 3.9 cents at the close of trading on Monday, March 11 to a high of 5 cents today.The ASX also noted the significant increase in the volume of Bannerman securities traded over the last few days.Bannerman responded to the query explaining that it was not aware of any information that had...Read More

Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down Tuesday on reports that China is pushing back during trade negotiations. Cannabis company Tilray (TLRY) beat fourth-quarter revenue estimates but shares turned lower, falling 3.4%. Discount shoe and accessories retailer DSW (DSW) reported a surprise fourth-quarter loss. Shares fell 12.9%....Read More

Aluminium premiums in Japan and South Korea were on an uptrend on Tuesday March 19, due to supply tightness throughout the East Asian region, while premiums elsewhere in the world were supported by a wide contango on the London Metal Exchange. Port congestion in Japan pushes premiums higher; premiums in South Korea shoot up due to lack of supply in LME warehouses LME spreads support Rotterdam alum...Read More

A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday March 19.Please click...Read More

Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comMarch 19, 2019 The next US central bank announcement is tomorrow, and whatever happens is win-win for gold.If the Fed surprises most analysts and hikes rates, the stock market probably crashes, and gold stocks rally strongly. If the Fed does nothing and makes another statement that QT coul...Read More

Aluminium's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange rose by more than 1% at the close of trading on Tuesday March 19, with a large rewarranting of just under 100,000 tonnes doing little to curb an upswing that saw the metal's price close at a three-month high of $1,946 per tonne.Total volumes traded in aluminium topped the complex, with more than 18,000 lots changing hands by the close, the...Read More

"My sense is we are coming up on another crisis and it's going to be worse than the last one" - John Titus"Money exits not buy nature but by law" - Aristotle - When Rule of Law breaks down, it enables bankers, via their Central Bank tentacles, to take control of the monetary system. The process is accompanied by the gradual collapse of the system upon which that money is predicated. This pro...Read More

Here are three things stock investors should watch for when the Federal Reserve announces its latest interest rate policy on Wednesday.  Any deviance the Federal Reserve takes from its currently dovish path would pressure stocks. "Markets this year are anticipating a return to earnings growth, a Fed on hold and the resolution of the trade dispute with China, but if any of these things f...Read More

Sprott Capital Partners was lead agent for the raising at $2.67 per flow-through share and $1.95 per share. Eric Sprott's 2176423 Ontario Ltd acquired about 2.Read More

A cyber attack on Norwegian aluminium group Norsk Hydro caused temporary halts on its rolling and extrusion operations, chief financial officer Eivind Kallevik said on Tuesday March 19.Output reductions, however, are minimal for now. The producer is working to comply with customers' orders during the day and deliveries have not yet been affected, he noted.Every unit was isolated from the company's...Read More

Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF) (the "Company" or "Siyata"), is pleased to announce it has received proceeds of $6.19 million as a result of warrants which expired on March 18, 2019, representing the largest injection of capital the Company has received since going public in July 2015.Marc Seelenfreund, CEO of Siyata Mobile states, "We are pleased to receive...Read More

High-grade manganese ore producers returned to the market with higher offer prices in the week ended Friday March 15, while low grade prices held steady; In Europe, alloy prices rose on the news of load shedding in South Africa and the resultant pressure on production. 44% manganese ore price rose after producers raise offers.37% prices stable in balanced market.Indian silico-manganese prices ris...Read More

Major Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro has switched to manual operations at some of its facilities due to a cyber attack, the company said on Tuesday March 19. "Hydro became victim of an extensive cyber attack in the early hours of Tuesday, impacting operations in several of the company's business areas," Hydro said. "IT systems in most business areas are impacted and Hydro is switching to manua...Read More

DaBoyz have been artfully rotating money between a handful of high-profile stocks in order to keep this distributive rally going for as long as possible. On Monday, although the broad averages seemed leaden all day, the Dow still eked out a 65-point gain while AMZN, AAPL and MSFT rose, respectively, 1.75%, 1.08% and 1.48%. This was despite the fact that shares of Boeing, the 800-pound gorilla of...Read More