Ncondezi will put around US$1.5 million into the sector through a joint venture, funded with $2.48 million placing and subscription in London.The company said the JV with GridX was complementary to its eponymous coal project."The company … believes the move into the [commercial and industrial] solar and battery storage sector represents a significant opportunity for the company to complemen...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ended Friday April 5. United States The US high-carbon ferro-chrome market softened slightly last week amid a series of large competitively priced inquiries. However an increase in buying interest was also seen, with several mills looking to secure tonnages for later in the quarter. China The...Read More
The atmosphere at the Cesco copper industry gathering in Santiago, Chile, next week is expected to be lifted by a bullish outlook for the red metal. The South American gathering is traditionally characterized by strong attendance by miners, due in part to its proximity to the largest copper mines in the world. As a result, delegates will have a keen focus on factors that could affect the upstream...Read More
Adam HamiltonArchivesApr 05, 2019 The gold miners' stocks are still marching, grinding higher on balance in a solid upleg. While interest in this sector has faded since late February, it is nicely set up for a strong rally. After consolidating high and establishing a sturdy base, the gold miners are likely to soon report greatly-improved first-quarter results. Couple that with gold itself powering...Read More
The federal court in Bel?(C)m, in the northern Brazilian state of Par??, has scheduled a second conciliatory hearing on April 12 to discuss the production embargo of Norsk Hydro's Alunorte alumina refinery. The first hearing took place on Thursday April 4, with Norsk Hydro and Brazil's federal prosecutors' office (MPF) producing information to the judge regarding the progress of the ongoing third-...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 193,78499,22856,826139,514257,744390,124413,798 Change from Prior Reporting Period -21,1134,269-12,381-21,687-54,891-55,181-63,003 Traders 18869775452274169 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 50,04626,372440,170 -14,224-6,402-69,405 non reportable p...Read More
The gold miners' stocks are still marching, grinding higher on balance in a solid upleg. While interest in this sector has faded since late February, it is nicely set up for a strong rally. After consolidating high and establishing a sturdy base, the gold miners are likely to soon report greatly-improved first-quarter results. Couple that with gold itself powering higher, and the slumberin...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold market weekly chart at the 18-week moving average:Read More
Gold and silver will zoom only if there is any indication that the US-China trade deal is not on expected lines. A bad trade deal between USA-China can result in gold and silver restarting their bull run. Full details of the trade deal needs once known will set a new trend for gold and US dollar. Central banks continue to increase their gold reserves with passing of each day. Short term trad...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More
The London Metal Exchange has received an application to list grade-I cobalt cut cathodes produced by Norilsk, it specified in a note to members on Friday April 5.The application marks the first time a new brand has been listed since the LME opted to suspend brand listing fees for new cobalt brands on March 26, 2019. Produced in the Murmansk region in Siberia, Norilsk produces cobalt cathodes...Read More
Diamond drilling on GGX Gold's Gold Drop property near Greenwood, southern British Columbia. Source: GGX Gold Corp.Ximen Mining Corp. [XIM-TSXV; XXMMF-OTCQB; 1XM-FSE] said Friday April 5 that it has picked up additional mineral claims near Greenwood, southeast British Columbia.The company said it has acquired over 12,900 hectares of land that surrounds the Gold Drop property which Ximen has option...Read More
Gold futures finished Thursday trade slightly lower as financial markets awaited an update on reported progress in trade negotiations between the U.S. and China and as an upbeat reading on jobless benefits claims fueled expectations for a recovery in monthly hiring in a report due Friday morning. Gold for June delivery GCM9, +0.12% on Comex fell $1, or about 0.1%, to $1,294.30 an ounce, but had t...Read More
The Brucejack Project is northwest British Columbia. Source: Pretium Resources Inc.Pretium Resources Inc. [PVG-TSX, NYSE] has released an updated reserves and mine plan for its Brucejack gold mine in the Golden Triangle region of northwestern British Columbia.It outlines an expansion to higher throughput of 2,800 tonnes per day from 2,700 tonnes, in a move that will reduce the projected mine life...Read More
Austenitic steel scrap prices in the UK and Europe increased in the week ended Friday April 5, with mills agreeing to increase what they will pay for the nickel component in the material, traders have told Fastmarkets.When mills purchase austenitic steel scrap, the nickel component of that scrap is priced as a percentage of the London Metal Exchange nickel price. While sources routinely decline to...Read More
First Vanadium president and CEO Paul Cowley at the Carlin vanadium project in Nevada. Credit: First Vanadium.First Vanadium Corp. [FVAN-TSXV; FVANF-OTCQX; 1PY-FSE] has released impressive metallurgical test results for nine variability composite samples from its high-grade Carlin Vanadium deposit near Elko, Nevada.The company said preliminary test results are consistently showing high vanadium ex...Read More
Global steel scrap prices continued to move downward in the week ending Friday April 5, with the exception that prices in the US market remained unchanged on a lack of trading, and with prices in India bucking the downtrend by $0.07 per tonne. Turkish import prices drop by more than $10 per tonne week on week on political uncertainty Lack of fresh trading keeps US exports flat Good availability of...Read More
The price of shredded ferrous scrap imported into India was stable this week, with deals done at similar levels to the previous week, sources said on Friday April 5.Fastmarkets' weekly index for containerized imports of shredded scrap into India was $334.45 per tonne cfr on April 5, little changed from $334.38 per tonne cfr on March 29.This week deals were heard for shredded done at $333 and $335...Read More
Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed during morning trading on Friday April 5, while trading has been quiet due to a public holiday in China. Nickel and tin were both up by 0.2%, aluminium was down by 0.3% and the rest were either unchanged or either side of unchanged - with copper flat at $6,450 per tonne. Prices for the red metal are holding up relatively well i...Read More
Edwin Drake and George Bissell are well known to be the first men in history to successfully use a drilling rig to produce crude oil near Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1859.And this is often portrayed as the beginning of the modern oil era.But the fact is, fossil oil was well known and used by humans dating back thousands of years.Ancient manuscripts written well before the time of Christ refer to...Read More