Massive amounts of gold are sitting in landfills in old electronic devices, which means the world will never run out of gold.Continue...Read More

Some of the silver miners are already making a lot of money with silver at $25. So one can only wonder how much money stocks like First Majestic Silver are going to be making when the price of silver eventually hits $50. And if you're wondering what the stock price of First Majestic could be when that happens, click to find out what silver expert Jeff Clark of goldsilver.com thinks!Jeff Clark is e...Read More

Slovak ferro-alloys producer OFZ Slovakia is producing a reduced rate of ferro-silicon, compounding other European plants that have cut production in response to the fall in consumption from steelmakers struggling to tackle end-user demand, an industry source told Fastmarkets.OFZ Slovakia is operating only two of its four ferro-silicon producing furnaces, with the rest of its furnaces producing ma...Read More

Small cap Royal Helium holds the second largest helium land position in North America. The price of helium has gone sky high over the last few years, and Royal Helium Ltd. (RHC:TSX.V), a small-cap helium pure play, is positioned to take advantage.In a July 29 report on helium, Cormark Securities analyst Michael Mueller noted that "rapidly increasing demand for helium from a variety of high-growth...Read More

Judson Culter, CEO of Rover Metals, speaks with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable about his company's exploration plans for its Northwest Territories project. Stock photoMaurice Jackson: Joining us for our conversation is Judson Culter, the CEO of Rover Metals Corp. (ROVR:TSX.V; ROVMF:OTCQB). We last spoke in August, and since then, Rover Metals has commenced drilling on the high-grade Cabin...Read More

Troilus Gold Corp. reported it has launched a new 20,000 meter drill program at its Troilus project located in the Frot?t-Evans Greenstone Belt in Quebec, Canada after it released a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment. In a news release, Troilus Gold Corp. (TLG:TSX; CHXMF:OTCQB) announced that it has "initiated a new 20,000 meter drill program at its 100%-owned Troilus property located near...Read More

Test work on a bulk sample from Defense Metals' Wicheeda project produced a concentrate grading 51.6% total rare earth oxide. In a news release, Defense Metals Corp. (DEFN:TSX.V; DFMTF:OTCQB; 35D:FSE) announced that the recent flotation pilot plant processing of a bulk sample from its Wicheeda rare earth elements (REE) property in British Columbia achieved its primary goals, as indicated in the f...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday September 24 that are worth another look.Brazilian ferrous scrap association Inesfa expects further decreases in export volumes from the levels seen in August, with demand rising among local steelmakers amid a heated steel market, the group's president, Clineu Alvarenga, said...Read More

Novolipietsk Steel (NLMK), the largest steel producer in Russia, has resumed iron ore concentrate output at its Stoilensky mining and processing plant after two weeks of downtime due to an accident, the company said.Stoilensky GOK resumed operations on September 22 in a hot trials mode after output at the asset was stopped on September 7 following an accident, NLMK said.The restoration works laste...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday September 24 that are worth another look.Brazilian ferrous scrap association Inesfa expects further decreases in export volumes from the levels seen in August, with demand rising among local steelmakers amid a heated steel market, the group's president, Clineu Alvarenga, said...Read More

Several Bangladeshi steelmakers have exited the market for imports of steel scrap in recent days, piling further pressure on already-weakening prices, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 24.No deep-sea bulk imports have been booked into Bangladesh over the past week, while deals for material in containers were closed at lower prices than in the previous week."I think Banglad...Read More

Indian steel mills have held back their offers of hot-rolled coil for export shipments in November because the fob value of the bids they have received has fallen to less than $500 per tonne, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday September 24."Currently, [Indian] mills are neither issuing offers for HRC exports nor responding to bids," one market participant said.Bids for HRC exports received this week by...Read More

Slovak ferro-alloys producer OFZ Slovakia is producing a reduced rate of ferro-silicon, compounding other European plants that have cut production in response to the fall in consumption from steelmakers struggling to tackle end-user demand, an industry source told Fastmarkets.OFZ Slovakia is operating only two of its four ferro-silicon producing furnaces, with the rest of its furnaces producing ma...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday September 24 that are worth another look.Brazilian ferrous scrap association Inesfa expects further decreases in export volumes from the levels seen in August, with demand rising among local steelmakers amid a heated steel market, the group's president, Clineu Alvarenga, said...Read More

Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices maintained their uptrend on Thursday September 24 amid active trading, although not as strongly as on Wednesday, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $133.86 per tonne, up $0.09 per tonne Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $143.39 per tonne, up $1.70 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $110.76...Read More

Iron ore prices rebounded on Thursday September 24, aided by mills' need to restock ahead of a holiday in China, sources said.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $114.67 per tonne, up $0.86 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $115.46 per tonne, up $0.05 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $107.75 per tonne,down $0.10 per tonne65% Fe Brazil-origin...Read More

London Metal Exchange three-month base metals prices were universally trading lower in the morning session on Thursday September 24, with sustained strength in the dollar index - trading at a six-week high - and macro uncertainty driving down futures prices. The dollar continues to trade above 94 today, most recent trading around 94.53 this morning, acting as an effective headwind for metals tradi...Read More

The largest western banks not only rig the precious metals market...Bob Kudla with Sean on SGTreportBob Kudla joins me to discuss JP Morgan's billion dollar fine and the fact that the largest western banks not only rig the precious metals market, the finance drug cartels, terrorists and mobsters - on the record!Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.We do not consider the average iron ore fines price for September so far above $125 per tonne cfr Qingdao to be sustainable. The bullishness is not likely to last in the long term as we expect Chinese demand growth to slow down. A key factor boosting Chinese steel demand so far has been the stimulus policies from the authori...Read More

Turkish steel producers have continued their silence in the deep-sea scrap markets in hopes of pushing prices downward, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 24.The country's steelmakers have been staying away from the deep-sea scrap market since September 9, when bookings were made at $301 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20).Although some US and Baltic Sea...Read More