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Jon Case, portfolio manager at CI Investments, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the open letter to global gold companies advocating for change in their governance and operations.Read full newsRead More

Tuesday’s session on the Toronto Stock Exchange saw gold prices reclaim the psychologically important $1,900 an ounce mark, booking their highest settlement in a week. This reaffirmed the sentiment among gold stocks enthusiasts and some commodity experts that gold remains a strong investment in the long term. While almost all TSX gold stocks have had a huge year up until this point, Canadia...Read More

Warren Buffett has a long-standing reputation for investing primarily in U.S. stocks. However, there are a few exceptions we have seen over the years. Recently, Buffett has been venturing outside the U.S. market more and more to search for opportunities most other investors might not have considered. When the Oracle of Omaha finds a company with immense value, he will not shy away from going acros...Read More

Investors closely follow Warren Buffett’s stock purchases to look for opportunities.Through his company Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett has purchased dozens of companies and taken large positions in others over the years.His successful strategy of finding value and holding positions for decades made him one of the wealthiest investors on the planet. Berkshire Hathaway’s Q2 2020 13F...Read More

The shares of Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.B)(NYSE:TECK) rose sharply by over 23% in September against a 1.8% drop in the TSX Composite Index. It was the second consecutive month its stock surged. In August, the Canadian miner’s stock went up by 11%.What triggered a rally in Teck Resources stock?Like the most other metal mining companies, Teck Resources started 2020 on a negative note, as the fe...Read More

Oct 01, 2020 "In 2008, people were worried about losing their homes, or their second homes, or their third homes, or things of that nature. Now, you have people that don't know necessarily if the stimulus check doesn't come, where their next meal is coming from. That kind of fear changes behaviors across everything," said Jason Urban, CEO of Drawbridge Lending and former institutional trader at Go...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday October 1 that are worth another look.The fast steel market recovery seen in Brazil in the past few months has led the country's steelmaker association, Instituto A??o Brasil, to revise its forecasts for 2020 up significantly from previous expectations set...Read More

The three-month copper price on the London Metal Exchange tumbled at the close of trading on Thursday October 1, while the rest of the complex reacted to news that US lawmakers remained at odds over the country's pandemic relief efforts. Copper's outright price on the LME closed at $6,387 per tonne on Thursday afternoon, declining from an intraday high of $6,710 per tonne, while turnover was at it...Read More

Members of Union No2 representing supervisors at the Chilean Escondida copper mine, operated by BHP, voted to strike following unsuccessful labor negotiations with the company, Union No1 said on Wednesday September 30. The latest offer from Escondida's management was rejected by 98.36% of votes from members of Union No2. According to Union No1, the largest union representing workers on the mine, n...Read More

Bob Moriarty ArchivesOct 01, 2020While the two candidates for the presidency of the US continue to impress the entire world with their keen judgment and sense of superior leadership, the metals cannot quite figure out which direction to proceed. For a couple of days it looked like they would rocket higher but it is a weak part of the season and I continue to hope for more of a correction to squeez...Read More

Fastmarkets MB is inviting feedback on its audited non-ferrous price assessments and indices, as part of its annual methodology review, in compliance with IOSCO principles for price reporting agencies (PRAs). The consultation, which is open until October 31, seeks to ensure that our audited methodologies and price specifications continue to reflect the physical markets for the alumina, a...Read More

Polish ferro-silicon producer Huta Laziska is set to produce a volume close to its capacity for 80,000-90,000 tonnes per year of standard-grade ferro-silicon (Si 75%) this year, amid signs of a rise in European spot prices, an industry source has told Fastmarkets.Huta Laziska has made only minor adjustments to its output so far in 2020, due to annual planned maintenance measures that have meant on...Read More

It had earlier more than doubled the size of a planned $21 million raising and closed the third tranche priced at $1.30 per unit yesterday, with the proceeds to fast-track its Lawyers gold-silver project in British Columbia towards a production decision in 2022."The size of this offering ranks among the top 10 equity financings of the year on the TSX Venture Exchange, with key support from several...Read More

Members of Union No2 representing supervisors at the Chilean Escondida copper mine, operated by BHP, voted to strike following unsuccessful labor negotiations with the company, Union No1 said on Wednesday September 30. The latest offer from Escondida's management was rejected by 98.36% of votes from members of Union No2. According to Union No1, the largest union representing workers on the mine, n...Read More

The refining charge (RC) for blister copper brought into China rose by 1.7% on Wednesday September 30 to its highest since June 2019, due to reported higher availability of domestic units and lackluster buying from smelters. Fastmarkets assessed the copper blister 98-99% RC spot, cif China at $140-160 per tonne on Wednesday, compared with $135-160 per tonne a month earlier. Offers for importe...Read More

Fastmarkets MB is inviting feedback on its audited non-ferrous price assessments and indices, as part of its annual methodology review, in compliance with IOSCO principles for price reporting agencies (PRAs). The consultation, which is open until October 31, seeks to ensure that our audited methodologies and price specifications continue to reflect the physical markets for the alumina, a...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.This month's key ferro-alloys forecast highlights:Prices across most ore and alloy markets trended higher in September, buoyed by improving demand from steelmakers with the end of the summer holiday season in Europe and the United States, as well as maintained demand from Chinese steel mills. Tightening of alloy inventories...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday October 1 that are worth another look.The fast steel market recovery seen in Brazil in the past few months has led the country's steelmaker association, Instituto A??o Brasil, to revise its forecasts for 2020 up significantly from previous expectations set...Read More

Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices fell after news of a Baltic Sea cargo being sold into Turkey came to light on Thursday October 1.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked the Baltic Sea cargo, comprising 14,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $292 per tonne, 12,000 tonnes of shredded at $297 per tonne and 10,000 tonnes of bonus at $302 per tonne cfr.The date of the transaction, however, was...Read More