China's imported steel scrap prices weakened on Wednesday May 19 in response to falling steel futures prices and minimal buying interest.Fastmarkets' daily price assessment for steel scrap, heavy recycled steel materials, cfr China, which takes into account prices at ports in eastern China, was $505-520 per tonne on Wednesday, down $5 from $510-525 per tonne a day earlier. Few buyers were bidding...Read More
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) is selling a 30% stake in its Ravensthorpe nickel operation in Western Australia to South Korean steel giant POSCO for US$240 million.The funds will be used to help pay down debt.Under the deal, POSCO, South Korea's largest steel maker and the world's fourth-largest, is also securing 7,500 tonnes of nickel in mixed nickel-cobalt hydroxide precipitate (MHP) a year s...Read More
British Columbia-focused base metals producer Imperial Metals (TSX: III) has announced a rights offering to raise $60.2 million, (US$49.6 million) which it will use to fund its portion of work at the Red Chris copper-gold mine and repay debt.Imperial will issue rights to subscribe for 12.85 million common shares at $4.70 each.Insiders and their affiliates, including major shareholder and Alberta-b...Read More
Labrador Gold (TSXV: LAB) has closed a non-brokered private placement, raising $15 million from the sale of 16.7 million working capital units at a price of $0.90 each. A single unit consists of one common share and one-half share purchase warrant. Each full warrant is exercisable to acquire a common share at $1.05 until May 18, 2023.The units were taken up one-third by New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG;...Read More
A wall of platinum production from South Africa coming back online following Covid-19 disruptions is expected to offset demand growth this year and push the market into surplus territory, new data released by PGMs (platinum-group metals) specialist Johnson Matthey shows.A 27% gain in autocatalyst demand, according to estimates published in the latest PGM Market Report, is not enough to stem the im...Read More
Canada has a "once-in-generation" opportunity to establish itself as a major player in the global battery sector, but it needs to act fast to seize the opportunity, a new report reflecting the views of stakeholders across the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain shows.The Clean Energy Canada's study compiling opinions of major actors in the sector, such as General Motors Canada, Lion Electric, the...Read More
Spot ferro-chrome prices in China rose for the first time since March, with improved demand and sentiment after new power cuts were imposed in Inner Mongolia. Fastmarkets' price assessment for ferro-chrome, spot, 6-8% C, basis 50% Cr, ddp China was 7,300-7,600 yuan ($1,135.62-1,182.29) per tonne on Tuesday May 19, up by 100 yuan (1.4%) from 7,200-7,500 yuan per tonne the preceding week. Prior...Read More
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Bitcoin mining only uses half the energy that the traditional banking system does, a new study claims. Gold mining also uses up to twice the amount of energy of the bitcoin version, says the report, which was published by cryptocurrency investment firm Galaxy Digital. The white paper study from the Galaxy Digital Mining team comes after Elon Musk fueled a debate on the energy consumption of bitcoi...Read More
By Mary de Wet Americas Gold & Silver Corp. said it expects employees at Cosala, Mexico, will be back to work by the end of June, more than a year after...Read full newsRead More
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Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin prices just crashed. Now that the cryptocurrency bubble has finally popped, investors who made some money on the crypto boom want to know where they should put their money.Cryptocurrency prices tankInvestors just got a blunt reminder that trading cryptocurrencies carries significant risks.At the time of writing, Bitcoin is down 30%, Ethereum is off 40%, Dogecoin is...Read More
Despite what’s gone on the last few days, for the better part of a year, Bitcoin has been a top-performing asset. In fact, many assets have been rallying over the last year, including stocks from almost all industries. However, one asset that’s lost value since last August is gold, and, therefore, plenty of Canadian gold stocks have been affected.The fact that gold prices have declined...Read More
Dogecoin has been making the headlines for several months now. Like all of its peers in the cryptocurrency world, the meme-based cryptocurrency is volatile. Many investors have started treating Dogecoin and Bitcoin as alternative safe-haven assets to gold and other precious metals.If you are bullish on the potential of cryptocurrencies, you may want to buy Dogecoin and Bitcoin to diversify your in...Read More
If you've been reading Outsider Club over the years, you'll be well aware that we've had some interesting and - how shall I put this - eccentric editors. We're not your typical desk-jockeying financial analysts that feed you charts, profit and earnings statements, and just regurgitate the day's stock market news day after day.You can find that anywhere...We pride ourselves in being unique voices:...Read More