Sayona Quebec, a joint venture of Sayona Mining (ASX: SYA) and Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ: PLL; ASX: PLL), has completed the acquisition of North American Lithium. Sayona Quebec is be owned 75% by Sayona and 25% by Piedmont. As part of the deal, Piedmont has agreed to take 50% of Sayona Quebec's lithium carbonate output.North American Lithium's chief asset was its suspended open pit mine about 60 km...Read More
Tudor Gold (TSXV: TUD) continues to attain impressive results from resource expansion and definition drilling of the Goldstorm deposit at its flagship property, Treaty Creek.The company announced the second set of results from the 2021 program, highlighted by an exceptional extension of the 300 Horizon and CS600 to the northeast in hole GS-21-113 that contains 972m of 1.265 g/t AuEq, including 456...Read More
Wyloo Metals is not ready to give up on its takeover bid for Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT) and its high-grade Eagle's Nest nickel-copper-PGE project in Ontario's Ring of Fire. The Australian company is now offering 70 ? per share for the junior, besting BHP's (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) friendly bid of 55 ? per share. The sweetened offer sent Noront shares up over 25% or 16 ? to 76 ? in t...Read More
Project location Proximity to Bodie-Aurora-Borealis mining district in Nevada Rock photos Picture taken by Paramount Geologists during field review exhibit similar features to historic rock samples described in the table within the body of the press release. Rock photos Picture taken by Paramount Geologists during field review exhibit similar features to historic rock samples described in the tabl...Read More
THIS NEWS RELEASE IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. NEWS AGENCIES VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Asante Gold Corporation (CSE:ASE/ FRANKFURT:1A9/U.S.OTC:ASGOF) ("Asante" or theRead full newsRead More
Canadian markets have gained almost 20% this year. While market bulls have been riding high for more than 18-odd months now, some TSX stocks have recently entered a bear zone. Here are five popular Canadian names that corrected 20% or more from their recent highs.Ballard Power SystemsBallard Power (TSX:BLDP)(NASDAQ:BLDP) stock has been trading in the bear zone for a while. It has dropped 60% since...Read More
Hello Outsiders,Do you get drunk?Sometimes, all the time, none of the time? It's fine...Until it isn't.If you do - and I'm guilty as charged - I would recommend that you don't invest while doing so. I actually have been quite successful doing so somehow. But I've also made some seriously bad decisions...I once got drunk and bought too many shares in a mining penny stock. It went to zero.But I once...Read More
You've already seen it yourself first-hand: The price of food is rising.According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, food prices in America increased by an average of 3.6% in July 2021 compared to the previous year.BLS data shows food at home (grocery store or supermarket food purchases) increased 2.6% last month. Meanwhile food away from home (restaurant purchases) rose 4.6%.Up in Canada...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday August 31 that are worth another lookWith Italian steelmaker AFV Beltrame Group's recently announced investment in a new green steel plant in Romania, chief executive Carlo Beltrame is looking to futureproof the company ahead of the upcoming green steel revolution. In...Read More
Aluminium premiums increased on Tuesday August 31 across the globe, with tight supply, an opened arbitrage window in China, and overall bullish sentiment providing market tailwinds and supporting all-time highs.Premiums up in Rotterdam on insufficient supplyUS Midwest premium stable at record highPremiums rise in Shanghai amid wide arbitrage profitsImproved market sentiment drives MJP premiums upw...Read More
Aluminium's three-month price had the strongest growth in the complex this month, trading at $2,726.50 per tonne on Tuesday August 31, while most other prices on the London Metal Exchange were lower than on August 2. Aluminium closed at $2,718 per tonne on Tuesday, a rise of 2.6% from last Friday's price of $2,649.50 per tonne and up from $2,615 per tonne at the start of August. Bullish funda...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comAug 31, 2021 Why is Jay Powell so adamant that inflation is temporary? If the Fed acknowledges that higher inflation is ingrained, it must raise rates and kill its QE welfare programs for stock, bond, and real estate investors. That’s the last thing the Fed wants to do. Jay won&rsquo...Read More
Manganese markets were quiet in the week ended Friday August 27, with buyers expecting miners to reduce their offer prices for October shipments to match the port markets."[Miners] must at least offer at a level equal to the port markets to attract buying interest, otherwise smelters will just buy from the spot market," a manganese ore buyer said. "And traders would further lower their purchase am...Read More
An overview of the chrome ore and alloy markets in Asia, Europe and the United States on Tuesday August 31 and their latest price moves.China Spot domestic ferro-chrome prices tumbled after Tsingshan lowered its September tender price by 800 yuan ($123) per tonne. Production in Inner Mongolia has recovered to June levels but supply uncertainty remains due to an unstable electricity supply and new...Read More
In May, the company made a 35c per share proposal, which was conditional on an independent valuation of Noront.Read More
European prices for ferro-silicon were likely to set more record highs in the near term, with the market already at levels not seen since Fastmarkets started to assess the market in the late 1990s.A combination of firm fundamentals, an acute container shortage, record high freight rates, and production and transportation issues were all set to boost the metals markets at least through December and...Read More
FMG has previously stopped short of setting scope 3 emissions targets, arguing that it can't control the actions of its customers.Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday August 31 that are worth another lookWith Italian steelmaker AFV Beltrame Group's recently announced investment in a new green steel plant in Romania, chief executive Carlo Beltrame is looking to futureproof the company ahead of the upcoming green steel revolution. In...Read More
Mexican steel scrap prices continued to decrease in the week ended on Friday August 27, as most steelmakers applied price cuts because of competition from imported material.Scrap consumers have been pushing through a series of weekly price cuts due to pressure from lower international prices.Fastmarkets' assessment of the steel scrap No1 busheling, consumer buying price, delivered mill Monterrey&n...Read More
With Italian steelmaker AFV Beltrame Group's recently announced investment in a new green steel plant in Romania, chief executive Carlo Beltrame is looking to futureproof the company ahead of the upcoming green steel revolution. In discussion with Fastmarkets' Carrie Bone, he outlined the changes and challenges anticipated for decarbonizing the steel industry."Why green? Because when we started on...Read More