About four months into the planned two-year construction of Argonaut Gold's (TSX: AR) new cornerstone Magino project in northeastern Ontario, smooth progress and encouraging new exploration results have CEO Peter Dougherty in a forward-thinking mood.While Argonaut is crossing off early construction milestones at the $480 to $510 million mine build, the company continues to report high-grade gold i...Read More
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FPX Nickel CEO Martin Turenne explains why nickel can be considered the ultimate battery metal.He provides a nickel market update as well as a FPX Nickel (...Read full newsRead More
The very people tasked with clamping down on and regulating Zimbabwe's illegal gold industry are some of its biggest beneficiaries, according to a recent report by the Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW).Read full newsRead More
Sudan on Thursday signed nine concession agreements for gold and copper mining with eight local and foreign companies, the state news agency SUNA said.Read full newsRead More
TriStar Gold Inc. is pleased to announce that Nick Appleyard will be presenting a corporate update in a live webinar taking place on Wednesday, June 23rd at 12pm PT / 3pm ET.Read full newsRead More
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Metal mining companies have seen a big selloff in the last couple of weeks due to a sharp drop in gold and silver prices. However, inflation worries could help the yellow metal recover fast in the coming months. That’s why some experts expect gold prices to reach new heights in 2021 itself. For example, Australian equity research firm Fat Prophets’s resource analyst David Lennox expect...Read More
Volatility is starting to pick up in the markets in a big way right now. Indeed, in this environment, finding great long-term buy-and-hold opportunities can be difficult.However, there are always companies out there that provide a nice mix of growth and value. In this article, I’m going to discuss two of the top such opportunities on the TSX.Let’s get to it.Manulife FinancialIn my view...Read More
It's a well-known fact that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. We're taught it in elementary school. The Bell Telephone Company became one of the most successful businesses in American history. There is even a crater on the Moon named after the guy!It all started in 1876 with Bell's patent for the telephone - U.S. Patent No. 174,465 - widely considered to be the single-most important pa...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday June 22 that are worth another look.Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Europe remained in a wide range on June 22, with some buyers ready to accept high prices for material with shorter lead times,...Read More
Aluminium premiums diverged again on Tuesday June 22, with Rotterdam premiums increasing, while the Japanese premium fell and the US premium was unchanged.Rotterdam premiums boosted by demand, logisticsMJP ticks down, South Korea unchangedUS Midwest premium steady for three weeksStrong demand, high freight rates boost Rotterdam premiumsPremiums in Rotterdam continued to climb, due to strong demand...Read More
All three-month prices for base metals on the London Metal Exchange rose by about 1% for the second day in a row on Tuesday June 22, continuing their recovery from the weakness of the previous seven days.Nickel's three-month price rose by the greatest margin on Tuesday, by 1.6% to $17,750 per tonne, following Monday's 1.7% increase to $17,450 per tonne.The metal suffered a 7.2% decline last week t...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comJune 22, 2021 Time is a very important consideration for investors.Amateur gold bugs always want to know where the price of the metal is going, and by what date. In contrast, the professional gold bug has much more patience.On that note, please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this...Read More
Glencore will restart operations at its Mutanda copper-cobalt facility toward the end of 2021, and plans to return the asset to normal production in 2022, the global miner said on Tuesday June 22.Glencore placed the facility, which is in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on care and maintenance in late 2019 following a slump in cobalt prices.Mutanda can produce around 25,000 tonnes per year....Read More
An overview of the chrome ore and alloy markets in Asia, Europe and the United States on Tuesday June 22 and their latest price moves.China Spot domestic ferro-chrome prices jumped after leading producers raised their prices late last week. Some stainless steelmakers, with strong demand thanks to the profitable market, accepted the higher offers. Imported charge chrome prices rose strongly amid bu...Read More
Chinese regulators were looking into the iron ore spot market and pledged this week to crack down on hoarding and speculation, Reuters reported.The MySteel 62% Australian fines lost 2.99% to US$211 per tonne.However 58% fines gained 4.4% to $181.40/t.A weaker US dollar helped lift base metals, with nickel up 1.7% on the London Metal Exchange to $17,724.50/t.The global nickel market posted a defici...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday June 22 that are worth another look.Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Europe remained in a wide range on June 22, with some buyers ready to accept high prices for material with shorter lead times,...Read More
Nutrien said it would increase potash production by 500,000 tonnes in 2021, bringing total annual sales volumes to 13.8Mt. The company announced an initial half a million tonne increase on June 7.Read More