Gold, silver, and their miners' stocks suffer their weakest seasonals of the year in early summers. With traders' attention normally diverted to vacations and summer fun, interest in and demand for precious metals usually wane. Without outsized investment demand, gold tends to drift sideways dragging silver and miners' stocks with it. Feared as the summer doldrums, sometimes unusual catalyst...Read More
Gold and silver have been quite active these past few months with gold hitting prices around $1800 USD. With the pandemic, the money printing, talk of recession/depression etc. there has been a renewed optimism in the precious metals and we are now seeing the results in share prices of the mining companies, especially the juniors that have good quality projects on the go.The saying, "patience is a...Read More
Here are three royalty and streaming stocks. They enjoy lower expenses and less risk than their operating peers, while enjoying the upside of any successes.Government responses to COVID-19 are paving the way to a long-term credit crisis, excellent news for precious metals investors, as long as they can stomach a very bumpy ride to profits, says Sprott US Holdings president and CEO Rick Rule."Under...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday July 2 that are worth another look.European importers of long steel and hot-rolled coil have claimed that this week's definitive decision in the EU steel imports safeguard case review ignored the interests of independent buyers and focused protection only on steelmakers, market sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday July 1.Chilean...Read More
Chile produced 492,500 tonnes in copper content during May, up 1% from 487,800 tonnes in the corresponding month of 2019, according to data from the country's copper commission Cochilco on Thursday July 2.Chile has been increasing its copper production this year compared to falling volumes in other South American nations like Peru, where the Covid-19 pandemic forced units to close. Including May f...Read More
Three-month prices for base metals on the London Metal Exchange were higher at the close of trading on Thursday July 2, with positive employment statistics from the United States lending support to the complex, while forward-buying in LME copper futures prompted a tightening of the metal's forward curve.Economic data released in the afternoon from the US showed the country's unemployment rate for...Read More
The company said it had entered a binding term sheet with Appian Capital Advisory for up to about C$40.9 million, subject to Toronto Stock Exchange approval.Harte chairman Joseph Conway said following a review process, the proposed transaction was "the best financing alternative available to the company".It was set to comprise a private placement of 9.5 million Series B special shares priced at US...Read More
To help prepare for Daunia's autonomous future, it is estimated more than 30,000 hours of training will be delivered, ranging from general awareness to extensive training for those operating equipment, interacting with the autonomous haul trucks, or taking on new roles.The first Caterpillar autonomous trucks will begin from February next year, with the rollout expected to be completed by the end o...Read More
Pekka Vauramo, formerly CEO of Metso and now head of the joint entity, said aggregates was the "the part of the business that was worst hit by the by the corona[virus]" "In the mining side, we reallyRead More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday July 2 that are worth another look.European importers of long steel and hot-rolled coil have claimed that this week's definitive decision in the EU steel imports safeguard case review ignored the interests of independent buyers and focused protection only on steelmakers, market sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday July 1.Chilean...Read More
The number of positive cases has grown to 2,328, up from about 1,000 two weeks ago.The number of cases globally has risen well above 10 million and deaths above 500,000 as the global pandemic continues.The council said yesterday of the industry's 424,275 employees, 286,624 had been screened and 19,026 tested, with 871 tests pending.It said the mining test rate was 4.48%, above the country's 2.69%...Read More
Chile produced 492,500 tonnes in copper content during May, up 1% from 487,800 tonnes in the corresponding month of 2019, according to data from the country's copper commission Cochilco on Thursday July 2.Chile has been increasing its copper production this year compared to falling volumes in other South American nations like Peru, where the Covid-19 pandemic forced units to close. Including May f...Read More
By: Ira Epstein Gold price fell on Wednesday and markets will be jump with holidays starting. What to look out for price action wise:Read More
Technical trend after the release of US June nonfarm payrolls is the key. Tomorrow's US Holiday will not have any impact on trading volumes etc. No one is sleeping in the pandemic. Fomc minutes continued to accommodative monetary stance and uncertain economic outlook. Bond yields were also looked into. Impact on gold, silver and US dollar Index by FOMC Minutes: Jobs creation will be the key to...Read More
Scott Shi and Ben Liu have joined Shanxi Securities while the Chinese brokerage company looks to enhance its commodities business, Fastmarkets understands.Shi - formerly of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) - and Liu - who worked at Gelin Dahua previously - will...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday July 2 that are worth another look.European importers of long steel and hot-rolled coil have claimed that this week's definitive decision in the EU steel imports safeguard case review ignored the interests of independent buyers and focused protection only on steelmakers, market sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday July 1.Chilean...Read More
The Turkish scrap import market was quiet on Thursday July 2, following two bookings on Wednesday, with mills stepping back to wait for lower prices, sources told Fastmarkets. On Wednesday, a steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a cargo from the United States, comprising 16,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $256 per tonne, 6,000 tonnes of shredded at $261 per tonne and 8,000 tonnes of plate a...Read More
Markets participants are in an optimistic mood while they focus on economic data that is improving and hopes of a Covid-19 vaccine this morning, Thursday July 2, while apparently choosing not to focus on the havoc that the pandemic is causing.US total vehicle sales climbed to an annualized 13.1 million units in June, after 8.7 million units in May; sales were around 17 million in 2019. Spanish une...Read More
* Miners buried under wave of mud and water * Survivor heard people yelling 'run, run!' * Global Witness laments 'preventable tragedy'(Updates death toll, adds detail, context)July 2 (Reuters) - A landslide at a jade mine in northernMyanmar killed at least 126 people, with more feared dead,authorities said on Thursday, after a heap of mining wastecollapsed into a lake and buried many workers under...Read More