Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comMay 26, 2020Gold drifts sideways in typical weak season trading, silver looks better, and the miners look awesome!Pleaseclick here now.Double-click to enlarge this gold chart.It’s clear that both upside and downside breakouts are failing, and the gold price continues to ooze sideways...Read More
In Canada, the S&P/TSX Composite Index closed 1.1% higher and in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 is on the rise, up 1.4% in morning trade after finishing 2.2% higher yesterday.Vista Gold (TSX: VGZ) was one of the bigger market risers in Toronto, hitting a 12-month high intraday of C$1.49 before closing up 16.3% to $1.43 on no news.The company is focused on its Mt Todd gold project in Australia'...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday May 26 that are worth another look.Workers at Tata Steel's plant at IJmuiden in the Netherlands staged a lightning protest on May 26, but output was unaffected, the company said.Japanese steel producers which use electric-arc furnaces (EAFs) are being forced into raising their purchasing prices for ferrous scrap feedstock despite t...Read More
The updated study delivered a 43% increase in undiscounted pre-tax free cashflows to A$1.6 billion, or A$1.2 billion post-tax.Read More
If there is a silver lining for mining suppliers in the current coronavirus-induced capital cutback by miners it is that recovery in mining capital investment post 2016 had barely got going beforeRead More
Editor's Note: Mining Journal is making some of its most important coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic freely available to readers. For more coverage, please see our COVID-19 hub. To subscribe to Mining Journal, click hereIn an address 10 weeks since he declared a national state of disaster due to the coronavirus pandemic, Ramaphosa said "the risk of a massive increase in infection is now...Read More
Montr?(C)al, Qu?(C)bec - May 26 , 2020 - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM / OTCQX:SYATF/ FRA: WK3D) will be releasing 2019 year end results on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020 and will be hosting an investor conference call on Thursday, June 4th, 2020 at 9:00 AM EDT (6:00 AM PDT) to discuss these results, followed by a Q&A for investors.The call will be hosted by CEO Marc Seelenfreund and VP Sales Glenn Ken...Read More
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / May 26, 2020 / LEAF Mobile Inc. (TSX.V:LEAF), a leading creator and publisher of counter culture mobile games, had record setting results for the month ending April 2020, including total game gross revenue, installs and daily active users (DAU) across its portfolio of counter culture mobile games.LEAF Mobile April 2020 HighlightsRecord monthly revenue for total Bud Fa...Read More
The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) has cut its 2020 global mined copper forecast by 950,000 tonnes, equivalent to nearly 4 million tonnes of copper concentrates output, citing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.The copper research group now expects a 3% year-on-year decline in world mined copper output in 2020, citing lockdowns that have been in place since March, the group said on Thurs...Read More
The disconnect between London Metal Exchange and SHFE aluminium prices has opened an arbitrage window to China, but the international aluminium market is wary of taking advantage of it, Fastmarkets understands.The front month aluminium contract on the SHFE last traded at 13,235 yuan ($1,855.41) per tonne on Tuesday May 26, while the LME aluminium three-month price closed at $1,506.50 per tonne on...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday May 26 that are worth another look.Workers at Tata Steel's plant at IJmuiden in the Netherlands staged a lightning protest on May 26, but output was unaffected, the company said.Japanese steel producers which use electric-arc furnaces (EAFs) are being forced into raising their purchasing prices for ferrous scrap feedstock despite t...Read More
The price range for high-carbon ferro-chrome widened in Europe in the week ended Friday May 22, with industry sources reporting deals agreed for more than 500 tonnes of material.The price spread widened to $0.15 per lb after deals were reported that raised the higher end of the assessment.Trading activity was said by most sources to be quiet, with only one supplier reporting deals done. But the pr...Read More
Mexican ferrous scrap prices were on opposite paths in the week ended Friday May 22, with prices rising in some deals due to a scarcity of material while others fell due to currency moves.Prices for three grades of scrap increased in Monterrey, with at least one client heard quietly purchasing small volumes of specific grades at higher prices.A second client was also considering future price...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices remained broadly stable on Tuesday May 26 after news of a fresh cargo came to light. The transaction which came to light on Monday was sold either on Sunday May 24 or Monday May 25, sources said. The market was relatively quiet at the beginning of the week due to a public holidays in many countries on...Read More
Broad markets were stronger this morning, Tuesday May 26, with many Asian-Pacific equity indices up by around 2%, while pre-market major western equities were up by around 1% but metals prices were mixed.Hopes that the reopening of economies will lead to an economic recovery are boosting equities but the United States-China trade dispute is worsening, which is not going to help the global economy...Read More
From future raw material investments to China's resurgence in lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery chemistries, Fastmarkets analysts and reporters consider six key discussion points dominating the battery and electric vehicle markets. The below themes were raised from questions during Fastmarkets' webinar "Covid-19 and the battery raw materials supply chain" on May 19. To listen again to the webin...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in London and Shanghai on Friday May 22.Key drivers:- Buyers in China continue to replenish stocks that have run thin from refineries, bridging a gap in shipments from Africa in March and April that was a result of South Africa's Covid-19 lockdown. Outflows...Read More
It was a fine Memorial Day weekend here in the United States. A holiday created after the civil war, to remember the dead has been transmogrified into a celebration of BBQs and beer.Of course, with the quarantine most BBQs were smallish affairs. Part of our family, took the Jon boat out of the reservoir as well as a fleet of kayaks. We were a regular redneck circus, which is how it should be on Me...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday May 26 that are worth another look.Workers at Tata Steel's plant at IJmuiden in the Netherlands staged a lightning protest on May 26, but output was unaffected, the company said.Japanese steel producers which use electric-arc furnaces (EAFs) are being forced into raising their purchasing prices for ferrous scrap feedstock despite t...Read More