The copper price declined again on Monday as markets in China, responsible for more than 50% of the world's copper consumption, reopened to deep losses after an extended halt to trading due to the coronavirus outbreak. Thirteen consecutive down days in New York saw copper for delivery in March pushed down 14% in value, last trading at $2.4875 a pound ($5,485 a tonne) on the Comex market in New Yor...Read More

Results from the most recent exploration release from the Cliff Creek South zone at Benchmark Metals' Lawyers project extended the total mineralized strike of the Cliff Creek area to over 1 km.Drill highlights include:102 metres of 1.44 g/t gold-equivalent;111 metres of 0.77 g/t gold-equivalent; and19.6 metres of 1.61 g/t gold-equivalent."The Cliff Creek South zone is providing the grade, consiste...Read More

Beartrack is a former producing gold mine located approximately 17 km northwest of Salmon, Idaho. Credit: Revival Gold Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG) has announced the results of an updated mineral resource estimate completed on the company's past-producing Beartrack-Arnett gold project located in Lemhi County, Idaho.The new Beartrack-Arnett resource outlines an indicated mineral resource of 36.4 milli...Read More

It's rained for the past week here in Spokane. The ski bums and ridge hippies aren't stoked about it. All this rain should be sweet, dry powder - it's late January in the Pacific Northwest for crying out loud. You know weather patterns are shifting. Storms and fires are getting stronger.I don't know if we're causing it or not. What I do know is that doing things more cleanly and sustainably is...Read More

Teck's Fording River metallurgical coal operation in BC. Credit: Teck Resources. Teck Resources has announced that it aims to be carbon neutral across all its operations by 2050.The miner, a major producer of base metals and metallurgical coal that also has oilsands assets, says its goal demonstrates its commitment to support the transition to a low-carbon economy. The move also aligns with Paris...Read More

Moody's expects 2020 to be another exemplary year for the environmental, social and governance (ESG) bond market, with issuances expected to reach record levels.(Stock image.)The issuance of green, social andsustainability bonds, those where the proceeds will be exclusively applied toeligible environmental and/or community projects, are expected to climb24% to $400 billion in 2020 from a previou...Read More

The three-month aluminium price on the London Metal Exchange settled at a three-year low at the close of trading on Monday February 3, below the $1,700 per tonne support level against a 16-month high in turnover, while lead's price decline over the day was the starkest in the base-metals complex.Aluminium's outright price on the LME closed at $1,686.50 per tonne on Monday afternoon, its lowest lev...Read More

Canadian copper producer Taseko has decided to take action to protect itself against the tumbling London Metal Exchange copper price.Vancouver-listed Taseko placed put options for 22.5 million lbs of copper (10,206 tonnes) - equivalent to 75% of February, March and April production at its British Colombia-located Gibraltar mine - it said in a notice on Monday February 3.Read More

Russian aluminium producer UC Rusal is suspending the operation of its Bauxite Company of Guyana (BCGI) business in Guyana on "serious illegitimate actions" but will continue to obtain bauxite supply from its other mines, it said on Monday February 3.Rusal owns 90% of BCGI, based in Georgetown, which has an annual production capacity of 2.3 million tonnes of bauxite. The remaining 10% belongs to t...Read More

View the Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule for 2020 and 2021. Click on the image below to view the Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule for base metals, minors, ores & alloys and industrial minerals, and ferrous prices for 2020 and 2021.The 2020 calendar has been updated to include the extended Lunar New Year holiday in China, which affected certain prices. See the following pricing notices for...Read More

Jack ChanPosted Feb 3, 2020Gold sector as represented by $HUI is on a long-term BUY signal.Long-term signals can last for months and are more suitable for investors.A very significant week in price action as both support and resistance are established.A bull flag is now in progress in the $XAU……In the $HUI…….In the GDX……And in the GDXJ.The big picture is b...Read More

Canadian copper producer Taseko has decided to take action to protect itself against the tumbling London Metal Exchange copper price.Vancouver-listed Taseko placed put options for 22.5 million lbs of copper (10,206 tonnes) - equivalent to 75% of February, March and April production at its British Colombia-located Gibraltar mine - it said in a notice on Monday February 3.Read More

Russian aluminium producer UC Rusal is suspending the operation of its Bauxite Company of Guyana (BCGI) business in Guyana on "serious illegitimate actions" but will continue to obtain bauxite supply from its other mines, it said on Monday February 3.Rusal owns 90% of BCGI, based in Georgetown, which has an annual production capacity of 2.3 million tonnes of bauxite. The remaining 10% belongs to t...Read More

China's central bank was set to inject 1.2 trillion yuan (US$174 billion) worth of liquidity into the markets via reverse repo operations today, Reuters reported. Market futures were mainly pointing lower and Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 fell in morning trade. North American and European markets had closed lower on Friday and Australasian markets were mixed. The gold price...Read More

"We expect continued global economic uncertainty to pressure sales to users in 2020 and cause dealers to further reduce inventories," chairman and CEO Jim Umpleby said."We have improved our lead times and remain prepared to respond quickly to any positive or negative changes in customer demand."We will continue to invest in services and expanded offerings to advance our strategy for long-term prof...Read More

The seaborne prices for both high and low-grade manganese ore in China ticked down in the week to Friday January 31 in response to weakening sentiment amid the worsening coronavirus outbreak.Fastmarkets' manganese ore index 37% Mn, cif Tianjin declined by 2 cents per dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) or 0.5% week on week to $4.27 per dmtu on January 31.Fastmarkets' manganese ore 37% Mn, fob Port Elizab...Read More

Lynas, which is still pursuing final approvals to continue operations of its controversial Lynas Advanced Materials Plant operation in Malaysia, is required to make substantial progress on severalRead More

The impact of the coronavirus outbreak from Wuhan city, China, is positively affecting antimony prices in Europe, with low stocks in Rotterdam and the market heavily dependent on supply from China.The East Asian country accounts for 78% of global antimony output, according to the United States Geologic Survey (USGS). Fastmarkets assessed the price for antimony max 100 ppm Bi, in-whs Rotterdam at $...Read More

The Turkish steel mills continued to hold back from deep-sea scrap purchases on Monday February 3, expecting lower prices to emerge, sources told Fastmarkets.The daily scrap indices went down by almost $10 per tonne on January 29, when a US cargo was heard sold at $275 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (90:10).That was the sole cargo sold last week, with mills seeking even lower prices because they were s...Read More

"When I have to depend upon hope in a trade, I get out of it." Jesse Livermore, American stock trader, speculator, How to Trade in Stocks; 1877-1940 "The most important lesson from investing is humility." Sir John Templeton, American born British investor, banker, fund manager, philanthropist; 1912-2008 "Any fool can buy. It is the wise man who knows how to sell." Albert W. Thomas, trader, inv...Read More