Mounting fears about the coronavirus becoming a global pandemic are continuing to fuel investors’ interest in gold as a safe-haven asset to counter the uncertainty. This, in turn, sent gold prices soaring to seven-year highs at the start of the week. In such a risk-off climate, gold prices surged up 14 out of the past 16 days through February 25, setting itself up to test resistance at $1,7...Read More

I wish I could say that the reason for Teck Resources’s (TSX:TECK.B)(NYSE:TECK) stock price disaster in February was due to coronavirus fears, because the actual reason is far more sinister for Canada. While the coronavirus did play a part in the Teck’s stock price decline of 21.1% in February, the most significant reasons are outlined below, and one relates directly to Canada and the...Read More

Justin Trudeau's new tax incentive would make it more affordable to invest in mining equipment. (Read More

Goldlund Project (Credit: First Mining Gold). First Mining Gold (TSX: FF) on Monday announced results from the drill program at the company's wholly-owned Goldlund gold property in Ontario.According to the miner, of eleven holes reported, gold mineralization has been encountered in nine. Hole GL-19-008 intersected 21 metres of 5.36 g/t gold within highly mineralized granodiorite and porphyry uni...Read More

Finding a good stock was a challenge early on this year. Many stocks were significantly overvalued, with a number of them trading at not just 52-week highs but five-year highs as well. So for value investors like myself, it was difficult to find an investment to add to my Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA).One way I try to find a good stock to invest in is to look at where a particular industry is he...Read More

The gold rally ran into a brick wall last week, hit by a major sell-off in the stock markets. Investors who missed the recent price surge in gold stocks are now wondering if they should add the gold miners to their Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) portfolios.VolatilityGold rallied from US$1,550 per ounce on February 4 to US$1,690 just 20 days later. Investors then decided to book profits and the pr...Read More

The story I'm about to tell you today is most likely true...It deals with Gypsies, the Roman Empire, and the mysterious mountains of Transylvania. Among the many stories I was told in Romania - tales of vampires, ghosts, and invasions - one of the most interesting had to do with gold and wealth.And it couldn't have come at a better time for investors.You see, I spent a week in Romania this month f...Read More

From left to right: Evelyn Coulombe, Consul General of Canada in Rio de Janeiro, Wilson Brumer, Chairman of the Board for the Brazilian Mining Association, Robert Peterman, Vice President, TMX - Global Business Development, Guillaume L?(C)gar?(C), Head, TMX - South America (Credit: IBRAM)The Brazilian Mining Association (IBRAM) announced on Monday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...Read More

Poster of workers constructing the no. 4 blast furnace at WuGang (Wuhan Steel) circa 1970. Image: Chineseposters.net Copper and iron ore prices surged on Monday on hopes that China, responsible for more than 70% of the world's seaborne iron ore trade and half the world's copper consumption, will spend massively on infrastructure and manufacturing to revive an economy devastated by the coronavirus...Read More

Norway, Image by Markus Christ from Pixabay. Norsk Bergindustri (Norwegian Mineral Industry), the national mining association in Norway, announced on Monday that it will adopt the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) initiative, a corporate social responsibility program developed by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) to improve environmental and social practices in the mining industry. TSM requi...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday March 2 that are worth another look.The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) has issued 1,615 force majeure certificates to businesses in China affected by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCOV) outbreak.The price of European aluminium ingot 226 continued to climb on Friday February 28 due to strong domesti...Read More

Publication of Fastmarkets' assessment of blister copper refining charges (RCs) for February was delayed by a reporter error.The copper blister 98-99% RC, spot, cif China, is normally published on the last trading day of the month.The price should therefore have been published on Friday February 28. It was instead published on Monday March 2. The price was $135-145 per tonne in the latest assessme...Read More

Bob Moriarty ArchivesMar 2, 2020Last week provided a glimpse into the future of the stock market. Only a glimpse. It is going to get a whole lot worse.On January 1, I said in an article I titled Beware the Stock Market,“As the Everything Bubble pops, the financial system will destroy most investors because they are unprepared.” Lest my readers misconstrue what I meant, I followed that...Read More

Spot trading interest in copper intermediate products has surged among Chinese smelters who are eager to make up for copper output lost during the coronavirus (2019-nCoV)-led logistics lockdown in February. Logistics operations are resuming across Chinese provinces and copper production has picked up, leading to several thousand tonnes of blister copper reported as being sold into the country. Fas...Read More

Jack ChanPosted Mar 2, 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.Short-term is on SELL signal. Short-term signals can last for days and weeks and are more suitable for traders.Speculation on gold is at a new high, but what's more important is, a new speculative bottom is now established. That will h...Read More

Robert WutscherThe Unseasoned EconomistPosted Mar 2, 2020On money neutrality and the phenomenon of forced saving - how wealth is surreptitiously transferred from consumers to capital owners.In this third article to this series on inequality, we will see how, by targeting the CPI that ignores productivity-induced price deflation, savings are surreptitiously taken from consumers and handed over to c...Read More

Spot trading interest in copper intermediate products has surged among Chinese smelters who are eager to make up for copper output lost during the coronavirus (2019-nCoV)-led logistics lockdown in February. Logistics operations are resuming across Chinese provinces and copper production has picked up, leading to several thousand tonnes of blister copper reported as being sold into the country. Fas...Read More

The company had sought A$10 million initially, but said demand from sophisticated and institutional investors was strong. Shares will be issued at 21c each, an 8.7% discount to the last closing price.Read More

He said the drop was mainly driven by gold-focused exploration budget cuts and the lack of reinvigoration of exploration spend in the sector in the 2019 season.North America exploration spending was also impacted by major M&A activity such as that of Barrick Gold and Newmont, with the resultant exploration budgets of the merged companies usually much lower than the combined budgets of the indi...Read More

Cesco Santiago, one of the biggest annual events for the copper industry, has been canceled, organisers confirmed to Fastmarkets. "Both the World Copper Conference organized by CRU and Cesco Dinner will not take place this year," the organization said in a press release dated Monday March 2 after confirming by phone. The organization had been under pressure to at least delay the event because many...Read More