Fruta del Norte mining complex. (Image courtesy of Lundin Gold). Ecuador's Committee for Emergency Operations greenlighted the resumption of activities for the mining sector, 60% of which remained paralyzed since March 25, 2020, due to the covid-19 pandemic.Despite the state of emergency being extended until mid-June, the Committee gave the go-ahead following the approval of a series of guideline...Read More

Sculpture of bull and bear on seesaw in front of Fross and Fross Wealth Management. (Image by Whoisjohngalt, Wikimedia Commons). The University of Sussex Business School released an analysis stating that widespread market turmoil caused by the covid-19 pandemic means regulators have so much on their plates right now that large-scale manipulation of the markets remains below their radar.In the vie...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 15 that are worth another look.A diversified portfolio may well prove to be a winning ticket for metals and mining companies during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the former chief executive officer of Rio Tinto.The stainless sector in the United States and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region will consume 13% less n...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold above the monthly Bollinger band, it only stays above this band only 5% of the time. The weekly gold chart, this is the best gold price close we have had in years! Up $42 1/2 for the week..Read More

We learned from Tom Revy, Managing Director of BlackEarth Minerals (ASX: BEM), that they are focused on fast tracking the high-grade, near-surface Maniry Graphite Project, located in the southern region of Madagascar. We learned from Mr. Revy that their current resource is about 20 million tons of material, grading from 6% to 7% total graphitic carbon (TGC). The property remains open to further di...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 15 that are worth another look.A diversified portfolio may well prove to be a winning ticket for metals and mining companies during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the former chief executive officer of Rio Tinto.The stainless sector in the United States and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region will consume 13% less n...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 15 that are worth another look.A diversified portfolio may well prove to be a winning ticket for metals and mining companies during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the former chief executive officer of Rio Tinto.The stainless sector in the United States and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region will consume 13% less n...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 15 that are worth another look.A diversified portfolio may well prove to be a winning ticket for metals and mining companies during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the former chief executive officer of Rio Tinto.The stainless sector in the United States and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region will consume 13% less n...Read More

Chris MarcheseChief Mining Analyst, GoldSeek & SilverSeekWeek Ended May-17, 2020$KOR.TO, $CORVF, $EDV.TO, $EDVMF, $SMF.TO, $SEMFF, $EQX, $FSM, $AG, $FNV, $SOLG.TO, $SLGGF, $GORO, $GCM.TO, $JAG.TO, $JAGGF, $TPRFF, $GBR.V, $GTBAF, $KNT.V, $KNTNF, $OR, $PGM.V, $LRTNF, $ROXG.TO, $ROGFF, $SAND, $SSRM, $TGZ.TO, $TGCDF, $TXG.TO, $SVM $USAS, $AGI, $GPL, $PAAS, $CDE, $NEM, $VITFF, $VGCX.TOMexico has d...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold above the monthly Bollinger band, it only stays above this band only 5% of the time. The weekly gold chart, this is the best gold price close we have had in years! Up $42 1/2 for the week..Read More

Week 1 HighlightsAnd Then We Look at PoliticsThen It Was WednesdayWar of the ExpertsPuerto Rico and the WorldI knew this letter's topic months ago. It was going to be a review of the Strategic Investment Conference, which would have just concluded fabulously in sunny Scottsdale.Well, something intervened. Coronavirus precautions kept us from having an in-person conference. No one was more disapp...Read More

Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Sider??rgica Nacional (CSN) will try to apply price increases to flat steel products next month, to compensate for the recent loss of value of the local currency."With the current value of the dollar [versus the Brazilian Real], a price increase is unavoidable; it is a matter of survival," commercial director Luis Martinez said during the company's first-quarter earn...Read More

A summary of production figures and financial results from Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Sider??rgica Nacional (CSN) for the first quarter of 2020, as stated in its earnings report published on Thursday May 14.In brief CSN's hot-rolled coil, cold-rolled coil and galvanized domestic steel sales fell year on year in the first quarter of 2020, but tinplate and long steel sales were up in the sa...Read More

China's crude steel output was largely flat in April, but finished steel production significantly increased to exceed 100 million tonnes, according to data released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday May 15.Steel outputAprilCrude steel: 85.03 million tonnes, up by 0.2% from a year earlier and up by 7.7% month on monthHot metal: 72.02 million tonnes, down 1.2%...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 15 that are worth another look.A diversified portfolio may well prove to be a winning ticket for metals and mining companies during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the former chief executive officer of Rio Tinto.The stainless sector in the United States and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region will consume 13% less n...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold above the monthly Bollinger band, it only stays above this band only 5% of the time. The weekly gold chart, this is the best gold price close we have had in years! Up $42 1/2 for the week..Read More

Powell gave a much-awaited speech yesterday, in which he sent one bearish and two bullish messages for gold. What exactly did he say and what does it mean for the yellow metal?Powell Sends One Bearish and Two Bullish Messages for GoldJerome Powell gave a speech yesterday at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The Fed Chair acknowledged the unprecedented depth of the coronavirus cri...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 15 that are worth another look.A diversified portfolio may well prove to be a winning ticket for metals and mining companies during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the former chief executive officer of Rio Tinto.The stainless sector in the United States and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region will consume 13% less n...Read More

Chris MarcheseChief Mining Analyst, GoldSeek & SilverSeekWeek Ended May-17, 2020$KOR.TO, $CORVF, $EDV.TO, $EDVMF, $SMF.TO, $SEMFF, $EQX, $FSM, $AG, $FNV, $SOLG.TO, $SLGGF, $GORO, $GCM.TO, $JAG.TO, $JAGGF, $TPRFF, $GBR.V, $GTBAF, $KNT.V, $KNTNF, $OR, $PGM.V, $LRTNF, $ROXG.TO, $ROGFF, $SAND, $SSRM, $TGZ.TO, $TGCDF, $TXG.TO, $SVM $USAS, $AGI, $GPL, $PAAS, $CDE, $NEM, $VITFF, $VGCX.TOMexico has d...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold above the monthly Bollinger band, it only stays above this band only 5% of the time. The weekly gold chart, this is the best gold price close we have had in years! Up $42 1/2 for the week..Read More