Power plant with green field, renewable energy source in Thailand. Stock image. With both the population and the workforce aging, the mining sector needs to reposition itself to secure social licenses and attract the in-demand millennial talent pool, BDO said in a recent report.According to Sherif Andrawes, BDO's Global Head of Natural Resources, stakeholders are demanding stronger engagement, tr...Read More
The Iron Cap deposit (pictured) was recently incorporated into the KSM project economics. Image from Seabridge Gold. Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA, NYSE: SA) has filed an NI-43-101 technical report for its KSM project in northern British Columbia, confirming the potential for a "dramatic improvement" in project economics by incorporating the recently expanded, higher-grade Iron Cap deposit into mine p...Read More
Tucano gold mine. (Image courtesy of Great Panther Mining). Great Panther (TSX:GPR; NYSE-A:GPL) has announced revenue for the first quarter of 2020 of $48.1 million, an increase of 188% over Q1 2019, reflecting primarily the acquisition of Tucano mine in Brazil. The company reported production of 34,725 gold equivalent ounces, over double the 14,860 ounces it churned out in Q1 2019.Adjusted EBIT...Read More
The Golden Statue of Prometheus near the Rockefeller Center in New York. Credit: Pixabay Gold prices saw a slight decline on Friday even as it was revealed the US job market experienced its worst downturn in history. According to latest data released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employers cut an unprecedented 20.5 million jobs during the month of April, sending unemployment rate to 14.7%...Read More
Ship to shore. File image. UPDATED FRIDAY, MAY 8 @ 2pm EST.Copper rallied again on Friday after a rebound in Chinese imports of the metal indicated the country's manufacturing and construction sector may be emerging faster than anticipated from the covid-19 slump.Copper trading in New York rose by more than 2% to $2.43 a pound ($5,355 a tonne) in early afternoon trade, on track to close at an eig...Read More
Chile saw a 4.5% year-on-year increase in copper production during March despite some difficulties faced by the industry due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Chilean copper commission Cochilco said on Thursday May 7.The country produced 494,700 tonnes of copper content in March compared with 473,300 tonnes in the corresponding month of 2019. Most of the major local mines increased output during the afore...Read More
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With the exception of that for zinc and nickel, deliverable base metals stocks at Shanghai Futures Exchange-approved warehouses all fell in the week ended Friday May 8.Copper registered the largest decline in inventories in percentage terms, with total SHFE stocks declining to 204,219 tonnes on Friday; this marks a decrease of 26,737 tonnes (11.6%) from the 230,956 tonnes recorded on April 30. ...Read More
Chile saw a 4.5% year-on-year increase in copper production during March despite some difficulties faced by the industry due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Chilean copper commission Cochilco said on Thursday May 7.The country produced 494,700 tonnes of copper content in March compared with 473,300 tonnes in the corresponding month of 2019. Most of the major local mines increased output during the afore...Read More
Adam HamiltonArchivesMay 08, 2020 With the stock markets near a critical juncture during the most-extreme economic dislocations of our lifetimes, big US stocks' fundamentals have never been more important. After plummeting in a brutal stock panic on the catastrophic economic damage caused by governments' draconian lockdowns to fight COVID-19, stocks have skyrocketed in a monster rally. Are these g...Read More
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Slowed global economic activity in the March quarter resulted in demand for crude oil and related corn-based ethanol products retreating, which contributed to softer-than-expected potash pricing.The Saskatchewan-based company reported an adjusted loss for the March quarter of US$69 million, or 12c per share. The net result compared with a $41 million net profit in the same period last year.Nu...Read More
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Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort275,57125,56740,010120,045401,681435,626467,258Change from Prior Reporting Period -11,811914-4,4385,143-6,850-11,106-10,374Traders20350785858292158 Small Speculators (C) GoldSeek.com LongShortOpen Interest 54,71723,085490,343 633-99-10,473 non reportable positionsChange from t...Read More
By: Gary SavageThe markets discount results ahead of time. S&P technical set-up. Gold has a pattern in play seen before since the start of this latest bull market...https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/Read More
By: Ira EpsteinBig breakout day for gold and silver! Expecting 16% unemployment rate for tomorrow, but that will be the big price driver. It will be released on Friday at 8:30 Eastern time:Read More
Trade war, US unemployment, and even rise in US stock market are the reason for gold price to rise. Profit in stock trading is invested in gold. Lack of stock market margin pressure has resulted in more long positions in gold, silver, crude oil and copper. Liquidity is abundant. There is free money and lack of investment avenues. Businesses with cash are just using to trade and invest in stocks...Read More
Import prices for containerized scrap in Bangladesh continued to drop over the past week, while most major mills stayed out of the market for bulk cargoes amid high stock levels.No transactions for bulk cargoes were heard during the week but containerized scrap from Australia and Brazil changed hands at lower prices than previous weeks."There are mostly container sales of both shredded and [heavy...Read More
Demand for imported ferrous scrap remained elevated in South Korea over the past week with domestic prices rising due to the restart of some key industries, market sources told Fastmarkets on Friday May 8.After a sharp rise in South Korean Covid-19 cases during February and March, new infections have slowed to just a handful over recent days. On Wednesday, the government allowed offices, libraries...Read More
Prices fluctuations for heavy melting scrap (HMS) imports in Taiwan have caused an unclear price outlook in the near term.Market participants from major supplier Japan had just returned from a holiday on Thursday May 7 and buyers were waiting for clearer price trends for Japanese cargoes."Taiwan had increased the purchases for Japanese materials in the past few weeks because of limited supply from...Read More