Copper ended the Tuesday December 10 trading session on the London Metal Exchange at an intraday high and seven-month peak of $6,100 per tonne.And the three-month nickel price recovered some lost ground after falling by 3.5% this morning.The three-month copper price closed at its highest since May, climbing from an intraday low of $6,057 per tonne. Total volumes at the close were some 15,600 lots....Read More

Copper production in Chile fell by a slight 0.1% year on year during October, with higher volumes mainly from Codelco, Escondida and Colluahasi almost enough to offset output drops at Antofagasta and Anglo American. Copper mines in the country produced 490,000 tonnes of copper content in October, from 490,400 tonnes a year before, Chilean copper commission Cochilco said on Friday December 6. This...Read More

Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comDec 10, 2019Can gold take out the 2019 highs and carry the miners on a mighty bull run that will stun all the naysayers? Well, pleaseclick here now.Goldman analysts think it will happen!Some gold bugs view the big banks as “banksters”.I like to differentiate between the bank al...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Tuesday December 10 that are worth another look.Export prices for Chinese cold-rolled coil and hot-dipped galvanized coil were mostly stable during the week to December 10 amid continued gains in the Chinese domestic market.Copper production in Chile fell by a slight 0.1% year on year during October, with higher volumes mainly from Code...Read More

Jack ChanPosted Dec 10, 2019Gold 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.Gold sector as represented by $HUI is on a short-term buy signal.Short-term signals can last for weeks and are more suitable for traders.Speculation remains high despite the recent pullback.Speculation is at a reasonable level to resu...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Tuesday December 10 that are worth another look.Export prices for Chinese cold-rolled coil and hot-dipped galvanized coil were mostly stable during the week to December 10 amid continued gains in the Chinese domestic market.Copper production in Chile fell by a slight 0.1% year on year during October, with higher volumes mainly from Code...Read More

Mogale Alloys has issued a Section 189 notice - a South African legal requirement representing an intention to retrench staff - amid low chrome ore and ferro-chrome prices. Ilitha Mining, another subsidiary of Afarak, has also issued a Section 189 notice, the company said. Helsinki and London-listed mining and metallurgical group Afarak said on Monday December 9 it has been forced to scale down op...Read More

Copper production in Chile fell by a slight 0.1% year on year during October, with higher volumes mainly from Codelco, Escondida and Colluahasi almost enough to offset output drops at Antofagasta and Anglo American. Copper mines in the country produced 490,000 tonnes of copper content in October, from 490,400 tonnes a year before, Chilean copper commission Cochilco said on Friday December 6. This...Read More

The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged later today and the UK goes to the polls tomorrow. North American market futures were up, Europe was mixed and Australasian markets were set for positive start today. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 closed lower yesterday but has posted 23 new 52-week highs and two new lows, Reuters reported.Gold was worth US$1,464 an ounce...Read More

South African state power utility Eskom was forced to implement stage 6 load shedding for the first time ever on Monday December 9 amid a severe lack of generating capacity.Eskom implements load shedding - controlled power blackouts - to reduce pressure on the country's power grid when power is severely constrained.Eskom had previously outlined plans for stage 5 and 6 load shedding but, prior to M...Read More

The dispute over mining rights on the island of Wagina in the Solomon Islands has been rumbling on since Pacific Bauxite was first granted a licence in 2013.Read More

Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF) (the "Company" or "Siyata") is pleased to announce that a $450,000 purchase order has been received for a bus operating company to equip their fleet of buses with the Uniden (R) UV350. Marc Seelenfreund, CEO of Siyata Mobile, commented, "The UV350 is a great communications device for the bus market on both the North American an...Read More

Vancouver, BC - IsoEnergy Ltd. (TSX-V: ISO | OTCQX: ISENF) is pleased to announce that the Company has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement, pursuant to which the Company issued 8,056,858 units of the Company ("Units") at a price of $0.40 per Unit, for gross proceeds of $3,222,743.20 (the "Non-Brokered Financing").Each Unit is comprised of one common share of the Com...Read More

The clearing permit, mining proposal and project management plan have all been approved. The Northern Kambalda operations, comprising Durkin North and Long, are already fully permitted.Read More

Reversing a recent re-commitment to its New Caledonian operations, Brazilian miner Vale told investors it would "exit VNC (Vale New Caledonia)", but some analysts wonder if or how Vale will extricate itself from the long-troubled South Pacific island venture.Vale did not specify at its annual investor briefing how it would exit the nickel and cobalt mine. "By the first half of 2020, we will tell y...Read More

"Smoot and Hawley ginned up The Tariff Act of 1930 to get America back to work after the Stock Market Crash of '29. Instead, it destroyed trade so effectively that by 1932, American exports to Europe were just a third of what they had been in 1929. World trade fell two-thirds as other nations retaliated. Jobs evaporated." Elaine Chao, American politician, U.S. Secretary of Transportation 2017-,...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold is near a seasonal bump to the upside. $1,459.80 would be a negative turn in short-term picture. Downside bias but swingline just below..Read More

Traders just booked profit in short positions in gold and silver. They are sitting on cash at the moment. News will be the key. Trade deal with China is not signed yet. I will not rule out further escalation of trade war with China as US economic numbers have beaten Chinese in November. Trump is at an advantage (with China) on the trade war in the short term. Trade war will be pain for every nat...Read More

Sellers in the United States' ferrous scrap market will likely enjoy a third consecutive price increase in January, with domestic steel mills continuing to strike post-market deals above December levels in order to secure enough material to cover their programs."Fundamentally, business isn't really that much better but the mills beat the prices down so hard that scrap just dried up. They basically...Read More

Turkish steel producers continued to buy deep-sea scrap on Tuesday December 10, pushing up prices ahead of the winter holiday period in the United States and Europe, sources told Fastmarkets.A steel producer in the Northern Turkey booked a cargo from the US on Tuesday, comprising 33,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $295 per tonne, 5,000 tonnes of shredded at $300 per tonne and 2,000 tonn...Read More