Capitulation The LME tin...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as soon as it...Read More
Minor metals trading house Wogen Resources, which has its headquarters in London, will be the sole distributor in the US market for privately owned Canadian producer Alliance Magnesium, Fastmarkets has heard.The announcement came from Wogen director Laura Bell after Alliance Magnesium closed the funding for construction of a commercial demonstration magnesium plant in the Les Sources region, in th...Read More
Bearish risks intensify Chinese domestic zinc...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest i...Read More
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South African platinum and chrome miner Tharisa will cease mining after its night shift on Wednesday March 25 in response to a government-imposed three-week lockdown amid the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the lockdown on the evening of Monday March 23, saying all mines would be required to shut down by midnight on Thursday. "Tharisa fully sup...Read More
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Asian Pacific equity indices and most metals prices are stronger this morning, Tuesday March 24, boosted by a combination of broad-based fiscal and monetary policy, and for the metals, announcements of production cuts. The base metals were for the most part stronger on the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange, while gold is up too, having rallied by 4.6% on Monday. But, without want...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 94 points in pre-opening trade. Investors are anticipating passage of a bi-partisan economic relief package by the Senate today.Gold jumped $102.80 to U.S. $1,670.40 per ounce after Goldman Sachs noted that it is "Time to Buy Gold"Magna International (MG $35.31) is expected to open higher after KeyBanc Capital upgraded...Read More
A two-day lockdown announced on Sunday night in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Haut Katanga province has heightened concerns that the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) could affect the supply of copper and cobalt coming from the region. The lockdown prohibits all activity in the province, which, as well as being a production hub, provides a crucial export route for raw material...Read More
Compagnie de Tifnout Tiranimine (CTT) has suspended production at its cobalt mine and plant in Morocco amid a 14-day lockdown in the country aimed at stemming the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), sources close to the matter have confirmed. The shutdown started on Tuesday March 24 and is initially slated to last for two weeks, Fastmarkets understands. The duration could be subject to an...Read More
Producer South32 is in discussions to keep its Hillside aluminium smelter in South Africa running despite the country entering lockdown in response to the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak.A spokesperson for South32 told Fastmarkets that nothing had yet been agreed with the government."[We are] still in discussions with the government at the moment and nothing is confirmed," a spokesperson said in...Read More
Turkey has requested the intervention of the World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement Body in connection with steel safeguard measures introduced by the European Union.On Thursday, March 19, the WTO, said that a Turkish delegation had notified the organization that Turkey was deeply concerned by the safeguard measures imposed by the EU on imports of certain steel products...Read More
- Internal Update done at $1600 Gold and $2.80 CopperELKO, Nevada, March 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Gold Corp. (NASDAQ: USAU) today is pleased to announce that it has internally updated the economics of the Copper King deposit to reflect the recent rise in gold prices. Mine Development Associates' (MDA) Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA), dated December 5, 2017 which was based upon $1275...Read More
Uranium companies Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) and Orano Canada are suspending mining and processing activities at their operations in northern Saskatchewan due to COVID-19.The two companies jointly agreed to suspend production activities: Cameco operates the high-grade underground Cigar Lake mine, with processing of the ore at Orano's McClean Lake mill.A production ramp-down will take place in t...Read More
Radius Gold (TSXV: RDU) has signed an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Plata Verde, a 3-sq.-km property north of its flagship Amalia gold-silver project in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico.Plata Verde is located on the site of a historic and undocumented underground mining operation from the 1800s that Radius Gold discovered in January 2020. The project is east of the historic Batopila...Read More
Canadian juniors MegumaGold (CSE: NSAU; US-OTC: NSAUF) and Osprey Gold Development (TSXV: OS), with projects in Nova Scotia's largest historic bullion district, are merging their businesses to create "a leading precious metals exploration company" in a province experiencing a gold exploration boom.The all-stock business combination will see Vancouver-based Osprey's shareholders receive MegumaGold...Read More
The gold price surged on Monday after the U.S. Federal Reserve promised to pump "unlimited" amounts of money into the financial system, boosting the metal's status as a store of wealth and an inflation hedge.On the Comex market in New York, gold for delivery in April, the most active contract, closed just off its day high at US $1,567.60 per oz., up US$83.00 or 5.6% compared to Friday's close.Mond...Read More
When I landed at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on March 20 aboard an Air Canada 'repatriation' flight from Mexico, none of us were checked to see if we had a temperature - a symptom of COVID-19. Instead, we were handed sheets of paper with instructions about self-quarantining for fourteen days and recognizing symptoms. The airport dispensed with the immigration kiosks for my flight - but...Read More
Unigold (TSX: UGD) has reported intercepts of 10.18 grams gold per tonne over 19 metres and 12.94 grams gold over 11 metres at its Candelones Extension deposit, 200 km northwest of the Dominican Republic's capital city of Santo Domingo.The high-grade drill results came from step-out holes targeting the western end of the proposed pit, where the company wants to follow mineralization to depth and a...Read More
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