A storm doesn’t discriminate. When it comes, it rocks small boats and huge ships alike. But even if a well-built vessel faces the same rough waters as a badly built one, they don’t emerge from the storm in the same way.Similarly, at the end of the market crash, not every company will start recovering the same way. Still, some companies might have what it takes to restart their journey...Read More
On INK Ultra Money, we have a Real Vision dive into the economic and market impact of coronavirus along with the role that bitcoin could play as the financial system evolves in the wake of the crisis. INK Research also looks at some insider buying in another Canadian resource company that traded at decade lows last month.Canadian Insider Ultra Club members have access to premium and free content...Read More
Larry LaBordePosted Apr 5, 2020“Boot strapping” is an electrical term used to perform a “black start” or a complete “cold start” of a complex electrical grid after a catastrophic failure.The East Coast blackout of 1965 was one such occurrence.Another was on the Gulf Coast after hurricane Rita.More recently the complete electrical failure in Venezuela illustrates...Read More
This week, the US scored a sad record. The number of deaths related to the coronavirus in the US surpassed the death toll in China. What does it imply for the US economy and the gold market?US Epidemiological Situation Is GrimJust as people were overly optimistic before the stock market top, they can be too pessimistic right now. This is a real risk and we take it into account. However, the incomi...Read More
We now have the perfect storm for silver. Steve St. Angelo explains...by Steve St Angelo of SRSrocco ReportDue to Mexico's Ministry of Health issuing an Executive Order for the immediate suspension of non-essential activities until April 30th, the mining industry in the country has now come to an abrupt halt. The mining industry was hoping for an exemption to the Executive Order, but was not gra...Read More
In its recent annual mineral reserve and resource update, mid-tier copper producer Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) provided some market optimism in the form of a major boost in gold at its Lalor mine within the Snow Lake Mining complex in northern Manitoba.Last year, the company announced initial results from its Snow Lake gold strategy, which sees its Lalor copper-zinc-gold mine transition...Read More
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 1.98%, or 250.56 points, to finish the trading week at 12,938.30. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 3.61% to 66.80, while the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index rose 0.78% to 63.72. Spot gold finished at US$1,621.00 per oz., for a weekly drop of US$7.00 per oz. drop, or 0.43%, and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index climbed 4.80% to 253.90.Shares of Agnico Eagle Mines w...Read More
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.70%, or 584.25 points, to 21,052.53 and the S&P 500 dropped 2.08%, or 52.82 points, to 2,488.65. Spot gold fell finished the week at US$1,621 per oz., a 0.43% decrease.Shares of Consol Energy rose US$1.90 to US$6.93 per share. The company reported on March 30 that two employees at its Bailey underground mine in Pennsylvania had recently tested positive for C...Read More
The meeting between OPEC and its allies scheduled for Monday has been postponed amid ongoing tensions surrounding production cuts.Read full newsRead More
Precious metals are thriving on the current economic upheaval.Read full newsRead More
Precious metals are thriving on the current economic upheaval.Read full newsRead More
Greenlane Renewables Inc. is a pioneer in the rapidly emerging renewable natural gas (RNG) market.Read full newsRead More
The meeting between OPEC and its allies scheduled for Monday has been postponed amid ongoing tensions surrounding production cuts.Read full newsRead More
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Investors seeking reprieve from market volatility, or at least a place to hide that may be safe from the broader market indices, certainly have a difficult task. The stock market selloff we’ve experienced in early March is the worst selloff in more three decades. One must wonder if we’ve really hit bottom now.In this article, I’ve highlighted four options for defensive investors....Read More
Cobre Panam?? operation. (Image courtesy of First Quantum Minerals). Panama's Ministry of Health confirmed that one person died at the Cobre Panam?? operation due to complications caused by the novel coronavirus infection.On Sunday, the government agency posted a tweet saying that following the identification of the first case of COVID-19 at the site on March 24, and despite efforts to stabilize...Read More
Emergency personnel at the Veracruz coal mine. (Image courtesy of the governor of Cundinamarca, Nicol??s Garc?-a). Eleven people died and four were injured following an accidental explosion at a coal mine in Colombia's central Cundinamarca department. The incident took place at the Veracruz coal mine, a legal operation located in the Cucunub?? municipality. About 12% of Colombia's electricity i...Read More
Solar cell. (Reference image from Pxhere, CC0). Researchers at Uppsala University have developed an all-organic proton battery that can be charged in a matter of seconds using a solar cell. The battery can be also charged and discharged over 500 times without any significant loss of capacity and is unaffected by ambient temperatures.In a study published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, the scien...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday April 3 that are worth another look.Polish coal miner Jastrzebska Sp??lka Weglowa (JSW), the largest coking coal producer in Europe, declared force majeure to its clients on Thursday April 2 due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on its operations, in a statement seen by Fastmarkets.The benchmark for the supply of aluminium to...Read More