Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday April 7 that are worth another look.The second quarter of 2020 will be one of volume survival due to massive capacity cuts in scrap, billet and long steel products globally amid Easter and Ramadan holiday periods and during efforts to contain the coronavirus, the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas) said o...Read More

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has also warned the bank expected "a bad recession combined with some kind of financial stress similar to the global financial crisis of 2008" in his annual letter to shareholders.The S&P 500 closed down 0.16% while London's FTSE 100 gained 2.19% and China returned from the Tomb Sweeping holiday with the Shanghai Composite closing up 2.05%.The copper price rose a...Read More

The company, which has royalties on coking coal, iron ore and uranium in Australia, Canada and Chile, reported a 15.5% year-on-year drop in pre-tax profit to £37.6 million from £44.5 million in 2018.This was mainly owing to higher operating expenses of £7.1 million, versus £6 million the year before, and a revaluation of coal royalties from the Kestrel coking coal mine in A...Read More

Based on its recent share price of 10.5c, the latter would account for 9.5 million shares, or 4.1% of the company, with Swick's shares trading at 21c 12 months ago and 27c in August.Regarding the dividend, the payout to shareholders will be 0.3c per share.It will be the first interim dividend paid since 2015.As at December 30, Swick had total assets of $151.7 million (including cash of $12 million...Read More

Centamin has been without a full time CEO since the resignation of Andrew Pardey in October.Read More

Vancouver, BC - A2Z Technologies Canada Corp. ("A2Z" or the "Company") (TSXV: AZ | FSE: A23) , a pioneer in military robotics, services, and innovation in the auto industry, previously announced, on February 11, 2020, that it received a CAD $1.5 Million contract with Israel's Ministry of Defense ("MOD"). "We are delighted to announce that we have received payments, on schedule, for 15% of amounts...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday April 7 that are worth another look.The second quarter of 2020 will be one of volume survival due to massive capacity cuts in scrap, billet and long steel products globally amid Easter and Ramadan holiday periods and during efforts to contain the coronavirus, the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas) said o...Read More

Glencore-owned Mopani Copper Mines is to transition its operations to care-and-maintenance status from Wednesday April 8 but will continue to process on-site material at the associated Zambian smelter and refinery until further notice.Mopani cited the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic along with a weaker copper price for the decision, which it made after a number of meetings with government m...Read More

By: Gary SavageHuman beings have herd mentalities and that is why we have had these bubbles. When sentiment shifts and politicians react without thought of consequences, it gets the ball rolling and..https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/Read More

By: Ira EpsteinThinner markets coming up with Easter Holidays, beware. I think there is new buying in metals as governments around the world, with their helicopter money and more, it debases currencies and drives gold bulls:Read More

Hong Kong trading house Noble Group Holdings will close its base metals and rare earths trading desks as part of widespread board-mandated staffing cuts, informed sources told Fastmarkets. Noble's board is said to have agreed on a directive for a major cut to headcount across the business, with traders informed that they would be let go on Monday and Tuesday this week. "They are blaming Covid-19 b...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday April 7 that are worth another look.The second quarter of 2020 will be one of volume survival due to massive capacity cuts in scrap, billet and long steel products globally amid Easter and Ramadan holiday periods and during efforts to contain the coronavirus, the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas) said o...Read More

Hong Kong trading house Noble Group Holdings will close its base metals and rare earths trading desks as part of widespread board-mandated staffing cuts, informed sources told Fastmarkets. Noble's board is said to have agreed on a directive for a major cut to headcount across the business, with traders informed that they would be let go on Monday and Tuesday this week. "They are blaming Covid-19 b...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday April 7 that are worth another look.The second quarter of 2020 will be one of volume survival due to massive capacity cuts in scrap, billet and long steel products globally amid Easter and Ramadan holiday periods and during efforts to contain the coronavirus, the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas) said o...Read More

Prices for plate and structural scrap and for No1 busheling increased week on week in the Mexican steelmaking regions of Monterrey and Baj?-o, while other scrap grades remained stable because of reduced material generation and expectations about the April scrap trade in the United States.Fastmarkets' assessment of the steel scrap No1 heavy melt, consumer buying price, delivered mill Monterrey ...Read More

Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices have gone up strongly, as expected, with news of fresh cargo deals, sources said on Tuesday April 7.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a European cargo, comprising 10,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (75:25) at $235 per tonne, 20,000 tonnes of shredded at $243 per tonne, 4,000 tonnes of a mixture of HMS 1 and plate and structural scrap (P&S) at $248 per tonne, a...Read More

First Quantum Minerals has put its Cobre Panama operation into care and maintenance following orders from the government to suspend activities to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mining and processing operations will be halted, but the company said it is expected that the port and power plant will continue operations to supply electrical power into the Panama national grid as well as t...Read More

We learned from Stephen Wilkinson, President and CEO of Blue Star Gold Corp. (TSX-V: BAU; Frankfurt: 5WP), that they are focused exclusively in the Western half of the Northern territory of Nunavut, in Canada, with projects situated inside the Arctic Circle on the Inuit-owned lands. Blue Star owns the highly prospective, 8,015 ha, Hood River gold property that has a number of bonanza-grade gold oc...Read More

Stocks are ripping. They shot up 1,050 points yesterday and are hot out of the gate this morning. They are going up because the coronavirus news is better than what the media's been telling us. Turns out 100,000 people aren't going to die this week.That's great, but in terms of the stock market and the economy, the number of deaths is meaningless. The only thing that matters is perceived earnings...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were up across the board this morning, Tuesday April 7, with gains averaging 1.2% and 1.4% respectively.Broader markets are in a firmer tone following a 7.7% rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday and after this morning's announcement of a record breaking 108 trillion yen ($990 billion) stimulus package by Ja...Read More