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RT @GreenlaneBiogas: The Greenlane Digest for the week ending March 13th ????,? [

March 14, 2020 / www.greenlanerenewables.com

Greenlane Renewables Inc. is a pioneer in the rapidly emerging renewable natural gas (RNG) market.Read full newsRead More

Even Gold Takes a Beating as Broad Market Rout Intensifies

March 15, 2020 / dlvr.it

Gold prices fell sharply, a worrisome development for some analysts who are concerned that investors are being forced to sell many assets to raise cash.Read full newsRead More

How to effectively address illegal gold mining - study

March 14, 2020 / dlvr.it

Scientists used Myanmar as a case study. They say legitimization is the key.Read full newsRead More

'Gold pits have become tombs': mining leaves a tragic legacy in Cameroon

March 14, 2020 / dlvr.it

The ruthless quest for gold in eastern Cameroon has left the landscape peppered with deadly open pitsRead full newsRead More

The #preciousmetals sector was battered this week as markets were sent into bear territory.

March 14, 2020 / bit.ly

After slipping as low as US$1,556 an ounce, gold began to trend higher today but was still on track for its worst week in nearly three years. Read full newsRead More

Iron-oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposits rank alongside porphyry deposits as some of the world's largest deposits and...

March 06, 2020 / twitter.com

"Iron-oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposits rank alongside porphyry deposits as some of the world's largest deposits and most consistent in grade, making for highly profitable mines https://t.co/lCpzkI1wcj @macdonaldmines #exploration #mining #basemetals #gold"Read full newsRead More

Gold Stocks: The Best Portfolio Protection

March 15, 2020 / www.fool.ca

As markets have been growing with volatility the last couple of weeks, many investors are wondering what they can do to protect their capital. Gold is always known as a safe-haven asset, but a number of gold miners have been sold off as well. Not to mention, the price of the precious metal has been flat to down in the past three weeks of intense volatility.Gold being down as markets are crashing a...Read More

Exploration expenditure flattens in BC - survey

March 15, 2020 / www.mining.com

Exploration in Kitsault, northern British Columbia. (Reference image from the British Columbia Geological Survey annual program review 2019-2020). Following two years of continued growth, exploration activities in British Columbia remained steady through 2019, with expenditures down less than a percentage point from 2018.This, according to the British Columbia Mineral and Coal Exploration Survey...Read More

Air-metal batteries for EVs get a boost

March 15, 2020 / www.mining.com

Electric vehicle. (Reference image in the public domain from Pxfuel). Researchers from Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology and the University of Pennsylvania in the US produced a new catalyst that could boost the performance of metal-air batteries, known as MABs. These batteries use oxygen from ambient air to store and convert energy. In general, they have large storage cap...Read More

Santa Cruz halts operations in Zacatecas

March 15, 2020 / www.mining.com

The Santa Cruz operation is located in Zacatecas' Vetagrande municipality, pictured here. (Image by Ereenegee, Wikimedia Commons). Impulsora Minera Santa Cruz, a mining company that operates its namesake silver-lead-zinc mine in Mexico's Zacatecas state, decided to shut down operations for six months due to an environmental investigation that is being carried out by the Federal Attorney for Envir...Read More

IAMGOLD employee tests positive for Covid-19, company shuts down Toronto office

March 15, 2020 / www.mining.com

Reference image of IAMGOLD's booth at the PDAC conference in Toronto. (Image courtesy of IAMGOLD). Canada's IAMGOLD Corp. (TSX IMG) (NYSE: IAG) is closing its Toronto office for one week after one of its employees tested positive for Covid-19.In a media statement, the miner said that the employee was last in the Toronto office on March 6, 2020, and is now in self-quarantine at home and in stable...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from March 13

March 16, 2020 / www.metalbulletin.com

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday March 13 that are worth another look.Brazilian miner Vale has said it may have to implement contingency measures or eventually suspend operations due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic around the world.Most mill-grade aluminium scrap prices fell in the United States this past week, encouraged by weake...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from March 13

March 16, 2020 / www.metalbulletin.com

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday March 13 that are worth another look.Brazilian miner Vale has said it may have to implement contingency measures or eventually suspend operations due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic around the world.Most mill-grade aluminium scrap prices fell in the United States this past week, encouraged by weake...Read More

Gold Market Update: margin call afflicted investors dump everything indiscriminately

March 16, 2020 / news.goldseek.com

I got pelted with garbage after the last (bearish) update was posted on the 1st because right after, gold zoomed back up following a $75.80 plunge, as we can see on its latest 3-month chart below, and this "swansong rally" even made it to a marginal new high, but it did not negate the bearish implications of the late February plunge. In the last update it was written "This kind of massive smackd...Read More

The Bear Market Is Upon Us... Or Not

March 16, 2020 / news.goldseek.com

By Avi GilburtI have to tell you that the last 6 months in this market have been the most unusual of my career as a public analyst. And I tried warning many of you of the potential, yet most chose to deride my perspective, as many got suckered into the biggest fake-out I have ever seen in the market.In my analysis published on emerging markets back in early February entitled "Sentiment Speaks: E...Read More

Precious Metals Update Video: Gold is not the only market dumping, bitcoin lost over 40%

March 16, 2020 / news.goldseek.com

By: Ira EpsteinT.A. LOOK: Gold monthly chart: momentum pointing down, trend is up. Weekly chart: $1,535 / 18 week moving average was the support and it basically hit it on Friday. Weekly uptrend is over. Does not mean the market is bearish..Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from March 13

March 16, 2020 / www.metalbulletin.com

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday March 13 that are worth another look.Brazilian miner Vale has said it may have to implement contingency measures or eventually suspend operations due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic around the world.Most mill-grade aluminium scrap prices fell in the United States this past week, encouraged by weake...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from March 13

March 16, 2020 / www.metalbulletin.com

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday March 13 that are worth another look.Brazilian miner Vale has said it may have to implement contingency measures or eventually suspend operations due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic around the world.Most mill-grade aluminium scrap prices fell in the United States this past week, encouraged by weake...Read More

Gold Market Update: margin call afflicted investors dump everything indiscriminately

March 16, 2020 / news.goldseek.com

I got pelted with garbage after the last (bearish) update was posted on the 1st because right after, gold zoomed back up following a $75.80 plunge, as we can see on its latest 3-month chart below, and this "swansong rally" even made it to a marginal new high, but it did not negate the bearish implications of the late February plunge. In the last update it was written "This kind of massive smackd...Read More

Economic stimulus can't save US from deflation and recession

March 16, 2020 / news.goldseek.com

Richard (Rick) Mills, Ahead of the herdOne of the worst weeks on Wall Street mercifully ended on Friday.S&P 500DJIANasdaqAfter multiple sessions of panic selling, the markets caught an up-draft after US President Trump declared a national emergency over the coronavirus, thus freeing up $50 billion in federal aid to help contain the rapid spread of the pandemic. As stocks accelerated gains in...Read More

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