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Over the last few weeks, as stocks have been declining rapidly, gold stocks have been extremely volatile — sometimes moving with the markets and other times moving directly opposite to it. Clearly, investors can’t figure out what’s happening.There’s still plenty of fear in markets, and gold tends to be a safe haven asset. However, up until now, the most in demand asset has...Read More

Rapid test kits for the new coronavirus arrived in Sao Paulo (Image from Vale). The first batch of the 5 million rapid test kits for coronavirus, acquired by Vale, arrived in Brazil on Monday. The shipment of 500 thousand units, coming from China, arrived at Guarulhos International Airport. The remaining 4.5 million units will be delivered by the supplier throughout April.The test kits - produced...Read More

Gold-buyers have a problem...Supplies are drying up. For one thing, mining operations, like many other businesses, are closing due to the Coronavirus.You simply can't have all those people huddled together inside a mine in this day and age.So, South Africa said that it would shut down all but a few necessary mines for at least three weeks. Canadian mines in major jurisdictions like Northern Queb...Read More

First Cobalt (No.24 on PwC's list of juniors) owns the only fully permitted cobalt refinery capable of producing battery grade material in North America. Credit: First Cobalt Corp For the second time, First Cobalt announced that it has produced battery-grade cobalt sulphate, highlighting the ability of the flowsheet at its hydrometallugical refinery to treat different feedstocks.The latest prod...Read More

TMAC's Hope Bay mine. TMAC Resources has released key results from a prefeasibility study completed for its wholly owned Hope Bay property in Nunavut, which includes an operating mine.Last year, Hope Bay produced 139,510 oz. of gold; with release of its fourth quarter operating results in January, the company announced that it initiated a strategic review process to explore alternatives to max...Read More

SKF, a company which offers solutions for the bearing business, has released a compact and cost-effective vibration and temperature sensor, which monitors the condition of rotating parts on heavy machinery. Designed mainly for use as part of a SKF rotating equipment performance (REP) solution, the SKF Enlight Collect IMx-1 enables customers to reduce unplanned downtime as well as maintenance costs...Read More

Cerro del Gallo project. Image by Argonaut Gold. Canadian producers Argonaut Gold and Alio Gold have entered into an agreement for an all-share merger with Argonaut acquiring Alio to create a diversified intermediate company with output of over 235,000 gold-equivalent ounces annually.With a share exchange ratio of 0.67 Argonaut common shares for each Alio common share, Argonaut and Alio share...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday March 30 that are worth another look.Gerdau has halted price increase attempts in Brazil amid market weakness because of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report by local investment bank Ita?? BBA from Sunday March 29.The Covid-19 pandemic has opened up financing opportunities for metals and mining-focused investment firms. It's...Read More

The Covid-19 pandemic has opened up financing opportunities for metals and mining-focused investment firms. It's also created a problem. The one-two punch demand and supply shock that the virus has created is putting the mining sector under extreme pressure. With banks even more reluctant than before to provide capital to the mining sector amid the tumultuous global financial backdrop, corporates...Read More

The three-month aluminium price on the London Metal Exchange continued its decline at the close of trading on Monday March 30, settling at its lowest level since April 2016, while a steady uptick in lead saw its outright price close at a two-week high. Aluminium's underlying price on the LME closed at $1,530.50 per tonne on Monday afternoon, its lowest level in just under four years, while turnove...Read More

New and existing domestic and offshore institutional investors participated in the two-tranche placement of 694 million shares, which was conducted at 18c per share, a 23.Read More

The company said it was evaluating how to ensure supply of concentrate to its zinc smelters following the loss of volumes from Tara, Europe's largest zinc mine.Canadian bank BMO forecast Tara would produce about 135,000 tonnes of zinc in concentrate in 2020, representing 45% of Boliden's total zinc production this year.BMO said the 14-day shutdown would have "relatively limited impact on overall p...Read More

Zinc concentrate treatment charges (TCs) are dropping in China with smelters and traders scrambling to cover shortfalls in supply feed left by shuttered mines.Countries across South America have brought in stringent lockdown measures to combat the spread of the Covid-19 virus with top exporters Peru (2 million tonnes - 2019) and Bolivia (1.1 million tonnes - 2019) among the most restrictive to bus...Read More

A nationwide shutdown in South Africa means local manganese ore miners have not been able to produce nor ship material since midnight on Thursday March 26, causing liquidity to dry up for low-grade material over the latest pricing session, market sources told Fastmarkets. As a result, seaborne manganese ore prices in China were little changed in the week ended March 27. The whole market is now hol...Read More

Halifax, Nova Scotia- March 30, 2020 - Sona Nanotech Inc. (CSE: SONA), (OTC Pink: SNANF) (the "Company") entered into service and supply agreements with a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) in Europe for the manufacture of its Covid-19 virus-detecting, rapid-response test. The Company also entered into a letter of intent agreement with an international distributor representing the health au...Read More

MONTR??AL, March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM / OTCQX:SYATF), based in Montr?(C)al, Canada, focused on push-to-talk over cellular communications, today announced that Arlen Hansen, Investor Relations, will present live at VirtualInvestorConferences.com on April 2nd.DATE: Thursday, April 2ndTIME: 11:30 AM ETLINK: https://tinyurl.com/April2TechVICThis will be a liv...Read More

Namibia's mining sector is centred around uranium, with the Rossing and Husab mines accounting for more than 10% of global supply.China-backed Rossing Uranium, previously controlled by Rio Tinto, said it would stop normal operations on Saturday "and enter a period of minimal mining operations", with critical maintenance work to continue.Other assets of significance include B2Gold's Otjikoto mine,...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday March 30 that are worth another look.Gerdau has halted price increase attempts in Brazil amid market weakness because of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report by local investment bank Ita?? BBA from Sunday March 29.The Covid-19 pandemic has opened up financing opportunities for metals and mining-focused investment firms. It's...Read More