Rescuers in Brumardinho, Brazil, following the collapse of the dam at the Corrego do Feij??o iron ore mine. Photo by Diego Baravelli, Wikimedia Commons. After the disasters of Mariana and Brumadinho, Vale (NYSE: VALE) said on Wednesday that will install an audit committee to improve company's corporate governance.The committee will assist the Board of Directors in supervising the internal audit a...Read More
Image from Wikimedia Creative Commons. ABN AMRO released on Wednesday a report that questions gold's traditional role as a safe-haven asset and predicts lower gold and silver prices for the rest of the year. In its report, the Dutch bank said it sees gold prices averaging $1,523 an ounce this year, up from its previous forecast of $1,490 but down significantly from current prices. The bank's pr...Read More
Building a bull market. Shanghai construction. File image. Copper and iron ore prices have held up surprisingly well as markets in the West belatedly come to grips with the coronavirus pandemic and China shifts focus from containment to rebuilding its economy following more than two months of inactivity. On Wednesday BMO Capital Markets held a conference call with PRC Macro, a consulting firm fo...Read More
Training underground (Credit: Nokia).Nokia will deploy its private LTE digital automation platform at Norcat's underground centre in Sudbury, Ontario, to establish an underground global mining innovation centre. Nokia is collaborating with Norcat and Canada's Centre for Excellence in Next Generation Networks (CENGN) to deploy the network connectivity. Nokia's automation cloud will enable secur...Read More
1.The US government is taking Corona very seriously, but only as it relates to the stock market. 2. Instead of trying to save burning stock market investors from an ongoing sleigh ride into the financial abyss, the government needs to start mobilizing the nation's armed forces... for the biggest mass disinfectant program in the history of America.3. Trump is gambling (with millions of l...Read More
Treasury Metals' Goliath gold project in Ontario.Credit: Treasury Metals. Treasury Metals (TSE: TML) and Platinex (CNSX: PTX) have entered into a non-binding agreement to consolidate their adjoining properties in northern Ontario's prospective Shining Tree district.Under the agreement, Treasury would transfer its wholly owned 50.5-sq.-km Shining Tree Fawcett East property to Platinex in exchan...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday March 11 that are worth another look.The enlargement of the quarantine zone in Italy to a nationwide reach has already started to affect steel output, with at least two long steel mills announcing production stoppages, sources told Fastmarkets on March 11.The first deal for second-quarter aluminium ingot supply to Japan has been...Read More
A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday March 11.Please click...Read More
The London Metal Exchange three-month nickel price declined at the close of trading on Wednesday March 11, weakening against continued risk-aversion, while lead futures failed to hold above $1,800 per tonne. Nickel's outright price on the LME closed at $12,420 per tonne this afternoon, falling from an intraday high of $12,905 per tonne, while turnover was high with more than 9,500 lots exchanged b...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday March 11 that are worth another look.The enlargement of the quarantine zone in Italy to a nationwide reach has already started to affect steel output, with at least two long steel mills announcing production stoppages, sources told Fastmarkets on March 11.The first deal for second-quarter aluminium ingot supply to Japan has been...Read More
Jack ChanPosted Mar 11, 2020Gold sector as represented by $HUI is on a long-term BUY signal.Long-term signals can last for months and are more suitable for investors.Short-term is on SELL signal. Short-term signals can last for days and weeks and are more suitable for traders.Speculation on gold is at a new high, but what's more important is, a new speculative bottom is now established. That will...Read More
Chile recorded a 0.4% year-on-year increase in copper production during January, as higher output from Escondida and Collahuasi offset declines from Codelco, Anglo American Sur and BHP's Spence, according to copper commission Cochilco.The country produced 459,100 tonnes of copper content in the first month of 2020, compared with 457,100 tonnes a year earlier, the commission said on Tuesday March 1...Read More
Rarely at the top of the buy list of leading investment banks Australian-listed Alumina, which takes its name from what it produces, and Iluka Resources, a titanium minerals and zircon specialistRead More
Brand Finance looks at marketing investment, stakeholder equity and the impact of those on a company's performance to produce its brand strength rating.Despite falling 1.1% year on year, Rio's score of 71.8 beat BHP's 71 after the latter registered a 2.5% drop versus 2018. Vale came third with a score of 66.2, down 5.2%."As with the majority of brands in the ranking, Rio Tinto has dropped in brand...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, announced today a new contract with the Israel Electric Company (IEC).A2Z has three prior pre-existing contracts with the IEC for various products and services. This new contract is for additional services for systems not cov...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday March 11 that are worth another look.The enlargement of the quarantine zone in Italy to a nationwide reach has already started to affect steel output, with at least two long steel mills announcing production stoppages, sources told Fastmarkets on March 11.The first deal for second-quarter aluminium ingot supply to Japan has been...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons behind the latest price moves.Read More
By Gary Savage$SPX in oversold conditions, this is not a new perma-bear market. The market will start pricing in the corona virus dying out. Still another 10-15 years in this bull market to go..https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold 18-dma is $1636 level. Upper Bollinger is $1699Read More
It is just fear of recession and fear that a long term investing opportunity will be lost that is deciding investment strategy. Traders and find managers are booking profit in every investment (other than stocks) to invest for the long term in stocks. Most believe that stock markets are great long term investing opportunity. Every investment has crashed due to corona virus. Gold, silver, crude o...Read More