There is some optimism in the markets because US-China trade talks are on the agenda again and expectations are running high for dovish talk from the European Central Bank (ECB) at its meeting later on Thursday July 25.Manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) data out on Wednesday was generally negative, apart from a pick-up in Japan's figure.Asian equities are showing strength with China's...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 4 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of U.S. economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for Weekly Jobless Claims is an increase to 219,000 from 216,000 last week. Actual was 206,000. Consensus for June Durable Goods Orders was an increase of 0.5% versus a drop of 1.3% in...Read More

Key data from the Wednesday July 24 pricing session in Shanghai. Key driversThe price of cobalt metal in China is steady so far this week after narrowing upward on July 19 against a backdrop of aggressive speculative buying. But the number of spot trades fell despite active inquiries after investors took a more cautious stance following the increase in prices. Spot availability...Read More

Domestic stainless steel prices in China strengthened over the past week, though the past few days saw some of those gains being shed amid fluctuating nickel futures.Fastmarkets' price assessment for stainless steel cold-rolled coil 2mm grade 304 domestic, ex-whs China in the country's major market of Wuxi was 14,900-15,400 yuan ($2,166-2,239) per tonne including value-added tax for the week ended...Read More

Summer is here, and it is HOT. Mind you, this week has been a bit of a reprieve from the oppressive heat, but last week was certainly a scorcher. It got me thinking. When temperatures start rising, so do electric bills. Obviously, where you live plays a big part in how much you end up paying on your monthly electricity bill. Some places like Southern Louisiana for instance, have cheaper electr...Read More

Lake Resources prepares to make a splash in lithium SPONSOREDlake resourcesStars aligning at Stellar for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxMetro Mining promises low-cost bauxite for Chinese smeltersSPONSOREDmetro miningNamdini moves toward 300,000ozpa realitySPONSOREDcardinal resourcesWestern raised C$3.3 million (US$2.5 million) with a flow-through financing in May to underpin a Read More

Terri Hogue, professor and head of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Colorado School of Mines, has been named the 2020 Robert E. Horton Lecturer in Hydrology by the American Meteorological Society.Hogue is only the second woman ever to earn the recognition, which honors mid-career scientists for outstanding research on topics of interest to both hydrologists and meteorologists....Read More

Lake Resources prepares to make a splash in lithium SPONSOREDlake resourcesStars aligning at Stellar for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxMetro Mining promises low-cost bauxite for Chinese smeltersSPONSOREDmetro miningNamdini moves toward 300,000ozpa realitySPONSOREDcardinal resourcesLast week, the Perth Mint chief executive rang the closing bell on the NYSE floor to publicise the Mint's listed gold bullion f...Read More

The annual tour of mining camps in the Yukon sponsored by the Yukon Mining Alliance (75%) and the Government of Yukon (25%) never fails to impress, and this year's trip in mid-July was no exception. From visits to family-run placer mining camps in and around Dawson City to daily flights on Alkan Air's nine-seat Cessna Caravans headed to far-flung exploration camps and mine development projects - t...Read More

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With five months to go and the markets still hanging around record highs, ETF experts are naming their top picks to help investors position themselves going into year-end.Read full newsRead More

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Golden Predator Mining Corp. (TSXV:GPY, OTCQX:NTGSF) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced private placement and issued 11,600,000 charity flow-through Class A common shares at a price of $0.45 per share, 7,000,000 traditional flow-through Class A common shares at a price of $0.38 per share, and 4,500,000 non-flow-through Class A common shares at a...Read More

It was the turn of the silver metals to shine this week as nickel, silver and palladium all made gains while gold dipped from recent high points.   With a report from Wood Mackenzie speculating that battery raw materials could face a supply crunch by the mid 2020s, and Roskill offering a view that “despite the current hype, nickel prices remain well below recent highs”, the meta...Read More

There was a short period of 21 years where fortunes were made and California as we know it was born.It was the short and glorious age of the clipper ship. Tall, slender, and faster than anything else at the time, they revolutionized commerce only to be quickly made obsolete and fade into virtual obscurity.There are no remaining original American clipper ships today, but their legacy lasts.They cre...Read More

(Kitco News) - The current monetary system is broken, and the economy may be worse before it gets better, said former congressman Ron Paul. "It's a system that isn't workable, and this is the reason why getting out of this recession hasn't been so good. We got into it because there was too much spending, too much regulation, too much printing money and too much alteration of interest rates," Paul...Read More

Aluminium's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange was lower at the close of trading on Friday July 26, falling by around 1.3% against a flurry of fresh inflows into LME-registered Asian warehouses. Despite just under 70,000 tonnes of material delivered into LME-registered warehouses in Port Klang this week, aluminium's futures price held above the $1,800-per-tonne support level at the clo...Read More