View of the Pueblo Grande project. Image from Precipitate Gold. Precipitate Gold (TSXV: PRG) has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement of 12.7 million common shares of the company at a price of C$0.11 per share for gross proceeds of approximately C$1.39 million, as subscribed for by Barrick Gold.Earlier this week, the two companies entered into an earn-in agreement, grant...Read More
China has nearly 8,000 tailings dams, the most in the world. (Image: AZ China.) China has launched a one-month probe into the country's tailings dams after a spill at a molybdenum mine last month contaminated water supplies to the northeastern province of Heilongjiang.Mining waste flowed out of a YichunLuming's tailings storage facility in March, polluting water up to 110 kmdownstream and forcing...Read More
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The Covid-19 pandemic is a unifier in that it impacts all. But sub-Saharan Africa is facing an unprecedented health and economic crisis that threatens to throw the region off its stride, reversing the development progress of recent years and hitting the mining sector hard.The mineral-rich region - which comprises 46 of the 54 countries in the continent below the Sahara - is expected to see its eco...Read More
The three-month zinc price on the London Metal Exchange finished strong on Friday April 17, closing at $1,958 per tonne after steadily gaining through the week.The zinc price briefly touched a high of $1,962.50 per tonne on a day that saw 5,270 lots traded. The rally in the zinc price is significant given that the galvanizing metal's price was at $1,793 per tonne on March 25.Global LME refined zin...Read More
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Adam HamiltonArchivesApr 17, 2020 Silver is blasting higher after mid-March's stock-panic-spawned near-crash. This normal oversold mean reversion looks like the start of something much bigger though. Speculators' positioning in silver futures utterly collapsed, leaving massive room for them to buy back in. And silver investment buying since the recent lows has been strong and relentless. All this...Read More
"We reported on March 11 that we will need to raise $150 million to complete the feasibility study and for regional exploration and there are no changes to that, so within the next couple of weeks weRead More
Editor's Note: Mining Journal is making some of its most important coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic freely available to readers. For more coverage, please see our COVID-19 hub. To subscribe to Mining Journal, click here.Mined copper production in the March quarter dropped 8% year-on-year and 4% quarter-on-quarter to 133,000 tonnes due to lower grades.Rio now expects mined copper product...Read More
Fastmarkets reviews the latest developments in South African ores and alloys supply following the lockdown order on Monday March 23 amid the spread of Covid-19 and the subsequent extension on Thursday April 9 by a further two weeks from the initial 21 days. Mines and smelters across the country were ordered to shut down by midnight on March 26 and most of the existing lockdown measures are expecte...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday April 17.China The UG2 chrome ore market rose again on increased buying interest and bullish sentiment following South Africa's lockdown extension, and an expectation of a slow restart to mining operations.The spot domestic ferro-chrome prices remained stable, the market was...Read More
Fastmarkets' copper concentrate treatment and refining charge index continued to drop in the week ended Friday April 17 with limited tonnages sold over the assessment period. The benchmark index fell to $58.6 per tonne/ 5.86 cents per lb on Friday, from $60.1 per tonne/ 6.01 cents per lb a week ago. A handful of deals were concluded in the low $60s per tonne /6 cents per lb to smelters while...Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort286,61734,11633,338116,839397,247436,794464,701Change from Prior Reporting Period 6,7373,1783,517-2,0462,7518,2089,446Traders19566684954275160 Small Speculators (C) GoldSeek.com LongShortOpen Interest 53,17125,264489,965 1,7074699,915 non reportable positionsChange from the pr...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold will react to Trump's new conference (just after this recording). Re-opening will be different, varying over the nation and economy. Health care near year's highs.Gold's short-term giving up gains. Swing-line down, bull's don't want to see..Read More
Focus is on how the world will move once the various nations open up. Gold and silver will break free from the recent range trade and form a new range. No need to worry. I will prefer till next week and then make decide on whether to make a new investment in gold or wait. In the short term selected stocks will give a much better return than gold. Silver should outperform gold as prices moves sho...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for their latest price moves.Read More
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The inter-merchant spot price for light iron scrap in the United Kingdom inched up over the past week following an ongoing shortage of supply and rising global markets, sources said on Friday April 17. Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap 5C, loose old light, domestic, delivered inter-merchant, UK moved up by ?5 per tonne to ?50-60($62-75) per tonne on April 17, up from ?45...Read More
UK suppliers of steel scrap to domestic consumers have reported a decrease in their prices in the latest monthly settlements in April, following poor market conditions as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, market sources told Fastmarkets on Friday April 17.Fastmarkets assesses the prices of trend-indicating grades in the UK such as HMS 1&2 (old steel) and OA plate and structural (P&S) scrap.The pr...Read More
Austenitic stainless steel scrap prices for material imported into Europe increased this week because of tight supply, despite demand still being poor, Fastmarkets heard on Friday April 17.Fastmarkets' weekly assessment of the price for stainless steel scrap 18/8 solids, import, cif main European port, was ?,?890-910 ($967-989) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?40-60 per tonne.This was the second cons...Read More