Silver has blasted higher in the last couple weeks, far outperforming gold. This is certainly noteworthy, as silver has stunk up the precious-metals joint for years. This deeply-out-of-favor metal may be embarking on a sea-change sentiment shift, finally returning to amplifying gold's upside. Silver is not only radically undervalued relative to gold, but investors are aggressively buying. Silver's...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up Monday as investors prepared this week for a likely quarter-point rate cut from the Federal Reserve and earnings from nearly a third of the companies in the S&P 500. Mylan (MYL) and Pfizer (PFE) agreed to combine their off-patent drug businesses in an all-stock deal. Mylan is Real Money's...Read More
Norsk Hydro learned some important lessons from its experiences following heavy rainfall at its Alunorte refinery in Brazil, particularly the need to improve community relations, chief executive officer Hilde Merete Aasheim said. Alunorte has been a "very difficult situation" for Hydro for the past 18 months, she told Fastmarkets during an interview in New YorkHeavy rainfall in Par?? in February l...Read More
The uncertainty created by trade tensions, including the potential for US tariffs on the automotive sector, is deterring investment decisions in the industry and leading to reduced forecasts for growth, according to Norsk Hydro's chief executive officer. One of the key reasons why the Norwegian aluminium producer lowered its demand growth expectations for the metal in 2019 was the insecurity...Read More
Base metals prices other than tin and lead had rebounded by the kerb close on the London Metal Exchange on Monday July 29 despite thin trading volumes and a stronger US dollar index.After a cautious start to the day, most of the base metals made gains in anticipation of tomorrow's trade meeting between the United States and China, the release of Chinese economic data and a Federal Open Markets Com...Read More
The rise in Chinese ferro-vanadium prices continued to be the principal driver for the European market in the week ended Friday July 26, pushing prices above $30 per kg. Chinese, European ferro-vanadium prices continue to climb on improved sentiment V2O5 price in China moves up 3.1% amid tightness, but Europe lags behind US prices unchanged on quiet spot market.Despite the lack of transactions, th...Read More
Metal Tiger has agreed to invest A$500,000 for 15% of Cobre, and a further $2 million as part of an initial public offering, to be completed in the next 12 months.Read More
Drilling within the defined resource envelope at South Ayawilca intercepted thick zones of zinc mineralisation at higher than expected grades and almost double the average grade of the zinc resource. Drilling also intercepted a weakly-mineralised limestone layer which supports the company's thesis of possible limestone-hosted zinc mineralisation under the existing resource.South Ayawilca drilling...Read More
CBD is one of the most popular trends in the cannabis industry, but will the FDA's disapproval pose a significant problem for the up-and-coming cannabinoid?As it stands now, CBD is showing remarkable strength with a CAGR of 107%, growing to $23.7 billion through 2023. [1] However, as of last week, the FDA is cracking down on CBD companies such as Curaleaf Holdings (CSE: CURA | OTCQX: CURLF) over h...Read More
Prices for UG2 chrome ore in China rose strongly for the second consecutive week over the seven days ended Friday July 26, but weak profitability for smelters raised questions about the durability of this recovery. UG2 ore market in China increases by $7 per tonne Domestic spot alloy price rises in China, imported alloy stable High carbon alloy prices in Europe, US stableThe chrome ore price conti...Read More
Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF) (the "Company" or "Siyata") is pleased to announce that it has received an initial purchase order of $130,000 through a leading Saudi Arabian cellular operator to equip a fleet of emergency response vehicles for a single end-use customer with its UV350, an LTE all-in-one in-vehicle smartphone.Saudi Arabia is the Gulf Cooperation...Read More
Norsk Hydro learned some important lessons from its experiences following heavy rainfall at its Alunorte refinery in Brazil, particularly the need to improve community relations, chief executive officer Hilde Merete Aasheim said. Alunorte has been a "very difficult situation" for Hydro for the past 18 months, she told Fastmarkets during an interview in New YorkHeavy rainfall in Par?? in February l...Read More
Concerns about a possible round of auction for indium stocks held by the defunct Fanya Metal Exchange in the coming months re-emerged among Chinese market participants after the Southwest China's Kunming Superior People's Court announced the second trial result in an open court on Friday July 26, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported.Kunming Superior People's Court decided to uphold the earlie...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Friday July 26 ChinaKey drivers The Chinese silicon export price has stabilized after a run of losses, with signs of stability in underpinning domestic market sentiment. The domestic market is reaching a floor, with silicon refiners tightening the spot material supply in response to continuing profit losses.Secondary aluminiu...Read More
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Gold futures settled slightly higher Monday as a key midweek policy decision by the Federal Reserve loomed. August gold on Comex GCQ19, +0.22% added $1.10, or 0.1%, to end $1,420.40 an ounce, after the metal shed 0.5% last week based on the settlement for the most-active. It was the metal's first weekly loss in the past three weeks. Meanwhile, September silver SIU19, +0.06% gained 4.3 cents, or...Read More
Turkish steel mills have reported no bookings in the deep-sea scrap markets at the start of this week although they were still need to buy more material for August, sources said on Monday July 29.After booking four deep-sea cargoes last week, the mills stepped out of the deep-sea markets because of weak demand for finished long steel, those sources added."I believe the mills will need to buy few m...Read More
Turkish domestic scrap prices have remained unchanged over the past week because of the slowness of the finished steel markets in summer, sources said on Monday July 29.Almost all of the mills kept their buy prices for local scrap unchanged from the previous week.Only ID??, the long steel mill in the Izmir region,...Read More
The discount for No2-grade copper scrap in China widened this month on higher availability because Chinese buyers have quickly used up the import quotas granted by the government.The value for copper scrap No2 copper (birch/cliff), imported into China, 94-96%, LME/Comex discount, cif China, was $0.32-0.36 per lb on Monday July 29, compared with $0.29-0.35 per lb on June 24.Scrap material from Sout...Read More