The gold miners' stocks have slumped in January, tilting sentiment back to bearish. This sector's strong December upward momentum was checked by gold's own upleg stalling out. Gold investment demand growth slowed on the blistering stock-market rally. But uplegs always flow and ebb, and this young gold-stock upleg merely paused. The gold miners' gains will likely resume soon, rekindling bul...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted modest gains Tuesday as shares of 3M Co. (MMM) moved higher while Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) and McDonald's Corp. (MCD) weighed on the index.Pfizer Inc. (PFE) rose 3% after reporting solid fourth-quarter earnings but issuing weaker-than-expected 2019 guidance.3M said it was cutting its...Read More
(Adds new death toll and comments from cemetery director;restores context)By Jake Spring and Gram SlatteryBRASILIA/BRUMADINHO, Brazil, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Vale SA , the world's largest iron ore miner, on Tuesday vowedto take as much as 10 percent of its ore output offline in orderto decommission 10 more dams like the one that burst last week,killing scores of workers and nearby residents.Chief Exec...Read More
Weekly Reports |Jan 29 2019Utility interest is building in the uranium market both for term deliveries and spot market purchases.-US nuclear generation set to decline-Kazakhstan cuts production and exports-Spot price moving upBy Greg PeelThe US Energy Administration last week published its 2019 Annual Energy Outlook, which projects US energy markets through to 2050. The report suggests the US will...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday January 29. Please click on the thumbnail...Read More
Nickel's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange soared more than 2% at the close of trading on Tuesday January 29, with the metal's futures price now trading firmly above $12,000 per tonne against a backdrop of dwindling LME stocks.LME nickel's price action has followed an uptrend over January, and is trading over 13% higher after hitting its lowest level since December 2017 at $10,500 per...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesJan 30, 2019If investors were looking for a sure indication of when a good time would be to invest in a metal, it would be when you can’t even give the shares away. I have covered the importance of using sentiment to before. When everyone wants to invest, you should sell. When no one wants to buy, you should buy. Certainly Deer Horn Capital (DHC-C) qualifies; you can&rsq...Read More
Comex copper prices bounced back in US morning trading on Tuesday January 29 amid a softening dollar and anticipation for the start of US and Chinese trade talks. The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 3.35 cents to $2.7135 per lb. "The main focus on the markets will be on the US/Chinese trade talks which get under way tomorrow,"...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comJan 29, 2019 The magnificent gold price rally has paused in the $1300 area for the past few weeks.Monday was COMEX option expiry day. With that now out of the way, gold is already staging more upside action! Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this daily gold chart.A bullish ups...Read More
Higher sales prices brought slight price increases to European high-carbon ferro-chrome and imported charge chrome in China in the week ended Friday January 25 amid low activity prior to the Chinese New Year holiday. Imported charge chrome in China increases by 1.3% Domestic spot ferro-chrome prices in China stable Imported ferro-chrome into Japan, South Korea and US steady Europea...Read More
Low-grade manganese ore prices showed signs of recovery in the week ended Friday January 25 while high-grade flattened amid increased liquidity ahead of Chinese New Year in early February. Low-grade manganese ore prices ticked up in China, high-grade holdsPhysical silico-manganese prices hold in China, India, EuropeFerro-manganese holds globallyUS silico-manganese prices edge up Low grade mangane...Read More
Vast's 2019 plans were thrown into disarray this month when Mercuria Energy Trading pulled a long-awaited US$5.5 million prepayment financing.Read More
The provisional value was down from the final sales cycles of 2018, which saw global sightholder and auction sales total $544 million, the highest level since the mid-year fifth cycle value of $581 million.It also compared to $672 million in the first sales cycle of 2018, $729 million in the first cycle of 2017 and $545 million in the first cycle of 2016.CEO Bruce Cleaver cited higher than normal...Read More
Vancouver, BC - Quadron Cannatech Corporation (CSE:QCC) (the "Company" or "Quadron"), is pleased to announce that it has completed the sale of a BOSS CO2 Extraction System ("BOSS") to Ten-10 Ventures Inc. in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada ("Ten-10").Ten-10 is an applicant under the Cannabis Act and its principals have years of cultivation experience under medical production rules, and global...Read More
Fastmarkets looks at key factors that are likely to influence minor metals prices in 2019. China's slowdown dampens sentiment For minor metals production, China leads the way globally, contributing an estimated minimum of 70% of world output of indium, bismuth, gallium and germanium. Last week, the world's biggest producer and consumer of minor metals said its economic growth dropped to its slowes...Read More
Venezuela is nearing to be another Iran or Libya as it is trying to switch away from US dollar to other currencies on its crude oil and other natural resources. There will be a regime change in Venezuela soon. Russia and China will not be able to stop a regime change in Venezuela. UK has declined to give Venezuela its gold. The message is clear, US and UK will not give gold to nations have given...Read More
The auction of some Fanya Metal Exchange indium stocks on Tuesday January 29 has failed to attract any bidders, market sources told Fastmarkets. Fanya announced earlier this month its intention to auction a total of 34.64 tonnes of indium stocks it holds in its warehouses. The opening bid was 1,200 yuan ($177) per kg, not including VAT and storage fees. But both Chinese and overseas market pa...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices remained flat on Tuesday January 29 after a confirmed booking for material from the United States, but deals for cargoes are expected to be agreed at higher prices in the coming days, sources said.A US cargo was sold on Monday but reports of the deal came to light only after the deadline for Monday's indices.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a US cargo...Read More
* LME aluminium stocks at lowest since last May * Rusal sanctions relief widely expected, priced in * Aluminium mkt in deficit, demand set to improve (Adds closing prices, details)By Maytaal AngelLONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Aluminium prices rose on Tuesdayas investors saw the previous session's 2.8 percent drop asoverdone given falling stockpiles and efforts by top consumerChina to stimulate growth...Read More
Drilling the Cangrejos gold-copper project in southwest Ecuador. Source: Lumina Gold Corp.Lumina Gold Corp. [LUM-TSXV, LMGDF-OTCQX] said Tuesday January 29 that drilling at its 100%-owned Cangrejos gold-copper project in southwest Ecuador has resulted in the discovery of a second deposit.The existence of the Gran Bestia deposit was confirmed in the most recent results from a 2018 drilling program...Read More