The use of Fastmarkets MB's iron ore indices in physical contracts continues to widen, with several market participants confirming in recent weeks that they have settled 2019 term contracts using the Fastmarkets MB 65% Fe iron ore index as the base.The moves follow the announcement from Brazilian producer Vale late last year that it was switching its pellet contracts for this year to a 65% Fe...Read More
Copper's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange was up by more than 1% during morning trading on Thursday March 21, trading back above $6,500 per tonne amid weakness in the dollar index after the US Federal Reserve pledged to hold interest rates for the remainder of the year. With copper volumes leading the complex at just under 7,000 lots traded by 9:38am London time, buying interest in t...Read More
Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed this morning, Thursday March 21, while the market digested the messages from last night's US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting.The FOMC proved to be even more dovish than was previously expected, which is a double edge sword as on the one hand it makes for more favorable conditions for businesses, but on the other th...Read More
The price of cobalt metal in the Chinese domestic market continued to fall in the mid-week assessment on Wednesday March 20 amid persistent weakness in the international benchmark price, which more than offset an uptick in spot trading activity.Fastmarkets assessed the price of cobalt metal, min 99.8%, in China's domestic market at 255,000-290,000 yuan ($38,039-43,261) per tonne on March 20, widen...Read More
Domestic stainless steel prices in China narrowed downward slightly over the past week on rising inventories, though the market is not expected to weaken much further.Fastmarkets MB's domestic price assessment for benchmark 304 stainless cold-rolled coil in the major market of Wuxi was 14,700-15,000 yuan ($2,193-2,238) per tonne including value-added tax for the week ended Wednesday March 20, down...Read More
Fastmarkets will discontinue the publication of all VDM German base metal scrap prices, which are syndicated through Metalbulletin.com, Fastmarkets MyDesk, Scrap Price Bulletin and AMM.com. The prices will no longer be updated as of Friday March 22, 2019. The affected prices are as follows: Aluminium Alloy DIN 226 ingots Germany ?,? per 1,000kg (VDM) Aluminium Alloy DIN 231 ingots Germany ?,? per...Read More
Hello our beautiful people! Today we're diving deep into the differences between hydration vs moisturizing the skin for clear skin. Rowena will be sharing her current skincare routine, for dry, dehydrated skin that's part of her Winter skincare routine. Keeping your skin hydrated, nourished and moisturizes is super important to a healthy skin barrier functioning, and also to prevent inflammation a...Read More
Defense Metals (TSV-V: DEFN) / (OTCQB: DFMTF) is a great name. The Company is defending against Chinese dominance of Rare Earth Elements ("REEs"), and Defense Departments require select REEs to defend their countries! Several REEs are very difficult or impossible to replace in critical applications, yet enable products essential to modern civilization. Any company outside of China that can reliab...Read More
Industrial stocks have long held a reputation for cash intensity. While it’s true that many industrial stocks have annual capital expenditure budgets of $1 billion or more, that doesn’t mean there isn’t money to be made.There are bargains to be had, especially on the lower end of the market. The following list includes low-priced shares with substantial upside in 2019 and beyond....Read More
In October, Hudbay Minerals (TSX:HBM)(NYSE:HBM) stock traded at just $4.72 per share. This week, the stock surpassed $9 apiece.Still, shares trade at a steep discount to their all-time highs of $28.Why is Hudbay stock up nearly 100%? Is the company finally ready to deliver long-term gains to shareholders?A troubled historyLong term, Hudbay has a terrible track record. In 2003, shares stood around...Read More
Software, metals and mining, and pharmaceuticals may seem like obvious choices for high growth, but what's wrong with obvious choices? Without trying to reinvent the wheel, here is a high-growth mini-portfolio of three outperforming stocks, complete with data for individual stocks as well as its total long-range returns.Descartes Systems Group (TSX:DSG)(NASDAQ:DSGX)Up since the start of the year,...Read More
Defense Metals (TSV-V: DEFN) / (OTCQB: DFMTF) is a great name. The Company is defending against Chinese dominance of Rare Earth Elements ("REEs"), and Defense Departments require select REEs to defend their countries! Several REEs are very difficult or impossible to replace in critical applications, yet enable products essential to modern civilization. Any company outside of China that can reliab...Read More
Trading on AIM under the new ticker, ARK, started on March 22. All new share certificates issued for ordinary shares will reflect the new name, although existing share certificates with the old name will remain valid. The company has also changed its Twitter handle and website address to reflect its new name. The name 'Arkle' was taken from the Irish race horse who...Read More
Excellon's La Platosa silver mine in Durango, north-central Mexico. Source: Excellon Resources Inc.Excellon Resources Inc. [EXN-TSX; EXLLF-OTC] has revealed that a portion of the concentrates produced at its Miguel Auza processing facility in Mexico was recently stolen while in transit to the port of Manzanillo, Mexico.Details of the alleged theft are reported in a March 21, 2019 news release co...Read More
The Ularring Hematite Project located 450 km east-northeast of Perth, Western Australia. Source: Macarthur Minerals Ltd.Macarthur Minerals Ltd. [MMS-TSXV; MMSDF-OTCQB] shares rallied sharply Friday March 22 after the company moved to clarify certain statements contained in a March 21, 2019 release entitled Macarthur Minerals Signs 10-year iron ore off-take agreement for the Lake Giles Iron Project...Read More
The Turquoise Ridge Mine in Nevada, owned as to Barrick 75%/Newmont 25%. Source: Barrick Gold Corp.Paulson & Co. Inc., a substantial shareholder in Newmont Mining Corp. [NEM-NYSE], said it will not support the U.S. gold mining giant's proposed US$10 billion acquisition of Goldcorp Inc. [G-TSX; GG-NYSE] in its current form.However, Paulson said it would back a revised deal where Goldcorp shareh...Read More
The U.S. natural gas pipeline system is simultaneously one of America's most impressive and despised feats of engineering.The Energy Information Administration says there are about 3 million miles of mainline and other pipelines in the U.S. that connect producers to consumers.In 2017, the EIA says the network moved a whopping 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas to 75 million customers.The Americ...Read More
Canada Rare Earth Corp. (TSX.V: LL) is generating revenues and gross profits as it develops an integrated, international commodity supply chain business based on the rare earth industry and with increasing attention directed to valuable by-products. The business involves sourcing, adding value and selling rare earths and other mineral products in all stages and forms utilizing proprietary, affilia...Read More
Cobalt 27 Capital Corp. (TSXV: KBLT, OTCQX: CBLLF, FRA: 27O) is a leading battery metals streaming company offering exposure to cobalt and nickel, metals integral to key technologies of the electric vehicle and energy storage markets. The Company owns 2,905.7 Mt of physical cobalt and a 32.6% Cobalt Stream on Vale's world-class Voisey's Bay mine,?EUR? beginning in 2021. We learned from Anthony Mil...Read More
By: IRA EPSTEINYield curve inversion on the treasury bond markets, market issuing warning signs. Gold gained on the day as the stock market went down. People ran to safe havens:Read More