Small miners are finding it increasingly difficult to raise capital to fund new ventures despite the positive demand outlook for several commodities and a world still largely awash with cheap credit.The problems facing these 'junior' mining explorers may also have implications beyond a bunch of seemingly inconsequential companies struggling to progress. How they cope is likely to affect how the mi...Read More
Small miners are finding it increasingly difficult to raise capital to fund new ventures despite the positive demand outlook for several commodities and a world still largely awash with cheap credit.The problems facing these 'junior' mining explorers may also have implications beyond a bunch of seemingly inconsequential companies struggling to progress. How they cope is likely to affect how the mi...Read More
Many analysts believe the stock can doubleThe shares of immunotherapy stock Affimed NV (NASDAQ:AFMD) saw a small pop on Wednesday following the company's full-year 2018 financial report. Analysts at BMO were impressed enough to lift their price target to $7 from $6, and SVB Leerink began coverage on the healthcare concern with an "outperform" designation and $8 price target.Such attention from the...Read More
The U.S. and China have reportedly made "unprecedented" progress on trade talksDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are perched just below fair value this morning. Investors are digesting a 2.2% rise in fourth-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) --on par with estimates, but downwardly revised from the previous reading of 2.6%. Trade talks between the U.S. and China are also in focus, after...Read More
South African mining companies are challenging parts of a government charter aimed at redistributing the country's mineral wealth, saying it will deter new investment in the industry.The charter is in breach of a court order issued last April, which ruled that previous versions of the regulations didn't require miners to top up black-shareholding levels if they previously met a minimum 26 percent...Read More
South African mining companies are challenging parts of a government charter aimed at redistributing the country's mineral wealth, saying it will deter new investment in the industry.The charter is in breach of a court order issued last April, which ruled that previous versions of the regulations didn't require miners to top up black-shareholding levels if they previously met a minimum 26 percent...Read More
South African mining companies are challenging parts of a government charter aimed at redistributing the country's mineral wealth, saying it will deter new investment in the industry.The charter is in breach of a court order issued last April, which ruled that previous versions of the regulations didn't require miners to top up black-shareholding levels if they previously met a minimum 26 percent...Read More
Chemicals group Johnson Matthey has secured a site in Poland to produce ultra-high energy battery materials and signed a 10-year supply deal with Canada's Nemaska Lithium as it seeks to grow its exposure to the electric vehicle market.Plant construction should begin this year at Konin, about 200 kilometres west of Warsaw, and it would have the potential to produce up to 100,000 tonnes per year, Jo...Read More
Africa-focused Firestone Diamonds (LON:FDI) has put plans to extend the life of its 75%-owned Liqhobong mine in Lesotho on the back burner, saying that current market conditions don't support the project.The company, which reported 2019 interim results on Thursday, managed to limit its losses in the six months to December 31, 2018, despite a global price slump for smaller, lower-value diamonds.Fi...Read More
Africa-focused Firestone Diamonds (LON:FDI) has put plans to extend the life of its 75%-owned Liqhobong mine in Lesotho on the back burner, saying that current market conditions don't support the project.The company, which reported 2019 interim results on Thursday, managed to limit its losses in the six months to December 31, 2018, despite a global price slump for smaller, lower-value diamonds.Fi...Read More
(Updates with closing prices)By Peter HobsonLONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - Copper prices rose on Thursdayas the threat of disruption at a mine in Peru underlined fearsthat the market is undersupplied, while investors waited fornews from U.S.-China trade talks starting in Beijing.Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME)did not trade but was bid 0.4 percent higher at $6,360 a tonneat the cl...Read More
The Federal Government of Australia today launched the Critical Minerals Strategy 2019, aimed at putting emphasis on what politicians call "the industries of the future." In their view, these sectors include agritech, aerospace, defense, renewable energy and telecommunications."We have some of the world's richest stocks of critical minerals and while the market for some of our minerals such as lit...Read More
The Federal Government of Australia today launched the Critical Minerals Strategy 2019, aimed at putting emphasis on what politicians call "the industries of the future." In their view, these sectors include agritech, aerospace, defense, renewable energy and telecommunications."We have some of the world's richest stocks of critical minerals and while the market for some of our minerals such as lit...Read More
The Federal Government of Australia today launched the Critical Minerals Strategy 2019, aimed at putting emphasis on what politicians call "the industries of the future." In their view, these sectors include agritech, aerospace, defense, renewable energy and telecommunications."We have some of the world's richest stocks of critical minerals and while the market for some of our minerals such as lit...Read More
* London's FTSE outperforms as pound falters on Brexit woes * European banks lower as bond yields slide * Swedish banks hit by money laundering scandal * Sentiment tempered by disappointing U.S. GDP numbers * U.S.-China trade talks in focus(Updates to closing)By Susan MathewMarch 28 (Reuters) - European shares pared early gains tofinish lower on Thursday as optimism around some progress inU.S.-Chi...Read More
Canada's Walker River Resources (TSXV: WRR) announced this week that it signed a letter of intent with Smooth Rock Ventures (TSXV: SOCK) to enter into an exploration agreement with option to form a joint venture on the Garfield Flats project, located in Mineral County, Nevada.Smooth Rock can earn an undivided 50% interest in the property by funding $600,000 in exploration expenditures. Walker, o...Read More
Canada's Walker River Resources (TSXV: WRR) announced this week that it signed a letter of intent with Smooth Rock Ventures (TSXV: SOCK) to enter into an exploration agreement with option to form a joint venture on the Garfield Flats project, located in Mineral County, Nevada.Smooth Rock can earn an undivided 50% interest in the property by funding $600,000 in exploration expenditures. Walker, o...Read More
Canada's Walker River Resources (TSXV: WRR) announced this week that it signed a letter of intent with Smooth Rock Ventures (TSXV: SOCK) to enter into an exploration agreement with option to form a joint venture on the Garfield Flats project, located in Mineral County, Nevada.Smooth Rock can earn an undivided 50% interest in the property by funding $600,000 in exploration expenditures. Walker, o...Read More
A steady rally since mid-August 2018.The Fed gives gold the green light.A stable dollar is supportive of gains.Two levels to watch on the upside.Franco-Nevada Corporation and the royalty model.Gold has been shining in 2019, and there are signs that the precious metal will continue its lustrous price activity over the coming weeks and months. Both fundamental and technical factors are supportive of...Read More
(Recasts, updates prices)By Saikat Chatterjee and Tom FinnLONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - Sterling sank to a one-week lowon Thursday as the prospects for a swift agreement on Brexitfaded with the British parliament failing to agree on a wayforward.The pound struggled against a resurgent dollar and tookanother leg down after a British government source said that aso-called "meaningful" vote...Read More