Key data from the pricing sessions in London and New York on Monday February 11.United States US prices drifted downward by $0.02 per lb on the low end for domestic silicon, grade 553, free carrier, to $1.14-1.18 per lb, on plentiful supply, with offers reported at $1.14 per lb and sales at $1.16 per lb. Spot buying was even more limited than is typical in January because so many market participan...Read More
High manganese ore prices since 2017 have enabled South African manganese miner Tshipi to generate significantly higher cashflow than expected, allowing for dividends in excess of the initial capital cost to develop the mine.For the second half of 2019, Tshipi has declared a dividend of 1.1 billion rand, its owner - Jupiter Mines - has announced. The mine will continue to produce 3 million tonnes...Read More
The European antimony market was quiet in the week ended Friday February 8, with Chinese market participants still away for the Lunar New Year holiday.Fastmarkets' price assessment for trioxide-grade antimony, in-warehouse Rotterdam, was stable week on week on Friday at $7,800-8,000 per tonne.The price for MMTA standard-grade II antimony, in-warehouse Rotterdam, was also unchanged on February 8 at...Read More
China's return to the market after a week-long break for Lunar New Year has not brought with it a rush to restock and that has led to some disappointed selling across the base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange, with the complex down by an average of 0.9% this morning, Monday February 11.The three-month zinc price led the decline with a 2% drop, while the three-month tin price was down by...Read More
Cobalt buyers held back as much as they could last week as prices continued to fall, with good availability of cut cathode creating the expectation that cheaper prices will still be available in the coming weeks."There's still a lot being offered - it's just relentless. It's a massive buyers' market," a trader source said. Fastmarkets' benchmark standard-grade cobalt price assessment stood at $17....Read More
Ammonium paratungstate (APT) and ferro-tungsten prices were unchanged in Europe last week with China away from the market for a one-week holiday. The benchmark ammonium paratungstate price was unchanged at $260-270 per mtu on Friday February 8 - a price level it has maintained for the past five weeks with little spot business being transacted. "It's been quiet on the consumer...Read More
Major steel mills in China have concluded their ferro-silicon tenders for February, which have fallen again month on month on weak demand and oversupply, sources in China said. Both Hebei Steel, the country's largest mill, and Jiangsu Shagang last week released tender purchase prices for ferro-silicon delivered in February. Hebei Steel's latest tender price is 6,290 yuan ($932.32) per tonne for Fe...Read More
Kerr Mines (TSX: KER; US-OTC: KERMF) expects to start mining and stockpiling mineralized material from its Copperstone gold project in Arizona in the fourth quarter of this year with production starting in the first quarter of 2020, CEO Claudio Ciavarella says.The fully permitted project is the underground extension of the same orebody that Cyprus Amax mined as an open pit between 1987 and 1993, a...Read More
In 1981, the chemical engineering group at Cambridge, Mass.-based MIT received a U.S. Department of Energy grant to study technical innovation in the processing industries as part of a strategy to mitigate the impact of another oil crisis like the one that threatened the U.S. in the 1970s.Thirty-eight years later, Aspen Technology (NASDAQ: AZPN) has a market cap approaching US$7 billion-greater th...Read More
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Morris HubbarttFeb 12, 2019Here are today's videos and charts (double-click to enlarge):SFS Key Charts, Signals, & Video AnalysisSF60 Key Charts, Signals, & Video AnalysisSF Trader Key Charts, Signals, & Video Analysis SFJ Key Charts, Signals, & Video AnalysisThanks,Morris HubbarttUnique Introduction For Website Readers: Send me an email to signals@superforcesignals.com and I'll...Read More
Capital preservation is a very important, but sometimes it seems, it's a less talked about goal of Canadian investors.Part of this is knowing when to sell a stock.The following three stocks are trading at 52-week highs, which can sometimes be a sell signal, especially for cyclical stocks.Intact Financial Corporation (TSX:IFC)With a 2.72% dividend yield, a solid competitive position in the insuranc...Read More
With plenty to be worried about on the global financial agenda for 2019, a water-tight portfolio is the order of the day. Therefore, it makes sense that when looking to pad a TFSA with some stable passive income, you may be on the lookout for "forever stocks" - the kinds of investments that one might comfortably buy and forget about replete with a mix of defensive stats, low market variables, and...Read More
It's been a very tumultuous road for Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO)(NYSE:CCJ), but it definitely appears as though things are improving for the uranium producer. Last week, it reported its year-end results and they ended with a nice surprise: a profit for the full year. Earnings of $166 million were nearly a complete reversal from the $205 million loss that Cameco incurred a year ago.Although Cameco did...Read More
It's that time of year when investors are hunting for last-minute additions to their RRSPs. While last year was a tough one across the board for some metals and mining stocks on the TSX index, 2019 is looking like a good year for gold in particular. With that in mind, the following three gold stocks have been evaluated for possible inclusion in an RRSP based on their valuations and outlook in term...Read More
Morris HubbarttFeb 12, 2019Here are today's videos and charts (double-click to enlarge):SFS Key Charts, Signals, & Video AnalysisSF60 Key Charts, Signals, & Video AnalysisSF Trader Key Charts, Signals, & Video Analysis SFJ Key Charts, Signals, & Video AnalysisThanks,Morris HubbarttUnique Introduction For Website Readers: Send me an email to signals@superforcesignals.com and I'll...Read More
I get a kick out of these billionaires and centimillionaires, like Kyle Bass yesterday, who appear on financial television to look the viewer in the eye and tell them that economy is booming. Kyle Bass doesn't expect a mild recession until mid-2020. Hmmm - explain that rationale to the 78%+ households who are living paycheck to paycheck, bloated with a record level of debt and barely enough savi...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comFeb 12, 2019Is the latest tiny price correction in gold already done? Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this daily gold chart.The uptrend looks majestic, and especially so in the face of the dollar’s strength against the euro and the yen.Whether gold rallies from the cur...Read More
Exploring the Gowganda West Project in northeast Ontario. Source: iMetal Resources Inc.iMetal Resources Inc. [IMR-TSXV; ADTFF; A7V-Germ.] was an active trader Tuesday February 12 after the company said it is expanding its Phase 1 maiden drill program at its Gowganda West property in northeast Ontario.The company said drilling will focus on the Zone 1 South target area where three holes have been c...Read More
Golden Predator's gold processing plant in the Yukon. Source: Golden Predator Mining Corp.Golden Predator Mining Corp. [GPY-TSXV; NTGSF-OTCQX] has released a progress update on a bulk sampling program that was launched last year at its 3 Aces gold project in the Canadian Yukon.The 3 Aces property hosts an orogenic gold project and is located northeast of Watson Lake. Golden Predator has so far foc...Read More