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Jiulian Resources gets permit to drill BC's Big Kidd property

December 18, 2018 / www.mining.com

Jiulian Resources (TSX-V: JLR) announced that it has received a five-year area-based permit from the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources to establish up to 60 drill sites and four kilometres of exploration trail for core drilling on its Big Kidd Property in British Columbia.Big Kidd is a 4,056-hectare property located 25 kilometres east of Merritt. Historic drilling...Read More

Jiulian Resources gets permit to drill BC's Big Kidd property

December 18, 2018 / www.mining.com

Jiulian Resources (TSX-V: JLR) announced that it has received a five-year area-based permit from the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources to establish up to 60 drill sites and four kilometres of exploration trail for core drilling on its Big Kidd Property in British Columbia.Big Kidd is a 4,056-hectare property located 25 kilometres east of Merritt. Historic drilling...Read More

#Toronto Home Prices Just Plunged At A Rate Not Seen Since 1996 | Zero Hedge

December 18, 2018 / www.zerohedge.com

A seismic shift is currently underway in the Toronto real estate market which may have finally pricked Canada's biggest bubble...Read full newsRead More

Mitsubishi kisses thermal coal goodbye, sells Aussie mines

December 18, 2018 / www.mining.com

Mitsubishi Corporation is selling its interest in two Australian thermal coal mines for A$750 million ($539 million) to its joint venture partners Glencore and Sumitomo Corp., in a move that marks the end of its involvement in upstream fossil fuels.The company, which is Japan's biggest trading house, will sell its 31.4% stake in the Clermont coal mine to GS Coal, the 50-50 joint venture between Gl...Read More

good natured Products Inc. Engages Questrade INC., IIROC Dealer #124, for Market Maker Services

December 18, 2018 / kincommunications.com

Vancouver, BC - good natured Products Inc. (TSX-V:GDNP) (the "Company" or "good naturedTM"), is pleased to announce that, subject to regulatory approval, it has retained Questrade, INC., ("Questrade"), to provide market making services to the Company in compliance with the policies and guidelines of the TSX Venture Exchange and other applicable legislations.Questrade will trade shares of good na...Read More

Gold miners told to keep off 'toxic' mercury

December 18, 2018 / dlvr.it

Kakamega County has 1.31 million ounces of deposits valued at Sh171 billion, according to Mining MinistryRead full newsRead More

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 17/12: LME base metals mostly end softer; nickel price falls below $11,000/t

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close of trading on Monday December 17, capped by broad strength in the US dollar index while investors remain cautious ahead of the the forthcoming Federal Reserve meeting in the United States. At this week's Fed meeting, a decision on further interest-rate rises is expected. Volumes traded over the day are moderately low, w...Read More

OSC to hold Katanga settlement hearing on Dec 18

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is to hold a hearing on Tuesday December 18 to consider the approval of a settlement following an investigation into Katanga Mining Limited and several of its executives.The OSC inquiry has been investigating whether Katanga's previously filed periodic public disclosures contain statements that are misleading in a material respect, along with the adequacy of...Read More

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 17/12: Comex copper price dips on trader caution ahead of Fed meeting

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

The Comex copper price fell in morning trading on Monday December 17 amid quiet trading conditions and uncertainty surrounding the future of American monetary policy. The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 2.70 cents to $2.7355 per lb. US market participants are awaiting the Federal Reserve's Wednesday decision on another rate hike. Glo...Read More

NORTH AMERICAN MORNING BRIEF 14/12: Lithium industry consolidation; 57kt LME Ali delivery; SHFE Ali stock lowest so far this year

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Friday December 14.The three-month aluminium price on the London Metal Exchange shrugged off a net inflow of 57,525 tonnes today, mostly into warehouses in Port Klang, Malaysia.Aluminium traded at $1,923.50 on Friday morning down 0.4% from Thursday night's close. Friday's deliveries into Port Klang LME sheds foll...Read More

2019 PREVIEW: Alumina market cautiously bullish for next year after 'disaster' 2018

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Alumina prices hitting a record high this year has changed the market's outlook for 2019, with traders adapting a cautiously bullish approach. The declaration of force majeure at Hydro's Alunorte refinery in Brazil, strikes by Alcoa workers in Australia and US sanctions against Russian producer UC Rusal roiled the market this year. Consequently, Fastmarkets' benchmark daily alumina index fob Austr...Read More

Asian copper smelters reluctantly follow Anto-Jiangxi benchmark concentrates contract

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Copper smelters across Asia are following concentrate treatment and refining charge (TC/RC) terms agreed by Antofagasta and Jiangxi Copper, which are serving as a benchmark in contracts, sources taking part in the negotiations told Fastmarkets. In a deal signed in Shanghai in November, China's Jiangxi Copper agreed to purchase Los Pelambres and Centinela copper concentrates from Chilean miner...Read More

Spot copper concentrate TC/RCs dip from November highs, market remains loose for Q1

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) for spot copper concentrate dropped in mid-December with fewer distressed cargoes circulating the market and participants beginning to price March cargoes.Spot activity in the copper concentrate market has slowed with market participants focused on settling the contractual terms for the first two weeks of December.Fastmarkets' copper concentrate index droppe...Read More

OSC to hold Katanga settlement hearing on Dec 18

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is to hold a hearing on Tuesday December 18 to consider the approval of a settlement following an investigation into Katanga Mining Limited and several of its executives.The OSC inquiry has been investigating whether Katanga's previously filed periodic public disclosures contain statements that are misleading in a material respect, along with the adequacy of...Read More

Albemarle Corp signs $1.15bln lithium JV with MRL

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

United States-based specialty chemicals company Albemarle Corp has signed a deal that creates a joint venture with Mineral Resources Limited (MRL) to develop a battery-grade lithium hydroxide plant in Western Australia. The $1.15 billion agreement gives Albemarle a 50% stake in MRL's Wodgina hard rock lithium mine and will see the companies eventually develop an integrated lithium hydroxide operat...Read More

DAILY SCRAP REPORT: Mills continue to struggle with sluggish steel demand; prices fall further

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Turkish steel producers remained out of the deep-sea scrap markets because of weakening demand for finished steel and falling prices, sources said on Monday December 17.Although some suppliers in the Baltic region reduced their offers to $300-305 per tonne cfr levels for HMS 1&2 (80:20), mills in Turkey were not enticed."I heard offers from Baltic Sea are at $300 per tonne cfr and little above, bu...Read More

TURKEY FERROUS SCRAP: Local prices down on falling steel values

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Turkish domestic scrap prices have continued to slip lower in line with the falling finished steel prices over the past week, sources said on Monday December 17.Fastmarkets MB's weekly price assessment for domestic auto bundle (DKP grade) ferrous scrap was TRY1,490-1,710 ($278-319) per tonne delivered, widening down from TRY1,590-1,710 per tonne on December 10.Several steel mills in the country cu...Read More

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 17/12: Comex copper price dips on trader caution ahead of Fed meeting

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

The Comex copper price fell in morning trading on Monday December 17 amid quiet trading conditions and uncertainty surrounding the future of American monetary policy. The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 2.70 cents to $2.7355 per lb. US market participants are awaiting the Federal Reserve's Wednesday decision on another rate hike. Glo...Read More

METALS MORNING VIEW 17/12: Metals prices mixed but most look vulnerable

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

The three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part little changed this morning, Monday December 17. The exception was zinc, the price of which was up by 1.3% at $2,565 per tonne. The three-month copper price was down by $1.50 per tonne at $6,139 per tonne.Volume across the complex has been above average with 6,271 lots traded as at 7.53am London time.The preciou...Read More

Albemarle Corp signs $1.15bln lithium JV with MRL

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

United States-based specialty chemicals company Albemarle Corp has signed a deal that creates a joint venture with Mineral Resources Limited (MRL) to develop a battery-grade lithium hydroxide plant in Western Australia. The $1.15 billion agreement gives Albemarle a 50% stake in MRL's Wodgina hard rock lithium mine and will see the companies eventually develop an integrated lithium hydroxide operat...Read More

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