NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATESMay 10, 2018, Calgary, ALB - PRIZE MINING CORPORATION ("Prize" or the "Company") (TSXV:PRZ) (OTCQB:PRZFF) (MQSP:GR:FRANKFURT) is pleased to announce additional assay results from the ongoing sampling program on its Manto Negro Copper Project in Coahuila State, Mexico. Mapping and sampling at the p...Read More
SHANGHAI, May 10 (SMM) – Sales of new-energy passenger vehicles in China came in at 73,145 units in April, up 150% year on year and up 31.3% month on month, according to data from China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) released on Wednesday May 9.The jump in April suggested a continuous growing demand, Cui Dongshu, secretary general at CPCA, was quoted as saying in local media reports.The A0...Read More
SHANGHAI, May 10 (SMM) – Traders continued to lower offers in China’s spot zinc market on Thursday May 10 as supply of imported zinc increased, SMM learned.Trading liquidity picked up slightly as the SHFE zinc 1806 contract fell and closed at 23,855 yuan/mt at mid-day. But most downstream buyers still took a watch-and-wait stance.In Shanghai, #0 zinc mostly traded at 23,920-24,000 yuan...Read More
SHANGHAI, May 10 (SMM) –Copper: LME copper rebounded to a high of $6,810/mt from a low of $6,766/mt during the European trading session overnight. The SHFE 1807 contract traded rangebound overnight. Its trading level nudged up and hit the five-day moving average. We expect LME copper to trade at $6,800-6,850/mt today with SHFE 1807 contract at 50,900-51,300 yuan/mt. Spot premiums are seen to...Read More
SHANGHAI, May 10 (SMM) –Copper: LME copper rebounded to a high of $6,810/mt from a low of $6,766/mt during the European trading session overnight. The SHFE 1807 contract traded rangebound overnight. Its trading level nudged up and hit the five-day moving average. We expect LME copper to trade at $6,800-6,850/mt today with SHFE 1807 contract at 50,900-51,300 yuan/mt. Spot premiums are seen to...Read More
SHANGHAI, May 10 (SMM) –Copper: LME copper rebounded to a high of $6,810/mt from a low of $6,766/mt during the European trading session overnight. The SHFE 1807 contract traded rangebound overnight. Its trading level nudged up and hit the five-day moving average. We expect LME copper to trade at $6,800-6,850/mt today with SHFE 1807 contract at 50,900-51,300 yuan/mt. Spot premiums are seen to...Read More
CALGARY, Alberta, May 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Copper Fox Metals Inc. (“Copper Fox” or the “Company”) (TSX-V:CUU) (OTC:CPFXF) is pleased to announce that it has retained the services of Renmark Financial Communications Inc. to handle its investor relations activities.“We are pleased to announce that we have selected Renmark to reinforce Copper Fox Metals Inc.'...Read More
Morgan Bazilian, executive director of the Payne Institute for Earth Resources and research professor of public policy at Colorado School of Mines, was recently quoted in an article in the Edmonton Journal about oil and gas company investments in renewable energy.From the article:"We've already seen huge billion-dollar plays by some of the oil majors to get into renewables - Shell has done that,...Read More
A Colorado School of Mines professor has been awarded $1.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy for advanced technology solutions for unconventional oil and gas development. Carolyn Koh, William K. Coors Distinguished Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering and director of the Center for Hydrate Research, is the lead investigator on the three-year project, one of six nationw...Read More
The price of imported steel billet and local rebar prices have been mostly unchanged in Egypt this week, sources told Metal Bulletin on Thursday May 10.The country's rebar biggest producer, Ezz Steel, is still offering material at E ?12,528 ($705) per tonne ex-works, including 14% VAT, while Beshay Steel, also a major domestic producer, is offering rebar at E ?12,525 per tonne ex-works including 1...Read More
East Asia's stainless steel market strengthened slightly over the past week, with elevated nickel prices keeping mills under pressure to raise their offers.Metal Bulletin's assessment of prices for benchmark 304 stainless 2mm trimmed cold-rolled coil was $2,230-2,310 per tonne cif East Asian ports for the week ended Wednesday May 9, up $10-60 per tonne from a week earlier. Metal Bulletin's assessm...Read More
Alcoa and Rio Tinto have set up a joint-venture firm with investment from the governments of Canada and the Canadian province of Quebec as well as technology firm Apple to license and sell technology creating carbon-free aluminium.The new company, Elysis, will receive funding totaling Canadian $188 million ($146 million) and will be headquartered in Montreal with a research facility in Quebec's Sa...Read More
Buying activity in the European long steel markets is likely to remain cautious because of weak demand and relatively high stock levels among consumers, market sources told Metal Bulletin this week.Rebar consumption is expected to rise with the weather improving through May and construction projects ramping up, but public holidays in several areas across Europe during the month could damp any poss...Read More
The export market for pig iron from the Commonwealth of Independent States was quiet this week because sellers and buyers preferred to wait to see whether prices would fall, sources told Metal Bulletin on Thursday May 10."The busheling-grade scrap price in the United States didn't decrease, while shredded scrap went down by $10-20 [per tonne] in May. That could cause a reduction in pig iron prices...Read More
Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mixed at the close of trading on Thursday May 10, with copper climbing 1.5% while tin's three-month price dipped 1.3%.Despite dropping 0.38%, the US dollar reached a fresh 2018 high of 93.42 this week, with mixed reactions across the base metals complex. The US currency gained momentum in the run-up to president Trump's announcement that the US wi...Read More
If taxes are the price to pay for civilization… we begin to suspect civilization nears perfection in the United States of America.The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates Uncle Samuel hauled aboard a record $515 billion in taxes last month.April tax receipts alone ran as much as $40 billion higher than CBO projections.Individual income and payroll taxes rose $73 billion - or 20% - ove...Read More
On Tuesday, President Trump delivered on his campaign promise and withdrew the United States from the Iran Nuclear Deal. With that withdrawal, President Trump vowed that the "highest level" of sanctions would be imposed on Iran.This is very bullish news for oil.But before I get to Iran specifically, I want to remind you what has been happening in the oil market over the past year. Oil inventory le...Read More
The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Thursday May 10.Copper prices rallied to a three-week high on the London Metal Exchange during morning trading on Thursday May 10, with falling stocks continuing to boost prices.On-warrant stocks for the red metal now sit at 230,575 tonnes after 15 consecutive days of decline - leaving available stocks at their lowest...Read More
Good morning from Metal Bulletin's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Thursday May 10.Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mostly up during Asian morning trading on Thursday, with copper leading the rest of the complex, except aluminium and lead, higher.Check Metal Bulletin's live futures report here.LME snapshot at 03.55 am London timeLatest...Read More
Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mixed at the close of trading on Thursday May 10, with copper climbing 1.5% while tin's three-month price dipped 1.3%.Despite dropping 0.38%, the US dollar reached a fresh 2018 high of 93.42 this week, with mixed reactions across the base metals complex. The US currency gained momentum in the run-up to president Trump's announcement that the US wi...Read More