Copper concentrate treatment charges and refining charges (TCs/RCs) have shown little variation over the past two weeks despite an explosion in the numbers of direct trades while the market settled on second-quarter pricing.Smelters in China and elsewhere returned to the spot market for large tonnages, lowering their bids from more than $80 per tonne/$0.08 per lb to settle deals in the mid-$70/$0....Read More

Ignition of the detonating cord for the first blast marked the start of development of the twin declines to access the ultra-high-grade Kakula copper discovery on the Ivanhoe Mines Tier One Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project in the DRC. Source: Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.The move comes just days after DRC President Joseph Kabila signed into law a new mining code that raises royalties and taxes on mining operation...Read More

Canada Jetlines Ltd. (TSXV:JET) said it won't be able to launch its service in June as its aircraft lessor could not provide a definitive delivery dateSmallCapPower | March 16, 2018: Canada Jetlines Ltd. (TSXV:JET), a Vancouver-based ultra-low-cost carrier, late Tuesday announced that it is unable to begin operations by June 2018, as previously announced, due to key items such as the completion...Read More

Atlantic Gold's Moose River Consolidated Gold Mine in Nova Scotia. Source: Atlantic Gold Corp.Moose River commenced operations with the first gold pour and initial production from the Touquoy deposit in October 2017. According to a July, 2015 feasibility study, the Phase 1 Life of Mine plan was forecast to produce an average of 87,000 ounces of gold per year over a minimum 8.5-year mine life at an...Read More

Tesla is scrambling.BMW and Volkswagen are following suit.And the "Apple Effect" is swinging into full force.Just after Apple announced it was in talks to secure its future supply of cobalt, Samsung has said it is pursuing its own negotiations with a mining company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).It's going to pay a hefty price for it, too.Now that cobalt is considered a "strategic m...Read More

Some steel product prices in the United States have risen in response to the looming introduction of 25% tariffs on imports, while sentiment in steel markets outside the US has been dampened by fears of potential shifts in trade flows. US president Donald Trump signed the 25% tariff into law on March 8 after the conclusion of his government's Section 232 investigation, and from Friday March 23 the...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Spearmint (TSXV: SRJ) (OTC Pink: SPMTF) Completes Drilling and Intersects Targeted Lithium Clay Formation on its Clayton Valley Lithium Prospect Vancouver, British Columbia - March 16, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Spearmin...Read More

"Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that have increasingly come to resemble places of detention more than places of learning. From metal detectors to drug tests, from increased policing to all-seeing electronic surveillance, the public schools of the twenty-first century reflect a society that has become...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Secova (TSXV: SEK) and Tres-Or (TSXV: TRS) Report High-Grade Grab Samples at Duvay/Chenier and Drill Results from Lake Obalski, Quebec Vancouver, British Columbia - March 16, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Secova Metals Corp...Read More

Global scrap prices remained generally stable except in Taiwan during the working week from Monday March 12 to Friday March 16, amid the uncertainty created by the implementation of Section 232 tariffs in the United States and widespread weak demand for finished steel products.Turkish steel mills have stepped back from the deep-sea scrap markets since the end of the last week and have made no sign...Read More

(Dash Force News) Google has announced that it will be cracking down on cryptocurrency-related advertising, furthering the "crypto blackout" online.According to new policies relating to financial services to be rolled out in June, among newly banned content will be anything related to cryptocurrency:"Cryptocurrencies and related content (including but not limited to initial coin offerings, cry...Read More

One and the Same "God gave me my money." - John D. Rockefeller Today we step away from the economy and markets and endeavor down the path less traveled. For fun and for free, we wade out into a smelly peat bog. There we scratch away the surface muck in search of what lies below. One should actually be careful about quotes like the one attributed to Rockefeller above, even if it of course so...Read More

Trades of ferrous scrap in containers to India have declined sharply this week, amid worries about the knock-on effect of the steel import tariffs being imposed in the United States, sources said on Friday March 16.Buying activity for shredded scrap in containers was steady at the beginning of the week, and at high prices. Toward the end of the week, activity cooled off dramatically although price...Read More

 CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1313.60-$2.90-0.75%Silver$16.33-$0.06-1.51%XAU78.70-0.14%-0.25%HUI171.16-0.24%-1.02%GDM598.50-0.3%-0.81%JSE Gold1050.82-17.12-6.73%USD90.21+0.06+0.09%Euro122.87-0.18-0.17%Yen94.32+0.21+0.67%Oil$62.34+$1.15+0.48%10-Year2.845%+0.020-1.79%Bond145.46875-0.34375+0.98%Dow24946.51+0.29%-1.54%Nasdaq7481.99+0.00%-1.04%S&P2752.01+0.17%-1.24%  The Metals: G...Read More

Comex copper prices fell again in morning trading on Friday March 16, with a stronger dollar and lack of marker activity combining to weigh on the metal.Copper for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 1.65 cents or 0.5% to $3.1110 per lb recently. The contract has been varied this week, swinging between positive and negative closes.Trade is expected to be.....Read More

By Ira EpsteinMetals continue to work lower due in part to stronger US Dollar. https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More

Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort234,43166,48382,713161,604350,414478,748499,610Change from Prior Reporting Period -11,1564,71919,9028,183-7,91016,92916,711Traders17874884957262192 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 48,01427,152526,762 1,7331,95118,662 non reportable positionsChange from the previous repor...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part stronger this morning, Friday March 16, with all of the metals, except tin, showing average gains of 0.4%. Copper is up by 0.5% at $6,956 per tonne, while tin is off by 0.1% at $20,970 per tonne.Volume has been light with 4,565 lots traded as of 06.29am London time. This follows a day of weakness on Thursday, with the complex cl...Read More

The last job's report was the best since July 2016. February saw 313,000 jobs added in the U.S. But Fund Manager David Kranzler reveals these statistics are misleading, and the truth is the U.S. actually lost full time jobs last month.Kranzler reveals new evidence of collusion between the big New York banks and the Federal Reserve. Co-host Eric Dubin reminds us the Federal Reserve is owned by Amer...Read More

By James TurkIn 1992 a book entitled "Bankruptcy 1995: The Coming Collapse of America and How to Stop It" hit the nation by storm. Written by Harry Figgie, a prominent businessman who had built a Fortune 500 company, and Gerald Swanson, an economics professor with expertise in public finance, it forecast that the US federal government would go bankrupt in 1995 and default.The default would arise...Read More