Recent News

Gold climbs to fresh 8-week high ahead of May's Brexit speech

January 17, 2017 / in.investing.com

Investing.com - Gold prices climbed to the highest level in around eight weeks on Tuesday, as investors looked ahead to a highly-anticipated speech by British Prime Minister Theresa May later in the day, at which she is expected to outline her plans for a 'Hard Brexit'.Gold for February delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange touched a session peak of $1,212.50 a troy ou...Read More

China to reinforce de-capacity plans in nonferrous industry in 2018

January 17, 2017 / news.metal.com

China has basically completed capacity cuts in the steel sector, said Shen Ying, general accountant of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) on Wednesday January 17. Moving forward, China will push for a technology upgrade in the steel industry.In 2018, the country aims to further restructure the coal industry and reduce capacity by more than 10 mi...Read More

SMM Evening Comments (Jan 17)

January 17, 2017 / news.metal.com

SHANGHAI, Jan 17 (SMM)? 1/4 ?SHFE lead stood out from the performance of other nonferrous metals on Wednesday afternoon, with a 0.6% rise. Nickel was down 2% and copper was down almost 2%. Aluminium dipped 1.8%. Zinc and tin also slid slightly.The ferrous complex also dipped. Coking coal fell 2% despite a slight rise of rebar. Coke and iron ore dipped almost 1% and hot-rolled coil slight...Read More

Data: SHFE, DCE market movement (Jan 17)

January 17, 2017 / news.metal.com

Read More

SMM Morning Comments (Jan 17)

January 17, 2017 / news.metal.com

SHANGHAI, Jan 17 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Copper: LME copper is expected to trade at $7,030-7,230/mt while the SHFE 1803 contract is to trade at 53,450-54,600 yuan/mt. On the spot market, the discounts are expected to move at 160-120 yuan/mt.Aluminium: LME aluminium is expected to trade at $2,180-2,200/mt with support at the 20-day moving average while SHFE aluminium is expected to trade at 14,500-14,750...Read More

CMHF 2017 John Zigarlick Tribute Video

January 17, 2017 / www.youtube.com

A video tribute to 2017 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Inductee, John Zigarlick.Read More

Kerry Ridgeway with lee and simon

January 17, 2017 / www.youtube.com

Wet and windy day on the Kerry ridgewayRead More

Scientists say mining e-waste may be an economical option

January 16, 2017 / www.mining.com

A team of researchers from Canada's University of British Columbia (UBC) say that recovering metals such as copper and rare earths from LED lights may turn to be an economical option.Professor Maria Holuszko and PhD student Amit Kumar told The Province they have successfully recovered copper, silver and are certain they might also be able to extract some rare earths such as europium, cerium and...Read More

Gold starts the week higher ahead of May speech, Trump inauguration

January 16, 2017 / in.investing.com

Investing.com - Gold prices started the week higher on Monday, rallying to the strongest level in around two months as investors looked ahead to a highly-anticipated speech by British Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration later this week.Gold for February delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange touched a session peak of $1,208.70...Read More

SMM Evening Comments (Jan 16)

January 16, 2017 / news.metal.com

SHANGHAI, Jan 16 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Nonferrous metals futures were weak on Tuesday afternoon, with aluminium dropping nearly 3% and nickel down 1.8%. Lead was down 1% and copper down 0.7%. Tin also dropped slightly.The ferrous complex also dropped in the afternoon. Coking coal dropped almost 4% and iron ore dropped 1.6%. Coke slipped 1.5% and hot-rolled coil dropped slightly. Rebar edged up slightly at c...Read More

Data: SHFE, DCE market movement (Jan 16)

January 16, 2017 / news.metal.com

Read More

SMM Morning Comments (Jan 16)

January 16, 2017 / news.metal.com

SHANGHAI, Jan 16 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Copper: LME copper is expected to trade at $7,150-7,250/mt today while the SHFE 1803 copper is to trade at 54,430-55,200 yuan/mt. We see spot discounts at 220-140 yuan/mt today as buying interest weakened following higher futures prices.Nickel: LME nickel is expected to stay rangebound today and its Chinese counterpart is to trade at 99,200-100,600 yuan/mt. Spot prices...Read More

CMHF 2017 Steve Vaughan Tribute Video

January 16, 2017 / www.youtube.com

A video tribute to 2017 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee, William Stearns (Steve) Vaughan.Read More

CMHF 2017 Jim Carter Tribute Video

January 16, 2017 / www.youtube.com

A video tribute to 2017 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Inductee, James E. C. Carter.Read More

CMHF 2017 Donald McLeod Tribute Video

January 16, 2017 / www.youtube.com

A video tribute to 2017 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee, Donald A. McLeod.Read More

CMHF 2017 Rob McEwen Tribute Video

January 16, 2017 / www.youtube.com

A video tribute to 2017 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Inductee, Robert R. McEwen.Read More

British Pol Claims Trump Marked for Assassination

January 16, 2017 / www.thedailybell.com

British Politician Warns Trump 'CIA Is Plotting Assassination' - British politician George Galloway has warned Donald Trump the American deep state is engaged in a "soft coup d'etat" and the CIA is planning to assassinate him. "There is a clear and present danger on his life.” -Your News WireGeorge Galloway is a somewhat popular but wildly leftist, English politician who says thing that othe...Read More

British Pol Claims Trump Marked for Assassination

January 16, 2017 / www.thedailybell.com

British Politician Warns Trump 'CIA Is Plotting Assassination' - British politician George Galloway has warned Donald Trump the American deep state is engaged in a "soft coup d'etat" and the CIA is planning to assassinate him. "There is a clear and present danger on his life.” -Your News WireGeorge Galloway is a somewhat popular but wildly leftist, English politician who says thing that othe...Read More

Peter Schiff vs. Clueless Liberals on MSNBC w/ Chris Hayes

January 16, 2017 / www.youtube.com

Peter Schiff on MSNBC w/ Chris Hayes 6/9/2012Sign up for my free newsletter: http://www.europac.net/subscribe_free...Peter Schiff Gold News: http://www.SchiffGold.com/newsBuy my newest book at http://www.tinyurl.com/RealCrashFriend me on http://www.Facebook.com/PeterSchiffFollow me on http://www.Twitter.com/PeterSchiffRead More

Crown attempts to stay MiningWatch's charges against Mount Polley

January 15, 2017 / www.mining.com

Public Service of Canada prosecutor Alexander Clarkson announced that the Crown wants to enter a stay of proceedings in relation to MiningWatch Canada's private prosecution against the Mount Polley Mining Corporation and the Government of British Columbia over the 2014 Mount Polley Mine tailings breach near the city of Williams Lake.In other words, the federal government is seeking a withdrawal of...Read More

Share to Youtube Share to Facebook Facebook Share to Linkedin Share to Twitter Twitter Share to Tiktok