Lumber Liquidators announced that its president and CEO will resign Hardwood flooring specialist Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc (NYSE:LL) is getting a boost today, following an announcement that the company's President and CEO Dennis R. Knowles stepped down, effective Feb. 5. The firm also reiterated its 2019 outlook and expects to release earnings next month on March 16. At last check, LL is up...Read More
Twitter is this morning's big earnings winnerFresh off its best outing in nine months, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are pointed at another impressive gain this morning. Fueling today's push is news that as part of the "phase one" trade deal, China will halve its tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. imports, going into effect on Feb. 14. S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (N...Read More
"$MXL - MaxLinear, Inc. (MXL) CEO Dr. Kishore Seendripu on Q4 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript. https://t.co/xaXqn9x0r4 #stockmarket #finance #investing"Read full newsRead More
Source: GoGold GoGold Resources has announced an upsized bought deal of C$25 million, from C$15 million previously, co-led by Sprott Capital Partners and PI Financial. The offering is for 35.7 million units, each composed of one common share and one-half of a warrant.Proceeds are intended for exploration at the Los Ricos project in Jalisco state as well as for corporate purposes. Closing is expec...Read More
Frontier Lithium's PAK project in northwestern Ontario. Credit: Frontier Lithium Fourteen months after its discovery, Frontier Lithium has released a maiden resource for its Spark deposit, part of its PAK lithium project in northwestern Ontario.The pegmatite deposit contains 3.3 million indicated tonnes grading 1.59% Li2O and 12.2 million inferred tonnes grading 1.36% Li2O. The estimate used a cu...Read More
A drill site at Ascot Resources' Premier project. Credit: Ascot Resources Ascot Resources has announced a non-brokered private placement of up to 7.8 million common shares and 5.1 million flow-through shares for gross proceeds of C$10 million.The net proceeds of the offering will be used to fund the company's exploration efforts this year, advance permitting and engineering and for economic studi...Read More
Pre-feasibility study results released for South Star Mining's wholly-owned 130-sq.-km Santa Cruz project suggests a two-phase approach for development of the graphite asset in southern Bahia. The associated project net present value estimate, at a 5% discount rate, stands at $81.2 million with a projected 35% internal rate of return."We have now submitted all the required permitting and licensing...Read More
Indigenous people march on the Brazil capital. Photo: Pinterest Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro unveiled a controversial bill on Wednesday that would allow commercial mining on protected indigenous lands, delivering on a campaign promise that has shocked tribal leaders and environmentalists.The bill to regulate mining including oil and gas projects, as well as hydroelectric dams, on indigenous...Read More
A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday February 5.Please click...Read More
The three-month copper price on the London Metal Exchange was higher at the close of trading on Wednesday January 5, breaching nearby resistance at $5,700 per tonne against strong turnover.And a positive close across the base-metals complex saw nickel futures make the greatest gains to settle above $13,000 per tonne.Copper's outright price on the LME closed at $5,722 per tonne on Wednesday afterno...Read More
A weak US aluminium market kept market participants away from undertaking arbitrage activities between Southeast Asia and the United States despite plummeting freight rates. Sustained pressure on aluminium premiums in the US was one of the main factors preventing viable aluminium arbitrage opportunities between London Metal Exchange sheds in Southeast Asia to the US Midwest. Fastmarkets assessed t...Read More
The coronavirus outbreak has not yet affected buying demand in China for imported alumina, with material from Western Australia still being shipped to China and fresh deals concluded, market participants told Fastmarkets. A deal was concluded on Tuesday February 4 for 30,000 tonnes of Western Australian alumina at $299.50 per tonne on a cif China basis.The cargo is for March loading and to either...Read More
China's copper smelters face limited scope to slash production even as diminished demand on virus-related lockdowns raises concerns refined inventories could grow. Daye Nonferrous, based in Huangshi at the heart of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Hubei province, plans to operate at just a moderately reduced rate of 70-80% of capacity for the first quarter, a company source said. A market source...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and their latest price moves.Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in Europe on Wednesday February 5.Key drivers The price range for ferro-titanium has narrowed over the past week, with increased trading activity resulting in higher-priced deals in Europe. There was an increase in traded volumes reported, with sources saying higher-priced sales from Europe to Asia had spurred domestic European buying inte...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap markets went quiet on Wednesday February 5 after cargoes from the United States and the Baltic Sea sent prices down by about $10 per tonne, sources told Fastmarkets.News of two fresh cargoes on Tuesday February 4, caused a $10.38-10.54 per tonne drop in Fastmarkets' daily scrap indices. The drop in prices was expected by market participants because of wea...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in Europe on Wednesday February 5.Key drivers The price range for ferro-titanium has narrowed over the past week, with increased trading activity resulting in higher-priced deals in Europe. There was an increase in traded volumes reported, with sources saying higher-priced sales from Europe to Asia had spurred domestic European buying inte...Read More
The Asian scrap market is resting in a mid-week slump on Wednesday February 5 on the back of a string of Wuhan coronavirus-related fears.Shippers are now awaiting more announcements of mandatory quarantine periods - of up to 14 days - for vessels inbound to discharge ports.Key northern Vietnam port Hai Phong has stipulated that any vessels that have visited Chinese ports (excluding Hong Kong) in t...Read More
A broad base of markets are rebounding after China's move to boost liquidity and stabilize the market convinced many investors that the measures being taken will help cushion the economic impact of the Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Given that it is still early days in terms of discerning the medium-term impact of the Wuhan coronavirus will have on the China and, indeed, the global econo...Read More
Fastmarkets has discontinued the calculation and publication of its MB-CO-0022 - China cobalt sulfate, Co 20.5% min, ex-works, adjustment to the low-grade cobalt low-end price.The discontinuance of the China cobalt sulfate, exw standard-grade adjustment, which is calculated against Fastmarkets' assessment of the all-in exw China cobalt sulfate price and the low end of the standard-grade cobalt pri...Read More