The publication of Fastmarkets' alloy grade and standard grade cobalt price assessments for August 7 were delayed because of extenuating circumstances - namely, an unusually high level of market activity related to industry developments.Glencore's decision on Wednesday 7 to shut its Mutanda copper-cobalt mine by the end of 2019 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) triggered an unusually h...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' Wednesday August 7 pricing session in Europe:Key drivers Ferro-titanium suppliers increase offer prices, with the range moving slightly higher at the top end, although overall business conditions are quiet given the time of year. At present there is tight availability on a spot basis and an increase in buying inquiries for August and September, although consumer demand i...Read More
Australia-listed miner Centaurus Metals Ltd has reached an agreement with Vale to acquire the latter's Jaguar nickel sulfide project in the Caraj??s mineral province, northern Brazil, it said on Tuesday August 6. The agreement, requiring an upfront cash payment of $250,000, also included an asset swap between the two companies. Centaurus will transfer the Salobo West copper-gold project, also in t...Read More
Eastern China's Delong Nickel Industry plans to commence construction of the second phase of its stainless steel mill project in October. This phase would involve the setting up of nickel pig iron and crude stainless steel facilities, according to...Read More
Ferro-chrome market conditions will remain challenging in the near term due to oversupply and macroeconomic factors, Glencore warned on Wednesday August 7.The trader-miner noted an average charge chrome price of 81 cents per lb in the first half of 2019, referencing Fastmarkets' ferro-chrome index 50% Cr import, cif Shanghai, $/Ib contained Cr, down by around 16% year on year.The index has held at...Read More
Low cobalt prices and higher taxes under the new mining code in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have combined to make Glencore's (LON: GLEN) Mutanda cobalt and copper operation uneconomic, the company says.Mutanda - the world's largest cobalt mine - will transition to care and maintenance by year-end. Last year the mine produced 27,000 tonnes cobalt (20% of the world's supply of the metal) an...Read More
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Australian gold major Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) was up 3% in afternoon trade to its highest point since 2011.Meanwhile investors have shown strong reactions to miners' results as the reporting season continues.Canada-based miner B2Gold (TSX: BTO) shot up to an all-time high yesterday before closing up 11.45%, as it announced better-than-expected results including record quarterly consolidate...Read More
The total resource is 100.6 million tonnes grading 4% lead, 97 grams per tonne silver, 1.9% zinc and 0.2% copper, an increase of 13% since the December 2018 estimate.Read More
Argo Gold (CSE: ARQ) is a Canadian company focused on gold exploration projects in central and northwestern Ontario that have indications of economic viability. All of Argo Gold's projects are 100% owned. The high-grade flagship, Woco Gold Project, is located 1.5 kilometres south of the past-producing Uchi Mine in the Birch-Uchi Greenstone Belt, which also hosts the multi-million ounce Springpole...Read More
Did you hear the news?Twenty-one Sears and five Kmart stores will be closing in October.I didn't even know either of those stores still existed.I thought they faded into the backdrop of progress years ago, leaving a scattering of empty storefronts and littered strip malls in their wake.I don't say this to be cruel, though.In fact, I have fond memories of my father buying me $0.25 ham sandwiches fr...Read More
- Gary Christenson, The Deviant InvestorBreaking News: COMEX paper gold contracts closed on Wednesday, August 7, at $1,513, up from $1,274 on May 22. Gold bottomed at $1,045 in December 2015. The S&P 500 Index closed at a new all-time high on July 26.Gold closed at its highest price since 2013.Read: Silver Prices - The Next Five YearsWhat Happens Next?We don't know. Gold has disappointed for...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinBig violent Summer trading day in the general markets. Bonds getting ahead of themselves? 1% US 10-Year Note yields... 0% yields?Gold took off last Thursday, 18-DMA now $1,445 and rising, bias is up:Read More
By Avi GilburtIn 3rd grade, my teacher had a sign up at the front of the class which read: PUT BRAIN IN GEAR BEFORE ENGAGING MOUTHThis made an impression upon me as a 3rd grader. Yet, many adults have yet to learn this lesson.It seems that every single analyst that you read regarding the gold market parrots the exact same thesis: If the dollar rises gold falls, and if the dollar falls gold r...Read More
Gold is over brought and needs to break and trade over $1540 to start another wave of rise. Silver has a massive technical congestion between $1730-$1775. Silver needs to break and trade over $1730-$1775 zone for the rest of the month to rise to $1932 and $2100. Chances of sharp correction will be very high as long as silver does not break $1775. One step at a time for silver bulls. One should u...Read More
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Jason talks about the real reason that the Fed cut rates despite a supposed economic expansion and why more rate cuts (President Trump would be very happy) are coming sooner than later!Jason Burack is an investor, entrepreneur, financial historian, Austrian School economist, and contrarian. Jason co-founded the startup financial education company Wall St for Main St, LLC, to try to help the people...Read More
An inversion of the 2- and 10-year yields has happened before every recession over the past four decades. Continue...Read More