StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was platinum, up 6.07 percent. Platinum is set for its biggest weekly advance in two years, as its wide discount to sister metal palladium creates interest for the metal. Bloomberg writes that traders are also weighing the potential for labor disruptions in South...Read More

By: RambusIn part two of the Quarterly Report I'm going to update some long term charts for some of the world stock markets. As you will see many have formed massive ten plus year consolidation patterns similar of what we observed in the first installment of the Quarterly Report which are similar in duration to many of the US stock markets. It's these big multi year consolidation patterns that a...Read More

Considering the dour outlook for Q1 earnings, the stock market's exuberant run-up over the last month feels like Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade: "Into the valley of Death rode the 600...' And yet, we know from watching the shares of Boeing, Apple (see chart inset) and Facebook go vertical into a steady stream of negative news concerning each that Wall Street's '600' really don't give...Read More

Trump is now threatening European Union with new trade tariffs. The move is just to support Boeing as its rival Airbus is getting more orders after a Boeing latest plane crashes. A steady decline and decay in the USA-European Union relation is happening as a result of Trump's bully attitude. Gold will rise. European Union will also reduce dependence on American exports and diversify as a counter...Read More

Lithium and cobalt companies are a hidden gem in the mining sector. Lithium and cobalt, along with nickel, are the primary metals used in most modern batteries.42% of the world's cobalt production goes toward the creation of Lithium-ion cell batteries.According to the Cobalt Institute, lithium-ion batteries have higher energy density than other battery types and are used in laptops, smartphones, m...Read More

2019 Dragon zone drill hole locations with mag tilt background. (Image: Purepoint Uranium Group)SASKATCHEWAN - Purepoint Uranium Group says it has finished the initial fieldwork at the Hook Lake joint venture. The project lies on the southwest edge of the Athabasca Basin in the Patterson uranium district, between Fission's Tri[le R deposit and NexGen's Arrow deposit.Hook Lake is owned jointly by...Read More

NIGER - Niger's Ministry of Mines issued a letter supporting the negotiations between Canada's GoviEx Uranium and the country's federal government regarding the Madaouela uranium project.Although final documents on their commercial understandings still need to be signed, the Vancouver-based miner and country authorities have agreed that the government of Niger will acquire a 10% working interest i...Read More

Brian MacArthur of Raymond James is increasing his price forecasts for gold, copper, zinc and coking call and lowering his estimate for uranium.The mining analyst has revised his average gold price for 2019 to US$1,301 per oz. from US$1,293 per oz. "primarily on the back of incrementally dovish commentary from central banks suggesting that global monetary policy will remain accommodative thereby k...Read More

Diamond miner De Beers sold $575-million of diamonds in its third sales cycle of this year.This was higher than the $496-million of sales recorded in the second sales cycle of this year, as well as the $524-million of sales recorded in the third sales cycle of 2018.Advertisement“As we move into the second quarter of the year, we saw a continuation of stable demand for our rough diamonds,&rdq...Read More

Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarx"Producers have had a positive view for some time as the consensus has been that the world needs new mines, but our analysis is starting to show that deficits are neither as large or as long as peopleRead More

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Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxIn a presentation entitled, 2019: The year of Chilean mining, the minister commented that while copper demand was forecast to increase 2.Read More

Prices continue to range-trade, shrugging off...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest i...Read More

Aluminium The LME aluminium price produced a fresh April low on Monday this week, and traded at $1,866 per tonne. Sellers were in complete control and the lack of buying pressure means that, technically, more downside can be expected from aluminium prices in the short term. That said, both the daily RSI and stochastic lines have reached oversold territory and there is a chance that the retest...Read More

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Global Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpAlkane maps own path to world-class critical metals producerSPONSOREDalkane resourcesWestern Atlas drill-ready in NunavutSPONSOREDwestern atlas resourcesHow to monitor and manage your Tailings Storage FacilitySPONSOREDisometrixThe company said it was commenting on its approach "in response to many...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipAlkane maps own path to world-class critical metals producerSPONSOREDalkane resourcesGlobal Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpAmong the latest results, it reported 76.6m at 1.35% copper-equivalent, including 33.65m at...Read More

Glass half empty for lead,...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as soon as it&...Read More

Fastmarkets is holding its second annual Battery Materials...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download...Read More

Price correction unfolding, as expected... While...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the lates...Read More