* GRAPHIC-2019 asset returns: (Updates with closing prices)By Eric OnstadLONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - Zinc prices hit their lowest sincemid-March on worries about global demand and as inventoriesclimbed, but other metals were supported by hopes that aU.S.-China trade deal would be agreed.Investors have been worried after data on Tuesday showed factory growth in top metals consumer China slowed unexpe...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Graphite One Inc. (TSX-V:GPH | OTCQX:GPHOF) ("Graphite One" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Anthony Huston, CEO of Graphite One presented at the Benchmark Minerals Summit 2019, in Washington, D.C. Mr. Huston was the only CEO of a graphite developing company to present at this invitation-only session in which he highlighted the Company's graphite project and...Read More

TORONTO, April 29, Apr 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- TORONTO, April 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Galane Gold Ltd. (Read full newsRead More

"Natural Gas Prices Climb More Than 1.50% Ahead Of Thursday's EIA Storage Report; Seasonal Buying, Production, LNG Exports, And Demand In Focus https://t.co/mPoCUV1agD"Read full newsRead More

Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now Stocks end down Wednesday after the Federal Reserve left benchmark interest rates unchanged.  Advanced Micro Devices (AMD - Get Report)  ended lower after the chipmaker narrowly beat Wall Street's earnings forecasts. CVS Health  (CVS - Get Report) posted stronger-than-expected earnings and increased the mid-point of...Read More

The premium to be paid on purchases of lead ingots went up in India over the week ended Wednesday May 1, with buying spurred by low exchange rates before the imminent beginning of the monsoon season. Elsewhere, physical zinc premiums remained low in Europe, with sales prompted by record-high backwardations in the forward price. Lead premiums rise from one-year lows in IndiaZinc premiums remain at...Read More

A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday May 1. Please click...Read More

Lead's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange fell to its lowest level since 2016 at the close of trading on Wednesday May 5, with its price action largely subdued amid commodity trading advisor (CTA) selling and low liquidity conditions, while investors hold out for the US Federal Reserve's rate decision due later. Reaching an intra-day low of $1,846.50 per tonne, three-month lead futures...Read More

Vanadium producer Bushveld Minerals has agreed to buy multiple South African production assets for $68 million, it said on Wednesday May 1.The South Africa-based miner will acquire Duferco Vanadium Investment Holding's Vanchem plant, the ferro-vanadium business of its subsidiary South African Japan Vanadium (SAJV), and all the shares in subsidiary Ivanti Resources. The Vanchem plant is a primary v...Read More

AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group recorded a modest increase in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) at its Critical Materials division for the first quarter of 2019, helped by strong performances in vanadium, chrome and antimony. The division generated Ebitda of $31.2 million, up 1% compared with the first quarter of 2018, the Amsterdam-listed group said on Wednesd...Read More

Southern Copper Corp (SCC) saw its earnings drop in the first quarter of 2019, with falling global metals prices offsetting an increase in shipments as the company ramped up output at its copper concentrator at the Toquepala mine in Peru.SCC posted net revenues of $1.75 billion in the first quarter of 2019, down by 4.8% from the $1.84 billion it posted in the same period of 201...Read More

An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More

Key data from the Wednesday May 1 pricing session in Europe.Key drivers The European ferro-titanium held at present prices for the third week in a row, with scrap markets steady for the second consecutive week, while supply worries underpinned market sentiment in the week to Wednesday May 1.There is no sign of a return to production at UK producer FE Mottram after a fire at the company's plant in...Read More

The Northern European domestic price for mesh-quality wire rod has widened downwards by ?,?5 per tonne week-on-week, amid low demand, market participants told Fastmarkets on Wednesday May 1. Fastmarkets' weekly domestic price assessment for mesh-quality wire rod in Northern Europe was ?,?525-550 ($588-616) per tonne delivered on Wednesday, down from ?,?530-550 per tonne on April 24. "Dem...Read More

Key data from the Wednesday May 1 pricing session in Europe.Key drivers The European ferro-titanium held at present prices for the third week in a row, with scrap markets steady for the second consecutive week, while supply worries underpinned market sentiment in the week to Wednesday May 1.There is no sign of a return to production at UK producer FE Mottram after a fire at the company's plant in...Read More

Trading in the base metals on the London Metal Exchange has been extremely quiet on the morning of Wednesday May 1, with much of Asia closed for holidays. Only 561 lots had traded as of 6.16 am London time compared with 4,202 lots at a similar time on Tuesday.May Day holiday in Asia and across much of Europe expected to subdued tradingOil prices ease after attempted coup in Venezuela stallsFederal...Read More

Editor’s note: This story was previously published in March 2019. It has since been updates and republished.The potential to become wealthy often means investing in an enterprise when it is small and waiting for the entity to grow large. For this reason, many investors are willing to take chances on what they believe to be hot penny stocks. Investors in these stocks often lose everything &he...Read More

Benchmark prices for cobalt metal continued to recover through April 2019, although lackluster gains for cobalt sulfate were a sign of continued oversupply at points along the supply chain.Price movesThe benchmark standard-grade cobalt prices showed a month-on-month increase in April for the first time since October, with consumers and traders starting to restock, and producers facing less urgency...Read More

Australian lithium spodumene concentrate producer Mineral Resources has announced lower first-quarter spodumene production at its Mount Marion mine in Western Australia. It produced 106,683 tonnes of lithium spodumene concentrate, at the Mount Marion operation in the south-central region of the state, in the January-March quarter, down by 7.23% from the 115,000 tonnes produced in the previous quar...Read More

Alliance Mineral and Jiangxi Special Electric Motor have signed a non-binding MoU to jointly produce and sell battery-grade lithium hydroxide.Australian lithium spodumene concentrate producer Alliance Mineral and lithium and electric vehicle producer Jiangxi Special Electric Motor signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding on Friday April 26 for a 50:50 joint venture to produce and sell batt...Read More