Canada's Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX: YRI) (NYSE: AUY) said Tuesday it has produced first gold and silver at its Cerro Moro mine, located in Argentina's Santa Cruz province.The Toronto-based miner, which began construction at Cerro Moro in 2015 and poured first dor?(C) last month, expects to finish building the mine this year.The company expects most of Cerro Moro's 2018 production in the second half o...Read More
Equinox Gold will incorporate Solaris Copper to hold all of Equinox's former copper assets.Equinox Gold, which announced the change last week, is the latest company to spin out assets that are enjoying a lift due to the anticipated electric vehicle revolution.The chief assets being moved to the new company are the Warintza project in Ecuador and the La Verde project in Mexico.Equinox chairman Ross...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jun 26 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last night and what is expected today.Last nightThe US dollar index dipped overnight on risk aversion and closed at 94.3. News reports suggested that companies with 25% or more Chinese ownership may be banned from buying US businesses with “industrially significant technology”.Base metals fell across the boar...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jun 26 (SMM) – The floor price of imported copper concentrate treatment charges (TCs) for the third quarter is likely to stand at $85-87/mt, up from $78/mt in the second quarter, SMM estimated. The price is set to be determined at the end of this month as the China Smelters Purchase Team (CSPT) convenes in Manzhouli of Inner Mongolia, SMM learned.We expect the floor...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jun 26 (SMM) – Both nonferrous and ferrous metals futures, except for SHFE lead, fell across the board on June 26. Lead jumped over 1.2%, while nickel slumped nearly 2.5%. Zinc and aluminium lost some 1.1%. Tin and copper inched down. Coke plunged nearly 3.9%, coking coal dropped 2.1%, rebar declined 1.8%, and hot-rolled coil went down 1.4%. Iron ore closed slightly lower.&nbs...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jun 26 (SMM) – The boom of shanty town redevelopment in China may cool down after China Development Bank (CDB) took away the local approval authority on renovation projects.Share prices of Chinese real estate developers tumbled on Monday June 25 following market talk that Beijing planned to ban shanty town redevelopment altogether and that CDB would stop approving pledged supplemen...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jun 26 (SMM) –Copper: The SHFE 1808 contract opened below the 60-day moving average and touched a low of 51,370 yuan/mt overnight. LME copper broke the support at the $6,800/mt level overnight despite a strike threat at Codelco's Chuquicamata mine in Chile. In China, downstream demand remained sluggish amid slack season and cash woes towards the end of the first half despite th...Read More
SANTIAGO, June 25 (Reuters) - Workers at Codelco's Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile, the state miner's second largest by output, are threatening to walk off the job soon to protest plans to transform the century-old open pit into an underground mine, a union leader said on Monday.Four of the Chuquicamata's six workers' unions voted to go ahead with strikes, alleging the company's plans to overhau...Read More
The outlook for lithium continues to shine, with demand from companies that produce batteries to power electric cars, laptops and other high-tech devices, expected to increase more than thirtyfold by 2027, a new study shows.While the next nine years will drain less than 1% of the reserves in the ground, battery makers will need more lithium to support their production, which will boost demand fo...Read More
Acacia Mining (LON:ACA), Tanzania's No.1 gold producer, said Monday that parent company Barrick Gold (TSX, NYSE:ABX) has yet to reach an agreement with the East African nation's government to end a running dispute over taxes that has severely hit the miner's bottom line.Barrick, which has been negotiating on Acacia's behalf with the Tanzanian government for over a year, had said it would deliver...Read More
BHP's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, has an uncertain future as the contract between the main miners' union and majority owner BHP is supposed to expire next month.The union demanded a bonus of around $34,000 and a 5% general wage increase for each worker. The two parties have been negotiating since last year. The higher copper prices, due to fears that Escondida workers would go on s...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jun 25 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last weekend and what is expected today.Last weekendThe US dollar index dipped and closed at 94.52 last Friday.LME metals saw mixed trading while SHFE metals rose across the board last Friday. LME nickel outperformed with a gain of close to 2%. LME lead increased 0.75%, copper nudged up while aluminium, tin and zinc dipp...Read More
Investing.com - Gold looks likely to remain vulnerable amid worries over higher U.S. interest rates boosting Treasury yields, after the yellow metal registered a second weekly decline last week, ending close to its lowest levels since December.Gold futures for August delivery tacked on 60 cents to settle at $1,271.10 on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange late Friday. For the we...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jun 25 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals futures saw mixed trading on Monday June 25 as the decision of China’s central bank to cut the required reserve ratio (RRR) by 0.5 percentage point provided only limited support. SHFE lead gained over 1.1%, nickel rose 0.72%, while zinc slumped over 1.8%. Other base metals inched down.In the ferrous market, iron ore jumped nearly 2%, coking co...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jun 25 (SMM) – Spot copper was mostly offered at a discount of 180-110 over the SHFE 1807 contract in the Shanghai market on Monday June 25. This compared with a discount of 160-110 yuan/mt on Friday June 22.The SHFE 1807 contract gained 360 yuan/mt to a high at 51,930 yuan/mt in the morning as China's central bank said it will cut the required reserve ratio by 0.5 percentage p...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jun 25 (SMM) – China's copper scrap imports in May declined 33.3% from a year ago to stand at 210,000 mt, data released by China Customs on Saturday June 23 showed. This compared with a year-on-year drop of 36.7% recorded in April, and brought copper scrap imports from January to May to 950,000 mt. China's stricter inspections of all US-imported scrap from Ma...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jun 25 (SMM) –Copper: LME copper continued to consolidate around the $6,800/mt level last Friday, while the SHFE 1808 contract hovered within a narrow range. The liquidity brought by China’s reserve requirement ratios (RRR) cut is likely to ease the pressure at the 51,500 yuan/mt level for SHFE copper price. The SHFE 1808 contract is likely to rebound in near term. Spot disco...Read More
CALGARY, Alberta, June 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Copper Fox Metals Inc. (“Copper Fox” or the “Company”) (TSX-V:CUU) (OTC:CPFXF) is pleased to provide highlights of an updated compilation of exploration results for its 100% owned Mineral Mountain copper project located near Florence, Arizona (see news release dated April 30, 2018). The Mineral Mountain area was...Read More