Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxThe scoping work only focussed on the opencut resources defined to date, with Xanadu pointing to upside from resource extensions, higher grade underground options and shallow oxide gold potential.Read More
There are more than a handful of things I can cite as leading indicators for the Gold price.Ratios such as Gold against the stock market and Gold against foreign currencies are generally good leading indicators. The gold stocks and Silver can function as leading indicators at times.The yield curve and bonds can also be leading indicators.But there is one thing I've never mentioned, nor written abo...Read More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarx"Productora is half a mine.Read More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxThe panel discussion looked at how a October 2018 position paper by the London Metals Exchange (LME) about responsible sourcing could be implemented.Read More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxOrtonowski said in the event that copper concentrate flows from mines in Democratic Republic of Congo to smelters in Zambia were reduced, it would cut the amount of sulphuric acid produced by the smelters shipped to SXEW plants in both countries, potentially impacting their ability to produce copper cathodes."The 5% import duty will increase raw material co...Read More
Chile's Codelco, the world's biggest copper producer, is "perfectly well financed" for the next two years as it pushes forward with its largest-ever drive to revitalize its aging mines, Chairman Juan Benavides said on Wednesday.State-owned Codelco, which produces nearly one-tenth of the world's copper, is set to shell out $40 billion in 10 years to overhaul its century-old Chuquicamata and El Teni...Read More
A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Wednesday that would extend a lucrative tax credit for electric vehicles that could benefit companies like Tesla Inc. and General Motors Co.The chances of the Senate extending the electric vehicle tax credit, which President Donald Trump proposed rescinding in his most recent budget request, aren't great, according to analysts."Prospects aren't...Read More
Codelco and other copper mining giants are set to plow billions of dollars into the revitalization of Chile's mines, but that may not be enough to keep the country from losing ground to competitors elsewhere in the world.Demand for copper is widely expected to take off by the mid-2020s amid a boom in electric vehicle production, but Chile is saddled with mines facing crippling declines in ore grad...Read More
Growing demand for smart thermostats, wind turbines and other high-tech devices is expected to keep copper the dominant material used in electrical components, industry players said, offsetting rising use of aluminum, a cheaper alternative to conduct electricity.That bodes well for the likes of Chilean producer Codelco, Rio Tinto Plc and other major copper miners, who are investing billions of dol...Read More
Poland's KGHM, one of the world's biggest copper and silver producers, has no plan to sell its foreign assets but may freeze some in Canada or the United States if they require big investments, its chief executive said.State-run KGHM, which for many years had focused only on Poland, accessed Chilean, Canadian and U.S. metal deposits through its almost $3 billion purchase of Quadra FNX in 2012, the...Read More
Nearly 2,000 Zambian villagers have the right to sue mining company Vedanta in the English courts, London's Supreme Court said on Wednesday, raising the prospect other companies could face legal action in England related to their activities abroad.India-listed Vedanta, which delisted from London last year but maintains a legal base in Britain, appealed a lower-court ruling that a case in which vil...Read More
"The copper and silver mineralization is in sandstone and shale, and is especially concentrated where these rocks contain layers of carbon in the form of fossilized plant fragments"Aurania Resources (TSXV: ARU) reported finding high-grade copper and silver over an area measuring six kilometres by three kilometres in the Kirus target area of the Lost Cities - Cutucu project in southeastern Ecuador....Read More
Ecuador-focused miner SolGold (LON, TSX:SOLG) said drilling at its Cascabel copper-gold project in the country's north has revealed previously unknown mineralization, further increasing the size of one of the biggest copper discoveries of recent years.Together with the high-grade find, over 1.5% copper equivalent, the company has also detected mineralization within the inferred resource area at t...Read More
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 Goldcorp-backed company said last week continuous channel sampling...Read More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxCEO Richard Adkerson told Reuters this week the company would be focused on the transition and would "be much better situated in two years' time"."We have confidence about this," he told the wire service.Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarx"The Grasberg asset is so special."PT-Freeport Indonesia is mining the final phase of the Grasberg openpit and is...Read More
Alkane maps own path to world-class critical metals producerSPONSOREDalkane resourcesProduction came from 700,304 tonnes of ore mined at an average grade of 1.2g/t gold.Read More
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 FacilitySPONSOREDisometrixI inhaled.Read More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarx"We are implementing a successful cocktail of electrification," he said.Read More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxFitch produces an ESG exposure score with elements rated on a scale of one-to-five where three is neutral in that a risk is minimally relevant or it is well-managed, and four and five are relevant toRead More
Chinese economic growth is probably the main driver of both physical gold demand and the global bull market in stocks.Please click here now. I'm invested in China through ETFs, bank stocks, and... gold!With the possible exception of HSBC, most analysts in the West appear to be underestimating the resilience of a billion Chinese citizens working maniacally in the private sector. I'll go even furthe...Read More