Protonic ceramic fuel cells could one day be used to power off-the-grid cabins in remote locations, backup generators during natural disasters and more. In the first long-term study of its kind, researchers from Colorado School of Mines have shown that the relatively new class of fuel cells exhibit both the long-term durability and fuel flexibility needed to become a viable commercial alternati...Read More
Steph and Matt hated the cold, hated the crowds, and hated their corporate work. But they lived in densely–populated, and often frigid, Massachusetts. They worked 9-5 Monday through Friday, and were lucky to get three weeks off per year. And to top it all off, high Massachusetts taxes took a big chunk of their earnings.Enough was enough. They would find a way to move somewhere warm and rural...Read More
Steph and Matt hated the cold, hated the crowds, and hated their corporate work. But they lived in densely–populated, and often frigid, Massachusetts. They worked 9-5 Monday through Friday, and were lucky to get three weeks off per year. And to top it all off, high Massachusetts taxes took a big chunk of their earnings.Enough was enough. They would find a way to move somewhere warm and rural...Read More
The International Mining Investment Conference will be held in Vancouver from May 15 to 16, and will feature 70+ companies and 50+ speakers.Read full newsRead More
CloseGain/LossGold $1314.40+$0.10Silver$16.48+$0.01XAU82.67+0.82%HUI181.17+0.53%GDM632.64+0.06%JSE Gold1077.86-10.83USD93.10+0.33Euro118.65-0.58Yen91.69+0.10Oil$69.06-$1.6710-Year2.974%+0.024T-Bond143.25-0.3125Dow24360.21+0.01%Nasdaq7266.90+0.02%S&P2671.92-0.03% The Metals: Gold saw slight gains in Asia before it fell back to $1306.10 by a little after 10AM EST, but it then rallied back hi...Read More
World focus is on Trump's Iran decision. My personal view is that the Nuclear deal with Iran will be cancelled. New trade sanctions will be imposed on Iran. Republican-Saudi nexus want crude oil prices to form a lower floor at $100. They want crude oil prices to rise to $100 as soon as possible. In order to achieve this motive, trade sanctions on Iran will have to be imposed on some pretext. Nat...Read More
i24News is reporting that Israel has called up some reserve units for air defense, home front and intelligence as Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman consults with military leaders at IDF headquarters.Read full newsRead More
One pharmaceutical company expressed an interest in accepting gold in exchange for medicine, but the government was unable to guarantee payment.Read full newsRead More
With Fed Chair Jay Powell implying that 'emerging markets are on their own', it appears the collapse of Argentina's currency has sent them running into the arms of The IMF to secure a bailout. The Peso is rebounding from its earlier crash on the headlines...Read full newsRead More
In a signal that President Vladimir Putin has chosen to maintain Russia's political status quo, damn the western sanction torpedoes, today Dmitry Medvedev was re-appointed as Russia's prime minister.Read full newsRead More
Dr. Morgan Poliquin reportsALMADEX SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE SPINOUT TRANSACTION; ALMADEX UPDATES TRANSACTION TIMING Shareholders at Almadex Minerals Ltd.'s special meeting of shareholders held today in Vancouver have voted 99.97 per cent in favour of a special resolution approving a statutory plan of arrangement under Section 288 of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) to spin out Almadex'...Read More
When the management team of Durango Resources Inc. (TSX: V.DGO, OTCQB: ATOXF, Forum) sat down in the Stockhouse boardroom for a meeting with Stockhouse Editorial, two phrases cropped up again and again: "getting busy" and "drill ready". Experienced mining investors will already like the sound of tha...Read full newsRead More
By Yianni SakarellosThe Dow Jones Industrial AverageInvestors experienced highly volatile equity markets in Q1 2018, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) plunging 1,600 points at its session lows on February 5, 2018. The DJIA closed down 1,175 points that day, its worst point decline in history.Market participants were and still are primarily fearing uncertainty stemming from the new Feder...Read More
Signature Resources Ltd. (TSXV:SGU, OTCQB:SGGTF) ('Signature' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce that it has appoint Dr. Dimitrios Kostopoulos to its advisory board.Read full newsRead More
With limited upside for precious metal prices, miners are refocusing on productivity, says Nathan Flesher, who works for McKinsey's mining arm.Gold miners are looking at a rangebound price for bullion at the $1,300/oz level. But with a limited outlook for any significant moves for gold upwards, miners must generate more output from capital spent to attract investor interest. Flesher says measu...Read More
Do you think penny stocks are best left to amateur traders who don’t understand that cheap stocks are cheap for a reason? It’s not an entirely unfair assessment. Many of these young (and doomed companies) are the beneficiaries of great sales pitches, but their investors often end up suffering buyer’s remorse.It’s a misnomer, however, to think all penny stocks — let&rs...Read More
Ontario is creating jobs and boosting economic growth and prosperity for Northerners through recent investments from the province's Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC). In 2017-18, the province invested more than $188 million through the NOHFC into more than 950 projects in 145 communities across the North, leveraging more than $964 million in direct economic activity and helping t...Read More
Manufacturers, particularly in the technology and automotive sectors, are under increasing pressure from customers to demonstrate that products are made with responsibly-sourced materials. Transparent supply chains that trace where the materials come from and what practices were used to produce them are expected by shareholders and the public. But unlike similar programs gaining momentum in other...Read More
By David Byers, Interim Chief Executive, Minerals Council of AustraliaThe 2018-19 Budget's economic and fiscal outlook is once again heavily reliant on strong growth in resources exports and a significant contribution by the mining sector to rising government tax receipts.With resources accounting for a record $207 billion in exports in 2017 - more than half Australia's total export earnings - it...Read More
LUBIN, Poland, May 8 (Reuters) - One of the world's biggest copper miners, KGHM Polska Miedz SA, expects this year's consolidated net profit to match or exceed last year's result despite lower capacity, acting Chief Executive Officer Rafal Pawelczak said on Tuesday.Last year group's net profit amounted to 1.57 billion zloty ($434.58 million), but this year the company had to close one of its produ...Read More