Base metals prices on the LME and the SHFE were mixed this morning, Friday October 16, but overall were holding up well despite growing concern over the spread of Covid-19 across Europe and the United States. Despite the spread of the pandemic the markets seem to be assured that more stimulus will be forthcoming. EU passenger car registrations climbed 3.1% in September, compared with last year, bu...Read More

Gold prices steadied in a tight range around the US$1,900 level on Friday, but fading chances of a stimulus agreement before the U.S. presidential election kept bullion on track for a weekly decline.Spot gold dipped 0.6% to US$1,896.61 per oz. by 12:20 p.m. EDT, down more than 1% for the week. U.S. gold futures shrank 0.2% to US$1,905 per oz., still trading above the US$1,900 threshold."With a sti...Read More

HighGold Mining (TSXV: HIGH; US-OTC: HGGOF) has reported additional drill results from its 15,000-metre drill program on its flagship Johnson Tract polymetallic project in southcentral Alaska, 15km west of Tuxedni Bay and 200 km southwest of Anchorage.The 85-sq.-km property includes the high-grade Johnson Tract deposit (JT deposit) and at least nine prospects over a 12-km strike length. The drill...Read More

After being virtually shut down since March, the diamond market has slowly come back to life. This fall, De Beers, the world's largest diamond producer by value, has reported a growing momentum in sales. Several small producers also reported their first regular diamond tenders in Antwerp in September, and mines such as Renard in Quebec and Mothae in Lesotho that have been on care and maintenance s...Read More

Relations between Australia and China have been strained since Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for an independent global investigation into the origins (and initial handling) of the coronavirus pandemic. The conservative leader has also criticized China's recent imposition of new security laws in Hong Kong and suspended its extradition agreement with the former British colony, which reverted...Read More

Northern Vertex Mining (TSXV: NEE; US-OTC: NHVCF) has reported high-grade gold and silver drill results from a resource expansion drill program on the Ruth vein at its wholly owned Moss gold-silver mine in northwest Arizona, 22 km to the east of Bullhead City and a one and half hour drive south of Las Vegas, Nevada. Ken Berry, Northern Vertex's president and chief executive, said the success of...Read More

Indonesian authorities have extended the deadline for scrap sellers to comply with new, strict import regulations until the end of the year, leading to a burst of activity in the market, market participants told Fastmarkets on Friday October 16.Rules concerning the registration of scrap exporters to Indonesia came into force on September 30, causing many deals to be canceled because some exporters...Read More

Global miner and commodities trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is close to securing nickel supply deals with automakers and battery producers amid a looming squeeze in the market and Tesla CEO Elon Musk's recent call to miners to produce more of the metal."A lot of the automobile guys and the battery guys are talking to us about nickel," CEO Ivan Glasenberg said during the Financial Times Mining Summit....Read More

The bullish sentiment felt at the start of the week ended Friday October 16 was later tempered by lower offers for containerized ferrous scrap in the key Taiwanese import market, sources said.Fastmarkets' daily price assessment for containerized cargoes of steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20), US material import, cfr main port Taiwan was $270 per tonne on Friday, unchanged from the previous day and up by...Read More

Researchers from the University of Queensland's Sustainable Minerals Institute and representatives from Anglo American (LSE: AAL), Aeris Resources, Eriez Flotation Division, Glencore (LSE: GLEN), Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM), Newcrest Mining (TSX: NCM; ASX: NCM) and Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) have formed the Collaborative Consortium for Coarse Particle Processing Research, whose goal i...Read More

Pantoro bullish on bigger production profileSPONSOREDpantoro limitedGenesis opens new chapter at UlyssesSPONSOREDgenesis mineralsRamelius now among WA gold frontrunnersSPONSOREDramelius resourcesAgile Mining - The Future is Smaller. Bigger is not always betterSPONSOREDproudfootUK private player Cornish Lithium hit the headlines last year when it managed to raise £1.4 million using a crowdfun...Read More

Global nickel production is expected to decline by 7.4% to 2.19-million in 2020, data and analytics company GlobalData says, citing the temporary suspension of mines caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the advancement of Indonesia's export ban.Indonesia's mine production is expected to fall to 680 000 t in 2020 - down by 15%, compared with 800 000 t in 2019, owing to the advancement of the exports...Read More

Tanzania's gold-mining industry is showing signs of a renaissance following a crackdown on smuggling and the settlement of a long-running dispute with Barrick Gold Corp.Read full newsRead More

Kitco News' general-interest stories takes a look at what is making headlines in the marketplace and how that is impacting precious metals pricesRead full newsRead More

The fact that top management holds a significant personal stake in Goldcliff Resource Corp. raises the confidence level of sector expert Michael Ballanger in the company's potential as a winning investment. Goldcliff Aurora WestWith a mere nineteen days (19) to go until the U.S. election, I think it is important to turn down the volume on the business news networks and ignore the commentators, th...Read More

Today’s beaten-down USdollar is a major short-term risk for gold. For decades this yellow metal has often inversely mirrored the fortunesof the world’s reserve currency.  Dollartrends are important trading cues for highly-leveraged gold-futuresspeculators, who wield outsized influence over gold prices.  So an overdue mean-reversion rebound rally eruptingin the US dollar...Read More

The world's mines will produce 3,368 tonnes of gold this year, down 4.6% from 2019 and the lowest in 5 years, but high bullion prices will help to push up output by 8.8% to a record 3,664 tonnes in 2021, consultancy Metals Focus said on Wednesday.Read full newsRead More

Tanzania's gold-mining industry is showing signs of a renaissance following a crackdown on smuggling and the settlement of a long-running dispute with Barrick Gold Corp.Read full newsRead More

The world's mines will produce 3,368 tonnes of gold this year, down 4.6% from 2019 and the lowest in 5 years, but high bullion prices will help to push up output by 8.8% to a record 3,664 tonnes in 2021, consultancy Metals Focus said on Wednesday.Read full newsRead More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday October 16 that are worth another look.Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Sider??rgica Nacional (CSN) is set to reach full capacity by the end of November, with a planned restart for the idled blast furnace (BF) in the latter half...Read More