Mining - more than most industries - relies heavily on infrastructure and institutions at locations where operations are based.The ongoing political chaos in Kyrgyzstan, which saw thousands take to the streets in protest of the nation's parliamentary elections that kept President Sooronbai Jeenbekov in power, underscores the type of risks posed to those invested in the regions and highlights...Read More
A backlog of containers of metal scrap stuck at ports across Australia has hammered the availability of steel scrap from the country and piled demurrage costs onto beleaguered traders, sources told Fastmarkets."Scrap supply in Asia is limited. Australia is having issues due to port congestion and carriers are imposing additional charges, which is raising prices," a Singaporean scrap trader said."S...Read More
EnGold Mines' (TSXV: EGM) wholly-owned Lac La Hache copper-gold-silver project in the southern Cariboo region of central B.C. has a storied history tracing back several decades.The property, 14 km northeast of Lac La Hache and 480 km from Vancouver, lies within the Quesnel Trough, a 2,000-km long depositional belt that hosts several large tonnage porphyry-type deposits. Imperial Metals' (TSX: III...Read More
Import prices for containerized ferrous scrap in the key Taiwanese market slipped further in the week to Friday October 9 ahead of a major holiday in the territory, 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 $265-267 per tonne on Friday October 9, unchanged from Thursday and down by $3-5 p...Read More
Key data from the Friday October 9 pricing session in London. Key drivers Suppliers lowered their offers to secure limited inquiries amid weak consumer demand. Trading has also slowed on fears...Read More
Australia's Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM) is restarting operations at its Mothae mine in Lesotho, Africa, which had been halted since late March to help curb the spread of the coronavirus.The Perth-based company said it plans to escalate operations at the mine to 75% capacity as some Covid-19 restrictions remain in place.Commercial production at Mothae, which the Perth-based company acquired in...Read More
Slovakia's InoBat Auto has unveiled what it claims is the world's first "intelligent" electric vehicle battery, said to beat competitors' with a higher energy density and an increase in operational range of 20%.The company's Gen1 lithium battery, ready after just a year of research and development, combines Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High Throughput (HTP) technology. It also contains less co...Read More
Europe and United States' lithium battery-grade spot prices held steady over the week to Thursday October 8, with the market in wait-and-see mode, while the technical-grade hydroxide price rose for the first time in a year.Europe and US battery-grade spot prices held steady for the third consecutive week after posting losses in mid-September. Sources reported strengthening prices for technical-gra...Read More
Chile's SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world's second largest lithium producer, will voluntarily cut its use of fresh water and brine from the Atacama desert to mitigate the overall impact of its operations in one of the driest places in the world.The company, which produces lithium by pumping brine from beneath the desert and concentrating it through evaporation in pools, has committed to reduce its use...Read More
Shares of gold mining companies are well placed for a win-win outcome from November's U.S. election, according to MBMG Group Managing Director Paul Gambles.Read full newsRead More
Alianza Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V: ANZ, OTC: TARSF) ("Alianza" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the private placements of Flow-Through Shares and Units are now fully subscribed and the offerings will close shortly. The Flow-Through Shares were offered at $0.155 per share and the Unit offering is priced at $0.135 per unit, where each [...]Read full newsRead More
The gold mining company's plan has lost its luster.Read full newsRead More
Exploring for Zinc, Lead and Silver in Nevada and Titanium in MongoliaRead full newsRead More
Warren Buffett is considered one of the most value-focused investors of our time. And while it’s true that he has made fortunes investing in troubled companies and leveraging recessions, he isn’t always after the lowest valuation point. This was evident in the 2020 market crash when Buffett didn’t start buying after the market was about halfway into recovery.This also falls in li...Read More
Many years ago when I was first starting out in the work force, my mother always told me to put your money in Canada Savings Bonds. Giving away my age, at the time back in the 1970's I was getting as high as 19% on CSB's and even 90 day GIS's. Of course interest rates on loans and mortages were just as high back then to. I remember hearing about people having mortgages at 22% and even a bit higher...Read More
Torex Gold Resources Inc. (TSX: TXG) is an intermediate gold producer, based in Canada, engaged in the exploration, development, and operation of its 100% owned Morelos Gold Property, an area of 29,000 hectares in the highly prospective Guerrero Gold Belt, located 180 kilometres southwest of Mexico City. We learned from Jody Kuzenko, President and CEO of Torex Gold, that their assets in Mexico inc...Read More
It didn’t take long for the mining stocksto turn south once again. No wonder, given that their breakdown was more thanverified.Additionally, they also got bearish supportfrom gold, the stock market, and the USD Index, which also confirmed theirdecisive move. For more details, let’s take a closer look at the chart below. We've witnessed the USD's breakout andbreakdowns in the precious m...Read More
‘A complete paradigm shift will make gold the generational trade’ As we turn the calendar to October, often a daunting month for financial markets, the same toxic mix that has bedeviled the global economy for most of 2020 remains in full force – the pandemic, the crippled economy, the money printing, and the disheveled politics. For its part, gold held up under the pressure of a...Read More
In the five months between March and August this year, the price of silver increased from a fourteen-year low of $11.77 per ounce to a seven-year high of $29.26. That is a whopping gain of one hundred sixty-three percent.Meanwhile, gold’s price rose from its low of $1472 per ounce to a recent high of $2061. That represents a gain of forty percent, which is certainly a handsome number. N...Read More
Recent sentiment toward the yellow metal matched peak 2011 levels You may recall investor optimism that attended gold's then record high of $1921.50 in September 2011.A Gallup poll from that time period captured the prevailing sentiment. The Sept. 2, 2011 Elliott Wave Financial Forecast said a monthly publication which provides forecasts for major U.S. financial markets, said:Perhaps the stronges...Read More