Money manager Adrian Day discusses developments at four disparate companies affected to varying degrees by the economic consequences of COVID-19, with two buys among them. Vista Gold Corp. (VGZ:NYSE.MKT; VGZ:TSX, US$1.15) continues to raise non-dilutive funds by monetizing non-core assets as it focuses on and advances the Mt. Todd gold project in the Northern Territories, Australia. The company i...Read More

Defense Metals reported its flotation pilot plant registered positive sample results from its Wicheeda Rare Earth Element property in British Columbia. In a news release, Defense Metals Corp. (DEFN:TSX.V; DFMTF:OTCQB; 35D:FSE), which focuses on discovering high strength alloys, rare earth materials and magnets for the electric power, green energy, military and national security markets, provided...Read More

Strikepoint Gold reports that ongoing surface exploration work is "highly encouraging." In a news release, StrikePoint Gold Inc. (SKP:TSX.V; STKXF:OTCMKTS) announced that ongoing exploration work at its Willoughby property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle is proving to be encouraging.Along with drill pad construction, the Vancouver-based company is continuing with surface exploration, mappin...Read More

Gold Standard Ventures states it aims to convert resources to Measured and Indicated and better delineate the potential of newly discovered targets at the South Railroad Project. Gold Standard Ventures Corp. (GSV:TSX.V; GSV:NYSE) announced in a news release the elements of its planned phase 1 development and exploration program at its South Railroad project in Nevada's Carlin Trend."Our prefeasib...Read More

The work Granite Creek Copper has done so far this summer includes core re-logging and core and soil sampling. Granite Creek Copper Ltd. (GCX:TSX.V) announced in a news release the tasks it recently completed during the first phase of its 2020 exploration program at its Stu copper-gold project in the Yukon Territory's Minto Copper District.Since mid-July, when the Vancouver-based explorer began i...Read More

Group Ten Metals reports that the crew and drill rig have arrived at the polymetallic project in Montana. Group Ten Metals Inc. (PGE:TSX.V; PGEZF:OTCQB; 5D32:FSE) announced in a news release that the drill rig and crew arrived and are preparing to commence work at the company's Stillwater West platinum group elements-nickel-copper-cobalt property in Montana.The Titan Drilling crew is readying to...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday August 5 that are worth another look....Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday August 5 that are worth another look....Read More

Nothinglasts forever, and the brightest flame burns itself out the fastest. That couldvery well apply to the current situation around PMs. Speakingof indications pointing to the situation being excessive, let’s take a look atthe USD Index. Rememberwhen inearly 2018 we wrote that the USD Index was bottoming due to a verypowerful combination of support levels? Practically nobody wanted to rea...Read More

Hollow steel sections prices in Southern Europe moved up on Wednesday August 5 before the expected market slowdown for the summer, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?540-560 ($636-659) per tonne on Wednesday, unchanged week on week.Italian mills have been increasing their offer prices, even though mos...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday August 5 that are worth another look....Read More

The fossil-free steel initiative joint venture known as Hybrit - comprising SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall - has completed successful trials of fossil-free fuels in the iron ore pellet process, it announced on Wednesday August 5.The companies reported that trials using fossil-free fuels at LKAB's pellet plant in Malmberget, Sweden, have shown that the first fossil-free iron ore pellets are within reach...Read More

Demand for steel in the European Union dropped by 12% year on year in the first quarter of 2020 and European steel association Eurofer does not expect a recovery until late 2020-early 2021, it said on Wednesday August 5. Steel demand in the region started on a negative trend in late 2019 this has continued into the first quarter of 2020, exacerbated by pandemic-related restrictions, the associatio...Read More

The European Commission has extended existing anti-dumping measures applied to corrosion resistant steels from China to imports of certain slightly modified corrosion resistant steel products, it said on Tuesday August 4. The EC started an investigation concerning a possible circumvention of existing anti-dumping measures, and made such imports subject to registration in November last year. The EC...Read More

Bangladeshi steelmaker SS Steel has purchased competitor producer Saleh Steel in a deal worth 247 million taka ($2.86 million), according to a filing to the Dhaka Stock Exchange. The deal, which was first made public on Tuesday August 4, sees SS Steel take 99% of the shares in Saleh Steel Industries Ltd. SS Steel has pledged to invest a further 1.34 billion taka toward the "smooth running" of the...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday August 5 that are worth another look....Read More

An overview of the minor metals markets and their latest price moves.Read More

The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange was pushed higher at the close of trading on Wednesday August 5 by a flurry of panic-buying against the monthly options expiry deadline, while zinc notched its highest close since January. Nickel's outright price on the LME closed at $14,419 per tonne on Wednesday afternoon, its highest close of the year while trading volumes were the highe...Read More

Domestic transaction prices in Italy for heavy steel plate have moved further upward because of rising slab costs, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday August 5.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel domestic plate, 8-40mm, exw Southern Europe, was ?,?450-470 ($530-553) per tonne on August 5, up by ?,?5-20 per tonne week on week from ?,?445-450 per tonne.The assessment was based on the la...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday August 5 that are worth another look....Read More