The market may be rallying, but will it last? Investors have been given some tough choices in the last couple of months. Safety and stability are certainly hard to come by in 2020. However, from blue-chip bankers to an overlooked energy investment theme, here are two ways to pack long-term wealth creation in a TSX portfolio.The case for Big Five bank stocksBanks are likely to continue to be underv...Read More

Tectonic Metals Vice President of Exploration Eric Buitenhuis prospecting the Seventymile gold property in Alaska. (Photo courtesy Tectonic Metals) After its $520 million exit in 2016, the core team that found, developed and sold the Coffee Gold project in Yukon to Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) took a breather, and then regrouped.Eira Thomas, one of Kaminak Gold Corp.'s executives, took on the CEO job at...Read More

Red metal back in the red Industrial metals fell back on Friday as warnings about rising tensions between the world's two largest economies overshadowed a massive economic stimulus announced by Beijing, the world's top commodities consumer.Copper trading in New York fell by 3.6% to $2.37 a pound ($5,225 a tonne) in lunchtime trade, halting a rally that saw the bellwether metal gain nearly 20% fro...Read More

While the television and movie streaming wars enter a new phase with a fight over subscription dollars, a whole new type of streaming war is firing up that will dwarf what we've seen so far.Investors made a fortune off of the first one. Netflix IPO investors have pulled in up to 37,000%. Buying at lows in the early 2000s could push that figure to over 70,000%.Even someone who bought Netflix shares...Read More

Digital rendition of a mining operation in space. (Source: Mine Stories) Both interest in and financial commitments to space activities, in particular around the moon, by governments, space agencies and the private sector have surged in recent years.The asteroid mining market is already valued at up to trillions of dollars, but a single drill from earth has yet to make it to space.While space mi...Read More

The now closed open-pit at the Mir mine in the city of Mirny, Yakutia. (Image courtesy of ALROSA.) Alrosa announced on Friday that it was cutting its 2020 output to between 28 and 31 million carats in response to the crisis unfolding in the global rough and polished diamonds market.The world's top diamond producer by output had set initial guidance of 34 million carats for the year."The coronavi...Read More

The world's first heavy duty 4? 4 off road bus, Praetorian is designed to transport personnel and equipment across rough ground and in tough conditions. (Credit: Torsus) The world's first heavy duty 4? 4 off road bus, the Torsus Praetorian, has been awarded the Red Dot Award in the Product Design 2020 category.Designed to transport personnel and equipment safely across rough ground and in tough...Read More

Miners and processors considering production cuts cannot ignore safety or care and maintenance, including of associated asset infrastructure, the former chief executive officer of Anglo American said.Cynthia Carroll told Fastmarkets during a webinar interview that taking the decision to curtail output in deteriorating demand and pricing environments such as those being seen during the Covid-19 pan...Read More

The metals and mining industry will need to make permanent, fundamental changes to the way it operates as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the former chief executive of Anglo American told Fastmarkets.Speaking during a webinar interview this week, Cynthia Carroll, who led Anglo American from 2007 until 2013, said this is in stark contrast to the way the sector got back to business in the afterma...Read More

Key data from the Friday May 22 pricing session in London. Key Drivers There were fewer producer offers and more demand from participants looking to secure duty-paid units.The London Metal Exchange aluminium cash/three-month spread recently traded at a $25.50 per tonne contango on Friday, narrower from as wide as wide as $37 at the beginning of the week.Concerns remain about a narrowing contango...Read More

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Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the session ending Friday May 22.China The domestic market experienced a small recovery on tight supply following the wave of production cuts among ferro-silicon producers in April. Export...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the session ended Friday May 22.China Domestic ferro-chrome spot prices rose on bullish sentiment after Tsingshan raised its June tender price by 500 yuan ($70) per tonne. The UG2 chrome ore price was underpinned by continuing disruptions in South Africa, with deals reported at higher prices. Market sentiment strengthened...Read More

Adam HamiltonArchivesMay 22, 2020 The mid-tier gold miners in the sweet spot for stock-price upside potential have enjoyed a massive run since mid-March's stock-panic lows. They've already more than doubled in the couple months since! Their just-released Q1'20 operational and financial results reveal whether these huge gains are righteous fundamentally, whether this uptrend is likely to persist, a...Read More

Albanese was speaking on a webinar panel moderated by Mining Journal and hosted by the Singapore Stock Exchange.Read More

Fastmarkets' benchmark copper concentrates treatment and refining charge (TC/RC) index rose on Friday May 22 for first time since the beginning of April after more smelters returned to the spot market this week. The index rose to $51.6 per tonne/ 5.16 cents per lb, from $49.6 per tonne/ 4.96 cents per lb a week ago, when it hit the lowest level in eight months. Most Chinese smelters spoken to by F...Read More

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Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Corporation" or "Venzee") is pleased to announce it has completed a non-brokered private placement consisting of the issuance of 28,040,000 million units of the Company at a price of $0.05 per unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,402,000 as announced by the Company on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, oversubscribing the amount originally ann...Read More

The iron ore price rose as high as $98/t this week on the recovery in China and concerns about Brazil's rising cases of COVID-19.Read More

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