China's domestic stainless steel prices widened downward in the week to Wednesday February 3 because some traders were looking to conclude more sales before the Chinese New Year.DomesticStainless steel cold-rolled coil 2mm grade 304 domestic (Wuxi): 14,900-15,900 yuan ($2,307-2,461) per tonne, widened downward by 200 yuan per tonne from a week earlier. End-user demand for stainless CRC is expected...Read More

Northisle Copper and Gold (TSX: NCX) has released an updated preliminary economic assessment on a 22-year, 75,000 tonne-per-day open pit development within its North Island project at the north end of Vancouver Island in B.C. The study latest "confirms that the North Island project is one of the most attractive copper-gold porphyry projects in Canada," the company stated in a press release. The p...Read More

In the wake of the GameStop/Reddit saga, North American market manipulation is once again the topic du jour; that the rules of the game vary by player- institutional versus retail investor, hedge fund versus little guy - is clear, highlighted by the fact that once again, big finance has won. Deemed too important to fail, the latest bail out of Wall Street, this time, ironically, thanks to brokerag...Read More

Incorporating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria into investment decision making was one of the most talked about investment strategies of 2020 and one that continues to be amplified as the markets - and society at large - grapple with a global pandemic.Companies are under increased scrutiny for their environmental impact and their actions as corporate citizens across all industr...Read More

Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in China on Wednesday February 3.Key drivers Aluminium prices on the London Metal Exchange drifted lower this past week, pressuring China's aluminum alloy ADC 12's export price; the LME three-month daily official aluminium price was at $1,972 per tonne on Wednesday, down by 1.6% from $2,003.50 per tonne a week earlier. Buyers in Japan adopted a wait-and-s...Read More

Neo Lithium moving closer to productionSPONSOREDneo lithiumPantoro charging towards second gold mineSPONSOREDpantoro limitedMaximus ready to resume search for more Wattle Dam richesSPONSOREDmaximus resourcesOceanaGold marks three decades of gold standard mining SPONSOREDoceanagoldSome of the strongest equity returns in the past year have come from so-called concept stocks driven by intuitive appea...Read More

Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) has scored a temporary, but key win in its ongoing dispute with Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) over funding of the vast Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold-silver mine in Mongolia.The temporary relief granted to the Vancouver-based miner in the arbitration proceedings against Rio Tinto, prevents the mining giant from restricting Turquoise Hill's talks...Read More

The Biden administration's focus on US manufacturing and domestic supply chains will benefit established and developing minerals and metals sectors, including steel, rare earths, graphite and lithium.US President Joe Biden's executive order on the strengthening of American manufacturing, which he signed during his first week in office, is expected to have a direct effect on demand for US-produced...Read More

Silver is tumbling back to earth after surging to 11-year highs on Monday, but plenty of options traders are betting on the rally to rebound.Read full newsRead More

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Bill Powers of Mining Stock Education profiles FPX Nickel, which is exploring the Baptiste nickel deposit in the Decar nickel district in British Columbia.Read full newsRead More

Portfolio managers see promise in small firms despite their lack of profitability and heightened riskRead full newsRead More

Stretched valuations and challenges in vaccine distribution are leading many to believe that the stock market could crash. In contrast, I don’t expect the stock market to crash but would welcome a healthy correction. Further, I believe valuations will start to appear normal once the corporate earnings recover due to the revival of demand and economic expansion in the second half of 2021...Read More

Following Warren Buffett move for move is typically a bad idea. You’ll not only be on the hook for a Buffett premium, as you look to buy shares after the herd of Buffett followers jump in before you, but you will also stand to sell at after the herd once the man discloses in his 13-F filings that he’s exited from or trimmed a name. Talk about a one-two hit to the chin!Just because a st...Read More

Is a 2021 market crash inevitable? It appears Warren Buffett is waiting for the other shoe to drop based on the stock market behaviour of late. On the last trading day of January, all three U.S. benchmarks finished lower. For the Dow Jones index, it was the worst week since October 2020.The Congressional Budget Office predicts it would take the U.S. economy to recover its pre-pandemic size until t...Read More

I'll be honest - covering the stock market isn't always exciting. Amid the massive hits and tragic misses, the fortunes made and lost every day, there's a mind-numbing amount of banality. The humdrum earnings reports, dry-as-a-bone financial filings, double-speak, generalities, boilerplate, and jargon...It can be, and often is, dull. But boy, this week was fun. Honestly, it's the most fun I've...Read More

(Updates with close of Friday trading, adds details on VIXperformance history)By April JoynerNEW YORK, Feb 5 (Reuters) - As the trading frenzy inGameStop Corp shares and other social media favoritesrecedes, investors are eyeing signs of potential market stressthat could weigh on broader stock performance in coming weeks.For now, U.S. equities appear to be looking past last week'ssurge in volatilit...Read More

An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange ended the first week of February on markedly positive figures, with nickel showing a day-on-day increase of 2% on Friday February 5 and zinc rising by nearly 4% since the start of the week, on a slowdown of the US Dollar Index.Nickel's three-month price showed the biggest reaction to the Dollar Index during the day on Friday, rising by 2.1% to $18,02...Read More

Customers should be given the choice to source aluminium on a spectrum of carbon levels and defining low-carbon aluminium by a numerical threshold could have unintended consequences, London Metal Exchange chief executive officer Matthew Chamberlain told Fastmarkets. Chamberlain noted the way of defining low-carbon aluminium by a number could be disruptive and counter-productive, during Fastmarkets...Read More