Share this articleVANCOUVER - Almaden Minerals Ltd. (TSX: AMM; NYSE: AAU) today provided an update regarding its intentions for advancing the Ixtaca project during 2021.As previously disclosed, Almaden was informed late last year that the company's initial environmental impact assessment in respect of the Ixtaca project did not receive approval from the Mexican federal permitting authority, Secret...Read More

An overview of the consumer electronics markets and their latest price moves.Ewa Manthey and Dalila Ouerghi ...Read More

Battle North Gold Corporation (TSX: BNAU, OTCQX: BNAUF) owns the significantly de-risked and shovel-ready Bateman Gold Project, located in the renowned Red Lake gold district in Ontario, Canada and controls the strategic and second largest exploration ground in the district. We learned from George Ogilvie, who is President and CEO of Battle North Gold that the project has a robust maiden feasibili...Read More

The end of crude is nigh.At least, that's what we've been told over and over again, isn't it?Ever since we took the plunge into the new COVID era, the death of oil has been quite a popular sentiment in the headlines.We can't blame anyone for thinking that way, either.Ten months ago, we watched as oil prices utterly collapse, plunging into negative territory for the first time in history.Personally...Read More

An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Charlotte Radford, Cristina Belda...Read More

Key data from the pricing session in Shanghai on Wednesday February 3.Key drivers Spot cobalt metal price jumps amid futures strength and a rally in the international benchmark metal price on February 2.Domestic refineries in...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday February 3 that are worth another look.ArcelorMittal Italia has resumed operations at blast furnace (BF) No2 and coke battery No9 at its Taranto steel plant in the south of Italy, the producer said on February 3.Rio Tinto...Read More

Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States have remained in the $57- to $58-per-hundredweight ($1,140- to $1,160-per-short-ton) range, with most market participants indicating that the market has not yet reached its tipping point.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $57.68 per cwt ($1,153.60 per ton) on Wednesday February 3, down by 0.22% from $57.81 per c...Read More

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil across Europe were fairly stable over the week to Wednesday February 3, supported by good order books among EU steelmakers, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?710.00 ($855.54) per tonne on Wednesday, up by ?,?1.00 per tonne from ?,?709.00 per tonne on February 2.The ind...Read More

Prices for steel hollow sections in Europe remained unchanged this week after feedstock prices begin to plateau following a period of upward movement, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday February 3.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe was ?,?850-870 ($1,022-1,046) per tonne on Wednesday, unchanged week on week.After weeks of increases for...Read More

Steel rebar prices in Northern Europe have declined slightly over the past seven days amid a slowdown in buying and a softer scrap market, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday February 3.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?640-660 ($771-795) per tonne on Wednesday, down by ?,?10 per tonne from ?,?650-670 per tonne sev...Read More

Domestic steel rebar prices in Southern Europe declined in the week to Wednesday February 3 under the pressure of slow buying activity and weaker scrap values, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, delivered Southern Europe was ?,?600-620 ($723-747) per tonne on Wednesday, down from ?,?610-635 per tonne last week.ItalyRebar...Read More

Turkish steelmakers continued to stay away from deep-sea scrap purchases on Wednesday February 3, expecting prices to fall again due to limited demand for rebar and steel billet, sources told Fastmarkets....Read More

It's a brand new year, and with it comes a brand new feature from Sprott Money: The Monthly Precious Metals Projections. Each month, host Craig Hemke will sit down with Chris Vermeulen of the Technical Traders to break down the key gold and silver charts you need to understand for the weeks ahead.Chris Vermeulen has been involved in the markets since 1997 and is the founder of Technical Traders Lt...Read More

How does Mike Maloney invest in silver, and why? Join Mike and Jeff Clark as they discuss the pros and cons of the most popular forms of silver investing. Michael Maloney is a precious metals investment expert and historian. He is the founder and owner of GoldSilver.com, a global leader in gold and silver sales/storage and one of the world's most highly regarded investment education companies. He...Read More

Talking Points From This Episode- Comex Silver Short- Concentration & Manipulation- Silvers Unique Characteristics- Breaking the ManipulationTom welcomes Ted Butler back to the show to discuss the recent activity in the silver markets. Ted discusses the massive short position held on the Comex by Commercial speculators. These speculators have 80,000 contracts short, equating to roughly 400 million...Read More

George Edward Gammon is an American real estate investor and entrepreneur. He produces and stars in a popular YouTube Channel. Prior to 2012, George started, owned, and operated multiple businesses ranging from conventions to advertising. The last growing to 24 million in annual revenues and over 100 employees. After 12 years as a successful entrepreneur, at the age of 38, George semi retired and...Read More

Blog: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/stock...Lynette Zang has held the position of Chief Market Analyst at ITM Trading since 2002. Ms. Zang has been in the markets on some level since 1964. Her mission is to convert financial noise into understandable language. She has been a banker, a stock broker and studied world currencies since 1987. She believes strongly that we need to be as independent as...Read More

Demand for physical metal here at Miles Franklin has been the highest we've seen in our 30 years. Phone do not stop ringing. As the spot price has plunged below $27, demand remains the same, that is, people are ordering more than ever before! Craig Hemke from TFMetalsReport.com0:00?EUR< Intro0:35?EUR< Silver squeeze2:17?EUR< Most silver demand ever3:51?EUR< Why product shortages?7:02?EUR< What cau...Read More

Kristin Zimmerman from GM plays the climate fool. Watch all the way to the end.Where does the energy for that 'clean' electric car come from?Continue...Read More