The mining sector celebrated when Warren Buffett, for the first time, took a position in a gold stock. Berkshire Hathaway bought shares of Barrick Gold in the second quarter of 2020 when COVID-19 was wreaking havoc in the financial markets. However, did the GOAT of investing make the right call?In February 2021, silver is outshining gold. The price of the shiny white metal is surging of late due t...Read More

After years of boom and bust, cannabis stocks are back in a big way.All of my positions are up double digits over the last few weeks. It's been a great start to the year. Just look at this chart from The Cannabis ETF (NYSEARCA :THCX):It's up 68% since the start of the year. This ETF holds large cannabis companies like Canopy Growth, Cronos, and Aphria. I've already made high triple-digit (and quad...Read More

Aluminium billet premiums in the United States, Germany and Spain firmed near two-year highs on Friday February 12 as demand outpaced supply in those regions. Premiums in Asia and South America were steady.US billet premium jumps to March 2019 levelsEuropean premiums climb; third-quarter talks beginBrazilian billet premium steady despite higher dealsPremium flat in Thailand; freight costlyUnited S...Read More

The aluminium primary foundry alloy (PFA) premium in the United States climbed to an 18-month high on Friday February 12, while the premium in Eastern Europe also firmed on tight supply despite thin liquidity.United StatesFastmarkets assessed the aluminium primary foundry alloy silicon 7 ingot/T-bar premium, dlvd dup over P1020A Midwest at 9-11 cents per lb on Friday, up by 8.1% from 8.5-10 cents...Read More

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

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

Chile-based producer Mantos Copper has secured a total of $846.6 million to finance its Mantoverde project in the South American country into production.The finance package includes $275 million in equity from Mitsuibishi Materials, in return for a 30% shareholding in the project, which is scheduled to produce 110,000 tonnes per year of copper from 2023 to 2030.Read More

Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) dropped further into Fastmarkets' record lows, with the market pricing spot cargoes at slimmer discounts to London Metal Exchange prices ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays. Fastmarkets' benchmark copper concentrates TC/RC index, cif Asia Pacific settled at $36.20 per tonne / 3.62 cents per lb on Friday February 12, down from $37 per...Read More

Gold equivalent production fell 5% year-on-year but hit guidance at 672,619 ounces, with better than expected output from Newmont's Peñasquito mine in Mexico and Glencore's Antamina in PeruRead More

A summary of aluminium producer Hydro's fourth quarter 2020 results.Summary: Hydro's underlying Earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) for the fourth quarter of 2020 was 1,449 million Norwegian krone ($170 million) up from 560 million Norwegian krone in the same quarter last year.The company said improved downstream margins and volumes, along with lower upstream raw materials co...Read More

Adam HamiltonArchivesFeb 12, 2020 With demand soaring for high-potential trades, newer speculators and investors shouldn't overlook the gold miners' stocks. For decades contrarians have used this volatile sector's big swings to multiply their capital. Gold-stock uplegs yield massive gains, which are realized near toppings to weather subsequent corrections in cash. Timing entries and exits to ride...Read More

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

An overview of the aerospace materials markets and their latest price moves.Ewa Manthey and Michael...Read More

Global prices on the key scrap markets have rebounded in the working week to Friday February 12 after Turkey returned to the market to book cargoes at higher prices.Turkey returns to market at higher pricesUS market ends two-week dry spellTaiwanese importers look for material on market reboundIndian prices boosted by Turkey's return to market.TurkeyTurkish mills did not return to the deep-sea mark...Read More

The price of shredded steel scrap imported into India and Pakistan moved up in the week to Friday February 12 with sentiment turning positive, sources have told Fastmarkets.IndiaFastmarkets calculated its steel scrap, shredded, index, import, cfr Nhava Sheva, India, at $415.11 per tonne on Friday, up from $408.73 per tonne one week earlier.Several deals were heard for shredded material at the star...Read More

The price range for UK-origin light iron scrap fell for the fourth week in a row in the period to Friday February 12, with British scrap export prices having been persistently low in the past few weeks.But a market bottom may have been reached because European export prices to the key destination of Turkey recovered late in the week, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday.The consistent fall in the UK...Read More

With Greater China on holiday, base metals trading on the London Metal Exchange has been quiet this morning, Friday February 12, with prices little changed and trading volumes light - but so far prices are holding up in high ground.The outlook for metals demand is strong, but could it be derailed by the global semiconductor shortage?Base metalsThree-month base metals prices on the L...Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - SIGMA Lithium Resources Corporation (TSXV: SGMA) (OTC-QB: SGMLF) announced that it has closed its previously announced upsized non-brokered private placement of common shares and has issued 9,545,455 common shares at a price of C$4.40 per share (which is 10% above the initial indicated price) for gross proceeds of C$42.0 million.The Offering book was oversubscribed an...Read More

Brazilian flat steel producer Usiminas estimates that, after recent price increases and including taxes, domestically produced flat steel is sold at a premium of around 10% compared with imported material - a level the company sees as the "ideal" difference between prices of imported and domestically made material."[Our price] in the domestic market is currently within Usiminas' target," commercia...Read More

Every once in a while, all the pieces fall into place and a new investment sector is born.If you think about Henry Ford and the Model T, you think about precision instruments, the combustion engine, the carburetor, interchangeable parts, the Bessemer process for producing steel, etc...If you consider the iPhone, you think about high-speed mobile; long-lasting batteries; small, fast, and powerful c...Read More