Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:Toronto Stock Exchange (16,265.82, down 23.16 points)Katanga Mining Ltd. (TSX:KAT). Miner. Up four cents, or 3.05 per cent, to $1.35 on 8.9 million shares.Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB). Healthcare. Up 16 cents, or 1.81 per cent, to $9.02 on 7.3 million shares.Nemaska Lithium Inc. (TSX:NMX). Miner. Down one cent,...Read More

CALGARY - The Alberta Energy Regulator has approved a tailings pond management plan for oilsands miner Syncrude Canada despite its reliance on a remediation method that isn't endorsed by the agency.The regulator requires that all oilsands mine producers outline how they will deal with the toxic storage ponds that together cover more than 220 square kilometres and contain almost 1.2 trillion litres...Read More

Toronto, Ontario - June 20, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Palamina Corp. (TSXV: PA) has completed further staking to expand its five 100% owned, district-scale gold projects in the Puno Orogenic Gold Belt ("POGB") located in southeastern Peru. The POGB is one of the least explored known orogenic gold belts. Palamina's projects in the POGB now cover over 77,000 hectares. All pr...Read More

Ferroglobe PLC has entered into a joint development agreement with BioSolar Inc to pursue opportunities in the lithium-ion battery market.Ferroglobe subsidiary Silicio Ferrosolar SLU - based in A Coruna, Spain - will collaborate with BioSolar to develop and market silicon anode materials for high-power, high-energy lithium-ion batteries, Ferroglobe announced."We are excited to partner with&nb...Read More

June 20, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. (ASM: TSX/NYSE American/GV6: FSE; "Avino" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the 2018 - 2019 strategic exploration objectives for the Bralorne Gold Mine located near Gold Bridge, British Columbia; which will allow the Company to use the gross proceeds of CDN $6,000,000 raised from the Flow-Through shares offering which...Read More

VANCOUVER - Tahoe Resources Inc. named James Voorhees as the company's new president and chief executive.He replaces Ronald Clayton, who is retiring effective Friday.Voorhees has been a Tahoe director since its inception in 2010 and will remain a director following his appointment to the top job.Before joining Tahoe, Voorhees was chief operating officer at Glamis Gold Ltd. from 1999 to 2006.He als...Read More

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. money market fund assets decreased by $65.25 billion to $2.762 trillion in the week ended June 19, the Money Fund Report said on Wednesday.Taxable money market fund assets decreased by $63.62 billion to $2.626 trillion, while tax-free assets decreased by $1.63 billion to $136.06 billion, according to the report, published by iMoneyNet.The iMoneyNet Money Fund Average 7-Da...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Republican and Democratic U.S. lawmakers asked Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Wednesday to reconsider its work with Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL], which they described as a security threat.In a letter to Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, the lawmakers said Google recently decided not to renew “Project Maven...Read More

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s upper house of parliament approved Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit bill on Wednesday, ending months of parliamentary debate over the legislation that will formally end the country’s European Union membership.Lords approved the government’s plan without a vote after a rebellion by those who wanted parliament to have a greater influence over t...Read More

North China-based Ganglu Iron & Steel (Ganglu Steel) will keep back 100,000 tonnes of its hot-rolled coil from the spot marketeach month when it starts up a new 2 million tonnes per year cold-rolled coil line later this year.According to local media reports in Tangshan city, Hebei province, on Wednesday June 20, construction work for the CRC line will be completed this month and Ganglu Steel...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, addressing what his administration has characterized as an unwanted side effect of his zero-tolerance policy on illegal immigration, signed an executive order on Wednesday to keep families who illegally cross the U.S. southern border together as they await immigration proceedings.“It’s about keeping families together while at the same time...Read More

June 20 (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank AG has agreed to pay a fine of $205 million for violations of New York’s banking laws, the state’s department of financial Services said on Wednesday.Violations, that took place between 2007 and 2013, include efforts to improperly coordinate trading activity through online chat rooms, sharing confidential customer information, trading aggressively to r...Read More

China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices were largely stable on Wednesday June 20 with buyers coming to terms with their concerns over the brewing trade war between the world's two biggest economies.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,260-4,290 yuan ($658-663) per tonne, down 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 4,200-4,230 yuan per tonne, unchangedConcerns over the trade spat between China a...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would sign something “pre-emptive” soon to solve the problem of immigrant families being separated at the U.S. southern border, which has sparked outrage in the United States and abroad.It was not immediately clear what Trump, who had previously blamed the family separations on Democrats, would sign. An earlier rep...Read More

Brazilian flat steel producers have delayed part of a planned price increase in domestic prices, due to strong local competition and transportation problems in May, according to national flat steel association Inda. "Bookings made in May, at old prices, have been delayed due to transportation problems," Inda president Carlos Loureiro said on Tuesday June 19. Because of this, steelmakers made...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1269.50-$6.00Silver$16.30UNCHXAU81.25-0.52%HUI175.44-0.80%GDM611.50-0.75%JSE Gold1075.67+3.70USD95.09+0.05Euro115.83-0.01Yen90.73-0.34Oil$66.22+$1.1510-Year2.936%+0.046T-Bond144.50-0.4375Dow24657.80-0.17%Nasdaq7781.51+0.72%S&P2767.32+0.17%  The Metals: Gold dipped $4.20 to $1271.30 in London before it bounced back to $1276.20 in morning New York trade,...Read More

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By Craig HemkeLast week, we updated the incredible surging amount of total COMEX "Exchanges For Physical". Much has changed in the past few days, so with some additional data in hand we thought we should re-visit the topic this week. If you missed last week's post, you can find it here. Please look it over before we begin: https://www.sprottmoney.com/Blog/comex-efp-use-con... As stated last week...Read More

By RambusJust a quick update on a few of the GLD charts we've been following closely. Below is the daily line chat which shows the breakout from the blue triangle that formed as the backtest to the larger 5 point bearish falling wedge reversal pattern. The bulls tried as hard as they could but they couldn't take out the bottom rail of the falling wedge reversal pattern. Friday's decline was on h...Read More

By Avi GilburtEveryone wants to buy at the absolute bottom in any market. Yet, most actually buy at the highs, expecting much higher prices, and then sell at the lows, while expecting even lower prices. The gold market is no different.Back in 2011, when the metals were approaching their highs, most analysts were suggesting that investors keep buying gold as this would be their last opportuni...Read More