U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 10 points in pre-opening trade. Sprint jumped $3.30 to $8.120 in anticipation of approval by the courts of a merger with T-Mobil.NVIDIA advanced $4.19 to $267.16 after Oppenheimer and Deutsche Bank raised their target price on the stock.Under Armour dropped $2.73 to $17.73 after reporting less than consensus fourth qua...Read More

When the coronavirus that caused Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) became a worldwide health emergency between November 2002 and July 2003, I was the bureau chief for The Far Eastern Economic Review magazine in Singapore.Reporters were instructed to stay at home and we spent our days tracking down scientists, doctors and healthcare workers by phone to comment on the mysterious virus. We als...Read More

This episode features the induction of the Eberhard ("Ebe") Scherkus to the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto on Jan. 9, 2020.The success and longevity of Agnico Eagle Mines owes much to Eberhard ("Ebe") Scherkus, who joined the company as a project manager in 1985, became chief operating officer (COO) in 1998, and was president and COO...Read More

Canadian Mining Journal, The Northern Miner and MINING.com are pleased to introduce our new On the Move newsletter. This monthly publication will track management and board appointments across Canada's mining and mineral exploration industry. Each month, we'll also highlight the achievements of companies and individuals in the sector in our "Awards and Accolades" section.Keep us up to date on your...Read More

Excelsior Mining (TSX: MIN) announced in early February that it is fast-tracking a production optimization program, based on data collected at its Gunnison in-situ recovery copper mine in Arizona."These upgrades were planned to take place over time once nameplate production had been achieved," the company said, noting that mining activity began in January, but Excelsior decided to make the changes...Read More

BHP Group (NYSE: BHP; LSE BHP) has become the world's largest copper miner based on production, after Chile's copper commission announced a slide in output at state-owned Codelco.Hampered by declining grades Codelco production declined by 5.6%, or about 100,000 tonnes, last year.Codelco, nationalized in the early 1970s, churned out 1.706 million tonnes of copper, the lowest level since 2008, when...Read More

We all love conspiracy stories - who knew what and who was manipulating events behind the scenes? All the metals intelligence you need in one user-friendly platform with unlimited usage - Request a MetalMiner Insights platform demo A recent Telegraph article takes a more balanced approach to review goings-on at the London Metal Exchange (LME)...Read full newsRead More

The South Korean battery manufacturer will receive up to 21,000 tonnes of cobalt, mostly coming from the Katanga mine in DRC.Read full newsRead More

Output at Chile's state-owned producer Codelco dropped sharply in 2019, giving BHP the edge as the globe's number one producer of the metal.Read full newsRead More

In January ITM Power set up what it claims is the world's largest carbon-free renewable hydrogen production plant in the English county of Yorkshire. The Sheffield-based energy storage firm is already supplying hydrogen, produced with solar and wind power, to the UK's largest natural gas distributor, Cadent, and regional supplier, Northern Gas Networks, in a ...Read full newsRead More

Feb 10, 2020 (GoldStocks.com via COMTEX) -- Gold has emerged as one of the most closely-tracked commodities over the past month or so. It's no surprise...Read full newsRead More

Yield Growth a publicly traded plant-based wellness company, trading on the CSE under symbol BOSS is using their proprietary catalog of technology to produce high quality brands.   Penny White joins Dan Humiston to talk about their brands, their thirteen patentsRead full newsRead More

Monterey Minerals Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with Greater Arc Resources Limited.Read full newsRead More

Sirios is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with Dios Exploration, allowing it to obtain a 90% interest of Dios' Solo gold property.Read full newsRead More

The BBC's Frank Gardner is shown how ?194bn worth of gold bars are stored.Read full newsRead More

Cove gold property in Nevada. Credit: Premier Gold Mines. Premier Gold Mines (TSE: PG) has announced an overnight marketed offering of C$38 million, increased from approximately C$33 million previously. The offering, co-led by CIBC Capital Markets and Sprott Capital Partners, will involve the issue of 25.3 million shares at C$1.50 each with the option to issue an additional 3.8 million shares for...Read More

Aerial view, Turnagain project site. Image from Giga Metals. Giga Metals (TSX: GIGA) announced that, based on ongoing metallurgical testwork, it has obtained significantly improved nickel and cobalt recoveries for samples from the Turnagain deposit in northern British Columbia.Recent tests have shown that separating fast-floating nickel minerals from slower-floating material allows this latter po...Read More

Publisher's Note: Mr. James Dines brings his considerable experience to bear on the coming vulnerabilities and inherent flaws of global currencies, especially the U.S. Dollar.As he puts it himself. "please do not turn this page, or allow your eyes to glaze over, because this has crucial significance."Read on for an excerpt from The Dines Letter and to see what he means.Call it like you see it,Nick...Read More

Deadly virus outbreak hammers orange metal. Credit: Health Policy Watch China's battery storage production capacity could reduce by as much as 10% to 237 gigawatt-hour (GWh) in 2020 compared to the pre-coronavirus 2020 forecast, research firm Wood Mackenzie said in a note on Wednesday. Based on operational and announced capacity, this represents more than 26 GWh of production for 2020. More ca...Read More

Feb 12, 2020 Guest(s): Todd 'Bubba' Horwitz Chief Market Strategist, BubbaTrading.com Gold and silver will both eventually move much higher, but in the short-term, metals will follow their trajectory, meaning gold will move higher and silver will lag, this according to Todd "Bubba" Horwitz of BubbaTrading.com. "Right now, silver is in a short-term downtrend...both gold and silver spiked to highs...Read More