Ontario is supporting major renovations to the passenger terminal of the Thunder Bay International Airport to help ease increasing traveller volumes and better serve passengers.Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development and Mines, was joined by Bill Mauro, Minister of Municipal Affairs and MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan, in Thunder Bay today to announce funding through the Northern Ontario H...Read More

* Canadian dollar at C$1.2874, or 77.68 U.S. cents* Loonie touches its weakest since Dec. 19 at C$1.2897* Bond prices lower across the yield curve* 10-year yield touches lowest intraday since Jan. 17 By Fergal SmithTORONTO, March 2 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar weakenedagainst its U.S. counterpart on Friday, adding to 10-week lowsas data showed slower-than-expected growth in the domesticeconomy...Read More

(Adds comment from investors, recasts)By William Schomberg and Andy BruceLONDON, March 2 (Reuters) - Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoinare failing as a form of money and have shown clear signs ofbeing a financial bubble, but their technology could improve thefinancial system in future, Bank of England Governor Mark Carneysaid on Friday.Carney joined a chorus of concern among global policymakersover...Read More

An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More

U.S. stock futures extended declines Friday after President Donald Trump said that trade wars were "easy to win", suggesting his plan to impose stiff import tariffs on steel could ignite harsher reaction from around the world. U.S. equity futures, which had attempted to stabilize in European early trading following yesterday's sharp declines that loped more than 400 points from the Dow Jones Ind...Read More

An overview of China's minor metals markets in the week of February 26-March 2 and the reasons for any price moves.Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop American Creek (TSXV: AMK) Reports That JV Partner Tudor Gold Has Targetted Sulphurets Thrust Fault Convergence Area Next to Iron Cap Deposit for Exploration Cardston, Alberta - March 2, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Americ...Read More

Scrap prices in the global markets have continued to increase his week, amid strong demand for material in the major importing countries and upward momentum in the US export markets.Turkish steel mills continued to book more-deep sea scrap for April at escalating prices, with the country still enjoying strong demand for its finished steel products.Meanwhile, Taiwan import scrap prices also rose fu...Read More

Do you ever wish the U.S. government didn’t know you exist?Faith doesn’t exist, according to the U.S. government.Her parents thought it was wrong for the government to assign children a number. In a sense, they thought they could keep their children free by keeping them out of all records.All nine children were born at home using midwives who agreed not to file any paperwork. They all...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop RT Minerals Corp. (TSXV: RTM) (OTC Pink: RTMFF) Announces Final Assay Results at Norwalk Gold Property, near Wawa, Ontario Vancouver, British Columbia - March 2, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) RT Minerals Corp. (TSXV: RTM) (...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Greenwood (TSXV: GZD) (OTC Pink: GZDIF) Property 2017 Exploration Program Completed and Submitted to Grizzly Discoveries Edmonton, Alberta - March 2, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Grizzly Discoveries Inc. (TSXV: GZD) (OTC P...Read More

The UK inter-merchant price range for austenitic alloy steel scrap has gone unchanged this week because a rise in nickel prices at the end of last week was offset by a later drop this week, sources said on Friday March 2.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for inter-merchant 18/8 scrap solids in the UK was ?950-990 ($1,306-1,361) per tonne delivered on Friday, unchanged over the week."The ni...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Gold Miner's Maiden Resource 'Provides a Strong Base' to Utah ProjectSource: Streetwise Reports March 2, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Industry analysts discussed the inaugural resource estimate as well as the final 2017 drill results one o...Read More

Steve Holland, Ginger GibsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he would impose hefty tariffs on imported steel and aluminum to protect U.S. producers, risking retaliation from major trade partners like China, Europe and neighboring Canada.Fears of a trade war triggered a selloff on Wall Street.Trump said the duties, 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on alu...Read More

Strengthening export demand from Europe to key destinations such as Turkey and the Indian subcontinent has pulled up prices for light iron, grade-5C steel scrap in the United Kingdom this week, sources told Metal Bulletin on Friday March 2.The UK light iron scrap market has now moved up for three weeks in a row. Metal Bulletin's price assessment for UK grade-5C ferrous scrap on an inter-merchant b...Read More

* Trump's tariff on steel and aluminium raises trade warfears* U.S. debt yields fall as trade worries dwarf inflationjitters* Yen jumps after Kuroda says mulls exit if inflation targetmet* European shares fall over 1.5 pct, Wall Street futureslower* Italian elections, German coalition vote on Sunday* Trump tweets "trade wars are good, and easy to win"By Marc JonesLONDON, March 2 (Reuters...Read More

CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1321.90+$6.60-0.56%Silver$16.51+$0.02-0.06%XAU78.75-0.23%-2.21%HUI172.99-0.16%-2.11%GDM601.93+0.02%-1.94%JSE Gold1107.57+41.26+1.65%USD89.94-0.33+0.02%Euro123.28+0.62+0.24%Yen94.66+0.42+0.95%Oil$61.25+$0.26-3.62%10-Year2.860%+0.053-0.24%Bond144.3125-1.03125+0.13%Dow24538.06-0.29%-3.05%Nasdaq7257.87+1.08%-1.08%S&P2691.25+0.51%-2.04% The Metals: Gold rose $10 to $1...Read More

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Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said cryptocurrencies were "failing" and urged a global crackdown on the $450 market in order to align them with the broader financial system. Carney, a long-time critic of digital currencies, addressed the question of their ability to replace traditional money during a speech in Edinburgh, Scotland, arguing they were proving to be a poor way to store value a...Read More

Goldmoney's Head of Research, Alasdair Macleod, shares his thoughts on the Oil-Yuan Futures and the implications for gold.Alasdair Macleod is head of research for GoldMoney. He also runs FinanceAndEconomics.org, a website dedicated to sound money and demystifying finance and economics. He has a background as a stockbroker, banker and economist. Read More