Adam HamiltonArchivesMay 22, 2020 The mid-tier gold miners in the sweet spot for stock-price upside potential have enjoyed a massive run since mid-March's stock-panic lows. They've already more than doubled in the couple months since! Their just-released Q1'20 operational and financial results reveal whether these huge gains are righteous fundamentally, whether this uptrend is likely to persist, a...Read More
Albanese was speaking on a webinar panel moderated by Mining Journal and hosted by the Singapore Stock Exchange.Read More
Fastmarkets' benchmark copper concentrates treatment and refining charge (TC/RC) index rose on Friday May 22 for first time since the beginning of April after more smelters returned to the spot market this week. The index rose to $51.6 per tonne/ 5.16 cents per lb, from $49.6 per tonne/ 4.96 cents per lb a week ago, when it hit the lowest level in eight months. Most Chinese smelters spoken to by F...Read More
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Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Corporation" or "Venzee") is pleased to announce it has completed a non-brokered private placement consisting of the issuance of 28,040,000 million units of the Company at a price of $0.05 per unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,402,000 as announced by the Company on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, oversubscribing the amount originally ann...Read More
The iron ore price rose as high as $98/t this week on the recovery in China and concerns about Brazil's rising cases of COVID-19.Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for their latest price moves.Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort295,39443,60639,245133,715423,889468,354506,740Change from Prior Reporting Period 17,6238,6634,0877,69219,33329,40232,083Traders22060846060318172 Small Speculators (C) GoldSeek.com LongShortOpen Interest 59,85121,465528,205 2,064-61731,466 non reportable positionsChange from t...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinAbbreviated trading sessions coming up with the holiday coming up. Traders will even up. When you take a look at gold, consolidating into a pattern of..Read More
Turkish producers returned the market late in the week ended Friday May 22, paying higher prices, while Asian buyers were in no hurry to purchase imported cargoes.Turkish mills purchase at higher pricesUS export market silentVietnam halts purchases after offers jumpTaiwanese prices peaking, sources sayIndian market remains steady.TurkeyTurkish producers were out of the spot market for most of this...Read More
Editor's Note: Mining Journal is making some of its most important coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic freely available to readers. For more coverage, please see our COVID-19 hub. To subscribe to Mining Journal, click hereMeanwhile the union which won its fight for binding regulations to protect mineworkers from the pandemic has said new rules don't go far enough and has warned of "a crisi...Read More
Turkish steel producers continued their deep-sea scrap purchases at the end of the week at steady prices, sources said on Friday May 22.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a Baltic Sea cargo comprising 13,500 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $250 per tonne, 9,000 tonnes of shredded at $255 per tonne and 6,500 tonnes of a mixture of bonus and busheling at $260 per tonne cfr.The same mill booked a...Read More
The price of austenitic stainless steel scrap prices in Europe moved slightly higher in the week to Friday May 22 on scarce availability despite demand remaining at low levels, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets' weekly stainless steel scrap 18/8 solids domestic, delivered merchants UK assessment was ?750-800 ($916-977) per tonne on Friday, up by ?20 per tonne on the low end from ?730-800 pe...Read More
Miners and processors considering production cuts cannot ignore safety or care and maintenance, including of associated asset infrastructure, the former chief executive officer of Anglo American said.Cynthia Carroll told Fastmarkets during a webinar interview that taking the decision to curtail output in deteriorating demand and pricing environments such as those being seen during the Covid-19 pan...Read More
The metals and mining industry will need to make permanent, fundamental changes to the way it operates as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the former chief executive of Anglo American told Fastmarkets.Speaking during a webinar interview this week, Cynthia Carroll, who led Anglo American from 2007 until 2013, said this is in stark contrast to the way the sector got back to business in the afterma...Read More
Broad markets were weaker this morning, Friday May 22, led by a 4.8% fall in the Hang Seng; base metals prices on both the London Metal Exchange and the Shanghai Futures Exchange were down across the board. Given the dire economic situation as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the last thing the global economy needs is an escalation in the United States-China trade war that the latter's plans to...Read More
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Share this articleCALGARY - The owner of the Ekati diamond mine is proposing a transaction that would allow it to exit court protection from creditors, provide short-term operating funds and allow it to eventually restart the suspended mine.Dominion Diamond Mines ULC says it has signed a letter of intent with an affiliate of The Washington Companies under which an entity to be managed by Wa...Read More
I'm willing to bet you know someone who recently got pregnant.And if not, you know someone who knows someone who recently got pregnant.How would I know that? Well, it's pretty simple...The combination of months-long lockdowns and disruptions to health services and access to contraceptives during the COVID-19 pandemic has created a perfect storm for new pregnancies.You know how it works: isolated a...Read More
After market feedback, Fastmarkets is extending the consultation period for proposed amendments to its battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide price specifications, to better reflect the emerging norms in battery-grade chemistry.The original consultation, which started on April 22 and can be found here, was originally scheduled to end on May 22, but will now end seven days from the date of t...Read More