This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterThe TSX Venture Exchange fell 14.07 points to 817.08 Thursday. Praveen Varshney's halted capital pool shell, Bluerock Ventures Corp. (BCR), plans to acquire Diitalk Communications Inc. for the shell's qualifying transaction. The shell,...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Will PurcellThe diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Wednesday was a ho-hum 73-85-122. The TSX Venture Exchange fell fractionally to 831 while polished diamond prices rose 0.1 per cent. Patrick Power and Scott Eldridge's Arctic Star Exploration Cor...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterNew York spot gold gained $21.00 to $1,332.00 on Wednesday. The TSX Venture Exchange fell 0.06 point to 831.15 while the TSX Gold Index gained 2.65 points to 185.82. Guyana Goldfields Inc. (GUY) led Canadian gold miners higher today, a...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterThe TSX Venture Exchange fell a fraction to 831.15 Wednesday. Ron Schmeichel has listed his 20th capital pool shell, Mira X Acquisition Corp. (MIRA: $0.10). It has yet to trade. Mira X sold a $350,000 initial public offering at 10 cent...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business Reporter West Texas Intermediate crude for May delivery gained $1.77 to $65.17 on the New York Merc, while Brent for May gained $2.05 to $69.47 (all figures in this para U.S.). Western Canadian Select traded at a discount of $24.60 to WTI ($40...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Mike CaswellColorado Resources Ltd. has filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against its former president, Adam Travis, claiming that he misused company resources for his own purposes. Among other things, he treated Colorado as his "own person...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Mike CaswellCore Gold Inc. is a defendant in a lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia by two creditors seeking $791,413. (All figures are in U.S. dollars.) According to the suit, the company owes money for a 2016 loan and for consulting fees. The...Read More

The Turkish scrap import market has ended a second consecutive week with no deep-sea trading, sources said on Friday March 23.There have been no deep-sea scrap trades done since the mills in the country stepped back from the market on March 9, when the United States applied a 25% duty on imports of steel products following its Section 232 investigation.Market participants were still expecting the...Read More

And pretty soon others who know a thing or two about opportunities in the space were convinced, too.Robins, a founder of Kaminak Gold and Stornoway Diamonds, had preconceptions about the country he admits were mostly wrong.He also thought the Goldcorp project, untouched for five years, might be in a less than pristine state.But it wasn't. Right down to the perfectly manicured office lawns and well...Read More

The UK inter-merchant price range for austenitic alloy steel products went unchanged this week despite the fall in the price of nickel, sources said on Friday March 23."Prices have not changed this week, although the nickel prices decreased," a trader said."Scrap prices are most likely to decrease next week following the drop in nickel costs. But at the moment it is hard to say what the decline wi...Read More

Export prices for Brazilian pig iron have risen again this week, amid fresh activity and positive market conditions.A cargo produced in Brazil's south-eastern Minas Gerais state was reportedly sold for more than $385 per tonne fob this week for May shipment, according to local sources.Offers for similar material are now estimated at $390 per tonne fob, with shipments scheduled for June.At least on...Read More

China's coke export prices have fallen amid the country's weakening ferrous markets with demand not picking up as strongly as expected in the spring season.Metal Bulletin's assessment of export prices for Chinese coke with 65% coke strength after reaction (CSR), 12.5% ash, and in physical sizes of 30-90mm, was $340-350 per tonne fob China for the week ended Tuesday March 20.This is down $5-10 per...Read More

The USGS publish a lot of free data on mineral deposits through their open file reports. These reports often include the source data and spreadsheets.Generic link - https://www.usgs.gov/science-explorer-results?es=Grade+and+Tonnage+ModelsDeposit specific linksPorphyry deposits - link and an older version link Sediment hosted Cu deposits - linkSediment hosted Zinc deposits - lin...Read More

Iron ore prices fell below $65 per tonne cfr China on Friday March 23 after China's ferrous futures tumbled amid trade tensions between the country and the United States.Metal Bulletin's 62% Fe Iron Ore Index Today: $64.58 per tonne cfr QingdaoDaily change: down by $2.60 per tonneMonth-to-date average: $71.57 per tonneMetal Bulletin's 58% Fe Premium Index Today: $52.17 per tonne cfr QingdaoDaily c...Read More

Iron ore prices tumbled on Friday March 23 with China's ferrous market experiencing an across-the-board retreat amid concerns over a looming trade war between the country and the United States.Key driversChina's Ministry of Commerce is considering imposing a 15% tariff on a list of US products that includes steel pipe and a 25% tariff on a second list that includes aluminium products, it said on F...Read More

Seaborne coking coal prices fell further on Friday March 23, with ferrous futures in China tumbling during the day amid trade tensions between the country and the United States. On the Dalian Commodity Exchange, the most-traded May coking coal futures contract closed at 1,230 yuan ($194.30) per tonne at the end of the day, down 45.50 yuan per tonne from a day earlier. The most-traded May coke cont...Read More

China's rebar prices fell sharply in both the domestic and export markets on Friday March 23 after futures plunged in response to the country's brewing trade war with the United States. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,500-3,580 yuan ($553-566) per tonne, down 110-120 yuan per tonne Northern China (Beijing): 3,750-3,780 yuan per tonne, down 80 yuan per tonne US President Donald Trump unveiled...Read More

China's hot-rolled coil prices tumbled on Friday March 23 along with the paper market amid mounting trade tensions between the country and the United States.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,760-3,800 yuan ($594-600) per tonne, down 120 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,710-3,740 yuan per tonne, down 160 yuan per tonneHRC futures slumped during Thursday night's trading session with risk...Read More

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted that silicon metal imports from Australia, Brazil, Norway and Kazakhstan do not materially harm the US silicon industry. As a result, the Department of Commerce will not issue anti-dumping or countervailing duties on silicon metal shipments in the United States. The Department of Commerce had issued its final determinations in the trade ca...Read More

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