Chinese tungsten concentrates market continued to fall, and exporters in ammonium paratungstate (APT) and ferro-tungsten markets adjusted offers lower accordingly. European ferro-tungsten went down again, but APT was flat over the past two weeks. Expectations that more miners will restart press down the tungsten concentrates prices in China  Buying interest in APT decreased  European mar...Read More

Brazilian iron ore export volumes fell by 17.7% year on year in March, according to figures released by national foreign trade ministry MDIC on Monday April 2.Iron ore shipments totaled 29.95 million tonnes during the month versus 36.39 million tonnes in March 2017.Export revenue declined by 27.9% to $1.68 billion from $2.33 billion in the same comparison due to lower iron ore...Read More

Canada-based Quebec Iron Ore (QIO), a subsidiary of Champion Iron Ltd, said last week it will ship 200,000 wet metric tonnes of high-grade 66% Fe iron concentrate to Asia. Champion Iron had acquired the Bloom Lake mine facilities in Quebec, Canada, from Cleveland-Cliffs (formerly Cliffs Natural Resources) in 2016. Operations at the mine restarted this past February."The first vessel is being loade...Read More

The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for iron ore, pig iron, direct-reduced iron and other steelmaking raw materials. Latest transaction: iron oreIron oreRio Tinto, tender, 170,000 tonnes of 61% Fe Pilbara...Read More

China's ferrous futures decreased during morning trading on Monday April 2, losing the gains made during last Friday night's trading session.Futures closing prices - morning session Shanghai Futures Exchange October rebar: 3,366 ($536) per tonne, down 61 yuan per tonne May hot-rolled coil: 3,707 yuan per tonne, down 37 yuan per tonne Dalian Commodity Exchange May iron ore: 445 yuan per tonne, down...Read More

Comex copper prices traded at a one-week high Monday morning in the United States following a wave of positive Chinese manufacturing data. Copper for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 2.15 cents - or 0.7% - to $3.0470 per lb. China's Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) for March came in at 51 on Monday, which was below an expecte...Read More

European antimony prices weakened further last week after material continued to flow into warehouses in Rotterdam while demand remained muted. The Chinese market followed suit with domestic prices there also coming under pressure from feeble demand.Metal Bulletin assessed the MMTA standard grade II antimony in-warehouse Rotterdam price at $8,500-8,660 per tonne on Wednesday March 28, down by 0.1%...Read More

China has increased tariffs by up to 25 percent on 128 U.S. products, from frozen pork and wine to certain fruits and nuts, escalating a dispute between the world's biggest economies in response to U.S. duties on imports of aluminum and steel.The tariffs, which take effect on Monday, were announced late on Sunday by China's finance ministry and matched a list of possible tariffs on up to $3 billio...Read More

Intel stock plunged 8.8%, its biggest slide in over 2 years, following a Bloomberg report that Apple is planning to use its own chips in Mac computers beginning as early as 2020, and replacing processors from its existing partner, Intel.Read full newsRead More

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Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Google+Share on Linkedin STANDARD LITHIUM PROVIDES PILOT PLANT AND PROCESS TESTING UPDATE March 26th, 2018 - Vancouver, BC - Standard Lithium Ltd. ("Standard Lithium" or the "Company") (TSXV: SLL) (OTCQX: STLHF) (FRA: S5L) is pleased to provide an update of the extensive process testing work and pilot plantRead full newsRead More

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This morning shareholders of Tesla are hardly laughing, with Tesla stock tumbling as much as 5%, down to $254, the lowest level in a year.Read full newsRead More

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Vancouver-based Inomin Mines (TSX.V: MINE) announced today that, subject to TSXV acceptance, it will be acquiring a 100% interest in the Fleetwood zinc-copper-silver-gold property for $10,000 and 200,000 shares to CanAlaska Uranium (TSX.V: CVV).In a press release, the company explained that the 420-hectare property, located in the New Westminster Mining Division of southwestern British Columbia, h...Read More

Lithoquest Diamonds (TSX-V: LDI) could not be happier for having just recovered one grey and two yellow micro-diamonds from the +0.1 mm to -0.3 mm size fraction at its North Kimberley Diamond Project, located in the northern region of Western Australia.The gems were unearthed at target 0702 in the 1,000-square-kilometre property and recovered from a 10.06-kilogram rock sample submitted for kimberl...Read More

Despite the fact that, through the enactment of new laws and regulations, local governments in Sub-Saharan Africa are starting to claim a larger share of their countries' mineral resource wealth, BMI Research believes that investments in the region will continue to rise in Q3-2018.In an industry overview published today, BMI presents the recent changes to the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining...Read More

The Chief Executive Officer of Chilean state copper company Codelco, Nelson Pizarro, confirmed rumours this weekend that he would stay on at the company's helm even after the country's new President, Sebastian Pi??era, appoints a new chairman and three directors in May.The mining veteran, who took the post in 2014, has played a critical role in the drive to reduce spending and force a reduction in...Read More

Chile is pushing power companies to phase out coal plants following a government announcement earlier this year that the country wouldn't build coal-fired power plants unless they were equipped with carbon capture and storage (CCS).The decision, part of a wider national plan to transition to cleaner energy sources, has already claimed some victims, with French power company Engie SA announcing la...Read More

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March22, 2018 -- Pure Gold Mining Inc. is pleased to report that surface drilling continues to expand gold mineralization within the newly discovered Wedge Target,... | mars 22,2018Read full newsRead More