Rio Tinto is collaborating with a local technical college and the Western Australian government to ensure training pathways for mining's jobs of the future.Staff reporter WA education minister and Rio Tinto Iron Ore CEO Chris Salisbury (centre front) at the launch of a VET training alliance in Australia05 APRIL 201805/04/2018commentsshareNationally-recognised courses in automation are expected to...Read More
Did you catch Metal Bulletin's recent web seminar on key factors driving the battery raw materials markets? If you missed it, follow the link below to listen to the free recording: What's driving the battery raw materials market? During the web seminar, members of Metal Bulletin's global battery raw materials team discussed: EV subsidies and government policy in China and beyond Changes...Read More
Corvus Gold's Mother Lode Project near Beatty, southern Nevada. Source: Corvus Gold Inc.Corvus Gold Inc. [KOR-TSX; CORVF-OTCQX] on Thursday April 5 said it has received the results from three step-out holes in the northwest quadrant of its Mother Lode Project in southern Nevada. Assay results returned encouraging intercepts showing continued expansion of the Mother Lode deposit, the company said i...Read More
Ontario is helping seniors in Marathon and across the Northwest access the care they need by investing in the Marathon Seniors' Complex and making prescription drugs free for everyone 65 and over. Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development and Mines, was at Marathon Town Hall to announce the province's support for the new Marathon Seniors' Complex, which will benefit from new common areas...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As a stock rebound on Thursday put the S&P 500 on track for its strongest three-day performance since 2016, a look at the recent performance of most of the index’s components paints a different picture, illustrating signs of weakness in Wall Street’s health.Cooling fears that Trump is starting a trade war with China helped the S&P 500 rebound 0.8 perce...Read More
Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB) and CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. (TSX:CMED) sign a letter of intent to become a preferred supplier of medical cannabis to PharmasaveSmallCapPower | April 5, 2018: Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB) and CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. (TSX:CMED) announced on Wednesday that CanniMed has signed letter of intent (LOI) to become a preferred supplier of medical cannabis to Pharmasave...Read More
White House officials tone down president's tariff rhetoricHaven demand fades on optimism U.S., China will negotiateStanhope's Bell Is Cautiously Positioned, Underweight EquitiesU.S. stocks rose for a third day as White House officials signaled that the president’s tough talk on trade won’t lead to growth-sapping tariffs. Treasuries fell and the dollar gained.The S&P 500 Index cl...Read More
China just put $3 billion worth of tariffs on U.S. imports, including pork products and soybeans used to feed pigs.But the joke is on them because the Chinese company WH Group (OTC: WHGLY) bought Smithfield Food in 2013 for $5 billion. The shares dropped 11% when China went ahead with its 25% tariff.Other pork producers, including Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN), also saw their share prices fall.Pigs Get...Read More
Gertrude Chavez-DreyfussNEW YORK (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp has joined a private, non-profit organization called Sovrin Foundation that is seeking to build a global decentralized identity system based on blockchain technology.The blue-chip U.S. computing company will join the non-profit as a “founding steward,” dedicating hardware, security, and network capacity t...Read More
Turkish steel mills went through Thursday April 5 with no deep-sea bookings and prices remaining stable, according to sources in the market.The most recent deal was for a Baltic Sea cargo sold at $356 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20), $361 per tonne for HMS 1&2 (90:10) and shredded,...Read More
Chatham Rock Phosphate Limited (TSXV: NZP, NZAX: CRP) aims to be the premier supplier of direct application phosphate to the New Zealand and global agricultural sector. Chatham Rock Phosphate is the custodian of New Zealand's only material resource of ultra-low cadmium, environmentally friendly pastoral phosphate fertilizer. Chatham Rock Phosphate Ltd holds a mining permit over an area off the coa...Read More
The marijuana stocks on our list are expected to generate significant EBITDA growth over the coming yearSmallCapPower | April 5, 2018: The Horizon Marijuana Life Sciences Index is down 24% since its peak in January, but is up 12% M/M. As recreational legalization in Canada approaches this summer, the marijuana stocks on our list today have plans to meet the upcoming demand. If the marijuana sector...Read More
Further to my post earlier today, our technical team has identified a possible solution which should be implemented tonight. In the meantime, archived versions of recent Canadian Insider Club Morning and Market reports are available in the Reports section of the website. Read More
Canada Rare Earth Corp. (TSX.V: LL) is developing a vertically and horizontally integrated business, within the global rare earth industry. The company is building a supply chain, connecting mining operations to rare earth concentration enhancement, separation and refining processes and to major international customers.We learned from Tracy A. Moore, CEO and director of Canada Rare Earth Corp., of...Read More
Editor's Note: Updating earlier story with more details from report.(Kitco News) - Gold prices maintained overnight losses after a Labor Department report Thursday showedthat initial weekly U.S. jobless claims rose by 24,000 to a seasonallyadjusted 242,000 in the week to Saturday. Consensusexpectations compiled by various news organizations called for initial claimsto be around 225,000 to 230...Read More
Ottawa, Ontario - April 5, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Northern Graphite Corporation (TSXV: NGC) (OTCQX: NGPHF) announces that additional testing has confirmed that lithium ion battery ("LiB") anode material made from concentrates from its Bissett Creek deposit meet or exceed current commercial specifications. The test work was carried out by the Beijing General Research Ins...Read More
Fintech Select Ltd.'s (TSXV:FTEC) call centre annual revenue is expected to reach $1.75 million in 2018Ubika Research has released an analyst note on Fintech Select Ltd. (TSXV:FTEC), a provider of cryptocurrency technologies, Pre-Paid Card programs, and Mobile Banking solutions that leverages the Company's FinTech knowledge, Pre-Paid Card solutions and Point-of-Sale (POS) network. Fintech Select...Read More
We have had inquiries from users who have Outlook.com and Hotmail.com accounts asking why they are not getting email alerts and reports. This is due to an issue beyond our control, and likely is due to an algorithm change at Microsoft on or around March 15th that is blocking our emails for some Outlook.com and Hotmail.com email addresses. While our technical team is working on trying to find a so...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is on track to grow at a 2.3 percent annualized rate in the first quarter following the latest data on vehicle sales and trade balance, the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow forecast model showed on Thursday.The latest estimate on gross domestic product was slower than the 2.8 percent growth pace calculated on April 2, the Atlanta Fed said.Reporting by Ri...Read More
Toronto, Ontario - April 5, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Metals Creek Resources Corp. (TSXV: MEK) (Metals Creek) is pleased to announce that they have been advised by their option partner, Sokoman Iron Corp. (TSXV: SIC) (Sokoman) that all holes in the Phase Two program intersected gold mineralization including a second previously unknown zone, which returned the highest grade...Read More