The aluminium supply chain is in chaos, but it's not the only metal causing headaches for manufacturers and creating fertile ground for speculators.Tim Treadgold18 APRIL 201818/04/2018commentsshare Nickel is also on a watch list of commodities under pressure if relations between Russia and the western world deteriorate further.Read More

Private equity funds are looking to capitalize on gaps in the copper supply pipeline by investing in small-scale mining projects, Pala investments managing partner Stephen Gill told Metal Bulletin.In an interview during the Cesco Copper Week in Santiago, Chile, Gill said that copper miners face a series of obstacles in bringing large-scale mine supply into production and that a lack of capital exp...Read More

iCo Therapeutics Inc. (TSXV:ICO), a biotech stock, moved up after announcing that it has dosed the first patient in its Phase 1 clinical study for Oral Amphotericin BSean Mason | April 18, 2018 | SmallCapPowerA dose of good news yielded a healthy return for a Canadian biotech stock Wednesday. Here's some small stocks making big moves on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 (as of 4 pm EST):iCo Therapeutic...Read More

From left to right - Bart Jaworski, CEO, John Barry, VP Exploration Strategy, and David Furlong, COO at Slieve Mish County Kerry. Source: Group Eleven ResourcesGroup Eleven Resources Corp. is pleased to announce a maiden independent Mineral Resource estimate at its Stonepark zinc project in Ireland, of 5.3 million tonnes grading 11.15% Zn+Pb combined (8.55% zinc and 2.60% lead) in the Inferred Min...Read More

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

Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX:WEED) said it has doubled its licensed domestic production capacity and announced acquisition of Czech Medical cannabis distributorSmallCapPower | April 18, 2018: Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX:WEED) announced two key developments over the weekend - one, doubling of licensed domestic production capacity with receipt of new licenses; and the other, the acquisition of...Read More

The cobalt stocks on list could see their declines reverse if cobalt prices continue to riseSmallCapPower | April 18, 2018: Many cobalt companies have suffered significant price declines in recent months, with their stock prices sliding an average of ~16% YTD. However, cobalt prices remain strong, up 20% YTD. Cobalt prices could continue to surge, especially if the Democratic Republic of the Congo...Read More

No lithium-ion batteries. No electric vehicles. Oh, and no smartphones, either.That's how important goblin metal is to us.For some, namely Apple, Tesla, Volkswagen, and every other tech and auto company on the planet, securing future supplies of "blue gold" is the difference between posting a profit and filing for Chapter 11.But there's a rub in all of this...When two-thirds of the world's supply...Read More

Turkish steel producers have booked more deep-sea scrap for May deliveries, but prices fell amid weak finished steel markets, sources said on Wednesday April 18.One steel producer booked a US cargo, comprising 15,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $355 per tonne and 15,000 tonnes of shredded at $360 per tonne cfr, late on Tuesday April 17. The cargo was scheduled to be shipped in the second hal...Read More

Millennial Lithium Corp. (TSX.V:ML, FSE:A3N2, OTCQB:MLNL) is an emerging exploration and development company, focused on world class lithium assets in Argentina. Millennial Lithium controls over 20,000 hectares of prime land, in the heart of the famed Lithium Triangle - home to the world's most prolific lithium riches. In Argentina, the Company is advancing two lithium projects to a production dec...Read More

Toronto, Ontario - April 18, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) RosCan Minerals Corporation (TSXV: ROS) ("RosCan" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that field exploration activities, consisting of prospecting, mapping and sampling, have commenced on the four permits (Kandiole-West, Kandiole-North, Moussala-North and Segundo-South) that comprise the Kandiole Project in west M...Read More

Via Sovereignman.comIn 1873 during the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, the government abolished its income tax.Aside from a single episode in 1894, there would be no income tax in the United States of America for nearly 40 years.It was during this period that the United States emerged as the largest, most powerful economy in the world.And the country achieved this with no income tax. No inflat...Read More

Vancouver, British Columbia - April 18, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) International Battery Metals Ltd. (CSE: IBAT) ("IBAT" or the "Company"), is pleased to confirm that it has appointed Dr. John Burba as President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and a director of the Company upon completion of the closing of its acquisition of Selective Adsorption Lithium, Inc. as announce...Read More

A Well Known Seasonal Phenomenon in the US Market - Is There More to It?I already discussed the "turn-of-the-month effect" in a previous issues of Seasonal Insights, see e.g. this report from earlier this year. The term describes the fact that price gains in the stock market tend to cluster around the turn of the month. By contrast, the rest of the time around the middle of the month is typically...Read More

Vancouver, British Columbia - April 18, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) B2Gold Corp.(TSX: BTO) (NYSE AMERICAN: BTG) (NSX: B2G) ("B2Gold" or the "Company") announces positive exploration drill results from the Fekola North Extension Zone extending gold mineralization to one kilometer north of the Fekola Reserve pit boundary and continuing successful resource infill drilling.Highl...Read More

"Is ours a government of the people, by the people, for the people, or a kakistocracy rather, for the benefit of knaves at the cost of fools?"- James Russell Lowell, 19th century American novelistLet us not mince words.We are living in an age of war profiteers.We are living in an age of scoundrels, liars, brutes and thugs. Many of them work for the U.S. government.We are living in an age of monst...Read More

Comex copper jumped to a month high on Wednesday April 18 amid an increase in technical buying and after China eased its monetary policy. Copper for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange jumped 8.95 cents or 2.9% to $3.1680 per lb. Earlier, the contract touched $3.1785, the highest point since March 14. "The positive macro backdrop has provided the LME copper pri...Read More

The Lighthouse MovesPicture, if you will, a brick slowly falling off a cliff. The brick is printed with green ink, and engraved on it are the words "Federal Reserve Note" (FRN). A camera is mounted to the brick.The camera shows lots of things moving up. The cliff face is whizzing upwards at a blur. A black painted brick labeled "oil" is going up pretty fast, but not so fast as the cliff face. It i...Read More

The comments below are an edited and abridged synopsis of an article by James RickardsA slow, steady accumulation of debt with no particular plan for repayment can continue longer than expected, and then suddenly descend into a full-blown financial distress scenario and a rapid end-state of collapse.It's the lack of control that allows the debtor to reach the point of non-sustainable debt, and the...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are on divergent paths so far this morning, Wednesday April 18, despite the strong risk sentiment seen across wider financial markets following solid earnings results and the surprise monetary easing announced by China's central bank. Nickel (+3.5%), Aluminium (+1.2%) and copper (+0.7%) are trading positively, while the rest of the complex was down b...Read More