Turkish domestic scrap prices have fallen over the past week amid weakening imported scrap prices, sources said on Tuesday April 3.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domestic auto bundle (DKP grade) scrap in Turkey was TRY1,270-1,500 ($320-378) per tonne delivered, down from last week's TRY1,300-1,520 per tonne.A number of steel mills and a major scrapyard have reduced their buy prices f...Read More
Via Sovereignman.comThey say that goldfish have the shortest memory in the Animal Kingdom... something like 3-seconds.But it turns out this isn't actually true.Researchers at the Israeli Technion Institute of Technology conducted an experiment in 2009 proving that even the tiniest fish could be trained to recall certain sounds after as long as FIVE MONTHS.According to another study from the Univer...Read More
GoviEx Uranium Inc. (TSX-V: GXU; OTCQB: GVXXF) is a mineral resource company focused on the exploration and development of uranium properties in Africa. GoviEx's principal objective is to become a significant uranium producer through the continued exploration and development of its flagship mine-permitted Madaouela Project in Niger, its mine-permitted Mutanga Project in Zambia, and its other urani...Read More
Toronto, Ontario - April 3, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQX: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to report assay results from its successful 2018 winter drilling program at its Separation Rapids Lithium Project near Kenora, Ontario. The results were highlighted by a 37.75 metre intersection of lepidolite-rich mineralizat...Read More
Via Sovereignman.comNearly 4,000 years ago in the mid 18th century BC, the King of Babylon passed away, leaving the throne to his 18-year old son Hammurabi.Hammurabi was smart enough to know that his kingship would be incredibly short if he didn't do something quickly to assert his power.So as his first order of business, Hammurabi made a bold proclamation that won him incredible support from his...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1331.70-$10.20Silver$16.42-$0.18XAU81.22-0.96%HUI175.83-1.07%GDM613.88-0.81%JSE Gold1104.87-22.52USD90.22+0.21Euro122.66-0.49Yen93.84-0.67Oil+$0.50$63.5110-Year2.785%+0.044T-Bond145.78125-0.96875Dow24033.36+1.65%Nasdaq6941.28+1.04%S&P2614.45+1.26% The Metals: Gold fell $13 to $1328.90 in late morning New York trade before it nearly halved its drop by e...Read More
Comex copper prices sustained momentum in the US morning on Tuesday April 3 with the fundamental outlook optimistic for the remainder of the year. Copper for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange ticked up 0.10 cents or 0.1% to $3.0510 per lb. "While it is too early to assert that the rebound in copper will last, we think the bull market in copper will prevail th...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - April 3, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) M2 Cobalt Corp. (TSXV: MC) (the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its initial phase of exploration in Uganda, where the Company holds 1,564 km2 of exploration licenses ("ELs") highly prospective for cobalt and related minerals. The ELs are in two distinct areas which the Company refers to as Bujag...Read More
By Craig HemkeThere continue to be all sorts of purported analysts out there who insist that the price of gold is determined through physical supply and demand. These folks cling to the arcane notion that somehow fundamental factors are the key determinant of the daily price. Nothing could be further from the truth. Whether it's organizations like the World Gold Council, sell-side bullion bank s...Read More
Road Town, British Virgin Islands - April 3, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Talon Metals Corp. (TSX: TLO) ("Talon" or the "Company") reported a net loss for the year ended December 31, 2017 of $3.2 million or $0.02 per share (basic and diluted), which was primarily the result of a loss on the fair value revaluation of the Resource Capital Fund VI L.P. unsecured convertible loan...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part stronger this morning, Tuesday April 03, with prices up by an average of 0.7%. Copper, aluminium and nickel lead the advance with gains averaging 1.1% - with copper at $6,811 per tonne, followed by tin and zinc that are up by 0.7% and 0.3% respectively, while lead is bucking the trend with a 0.1% decline.Volume has been high wit...Read More
David Stockman is a former Republican congressman from Michigan and was President Reagan's budget director from 1981 to 1985. After leaving the White House, Stockman became a managing director at Salomon Brothers, and he later founded a private equity fund. David is the founder of David Stockman's Contra Corner, and he is the author of The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America...Read More
Graceland UpdatesBy Stewart Thomson 1. Will this Friday's US jobs report be the catalyst that sends gold above the key $1370 resistance zone and ushers in a new era of institutional enthusiasm for gold stocks?2. Please click here now. Double click to enlarge. The US stock market suffered yet another "cardiac arrest" moment yesterday. 3. Market breadth has thinned horri...Read More
Harry Dent wanted to provide Economy & Markets readers with a mid-day update on the markets. With the wild volatility we've been seeing recently, how do we make sense what's going on in the markets? Check out what Harry has to say...Harry Dent is a Fortune 100 consultant, new venture investor, noted speaker, bestselling author, and the founder and senior editor at Dent Research, where he dedicates...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:In an essay at the Monetary Metals blog headlined "Backwardation, the Bank of England, and Falling Prices" --https://monetary-metals.com/backwardation-the-bank-of-england-and-fallin...-- the firm's vice president of operations, Bron Suchecki, offers an explanation of one of the anomalies of the gold market, backwardation (when prices for immediate or spot delivery ar...Read More
Oil prices seesawed at the start of the week before jumping close to multi-year highs on geopolitical concerns, with Brent hitting $70 and WTI at $65. However, geopolitical pressure is only able to influence oil prices to such a degree because the market is fundamentally getting tighter.Ongoing declines in Venezuela and concerns about heightened tension between the U.S. and Iran have significantly...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1331.70-$10.20Silver$16.42-$0.18XAU81.22-0.96%HUI175.83-1.07%GDM613.88-0.81%JSE Gold1104.87-22.52USD90.22+0.21Euro122.66-0.49Yen93.84-0.67Oil+$0.50$63.5110-Year2.785%+0.044T-Bond145.78125-0.96875Dow24033.36+1.65%Nasdaq6941.28+1.04%S&P2614.45+1.26% The Metals: Gold fell $13 to $1328.90 in late morning New York trade before it nearly halved its drop by e...Read More
Max Keiser is an American broadcaster and film-maker. He hosts Keiser Report, a financial program broadcast on RT. He presents a weekly show about finance and markets on London's Resonance FM, and writes for The Huffington Post. Keiser invented "Virtual Specialist Technology," a software system used by the Hollywood Stock Exchange. Prior to inventing this technology, he worked on Wall Street where...Read More
Flat steel import prices in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are expected to fall this week although some deals have been heard, sources told Metal Bulletin on Tuesday April 3.Demand was moderate in the UAE but continued to be weak in Saudi Arabia.UAEA cargo of 3,000 tonnes of hot-rolled coil (HRC) was booked at $620 per tonne cfr from China, while offers from the same origin were heard a...Read More
Tim Termuende of Eagle Plains Resources discusses the strategy behind spinning-out and spotlighting the Taiga Gold Corp. exploration projects while outlining the anticipated benefits this may have for shareholders. Eagle Plains proposes to Spin-out Taiga Gold Corp. on a 1 Taiga for 2 Eagle Plains share basis, shareholders will retain their Eagle Plains share.http://www.eagleplains.com/ Read More