The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday February 28.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close on Tuesday February 27, with the dollar index surging to its highest level since the start of the month. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how LME prices looked at Tuesday's close:Comex copper prices were again trading in negativ...Read More

I often talk about long-term investing - the idea of buying something and then "forgetting about it" for a decade or two.Even though it's harder than it sounds, there's no doubt it can produce amazing results.I was recently reminded of that fact when I moved into my new house here in Santa Barbara.No, I'm not talking about the house itself, even though I plan on owning it for the next 20 or 30 yea...Read More

The recent stock market carnage has dominated the top story slot at most financial news outlets this month.Pundits have thoroughly enjoyed speculating over what caused the February market swoon. So far, they've blamed volatility traders, rate hikes, fears of a government shutdown - all the usual suspects. But in truth, the market had simply grinded higher without a correction for too long.We're...Read More

The presentations will start at 6:00pm and finish at approx 8:00pm. After the presentations are complete the directors will also be available to take questions during a free canap?(C) and wine reception. Details on the presenting companies can be found below. This event is suitable for the following:Sophisticated & private investors, private client brokers, fund managers, financial instit...Read More

Evolution CEO says hedge fund made valid points on industryGeneralist investors scarred by gold miners' mistakes: KleinJake Klein, Evolution Mining chairman and co-founder, says that gold giants must change to woo scarred investors. Billionaire hedge-fund manager John Paulson is right to press top gold producers to avoid repeating their bad deal-making habits as prices press higher after notc...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 CaswellFormer Vancouver broker Ula Hartner has accepted an 18-month suspension and $45,000 in financial penalties from the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada for excessive trading. IIROC said that she placed scores of orders in the account...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 April delivery gained 36 cents to $63.91 on the New York Merc, while Brent for April gained 19 cents to $67.50 (all figures in this para U.S.). Western Canadian Select traded at a discount of $28 to W...Read More

TSX VENTURE: SEKwww.secovametals.com Mr. Bradley Kitchen reports:Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - February 27, 2018) - Secova Metals Corp. (TSXV: SEK) (FSE: N4UN) (OTC: SEKZF) ("Secova" or the "Company") is very pleased to announce that the Company has acquired 1151640 B.C. Ltd., a private B.C. Company which sole assets are the Muskrat, Boudrais and Peribonka-Begin Cobalt Projects th...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 rose a fraction to 826.87 Monday. Shell graduate and Namibian lithium explorer Desert Lion Energy Inc. (DLI) began trading today. It reached an intraday high of $2.35 before closing at $2 on 303,000 shares. Des...Read More

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday February 28.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close on Tuesday February 27, with the dollar index surging to its highest level since the start of the month. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how LME prices looked at Tuesday's close:Comex copper prices were again trading in negativ...Read More

Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA's quarterly net income jumped by 47 percent but still badly missed analyst estimates, depressed by rising costs and foreign exchange related losses.In a securities filing on Tuesday, the world's largest iron ore producer said net income totaled $771 million in the quarter, well below a consensus estimate of $2.537 billion but still above the $525 million in profit...Read More

After one of the worst bear markets in history, gold and the gold mining stocks began a new bull market cycle in 2016. With the first 8 months of the year filled with incredible gains, a correction in the market ensued. Of the two, the gold mining stocks were hit the hardest, sending a large portion of the company share prices down or sideways over the last 16 months.Today, in the 1st quarter of...Read More

After one of the worst bear markets in history, gold and the gold mining stocks began a new bull market cycle in 2016. With the first 8 months of the year filled with incredible gains, a correction in the market ensued. Of the two, the gold mining stocks were hit the hardest, sending a large portion of the company share prices down or sideways over the last 16 months.Today, in the 1st quarter of...Read More

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the director general of Rosatom yesterday for an update on the state nuclear corporation's performance and investment strategy. The former deputy minister of economic development and trade, Alexey Likhachov took over the helm of Rosatom in October 2016, when Putin appointed Sergey Kirienko as first deputy head of the Presidential Administration.Putin and L...Read More

The revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) for its next phase (2021-2030) was approved by the Council of the European Union yesterday. Foratom, the European nuclear trade body, welcomed the reform but said more must be done to decarbonise Europe's economy.The EU ETS was launched in 2005 and operates in 31 countries - all 28 EU countries, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. It is...Read More

Metal Bulletin has launched two assessments to track spot and annual refining charges (RC) for blister copper imported to China following a month-long consultation. Blister copper, an intermediate copper product used by smelters for refined copper production, is known as one of the first options for scrap replacement. Import volumes of the increasingly popular blister copper, together with anodes,...Read More

Vale is reevaluating its plans for its Vale New Caledonia nickel project due to its improved results and the positive impact of higher cobalt prices, chief executive officer Fabio Schvartsman said on Wednesday February 28."We are waiting to see where things are going to move forward to in order to make a decision in the VNC situation," he told analysts during a conference call. "It is clear that t...Read More

Comex copper prices softened in the US morning on Wednesday February 28, with a stronger dollar and lower-than-expected Chinese data weighing on the base metals complex. Copper for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 3.10 cents or 1% to $3.1555 per lb. Earlier, the contract touched $3.1525, the lowest since February 13. Earlier this morning, China's manufa...Read More

Parex Resources (PXT.TO), the Colombia-focused oil explorer and producer, has now released its updated oil reserve estimates. With a 2P replacement ratio of 488% (which means the company has added 5 times more oil to its reserves than it has produced) and a total 2P reserve basis of 162 million barrels and a 3P reserve of 241 million barrels, shareholders can definitely be happy with the results....Read More

A second shipment of alumina produced at Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) has recently been loaded from Jamaica's Port Kaiser, according to Sun Jing, a senior engineer and manager at China's Jiuquan Iron & Steel (Group) Co (Jisco).The global financial crisis of 2008-09 and soaring energy costs had forced the closure of the plant in May 2009, but Jisco reopened it in June last year. An initial...Read More