Mark Smith, CEO, Largo Resources, at Maracas Menchen Mine.Vanadium redox batteries demand a steady supply of vanadium to make the technology work. One vanadium redox battery requires six to eight kilograms of vanadium per kilowatt hour, so a 10 megawatt per hour battery requires 60 to 80 tonnes of vanadium. With a geographical concentration of vanadium producers in South Africa, Russia and China...Read More

Dividend announcement is BCE Inc.'s (TSX:BCE) 14th increase to its annual common share dividend since Q4 2008, signifying rise of 107%SmallCapPower | February 12, 2018: BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE) recently reported 4.6% YoY growth in operating revenue to $22.72 billion for FY2017, driven primarily by strong additions to its postpaid subscriber base, particularly in the fourth quarter, which saw the best s...Read More

Manganese ore prices jumped by as much as 35 cents per lb on Friday February 9, as consumers stockpiled ahead of Chinese New Year in anticipation of further price increases. Ore prices jump as much as 35 cents as consumers stockpileAlloy prices drift in ChinaIndian alloy prices pull back as China winds downEuropean alloy prices hold in thin tradingAlloy markets stand firm in USA Manganese ore pric...Read More

Chinese silicon export prices jumped up by 1.3% on Friday February 9 due to currency uncertainty and tightening spot availability, while US silicon prices rose again on higher logistics costs and supply concerns ahead of the final determinations on the anti-dumping and countervailing duty probes. Chinese silicon metal export price breached $2,000 per tonne in the latest pricing assessment amid a b...Read More

The Turkish deep-sea scrap import market went quiet on Monday February 12, digesting the latest bookings done at the end of last week.Turkish steelmakers were active in the bulk ferrous scrap market over the preceding seven days, booking at least eight bulk ferrous scrap cargoes from suppliers in the United States, the UK and...Read More

Mining for Miracles is the BC mining community's longstanding fundraising campaign in support of the BC Children's Hospital Foundation. Every year volunteers from the mining community work together through Mining for Miracles to help improve the quality of health care for children in British Columbia. Through its support of the construction of facilities and acquisition of specialized medical equi...Read More

Turkish domestic auto bundle scrap prices have shown mixed dynamics over the past week, with some mills reducing their prices in line with falling imported scrap values, while other mills raised their prices to buy more material, sources said on Monday February 12.A number of steel mills in Turkey reduced their buy prices for scrap material by TRY10-15 ($3-4) per tonne in the past seven days, whil...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Groundhog WeekSource: Michael J. Ballanger for Streetwise Reports February 12, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) The physical metals will continue to outperform mining shares until there is some stabilization in the global arena, posits precious metals expe...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Bold Ventures (TSXV: BOL) Acquires Lithium Claims Toronto, Ontario - February 12, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Bold Ventures Inc. (TSXV: BOL) ("Bold" or the "Company") announces the acquisition of two separate claim groups located with...Read More

Via Soveriegnman.comLess than two weeks ago, the United States Department of Treasury very quietly released its own internal projections for the federal government's budget deficits over the next several years.And the numbers are pretty gruesome.In order to plug the gaps from its soaring deficits, the Treasury Department expects to borrow nearly $1 trillion this fiscal year.Then nearly $1.1 trilli...Read More

Just 15% of Americans think the government will bring us to a better future. 59% say the government is the most broken institution, followed by 21% who think the media is the worst.On the other hand, 29% of Americans think NGOs (non-governmental organizations) are the most likely institutions to lead to a better world followed by 22% who say businesses will take us where we need to be.Trust in gov...Read More

Comex copper prices bounced back on Monday February 12 morning in the US due to a weaker dollar and the market stabilizing after heavy losses last week.Copper for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 4.15 cents or 1.4% to $3.0750 per lb. On Friday, the contract tumbled to its lowest point since December 14, 2017.Base metals were driven lower last week whi...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange seem to have found buying interest this morning, Monday February 12, with all of the base metals, except lead (-0.3%), showing gains averaging 1%. The three-month copper price leads the way with a 1.8% rally to $6,870 per tonne - this after a low last Friday of $6,733 per tonne.Volume has been high with 12,015 lots traded as of 07:09 am London time -...Read More

CloseGain/LossGold $1321.30+$6.50Silver$16.52+$0.20XAU81.08+3.49%HUI180.45+3.38%GDM613.99+2.89%JSE Gold1118.34-13.55USD90.14-0.29Euro122.92+0.54Yen92.02-0.07Oil$59.29+$0.0910-Year2.857%+0.002T-Bond144.50+0.34375Dow24601.27+1.70%Nasdaq6981.96+1.56%S&P2656.00+1.39% The Metals: Gold gained $11.10 to $1325.90 in early Asian trade before it fell back to $1317.50 in London, but it then climbed t...Read More

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Eric Griffin takes your top questions to ITM Trading's Chief Market Analyst Lynette Zang.Question 1. Silver Birddog: I have a question about median home value in 1920 vs median home value today. When the price is divided by ounces of gold, they are both roughly 239 ounces. Could you get The Queen to opine on that?Question 2. Francisco: I do believe gold is a good store of value, but I also know is...Read More

The purpose of this update is to try to make sure that you remain aware that the dollar has broken down from a giant top area, and is probably headed much lower, a prospect which is not diminished by the modest countertrend rally of the past week or so. We can see this top area and the breakdown last month to advantage on the latest 4-year chart for the dollar index below. With respect to the do...Read More

David Stockman on 'Mornings with Maria' (Fox Business Network, Feb. 12, 2018)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...Read More

By Clint Siegner U.S. equities got a free ride on the Trump train after his election, even as Federal Reserve officials hiked interest rates. That ride may have ended last week.If commentators are correct and the blame for recent selling in the stock market falls on the burgeoning fear of rising interest rates, it looks like Fed tightening is finally having the effect many predicted when the cyc...Read More

Import prices for re-rolling-grade hot-rolled coil in Vietnam surged over the past week on higher offer prices from major suppliers, including China and India. Metal Bulletin's assessment of HRC import prices in Southeast Asia - which mainly looks at Chinese 2-3mm SAE1006 HRC and equivalent grades sold into Vietnam - was $607-620 per tonne cfr for the week ended Monday February 12, up $22-25 per t...Read More