The price of cobalt is on fire...It is a popular metal used in items like magnets, steel, and super-alloys. And it is normally produced as a by-product of copper and nickel mines.Continue...Read More
The transportation industry, particularly trucking, has benefited from the rise in retail spending in the fourth quarter and in much of 2017. Continue...Read More
In the old Greek mythology, the opening of Pandora's box unleashed many evils on Continue...Read More
Posted: Feb 23, 2018JK: Discovery Watch Feb 23, 2018 with Jim Goddard and John KaiserPublished: Feb 23, 2018HSC: Discovery Watch Feb 23, 2018: Science Guys take Back Seat to Mining GuysDiscovery Watch is a weekly 15-20 minute audio show sponsored by HoweStreet.com where Jim Goddard interviews John Kaiser about resource juniors with interesting exploration plays that have caught John's attention. T...Read More
I’m sorry for cursing, but I have to be frank. Most people just don’t do the required work to get what they want. They may work hard in other areas, usually to someone else’s benefit. But the timing just never seems right to do the work to make the changes they want in their own lives.This is a story of two people who did, and are still doing, the hard work. This is the story of...Read More
Being part of the SRK Group we are wholly owned by SRK employees and in addition we ensure our independence by holding no equity in any project. This enables us to provide multi-disciplinary conflict-free and objective recommendations on crucial judgement issues. Though based in the UK we work on projects all over the world. In conditions ranging from the tropics to the permafrost; and on pro...Read More
RESOURCEStocks: First, you've reported a series of strong results from RC drilling at Triumph in south-east Queensland over the past 12 months. You are drilling mostly shallow holes through sub-10m of alluvium/sediment cover and have had success so far at six key targets, plus you've identified the big Au-Cu-Mo anomalies through IP geophysics. So there has been plenty to show for the work you've b...Read More
Palisade Research February 23, 2018 Category: Research Cobalt 27 (CVE:KBLT, OTCMKTS:CBLLF, FRA:27O) has a very simple strategy – it's to give investors exposure to a booming cobalt market.Here’s how – the company holds physical cobalt and is acquiring streams, royalties and direct interests in mine properties containing cobalt.They're storing the physical cobalt in warehouses a...Read More
CNN released emails from one of their producers on Friday that show a much different set up circumstance than the ones told to Fox News and other news outlets by a Florida high schoolContinue...Read More
Massive infrastructure projects all require metals such as steel, aluminum, copper and nickel.Continue...Read More
Gold is stuck in a tight trading range. Until it breaks out either to the upside or to the downside, only short-term oriented traders are advised to trade the yellow metalContinue...Read More
Millions of tonnes of material are likely to be redirected to steel markets outside of the United States if US President Donald Trump levies strict tariffs or quotas on imports after the Section 232 investigation. While US domestic steel prices are expected to spike if the US Department of Commerce's 232 recommendations lead to trade defense measures, there are two schools of thought as to how thi...Read More
The benchmark cash/three-month spread in aluminium at the start of this week hit backwardation levels not seen since before the Global Financial Crisis, which is a landmark event but not necessarily a signal of a major shift in market dynamics.It is most probably a short-term aberration caused by the potent combination of February date shorts clashing with dominant longs but given added spice and...Read More
Kim Leppold, Senior Consultant, Metal Bulletin Research.Metal Bulletin Research (MBR) has examined the effects of the potential Section 232 actions on the US OCTG markets based on the recommendations set out by the Department of Commerce in mid-February.The three recommendations are essentially a blanket tariff up to 24% on all steel products imported to the USA from all countries, a blanket quota...Read More
Two New Jersey legislative committees yesterday passed bills that would provide support to nuclear plants facing premature closure. The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee met jointly with the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee to consider Senate Bill 877 and Assembly Bill 2850.Hope Creek (Image: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission/PSEG)The bills would establish a zero emissio...Read More
Mainstream economics uses a fairly simple equation when it comes to public policy: More government spending equals more growth, which is just about always a good thing. The problem is with the "just about always" part. At the bottom of recessions, tax cuts and higher government spending can indeed stop the shrinkage and get things going again. And fiscal stimulus might be relatively harmless when...Read More
Mainstream economics uses a fairly simple equation when it comes to public policy: More government spending equals more growth, which is just about always a good thing. The problem is with the "just about always" part. At the bottom of recessions, tax cuts and higher government spending can indeed stop the shrinkage and get things going again. And fiscal stimulus might be relatively harmless when...Read More
The European antimony market continued to push higher this week amid tightening Rotterdam supplies despite China's absence from the market for the Lunar New Year holiday.Metal Bulletin assessed MMTA standard-grade II antimony in-warehouse Rotterdam prices at $8,400-8,800 per tonne on Friday February 23, unchanged from Wednesday when prices had climbed from $8,400-8,700 per tonne.Trioxide-grad...Read More
VANCOUVER (miningweekly.com) – Finland has ousted Saskatchewan as the top international jurisdiction for mining investment, Canada's Fraser Institute announced on Thursday.Canada's leading independent think-tank, the Fraser Institute, administers its Annual Survey of Mining Companies and ranks jurisdictions around the world based on a combination of their geological attractiveness fo...Read More
Why is the VIX spiking now? Because now is when it is supposed to do that.Volatility and interest rates have an interesting relationship, going back many years. Higher interest rates pull money away from the stock market and thus make it so that prices have to travel farther to find liquidity, after a positive or negative stimulus.The word "volatility" gets thrown around a lot in our business. We...Read More