Click to EnlargeThe property agreement allows LiCo to acquire a 100% interest in the mining rights for the Glencore Bucke property in Bucke Twp., 6 km east of Cobalt, Ontario.The purchase agreement includes a back-in provision, production royalty and an off-take agreement in favour of Glencore, which ranks as one of the world's largest producers of cobalt. Glencore Canada is a subsidiary of Glenco...Read More

The Atlantic alumina market will swing back to a premium over the Pacific as a result of a 50% cut to output, and subsequent force majeure announcement, from Hydro's Alunorte refinery in Brazil, according to market participants spoken to by Metal Bulletin. The tightness resultant from the cut to Hydro's production will be sufficient to see alumina trade at a premium in the Atlantic, while absolute...Read More

Chinese silicon metal export prices continued to edge up on Friday March 2 amid renewed buying interest from Japanese buyers last week. Metal Bulletin's Chinese grade 553 silicon metal export price moved up to $2,010-2,050 per tonne on Friday, up 0.2% from the previous week. Tightness on spot availability persisted and is expected to be a dominant theme for March as a result of the halt of op...Read More

Supply tightness pushed European antimony prices higher again over the past week, while the Chinese market was quiet with most consumers adopting a wait-and-see stance following the break for Chinese New Year.The European antimony market strengthened again this past week, with many sellers reluctant to part with material ahead of any further increases prompted by recovering Chinese demand. But som...Read More

The Turkish steel mills have continued their April scrap bookings at comparatively higher prices, sources said on Monday March 5.A steel mill in the Izmir region was heard booking a Baltic Sea cargo, comprising HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $372 per tonne and bonus at $382 per tonne cfr. The breakdown of the cargo was not clear at...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Vendetta (TSXV: VTT) Reports Metallurgical Test Work and Demonstrates High Lead and Zinc Recoveries and Concentrate Grades from the Pegmont Lead-Zinc Project Vancouver, British Columbia - March 5, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswi...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop DNI Metals (CSE: DNI) Assays for an Additional 17 Drill Holes and 1 Trench Received; Including 14.64m Grading 9.92% Graphitic Carbon from Surface and 24.00m Grading 7.71% Graphitic Carbon in Trenching (4m depth) Toronto, Ontario - March 5, 2018...Read More

Turkish domestic scrap prices strengthened over the past week, in line with rising imported scrap costs, sources said on Monday March 5.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domestic auto bundle scrap (DKP grade) was TRY1,260-1,400 ($331-367) per tonne delivered on March 5, narrowing upward from last week's TRY1,230-1,400 per tonne.The change came about after a number of steel mil...Read More

Have you seen the media freaking out over Amazon buying Whole Foods?The photos you may have seen of empty Whole Foods shelves were taken during this past season’s hurricanes when customers bought up supplies at a fast pace in case of emergency. It had nothing to do with the Amazon deal.It is all fake news according to Whole Foods CEO John Mackey.The truth is that Amazon and Whole Foods are...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Margaux Resources Ltd. (TSXV: MRL) (OTCQB:MARFF) Provides 2017 Exploration Activities Highlights on its Sheep Creek Gold District and Kootenay Arc Zinc District; Attendance at PDAC 2018 Calgary, Alberta - March 5, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investo...Read More

A high availability of scrap put pressure on European floated frag and cast prices on Friday March 2, with Metal Bulletin's assessments dropping for the first time since September 15, 2017. Metal Bulletin's prices for floated frag for delivery in Europe, fell to ?,?1,280 -1,310 ($1,577-1,614) per tonne in Friday's assessment from ?,?1,300-1,330 per tonne seven days earlier, while European cas...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Fremont Gold (TSXV: FRE) (OTC Pink: USTDF) Announces Drill Program at its Gold Bar and Gold Canyon Properties, Nevada Vancouver, British Columbia - March 5, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Fremont Gold Ltd. (TSXV: FRE) (OTC P...Read More

Comex copper prices inched higher in early-Monday trading on March 5 after trending lower last week.Copper for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 0.1 cents or 0.1% to $3.1255 per lb. Last week, the contract traded at a multi-week low before recovering slightly Friday afternoon."We should now get an update on how bullish underlying support...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Secova (TSXV: SEK) and Tres-Or (TSX-V: TRS, OTCPK: TRSFF) Announce Assay Results at Duvay-Chenier Gold Project in Quebec Which Show Extensive Gold Mineralization at Surface Vancouver, British Columbia - March 5, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investori...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Vangold Mining (TSXV: VAN) (OTC Pink: VGLDF) Concludes Phase 1 Drilling at El Pinguico to Focus on Phase 2 Drilling In-Situ El Pinguico Vein Vancouver, British Columbia - March 5, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Vangold Minin...Read More

CloseGain/LossGold $1319.60-$2.30Silver$16.43-$0.08XAU79.10+0.44%HUI174.35+0.78%GDM603.42+0.25%JSE Gold1108.17+0.60USD90.00+0.06Euro123.36+0.08Yen94.25-0.41Oil$62.57+$1.3210-Year2.884%+0.024T-Bond143.96875-0.46875Dow24874.76+1.37%Nasdaq7330.70+1.00%S&P2720.94+1.10% The Metals: Gold gained $5.80 to $1327.70 in Asia before it dropped back to $1317.40 by midafternoon in New York, but it then...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Canadian Zinc Reports Remaining Drill Results at Lemarchant Deposit, South Tally Pond Project, Newfoundland2017 drill program successfully extends the Lemarchant Deposit mineralization14.5% copper over 0.6 metres (LM17-161) in latest drilling re...Read More

Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part weaker this morning, Monday March 5, with the complex down by an average of 0.4%.Nickel leads on the downside with a 1.1% fall, copper prices are down by 0.4% at $6,887 per tonne and tin is the only metal where prices are higher, up by 0.2% at $21,595 per tonne.Volume has been high with 10,045 lots traded as of 07.30am London ti...Read More

By Visual CapitalistThere is nothing more exciting than making some type of discovery.Discoveries can come in many forms - they can be physical, scientific, personal, or even philosophical in nature. But while there are different types of discoveries that can be made, perhaps the most tactile kind of discovery is in the field of mineral exploration. The discovery of a mineral deposit can transfo...Read More

Dr. Charles Hall may not be a name you instantly recognize, but it should be. Now a Professor Emeritus of the College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Dr. Hall is a rigorous researcher of energy, oil, biophysical economics - and was a critical early pioneer in developing the key resource metric of Energy Returned On Energy Invested (EROEI).After a life's career of looking at the world throug...Read More