About half of all the African countries either host significant operating mines or have advanced exploration projects, yet investors tend to shy away due to perceived risks such as high levels of corruption and political uncertainty, a new report shows.There is an urgent need to refill the mining project pipeline of African countries with early stage exploration projects of all shapes and sizes.Th...Read More
* Dollar, bond yields slip on Trump* Eyes on key Brexit speech from British PM May* Graphic: World FX rates in 2017 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVhBy Nigel StephensonLONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Stocks, bond yields and the dollar fell on Tuesday, while gold rose as investors drew in their horns in response to comments on the dollar from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and ahead of a speech on Brexit from...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices climbed to the highest level in around eight weeks on Tuesday, as investors looked ahead to a highly-anticipated speech by British Prime Minister Theresa May later in the day, at which she is expected to outline her plans for a 'Hard Brexit'.Gold for February delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange touched a session peak of $1,212.50 a troy ou...Read More
China has basically completed capacity cuts in the steel sector, said Shen Ying, general accountant of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) on Wednesday January 17. Moving forward, China will push for a technology upgrade in the steel industry.In 2018, the country aims to further restructure the coal industry and reduce capacity by more than 10 mi...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jan 17 (SMM)? 1/4 ?SHFE lead stood out from the performance of other nonferrous metals on Wednesday afternoon, with a 0.6% rise. Nickel was down 2% and copper was down almost 2%. Aluminium dipped 1.8%. Zinc and tin also slid slightly.The ferrous complex also dipped. Coking coal fell 2% despite a slight rise of rebar. Coke and iron ore dipped almost 1% and hot-rolled coil slight...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jan 17 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Copper: LME copper is expected to trade at $7,030-7,230/mt while the SHFE 1803 contract is to trade at 53,450-54,600 yuan/mt. On the spot market, the discounts are expected to move at 160-120 yuan/mt.Aluminium: LME aluminium is expected to trade at $2,180-2,200/mt with support at the 20-day moving average while SHFE aluminium is expected to trade at 14,500-14,750...Read More
A video tribute to 2017 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Inductee, John Zigarlick.Read More
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A team of researchers from Canada's University of British Columbia (UBC) say that recovering metals such as copper and rare earths from LED lights may turn to be an economical option.Professor Maria Holuszko and PhD student Amit Kumar told The Province they have successfully recovered copper, silver and are certain they might also be able to extract some rare earths such as europium, cerium and...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices started the week higher on Monday, rallying to the strongest level in around two months as investors looked ahead to a highly-anticipated speech by British Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration later this week.Gold for February delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange touched a session peak of $1,208.70...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jan 16 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Nonferrous metals futures were weak on Tuesday afternoon, with aluminium dropping nearly 3% and nickel down 1.8%. Lead was down 1% and copper down 0.7%. Tin also dropped slightly.The ferrous complex also dropped in the afternoon. Coking coal dropped almost 4% and iron ore dropped 1.6%. Coke slipped 1.5% and hot-rolled coil dropped slightly. Rebar edged up slightly at c...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jan 16 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Copper: LME copper is expected to trade at $7,150-7,250/mt today while the SHFE 1803 copper is to trade at 54,430-55,200 yuan/mt. We see spot discounts at 220-140 yuan/mt today as buying interest weakened following higher futures prices.Nickel: LME nickel is expected to stay rangebound today and its Chinese counterpart is to trade at 99,200-100,600 yuan/mt. Spot prices...Read More
A video tribute to 2017 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee, William Stearns (Steve) Vaughan.Read More
A video tribute to 2017 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Inductee, James E. C. Carter.Read More
A video tribute to 2017 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee, Donald A. McLeod.Read More
A video tribute to 2017 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Inductee, Robert R. McEwen.Read More
British Politician Warns Trump 'CIA Is Plotting Assassination' - British politician George Galloway has warned Donald Trump the American deep state is engaged in a "soft coup d'etat" and the CIA is planning to assassinate him. "There is a clear and present danger on his life.” -Your News WireGeorge Galloway is a somewhat popular but wildly leftist, English politician who says thing that othe...Read More
British Politician Warns Trump 'CIA Is Plotting Assassination' - British politician George Galloway has warned Donald Trump the American deep state is engaged in a "soft coup d'etat" and the CIA is planning to assassinate him. "There is a clear and present danger on his life.” -Your News WireGeorge Galloway is a somewhat popular but wildly leftist, English politician who says thing that othe...Read More