Even though management announced in April that its iron ore shipments from the Pilbara region were down 13% in the last quarter, Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO) sent out a press release today stating that it will reduce the payment terms for smaller suppliers to 30 days in a bid to improve cash flow for those businesses.The change will be effective as of July 1, 2017, and will apply to more than 5,500 Au...Read More

An NGO based in the southern Bol?-var state is calling the Venezuelan government to kill the 2016 decree that creates the Mining Arch of the Orinoco River National Development Strategic Zone. This is a 111,843 Sq.Km concession area for mining gold, diamond, iron, copper, bauxite, coltan, among other resources, that has caught the attention of some 150 companies from 35 countries.According to the O...Read More

While Beijing's One Belt, One Road initiative is much grander in scale, the controversial infrastructure program to create a Eurasian trading route is already running into trouble.In contrast, the success of Chinese President Xi Jinping's other grand project is almost a certainty.On April 1, Xi announced a state-level plan to transform a backwater called Xiongan, located 110km south of Beijing and...Read More

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX: NDM; NYSE MKT: NAK) ("Northern Dynasty" or the "Company") reports that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Alaska-based Pebble Limited Partnership ("Pebble Partnership" or "PLP") announced today it has received commitments from five prominent Alaskan and national figures to serve as founding members of an Advisory Committee formed to provide independent, external advi...Read More

Junior mining investor enthusiasts will be duelling it out for the big money when the next contest by Stockpools and Kitco is launched the first week of June. Announced May 3-4 at the Mines and Money conference in New York, the 2017 Minerals Market Challenge is offering participants the chance to win CAD$16,000 worth of gold bullion. Stockpools and Kitco are upping the ante from their 2017 Precio...Read More

Trevali Mining's (TSX:TV) shareholders approved Thursday a planned acquisition of Glencore's two African zinc mines, in a transaction that makes of the Canadian miner one of the few multi-asset, low-cost global zinc producers.The acquisition of about 80% of Rosh Pinah mine in Namibia and a 90% stake in in the Perkoa mine in Burkina Faso, will help the Vancouver-based firm's total production double...Read More

Canada's First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) is just a few months away from commissioning its massive $5.48 billion copper project in Panama, one of the largest of very few new red metal mines to begin production by the end of the decade.The company, which gained control over the Cobre Panama project in 2013 with the acquisition of rival Canadian copper miner Inmet Mining, said Thursday the open-pi...Read More

Investing.com - Gold prices were a bit lower in European trade on Thursday, but stayed near the highest level in two weeks as investors kept an eye on fresh political developments in the U.S. amid uncertainty over the future of President Donald Trump.Comex gold futures shed around $3.00, or about 0.3%, to $1,255.29 a troy ounce by 3:00AM ET (07:00GMT). Meanwhile, spot gold was at $1,255.51. Prices...Read More

Imagine if a third of your family died of the plague as religious fanatics preached “The end is nigh!” and threatened that the few pleasures you could squeeze out of life would lead to your eternal damnation. As wars raged around you, surrounded by death, disease, and the lowest grimy depths of poverty, it would be understandable to think the world was in the midst of an apocalyptic co...Read More

Palisade Research May 18, 2017 Category: Research Don't tell them (but they know it) - the heralded royalty companies of precious metals are vultures.Franco-Nevada, Silver Wheaton, Royal Gold, and Osisko Gold Royalties all deploy a royalty and streaming model. This model has outperformed the conventional mining company during the recent bear and bull markets in dramatic fashion.Osisko Gold Royalti...Read More

Eric discusses Adamera Minerals, Precipitate Gold and Vendetta Mining Corp.Read More

Imagine if a third of your family died of the plague as religious fanatics preached “The end is nigh!” and threatened that the few pleasures you could squeeze out of life would lead to your eternal damnation. As wars raged around you, surrounded by death, disease, and the lowest grimy depths of poverty, it would be understandable to think the world was in the midst of an apocalyptic co...Read More

Eric Coffin, editor of HRA advisories, interviews Jeff Wilson, CEO of Precipitate Gold at the May 5-6 2017 Metals Investor Forum.________________________________________________________________The companies presenting at the Metals Investor Forum are as vetted as it gets - they have already cleared the high hurdle of earning the coverage from the newsletter writers' as companies with excellent man...Read More

Eric discusses San Marco, GMV Minerals and Almadex Minerals.Read More

Writing in The MoneyLetter between the first round and final run-off French elections, portfolio manager John Stephenson admires the strong economic recovery underway in Europe. He picks two financial stocks and a cash-rich airline as current 'buys' to benefit from a new round of Europe rising.European markets finished their best week this year following the first round of the French presidential...Read More

Eric Coffin, editor of HRA Advisories, interviews Alex Heath, Director of Roughrider at the May 5-6 2017 Metals Investor Forum.Read More

The spot uranium market ran into a fair bit of pressure last week, with industry consultant TradeTech's weekly spot price indicator losing 5.3% to reach $21.25/lb. According to TradeTech, seven transactions totaling 800,000 lbs U3O8 took place, with buyers having the upper hand. TradeTech's spot price indicator has run into resistance since peaking at $26.50 per lb in February.Meanwhile, a positiv...Read More

FROM THE BROKING DESKWe'll be hosting an Investor Seminar on the Uranium Market on Friday 2 June at our London office. This will start at 12:00 and will involve:?EUR? a talk by Adam Christopher from TradeTech on the uranium market;?EUR? a follow-up Q&A over a sandwich lunch; and?EUR? a presentation by Mike Young, CEO of Vimy Resources.We should be finished by 14:00.TradeTech is the leading indepen...Read More

Foreign investors are likely to flee Colombia's mining sector in the coming months as the country is failing to protect the interest of global companies operating and exploring in the country, the local mining association warns.According to Roberto Junguito, president of the board of governors at the Colombian Mining Association (ACM), the country needs to set clear rules for the industry and pri...Read More

The United Nations is ready to send additional peacekeeping forces to the Central African Republic diamond-mining town of Bangassou to suppress a recent flare of attacks on civilians and peacekeepers that has cost hundreds of lives in the past two months.Just last week, as many as 100 people were killed in the south of the country, which only last year was allowed to resume diamond exports after...Read More