"Informative graphic from @Glencore showing 2013-18 CAGR demand for base metals, predicting continued inventory declines even in the unlikely event of demand contraction in 2019 #nickel https://t.co/t7tLFk0720"Read full newsRead More
Peru moved to shut down a major illegal gold mine hub deep in the Amazon after years of expansion destroyed pristine rain forest and polluted rivers with mercury.The government deployed 1,500 agents from the police and armed forces to La Pampa in the Madre de Dios region of southeast Peru on Tuesday to begin closing down mine operations. The crackdown will last two weeks and aims to eradicate mini...Read More
Glencore on Wednesday said it would "vigorously contest" a $680 million tax demand from the British authorities linked to transfer pricing.The Swiss-based mining and trading company has offices in London and is London-listed. The British tax authorities issued formal transfer pricing, permanent establishment and diverted profits tax assessments for the 2008 - 2017 tax years, amounting to $680 mill...Read More
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) produced 2.45 million gold-equivalent ounces last year with record production from its Paracatu mine in Brazil and its Bald Mountain mine in Nevada, and forecasts company wide production this year will be similar to 2018.The company reported an attributable all-in cost per oz. sold on a by-product basis of US$1,287, down from US$1,308 per oz. in 2017.The Toronto-he...Read More
By Laura Millan Lombrana(Bloomberg) - Just weeks after the police unit was formed, they caught their first glimpse of the copper thieves - the silhouettes of a group of men on a hill overlooking the rail lines - triggering a car chase at the dead of night across Chile's Atacama desert.While the pursuit ended in failure, with the gang disappearing into the dark at full speed, at least the police ha...Read More
The interest in gold mining stocks intensified this week as analysts saw further reasons to believe the precious metal itself can sustain its current form and pointed to junior stocks as the best way to benefit should a sustained rally materialise. Stewart Thomson suggested on Goldseek that the latest, tiny “price correction” in the precious metal may already be done, and gave...Read More
"Pierre Gratton, president and CEO of the Mining Association of Canada, discusses why he believes Bill C-69 could actually help the Canadian mining sector https://t.co/GwCVnfPI7G"Read full newsRead More
Gold futures finished higher for a second consecutive session on Wednesday, but pared much of their earlier gains as traders tracked moves in the benchmark dollar index, the latest developments in the U.S.-China trade dispute and efforts to avoid another partial U.S. government shutdown. "The 'risk-on' vibe sweeping across global markets and the stabilizing U.S. dollar are bad news for gold which...Read More
Dundee Precious Metals offered a look at the fourth quarter and positive full year financials for 2018. The company recorded revenue of $377.1 million and adjusted net earnings of $29.0 million. The all-in sustaining cost per ounce of gold produced was $659. (All monetary figures are U.S. dollars.)For the full year, metal production totaled 201,095 oz. of gold and 36.7 million lb. of copper. The...Read More
The graphs are out, the gloves are off: gold bugs reached fever pitch this week as the trends for gold, silver and junior gold stocks formed a tapering pennant that is like a red rag to a bull. Talk that the gold price could break out of its long term trend is particularly exciting for junior gold mining stocks, with many commentators finding these undervalued even at present levels. &n...Read More
A $15 million thermal coal export terminal planned for Fraser Surrey Docks has had its permit cancelled by the Port of Vancouver."This is a win for the climate and a testament to what can be achieved when community members stand up and say no to dirty U.S. coal," Fraser Thomson, a lawyer with Ecojustice, said in a news release. The Fraser Surrey Docks coal project would have a capacity of shipping...Read More
The outlook for Rio Tinto, the world's second largest miner by market capitalisation, is positive over the coming years, according to a new report by Fitch Solutions. Rio has the expertise and capital to develop the most lucrative and largest mines in the world, and the miner has achieved higher profits year-over-year in H118, despite cost inflation.Rio Tinto's performance will continue improving...Read More
Stocks Analysis by Chris Kimble covering: XAU/USD, XAG/USD, Gold Futures, Silver Futures. Read Chris Kimble's latest article on Investing.comRead full newsRead More
The aftermath of last weeks catastrophic dam collapse in Brazil continues to be felt among the junior mining stocks as investors weigh the contrasting forces of lower iron ore production and a potential environmental and legislative backlash. With hundreds of people still missing and presumed dead, there is understandable anger in Brazil at Vale SA, the company whose Feijao iron ore mine...Read More
Australia's Fortescue Metals Group Ltd said on Thursday it was too early to determine the full effect of a Brazilian mine disaster on iron ore supply, as its shares rose to a 16-month high."We are not 100 percent clear yet on the net impact on supply of iron ore, but certainly there will be some impact," Chief Executive Elizabeth Gaines said, adding that the miner had offered its condolences.We do...Read More
Against a backdrop of continued stock market volatility and geopolitical risk, gold demand surged in Q4 of 2018, according to a new report released today from the World Gold Council.Annual gold demand increased 4% on highest central bank buying in 50 years. Gold demand in 2018 reached 4,345.1 tonnes, up from 4,159.9 tonnes in 2017. Central banks' demand for gold soared to the highest level si...Read More
"Here is a link to my presentation from the 2019 VRIC - Nickel: A Short and Long Term Outlook - Thank you to @Cambridge for the opportunity to speak! @FPX_Nickelhttps://t.co/pkscC878W5"Read full newsRead More
Vale SA, the world's largest iron ore miner, on Tuesday vowed to take as much as 10 percent of its ore output offline in order to decommission 19 dams like the one that burst last week, killing scores of workers and nearby residents.Chief Executive Fabio Schvartsman said Vale would halt operations using those dams and spend 5 billion reais ($1.3 billion) to decommission them over the next three ye...Read More
Gold extended gains to an eight-month high as fallout from geopolitical turmoil including US-China trade tensions, a WW3-inducing Venezuelan 'coup', and Brexit uncertainty has spurred demand for the safe-haven metal.Read full newsRead More