Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

Vancouver, BC - Ovation Science Inc. (CSE: OVAT) (OTC: OVATF) ("Ovation" or the "Company"), announces it has begun an online campaign to promote its DermSafe (R) hand sanitizer made without alcohol and powered by the Company's Invisicare (R) drug delivery technology. The campaign will be featured on the Canadian Skin Information's two key websites which attract over 25 thousand visitors per mont...Read More

Vancouver, BC - LEAF Mobile Inc. (TSX: LEAF) ("LEAF" or the "Company") announces its subsidiary company, East Side Games Inc. ("ESG"), has entered into a publishing and IdleKit partnership agreement with TinyRex Games ("TinyRex") for the global release of three mobile games on iOS and Android (the "Partnership").All three games will be developed in-house by TinyRex, leveraging ESG's proven IdleKit...Read More

Operating profit excluding revaluation of process inventory (PIR) amounted to SEK2,449 million (US$291 million) in Q1, down 19% quarter-on-quarter and 9% below consensus.Read More

Cobre Panama, the copper industry's most recent major greenfield project, reported record production in the first quarter after it put disruptions related to the Covid-19 pandemic behind it, First Quantum Minerals said. The mine in Colon Province, 120km west of Panama City, achieved copper output of 82,042 tonnes in the three months ended March 31, an increase of 46% from the year-earlier period....Read More

"Qmuzik and Datamine share a common vision to provide the mining industry with best-in-class technology that pushes them to the forefront of digital innovation," Qmuzik CEO Jan Small said on Friday.The Johannesburg business has two product lines, Qmuzik ERP and Qmed, an occupational health and hygiene solution "with leading market share in the South African mining industry".Small was set to contin...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States in the week ending Tuesday April 27.China China's Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Tisco), Baosteel and Tsingshan Group cut their ferro-chrome tender prices by 1,050 yuan ($162) per tonne for May-deliveries. Following these cuts, suppliers lowered their offer prices in the spot market, while buying interest waned amid bearish sentiment,...Read More

A summary of Brazilian miner Vale's results for the first quarter of 2021, as stated in its earnings report published on Monday April 26.In brief Vale's realized price for iron ore - considering transactions in both a fob and a cfr basis - increased on rising indices and higher-quality premiums, but was offset by marking prices at lower levels for the quarter and a larger amount of sales on a fob...Read More

Under the bill approved on Monday by the Mining Commission of Chile's lower house, the state would receive a royalty of 3% of the value of minerals extracted compared to the current royalty calculatedRead More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday April 27 that are worth another look.Brazilian iron ore producer Vale expected to see higher premiums for iron ore pellet in the third quarter of this year, after steep increases were applied in both the first and second...Read More

Ferroglobe will restructure its ferro-alloys production plants in France and Spain, which will affect manganese alloys, silicon and foundry alloys output near term, the company told Fastmarkets.Spain-based Ferroglobe has the production capacity for more than one million tonnes per year of ferro-alloys, such as manganese alloys, ferro-silicon, ferro-silicon magnesium, as well as foundry alloys such...Read More

Chinese importers have been competing for the best-quality copper scrap, citing concerns over future rises in the procurement cost of raw materials while the price rally continues, Fastmarkets has learnt.Suppliers of top-grade copper scrap in the Asia-Pacific region were selling candy and berry at thin discounts to the price of refined copper, as traded on the London Metal Exchange over the past m...Read More

Ferrous prices in Asia are rising at a steady pace and look likely to surpass 2008's high levels as early as next month, industry sources told Fastmarkets this week.Coking coal and cokeSupply tightness in both the domestic and import markets for high-quality, low-sulfur hard coking coal should continue to support prices in May, sources said.Since the start of April, domestic supply shortages have...Read More

Turkish steel mills have started buying deep-sea scrap again at steady prices for shipment in June, market participants told Fastmarkets on Tuesday April 27.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a Baltic Sea cargo consisting of 25,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $427.50 per tonne cfr.This compared with the most recent deep-sea transactions heard on April 21, when two Baltic Sea suppliers secu...Read More

A summary of Swedish metals producer Boliden's financial and production results for the first quarter of 2021, as released on Tuesday April 27.In brief Boliden's total operating profit for the first quarter of 2021 was 2,779 million Swedish krona ($331.5 million), down from 3,077 million krona in the last quarter of 2020. In a year-on-year comparison, however, operating profits increased by 1...Read More

Share this article TORONTO - Arizona Gold Corp. [AZG-TSX; AGAUF-OTCQB], formerly Kerr Mines Inc., has released additional underground drilling results at its 100%-owned, fully permitted, Copperstone gold project in LaPaz County, Western Arizona.Giulio Bonifacio, CEO, stated: "We are pleased to announce additional drill results from the current underground core drilling program, which continues...Read More

Copper is once again pushing ahead with its advance toward $10,000 per tonne this morning, Tuesday April 27, and such is the upward momentum now across most of the complex that it has woken nickel up from its two-month slumber in low ground. Market focused on economies that are recovering......less so on the areas where Covid-19 is ragingBase metalsMost of the LME three-month base metals prices we...Read More

At PDAC 2021, we spoke with Johann Jacobs, Executive Chairman of King Island Scheelite Limited (ASX: KIS). King Island Scheelite is focused on redevelopment of its 100% owned, past producing Dolphin Tungsten Mine, located on King Island, Tasmania. Initially, the focus is on producing a high-grade tungsten concentrate, however plans are well advanced to value-add the product for supply into the ups...Read More

Fastmarkets' daily indices for domestic hot-rolled coil inched further up on Tuesday April 27 due to the continuing shortage in Europe combined with strong demand, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?973.33 ($1,176.99) per tonne on April 27, up by ?,?2.08 per tonne from ?,?971.25 per tonne on Monday.The in...Read More

Ferrous prices in Asia are rising at a steady pace and look likely to surpass 2008's high levels as early as next month, industry sources told Fastmarkets this week.Coking coal and cokeSupply tightness in both the domestic and import markets for high-quality, low-sulfur hard coking coal should continue to support prices in May, sources said.Since the start of April, domestic supply shortages have...Read More

Prices for steel billet and rebar were mostly stable in the United Arab Emirates during the week to Tuesday April 27 because of weak demand during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, sources told Fastmarkets.Working hours are reduced during Ramadan and the month is traditionally a period of low trading activity for the Middle East region, Fastmarkets understands.Rebar producers in the UAE...Read More