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
Looking loose on the LME, but tighter on the SHFE There is a striking dichotomy in the global tin market, with refined market conditions looking looser on the LME but tighter on the SHFE. On the LME, exchange inventories are at 6,460 tonnes, little changed on the quarter but up roughly 4,470 tonnes or 200% since the start of the year. They are close to their highest since June 2016. This points to...Read More
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U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 points in pre-opening trade.Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of October Housing Starts at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase to 1.320 million units in October from upwardly revised 1.266 million units in September. Actual was 1.314 million units.Home Depot dropped $11.09 to $227.76 after r...Read More
While equity markets in the United States have pushed up to and are holding near record highs, the industrial metals are by comparison weak.This suggests global industry is still unsure about whether a post-trade war rebound is on the cards, or whether a trade deal will even emerge. Haven assets are back in demand while trade uncertainty dominates.Base metalsThree-month base metals prices on the L...Read More
JFE Steel Corp and an affiliate of China's largest steelmaker Baowu Steel is setting up a joint venture to tap into demand for high-grade special steel bar from the Chinese automotive sector.The move will see JFE Steel take a 50% share in Baosteel Special Steel Shaoguan Co, while the latter's existing parent Guangdong Shaoguan Iron & Steel Songshan Co (SGIS) will hold the other half of the stake,...Read More
The slaughter in Mexico in November of nine members of a local Mormon family horrified the world.Three women and six children were gunned down in broad daylight while driving in three SUVs on a rural road in Sonora near the state's border with Chihuahua, 160 km from the U.S. border. Seven children escaped.Whether the massacre was an intentional attack or a case of mistaken identity is uncertain. B...Read More
Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) has produced its first dor?(C) bar at the Fruta del Norte (FDN) mine in southeastern Ecuador.The first export of concentrate and dore is anticipated by mid-December and the company is on track for commercial production in the second quarter of 2020. Lundin Gold expects the mine will produce 290,000 oz. gold next year.Otto Sonnenholzner, Ecuador's vice president, Minister of...Read More
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.89% to close at 17,028.47. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index gained 0.51% to 76.43 and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index fell 2.47% to 102.61. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index increased 2.4% to 239.57, and spot gold moved 0.62% higher to US$1,467.90 per ounce.Franco-Nevada's shares jumped $4.50, or 3.56%, to $131.02 apiece. The start of precious metal deliveries fr...Read More
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 1.56% to 528.58. Spot gold finished at US$1,467.90 per oz., up 0.62%.Shares of Great Bear Resources jumped 70 ?, or 11.9%, to $6.57. The company announced on Nov. 7 it would raise $14.6 million in a bought-deal private placement. Under the deal, Cormark Securities and Canaccord Genuity will buy 1.75 million common shares at $8.35 per flow-through common sha...Read More
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.17% to 28,004.89, and the S&P 500 Index increased 0.89% to 3,120.46. Spot gold gained 0.62% to US$1,467.90.Sibanye-Stillwater climbed US52 ? per share, or 7.39%, to US$7.56. The company reached three-year wage agreements with unions for its Rustenburg and Marikana operations in South Africa, which comprise part of the SA Platinum Group Metals operations. CEO...Read More
John Hathaway, CFA, Tocqueville Asset Management.This episode Tocqueville's John Hathaway joins Northern Miner Group publisher Anthony Vaccaro at the 2019 Precious Metals Summit in Zurich. Hathaway discusses the current state of gold equities and how the bigger opportunities might lie with stocks that are underrepresented by gold ETFs such as GDX and GDXJ. Hathaway and Vaccaro are introduced by Je...Read More
Industry experts discuss trends in battery metals markets amid emerging EV technology.Moderator: Frik Els, executive editor, MINING.com Panelists (from left): Ryan Castilloux, managing director, Adamas Intelligence; Guy Bourassa, president and CEO, Nemaska Lithium; Andrew Miller, head of price assessments, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence; and Trent Mell, president and CEO, First Cobalt.Read More
Sandvik business manager for automation and digitalisation Eddie Bilborough presents at the 2019 Progressive Mine Forum.Read More
Major Drilling corporate business development manager Kevin Slemko and The Northern Miner publisher Anthony Vaccaro opening the 2019 Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto.Read More
Participants discuss automation and big data potential in the mining industry at the 2019 Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto.Moderator: Alisha Hiyate, editor, Canadian Mining Journal Panelists (from left): Louis-Pierre Campeau, team lead for artificial intelligence, Newtrax Technologies; Steve de Jong, CEO, Vrify; Nadine Miller, independent director, Wedsome; Pavel Abdur-Rahman, partner and data sc...Read More
George Hemingway, The Stratalis Group partner and head of innovation practice, gives the Feature Presentation at the 2019 Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto.Introduction by The Northern Miner publisher Anthony Vaccaro.Read More
Kirkland Lake Gold president and CEO Tony Makuch in conversation with The Northern Miner publisher Anthony Vaccaro at the 2019 Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto.Read More
An expert panel discusses environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues facing the mining industry at the 2019 Progressive Mine Forum in October 2019.Read More