Marijuana: it's a good thing.You may recognize that tagline from when Martha Stewart used it to describe home-spun Christmas wreathes from backyard kindling, Thanksgiving turkey stuffed with herbes de provence grown from window-sill gardens, or mason jars used for anything and everything.Everyone knows Martha Stewart - she practically invented the "lifestyle consultant" role that has permeated the...Read More

It's approaching midnight as I start to write this for you.The day started at 4 a.m.I've seen multiple meetings and airports today.And it's all part of the due diligence process I do to find you the very best investments available on the market.Today, it was a cannabis company I was vetting.It's permitted to grow, propagate, extract, and sell cannabis in California (which alone is bigger than Cana...Read More

Caterpillar's Cat 797F large mining truck is now available in a fuel efficient configuration that meets U.S. EPA Tier 4 Final emissions standards. Through more than 16,000 hours of successful pilot machine operation and 100,000 hours of production truck operation in Tier 4 configuration, the system has proven its ability to deliver strong performance and greater fuel efficiency compared to the Tie...Read More

Mar 11, 2019 Guest(s): Alain Corbani Head of Commodities, Finance SA Current monetary policies have made the precious metals a more attractive investment option, said Alain Corbani, head of commodities at Finance SA. "My bet, and so far it has been the safest, is to follow what the Fed is saying. So, basically they are saying 'we are not going to raise rates anymore,' they are saying that they...Read More

Producer of mineral-based highly engineered advanced materials Luxfer, and manufacturer of rare earth and rare metal-based functional materials Neo Performance, announced that they have mutually agreed to terminate a previously announced transaction under which Luxfer would have acquired Neo for $612 million in cash and stock.The companies made the announcement by issuing a press release in which...Read More

SEMAFO (TSX: SMF) (OMX: SMF) and Savary Gold (TSX-V: SCA) announced today that they have entered into a definitive combination agreement pursuant to which SEMAFO will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Savary not already owned by it.In a press release, the companies explained that the transaction is being carried out by way of a three-cornered amalgamation, which will be vo...Read More

Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher Monday despite a big decline in Boeing (BA) shares after the deadly crash of a 737 MAX 8 jet over the weekend. Nvidia  (NVDA)  will buy Israel's Mellanox Technologies (MLNX) for around $7 billion, outbidding chipmaking rival Intel (INTC) for the cloud computing semi...Read More

The widely-held mega-cap stocks that dominate the U.S. markets recently finished reporting their Q4 2018 financial results. Because the tenor of stock markets changed radically last quarter, this latest earnings season is more important than usual. An extreme monster bull market suddenly rolled over into a severe near-bear correction in Q4. How major corporations fared offers insights into whether...Read More

Canada's Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD) has officially dropped its hostile takeover offer for U.S. rival Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) in favour of a friendly deal to create a joint-venture that will combine the two companies' assets in Nevada.The world's two biggest gold miners have operated independently in Nevada for decades, but had been unable to reach an agreement on a way to co-operate unti...Read More

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining, (ASX: NCM) is acquiring a 70% joint-venture interest in Imperial Metals' (TSX: III) Red Chris copper and gold mine, located in British Columbia, Canada, as part of an ongoing push by the world's top bullion miners to get even bigger.The Melbourne-based company, which is also the world's No. 3 gold producer by market value, is paying Imperial $806...Read More

Copper and zinc bucked the complex's downtrend to finish up 0.2% and 0.9% respectively at close of trade on Monday March 11. All other base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange consolidated down, failing to be buoyed by positive US retail data, choosing instead to follow the downward trajectory of weakening EU economies.Zinc or swim Zinc edges ever closer to the psychological $2,800 per tonn...Read More

The Comex copper price saw a modest increase in morning trading on Monday March 11 with the market remaining mainly rangebound until further news on the US-China trade talks is revealed. The copper price for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 0.70 cents to $2.9005 per lb. "While the rally in copper prices since the start of the year is driven by stronge...Read More

The London Metal Exchange (LME) and Fastmarkets have today launched three new cash-settled derivative contracts to provide effective risk management tools for the aluminium, alumina and cobalt markets.The LME will offer these hedging mechanisms settled against the following Fastmarkets MB prices:Cobalt standard-grade, in-warehouse, free market $ per lb in warehouse Alumina Index Fob Australia $ pe...Read More

Jack ChanPosted Mar 11, 2019Gold sector as represented by $HUI is on a long-term sell signal.Long-term signals can last for months and are more suitable for investors.Gold sector as represented by $HUI is on a short-term sell signal.Short-term signals can last for weeks and are more suitable for traders.COT data on gold is supportive for overall higher prices.COT data on silver is now also support...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Monday March 11 that are worth another look.The London Metal Exchange and Fastmarkets launched three new cash-settled derivative contracts on Monday March 11 to provide effective risk management tools for the aluminium, alumina and cobalt markets. The LME is at the heart of yet another warehousing conundrum, with pressure mounting...Read More

Chrome prices were rising in China in the week ended Friday March 8 due to expectations of higher alloy tender prices for April and lingering concerns about power supplies. UG2 price jumps by $11 per tonne Turkish lumpy chrome ore price stirs Imported and domestic ferro-chrome prices rise in China Alloy prices rise in Japan, South Korea and Europe Alloy prices weaken in US.Chrome ore and ferro-chr...Read More

The company said in a February 20 statement it had received authorisation from the Guyanese Environmental Protection Agency to resume construction and development work on an underground explorationRead More

Fear drives up precious metal prices. Fear of war, defaults, inflation, civil unrest and anything that undermines trust in government. A week after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008, gold and silver jumped by 15%. Three years later, during the height of the European government debt crisis, when the obligations of Italy, Ireland, and Greece resembled junk bonds, silver more than quadrupled in...Read More

Shrinking demand from the downstream steel sector and the looming expansion of ferro-niobium capacity are likely to be headwinds to Chinese vanadium consumption, Morgan Wu, managing director of Chinese vanadium supplier Hangten Asia, said.A reduction in infrastructure spending in China in 2019 is likely to cause the vanadium market to slow, Wu said during a panel discussion at Fastmarkets' Asian F...Read More

By: Ed SteerYESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUMThe gold price edged quietly sideways once trading began at 6:00 p.m. EST on Thursday evening in New York -- and that lasted until around 9:20 a.m. China Standard Time on their Friday morning. It began to head higher from there -- and that lasted until shortly before 9:30 a.m. in London. It crept quietly lower from that juncture un...Read More