Condor Gold (LON:CNR) said Monday that recent metallurgical test work on samples taken from its 100%-owned La India gold project in Nicaragua had confirmed 95.4% gold recovery in laboratory conditions.The gold recoveries, said the miner, are far better than the ones found during tests carried out in 2014, for preliminary feasibility study, which used material from drill core from the La India and...Read More

Gold price started a major downside move from well above the $1,315 support level against the US Dollar. The price traded below the $1,307 support level to move into a bearish zone. Sellers gained traction and the price broke the $1,300 support. There was even a close below the $1,300 support and the 50 hourly simple moving average. The price traded as low as $1,286 and it recently corrected above...Read More

Daniel Guinabert began his new role as director general of Eurometal, the umbrella association for European steel service centers and distributors, on Monday April 1.He left his role as chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions BD Downstream on March 31.Guinabert joined...Read More

Investing.com - Gold prices were trading near flat on Monday in Asia as a private survey showed China’s manufacturing activity rebounded unexpectedly.The Caixin Purchasing Managers’ Index came in at 50.8 for March, higher than the expected 49.9, after shrinking for three straight months. The survey lifted investor sentiment as Chinese stocks surged almost 3% in morning trade.Prices of...Read More

Colin FirstMar 31, 2019 10:14 PM GMTThe price action for Gold in both spot and futures markets during the month of March was highly positive. However, profit booking activity towards the end of Month led to yellow metal losing all its gains and closing on a neutral note albeit all for weeks seeing a steady increase in price action. Safe-haven assets saw a high level of attention and fund flow...Read More

As consumer inventories of cobalt start to run low, their metal restocking alone is unlikely to establish a floor in ailing prices, such is the believed extent of the surplus, according to Fastmarkets' market sources. Trader and consumer buying returned to the cobalt market in earnest last week for the first time in the best part of a year, but the restocking does not signal the beginning of a ret...Read More

With the international cobalt metal market falling rapidly between December 2018 and February this year, the arbitrage between the international and Chinese cobalt metal price has gradually turned in favor of Chinese imports. As a result, Chinese buyers have been considering increasing their shipments of cobalt metal since February with an expectation international cobalt prices are close to botto...Read More

The silver miners may be struggling now, but silver-mining profits are set to explode higher. Here's why...by Adam Hamilton of Zeal LLCThe major silver miners have rallied higher on balance in recent months, enjoying a young upleg. That's a welcome change after they suffered a miserable 2018. Times are tough for silver miners, since silver's prices have languished near extreme lows relative to...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were predominantly higher at the close of trading on Monday April 1, supported by strength in both the Chinese and United States' manufacturing data despite continued market concerns over the health of the global economy. Despite reported strength from the manufacturing sector, US retail sales were weaker than expected in February at -0.4%, down from...Read More

The US copper price built on Friday's momentum with the base metals complex receiving a boost from strong Chinese manufacturing data on Monday April 1.The copper price for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose by 1.25 cents to $2.9520 per lb. Overnight, the Chinese official manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to 50.5 in March, beating the exp...Read More

The weakness in the seaborne coking coal spot market persisted on Monday April 1 with participants anticipating further price decreases."End users are staying by the sidelines mostly because the market is still in a downtrend. This, coupled with the short-term uncertainties in the coke market, means seaborne coking coal prices will not get too much support," a...Read More

China's Ganfeng Lithium Co said on Monday it would spend $160 million to boost its ownership stake in an Argentina lithium project with Lithium Americas Corp, part of a plan to solidify its access to the white metal used to make electric vehicle batteries. The deal, which must still be approved by shareholders, will see Ganfeng boost its ownership in a joint venture that controls the Argentina pro...Read More

Vancouver's Teck Resources and Japanese partner Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corp. have closed their $1.2-billion transaction giving Sumitomo a 30% indirect interest in the Quebrada Blanca copper project.The Quebrada Blanca property is 240 km southeast of Iquique at an elevation of 4,400 metres.Teck received the final permit to go forward with a $4.7-billion expansion at the mine and mill in...Read More

ArcWest Exploration (TSXV: AWX) closed today the 100% acquisition of the Sparrowhawk property near Smithers, in the western Canadian province of British Columbia.In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner explained that it decided to go ahead with the purchase because the property is adjacent to two significant porphyry copper-gold deposits, including Glencore Canada's Bell and Granisle mines a...Read More

As consumer inventories of cobalt start to run low, their metal restocking alone is unlikely to establish a floor in ailing prices, such is the believed extent of the surplus, according to Fastmarkets' market sources. Trader and consumer buying returned to the cobalt market in earnest last week for the first time in the best part of a year, but the restocking does not signal the beginning of a ret...Read More

With the international cobalt metal market falling rapidly between December 2018 and February this year, the arbitrage between the international and Chinese cobalt metal price has gradually turned in favor of Chinese imports. As a result, Chinese buyers have been considering increasing their shipments of cobalt metal since February with an expectation international cobalt prices are close to botto...Read More

Vancouver-based UEX Corporation has shared the third set of assays from the winter drill program at its West Bear cobalt-nickel property in the eastern part of the Athabasca Basin.The company said that 14 of the 20 assays exceeded the cobalt equivalent grade of 0.023% or more.Highlights from the results include hole WBC-063, which intersected 4.5 metres averaging 0.11% cobalt and 0.49% nickel from...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Monday April 1 that are worth another look.The United States has challenged European Union proposals to label titanium dioxide and cobalt as carcinogens on free-trade grounds. As consumer inventories of cobalt start to run low, their metal restocking alone is unlikely to establish a floor in ailing prices, such is the believed exte...Read More

Aluminum Corp of China (Chalco) has become the world's second-largest aluminium producer - overtaking Russian aluminium producer UC Rusal - by increasing output to 4.17 million tonnes, Fastmarkets understands.Rusal produced 3.75 million tonnes of aluminium last year.Chalco's 15.5% year on year output increase came amid a "complicated and fickle market environment," chairman Lu Dongliang said...Read More

Andrew Green has been promoted to executive director of the International Zinc Association (IZA), the trade group said on Monday April 1. CHICAGO - Andrew Green has been promoted to executive director of the International Zinc Association (IZA), the trade group said on Monday April 1. Green is a 20-year veteran of the zinc industry and was involved in...Read More