Metals Markets
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Tin tops MIT list of metals most impacted by new technologies
Rob Bruggeman, a former research analyst with more than a decade of experience with a boutique brokerage firm and a large bank-owned proprietary trading desk on Bay Street, has been blogging on his site Alpha Mining since 2017. He also…
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COBALT: Blockchain to track mineral provenance
TORONTO – Cobalt Blockchain (CoBC) and DLT Labs have signed a letter of intent to create a joint venture to provide secure, traceable and transparent methods for tracking and certifying the provenance of metals and minerals – from the mine…
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BLOCKCHAIN: Goldcorp deposits the first gold on Tradewind blockchain
VANCOUVER – Goldcorp Inc. and Tradewind Markets, Inc., a financial technology company revolutionizing the way gold trades, announced that Goldcorp deposited the first gold onto Tradewind’s blockchain, known as VaultChain™, as the “genesis block”. A genesis block is the first block…
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GOLD: Balmoral posts initial gold resource for Martiniere
Balmoral Resources has outlined a first resource for its Martiniere gold project in Quebec of 431,000 oz. of gold. The open pit, indicated resource is contained in 6.8 million tonnes grading 1.96 g/t gold, using a cutoff grade of 0.5…
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COMMENTARY: Fifty years of ‘free’ gold
It is difficult to say when the ‘free’ gold market came into existence, since there always has been one. Yes, the gold price has been set and fixed by governments for long periods of time throughout history, as part of…
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M&A: Alio Gold to acquire Rye Patch Gold in all-share deal
In an effort to diversify geopolitical risk and transform itself from a single-asset producer, Mexico-focused Alio Gold is buying Rye Patch Gold and its Florida Canyon mine in Nevada, one of two acquisitions announced this week of companies with projects in the mining friendly…
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Silver market poised for eventful year
The following is an edited release by the Washington, D.C.-based Silver Institute on silver market trends in 2018. Visit www.SilverInstitute.org for more information. Of all the metals in the periodic table, silver enjoys one of the most versatile landscapes, with its uses…
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Apple and the vertical transformation of mining
Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that Apple Inc. was in direct talks with an undisclosed mining company to secure long term cobalt supplies to support the mounting demands of the company’s power hungry device lineup. Cobalt, a hard, silver-grey metal once used…
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TNM editorial: Cobalt positioned to enjoy strong year
In many eyes, cobalt is set to become an investor darling for 2018, and the recent royalty hike on cobalt production by the government of the world’s largest producer — the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) — is only…
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Vanadium ‘metal to watch’ in 2018, analyst says
Prices for vanadium – a minor metal traditionally used to strengthen steel and more recently a key component in a new generation of battery technology that could potentially store electricity from solar and wind generation – are expected to rise…
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Copper, nickel outlooks dominate LME Week
VANCOUVER — The annual gathering of London Metal Exchange (LME) Week provides a bellwether for the major trends in base metals and industrial mineral markets over the coming year. Metals investors, producers and consumers descended on London in early November…
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GOLD: Manitou Gold Discovers Visible Gold at Kenwest Property
TORONTO – Manitou Gold Inc. today announced that it has encountered several remarkable visible gold containing specimens from blasted rock samples collected at its Kenwest property, located approximately 50 km south of Dryden Ontario. The samples were pulled from a recently completed…
