March 26, 2021

Newest battery metal IPO taps rising interest in the deep sea

Investor interest in deep sea minerals is rising ahead of an mining code of conduct that’s expected to be concluded this year by the International Seabed Authority.

March 26, 2021

Wage slaves vs gold owners

Wages cannot keep up with how fast the US federal government has been devaluing the dollar, and perhaps the only way to protect against this is to own gold.

March 26, 2021

Gold mid-tiers’ Q4 2020 fundamentals

The mid-tier gold miners in the sweet spot for stock-price upside potential just reported one of their best quarters ever.

March 26, 2021

Copper price rises on optimism over US recovery

Copper prices rose on Friday tracking gains in equities market buoyed by optimism over the global economic recovery on positive US labour data and its faster-than-expected covid-19 vaccination roll-out plans.

March 26, 2021

New Age Metals stock surges on new Sprott investment

Proceeds will be used for a prefeasibility study on the River Valley PGM project in Ontario.

March 26, 2021

One ultra-rare metal is doing much better than Bitcoin this year

Iridium, one of the rarest precious metals and mined as a byproduct of platinum and palladium, has surged 131% since the start of January.

March 26, 2021

China copper smelters decide to not set treatment charge floor in Q2

China’s biggest copper smelters have decided to not set a floor price for second-quarter treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) for the second straight year.

March 26, 2021

Vital Metals to become Canada’s first rare earths miner

The Australian miner said the mining fleet was mobilized to the site this week and operations will begin before the end of March.

March 25, 2021

Key Australian coal rail line to Newcastle fully reopens following floods

The disruption drove coal prices to more than two-year highs above $100 a tonne.

March 25, 2021

Copper price rally is catching the eye of politicians

If three’s a trend, then copper producers awash with cash after a doubling of prices are entering the next phase of the cycle: increased fiscal pressure from their host nations.