Nickel prices drag Canadian Mining Eye Index down
After an 11% increase in 2017’s first quarter, the Canadian Mining Eye index dropped 7% in the second quarter, according to professional services firm EY.
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Nickel slides to 5-week low on N. Korean tensions, fee hikes
Nickel slid 5 percent to a five-week low on Friday after trading fees were raised in China to dampen speculation and steel prices dropped with other metals as investors shunned risky assets after more North Korean tensions.
UK Labour leader says he’ll invest in former mining towns and steel industry
Jeremy Corbyn, whose Labour Party came second in the 2017 UK general election, has reached out to communities hit hard by the downtown in the coal and steel industries.
Central Asia Metals to buy Lynx Resources for $402m
The deal is expected to be both earnings- and cash-flow-per-share-accretive in the first full year, the company said.
Brazilians toil for gold in illegal Amazon mines
A look into the work experiences, lives, and health risks of garimpeiros, illegal Brazilian gold miners.
Blockchain technology is a space I love, says Frank Holmes
In this interview with SmallCapPower, U.S. Global Investors CEO Frank Holmes discusses why he loves blockchain technology, and hints that investors will soon be able to participate in this growing trend.
Johnson Matthey to invest 200m pounds in battery material technology
The specialty chemicals company said the overall market "could be (worth) more than $30 billion (in) sales when battery electric vehicle penetration increases to around 10 percent.
Anglo’s plan to further expand vast iron ore mine in Brazil hits roadblock
Public prosecutor for the state of Minas Gerais, where the iron ore mine is located, ordered the company to reschedule two public meetings as it had failed to inform of it to all communities potentially affected by the planned expansion.
Fed QT stocks, gold impact
This week’s landmark Federal Open Market Committee decision to launch quantitative tightening is one of the most-important and most-consequential actions in the Federal Reserve’s entire 104-year history.
