Commentary: The state of metals markets in 2020
The metals markets promise to be full of fascinating developments and unexpected twists in 2020. Mining equities will not be excluded from the drama. This partly reflects the reality that…
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B of A boosts palladium price forecast
Palladium prices have surged 1520% since 2009 due to tight supply and higher emission standards, and analysts at the Bank of America forecast the metal could rise to US$3,500 per…
Palladium One samples Smoke Lake in Ontario
Palladium One Mining (TSXV: PDM; US-OTC: NKORF) has reported anomalous nickel, copper and cobalt in soil samples from the Smoke Lake anomaly at its 103-sq.-km Tyko property near Marathon, Ontario….
BC, Yukon and NWT Snapshot: Eight players advancing assets in attractive jurisdictions
The natural endowment of British Columbia, the Yukon and Northwest Territories continues to drive mineral exploration and development. Here is a sample of eight companies active in the region. American…
Interview: CPM’s Jeffrey Christian reflects on 2019, forecasts what lies ahead in 2020
Jeffrey Christian is the managing partner of CPM Group, a commodities research and management, consulting and financial advisory firm in New York. He founded the company in 1986, spinning off…
Tinka cuts high-grade zinc at Ayawilca in Peru
Vancouver-based Tinka Resources (TSXV: TK; US-OTC: TKRFF) has intersected several zones of high-grade zinc mineralization in the final hole of this year’s drill program at its wholly owned Ayawilca zinc…
Norilsk Nickel weighs capital investment and dividend strategy
Norilsk Nickel (US-OTC: NILSY) plans to boost spending on new projects over the next decade to increase production and capitalize on the growing electric car trend, but investors may need…
US markets move higher, Nov. 11-15: Sibanye-Stillwater, Wheaton, Arch Coal
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.17% to 28,004.89, and the S&P 500 Index increased 0.89% to 3,120.46. Spot gold gained 0.62% to US$1,467.90. Sibanye-Stillwater climbed US52¢ per share, or…
Implats offers $1B for North American Palladium
Eyeing its first major operations investment outside of Africa, platinum group metals (PGM) producer Impala Platinum Holdings has struck a friendly deal to buy Canadian pure-play palladium producer North American…
North American Palladium acquires 51% of Sunday Lake
On the back of record quarterly revenues from its wholly owned Lac des Îles mine, 100 km northwest of Thunder Bay, Ont., pure-play palladium producer North American Palladium (TSX: PDL;…
Waterberg study pegs 45-year mine life for Platinum Group Metals
Platinum Group Metals (TSX: PTM) tabled its definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Waterberg platinum group metals (PGM) project in South Africa’s Bushveld Complex outlining a boost in palladium, platinum,…
Silver and PGMs offer investors hope
Gold grabs most of the mining headlines, especially since its recent comeback, but other precious metals such as silver and palladium are also performing well in today’s market, giving miners…