Cobalt, a semi-rare metal that derives its name from the German word for goblin, was given its moniker by medieval miners who frequently came across its noxious ores in their hunt for silver and gold. After a 50% drop in prices this year, it’s turned toxic for Glencore Plc too.
News ID: 5832 Publish Date : 2019/08/07
The gold price has now been camped out above $1,400 an ounce for a month, and silver has finally come alive above $16 per ounce, but legendary mining financier Eric Sprott had already kicked off a major junior investment spree when the metals were significantly cheaper than they are today.
News ID: 5634 Publish Date : 2019/07/31
Australia’s Northern Star Resources (ASX:NST) said Tuesday it had achieved record sales of 232,042 ounces of gold across its operations during the June quarter, driven particularly by its Pogo mine in Alaska, as well as its Kalgoorlie and Jundee operations in Western Australia.
News ID: 5633 Publish Date : 2019/07/31
Vancouver-based Aftermath Silver’s (TSX: AAG.H) stock was up over 20% Friday, after it announced it is increasing its non-brokered private placement from 18.7 million units to up to 25 million units at a price of C$0.08 cents per share.
News ID: 5378 Publish Date : 2019/07/22
After hitting six-year highs overnight, gold fell back in busy Friday morning dealings as investors indulged in profit-taking ahead of the weekend.
News ID: 5345 Publish Date : 2019/07/20
Gold tumbled back below $1,400 an ounce after the U.S. and China reached a truce in their trade war, dealing a blow to havens.
News ID: 5000 Publish Date : 2019/07/02
The price of silver was trending lower on Wednesday, pushing the metal to below its 2019 opening levels of around $15.30 an ounce.
News ID: 4913 Publish Date : 2019/06/27
Scientists at the US Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory created ultra-low density gold, silver and copper foams to give physicists better X-ray sources to employ in experiments at the National Ignition Facility.
News ID: 4788 Publish Date : 2019/06/10
Community leaders from the district of Chilcaymarca in the southwestern Castilla province are threatening Peru’s Compañía de Minas Buenaventura (NYSE: BVN) with a general strike due to the company’s decision to fire 40 workers from its Orcopampa gold-silver operation.
News ID: 4735 Publish Date : 2019/06/03
A new report by FocusEconomics on the prospects of commodities this year and next paints a mixed picture. The survey of investment banks, institutions and research houses compiled by the Barcelona-based company has good news for long-suffering investors in uranium and silver
News ID: 4332 Publish Date : 2019/04/12
Canada’s Maverix Metals (TSX-V: MMX) entered into a life of mine purchase and sale agreement this week for silver produced from the El Mochito mine, owned and operated by Ascendant Resources (TSX: ASND) in Honduras.
News ID: 4173 Publish Date : 2019/03/30
Wheaton Precious Metals, (TSE: WPM) one of the largest precious metals streaming companies in the world, announced record gold production and sales in 2018 and declared a $0.09 per share first quarter dividend for 2019 on Wednesday.
News ID: 4111 Publish Date : 2019/03/21
Yamana Gold’s (AUY) stock rebounded 4.65% in after-hours trading on Thursday after the miner announced Q4 and FY 2018 results. During regular trading hours, Yamana closed down 1.1% in line with the weaker overall market.
News ID: 3631 Publish Date : 2019/02/15
Shares in Mexico-focused precious metals miner Fresnillo (LON:FRES) took a hit Wednesday after the company said it expected a decline in silver output in 2019.
News ID: 3381 Publish Date : 2019/01/23
A team of researchers from Imperial College London developed a technique to print silver, gold and platinum onto natural fabrics.
News ID: 3349 Publish Date : 2019/01/21
Peruvian company Buenaventura (NYSE: BVN; Lima Stock Exchange: BUE.LM) has been dealing in the past week with a worker strike at its silver-zinc-lead Uchucchacua mine, located in the central Oyón province.
News ID: 3245 Publish Date : 2019/01/14
Murchison Minerals (TSXV: MUR) Minerals announced Thursday that it has doubled the size of the previously announced VTEM airborne survey and tripled its mineral land holdings at its 100% owned zinc/copper/silver Brabant VMS project in central Saskatchewan.
News ID: 3230 Publish Date : 2019/01/11
Gold is closing out 2018 with a flourish. Prices are poised for the biggest monthly gain in almost two years as concerns about next year’s economic outlook, volatility in global equities and a government shutdown in the U.S. spur demand for the metal as a haven.
News ID: 3114 Publish Date : 2018/12/30
Vancouver-based juniors Defiance Silver Corp. (TSXV: DEF) and ValOro Resources Inc. (TSXV: VRO) stocks soared today, following yesterday’s friendly merger announcement.
News ID: 3106 Publish Date : 2018/12/29
Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen, Germany, want to build a machine that is able to disassemble two mobile phones in one minute and remove its components to, later on, extract metals from them.
News ID: 1967 Publish Date : 2018/02/24
