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…
After a lengthy downturn across the industry, Orbit Garant Drilling (TSX: OGD) drilled more metres in fiscal 2017 than during any other year since the peak of the last cycle…
World mine production has declined 3% in the first five months of 2017, with concentrate production declining 2.5% and solvent extraction-electrowinning (SX-EW) declining 4.5%. The decline in world mine production…
The sustained strength in most precious and base metals this year reached breakout levels in September, as a weakening U.S. dollar and renewed optimism over Chinese metal demand pushed metal…
The following is an edited summary of the World Gold Council’s Gold Demand Trends report for this year’s second quarter. For the full report, please visit www.gold.org. Global gold demand in the second…
Over the last decade, Pala Investments has invested across a range of metals, including cobalt, lithium, rare earths, tin, nickel and copper. More recent investments include the $200-million public offering…
The following is an edited amalgam of statements by the London Metal Exchange on the LME and World Gold Council’s launch of the LMEprecious trading platform on July 10 in…
Metals and minerals for rechargeable batteries are in the spotlight as projections of rapidly increasing demand indicate future supply shortages. Over the next 10 years, demand for lithium and cobalt…
Interest in technology metals and minerals has surged in recent years along with growth in the market for electric vehicles. Lithium ion batteries used to power electric vehicles need chemicals…
Since Nemaska Lithium (TSX: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF) completed an updated feasibility study in April last year on its Whabouchi hard-rock lithium deposit in Quebec and the chemical plant it will…
A junior with properties in northern Ontario containing past-producing silver and cobalt mines says metal traders and carmakers in Japan and battery manufacturers in China are eager to lock up…
Cobalt prices have nearly doubled in the first quarter of the year, with demand for its use in rechargeable batteries and the electric-vehicle market, in particular, expected to take off….
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