Roskill: Chromium market growing, but producers face headwinds
The following outline by London-based Roskill Information Services examines diverging trends in the chromium market and how they may affect future supply, demand and prices.
Commodities Markets
ICMM’s Hodge explores Roundup’s themes
VANCOUVER — The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia’s (AME BC) annual Roundup conference each January marks the beginning of a new year, and reflects many of the themes and topics that will come to define the…
Is hedging making a comeback?
At the end of January, Australian gold producer Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) announced a hedge program of 100,000 oz. gold production for one year at an average gold price of A$1,462.16 (US$1,295.28) per oz., calling its decision a…
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, February 11 2014Precious MetalsPrice…
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, February 4 2014 Precious MetalsPrice…
Mark O’Dea’s ‘science of discovery’ at Roundup
VANCOUVER — Over the past decade Mark O’Dea has become one of the strongest members of a new generation of explorers bent on making discoveries and running public mining companies the “right” way.
Guarded optimism for 2014 from PI Financial’s Jim Mustard
VANCOUVER — In the final talk of the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia’s (AME BC) Roundup conference, PI Financial’s vice-president of mining investment banking Jim Mustard gave the audience reason to…
Commentary: Dundee’s Murenbeeld on gold’s decline – and coming climb
VANCOUVER — Gold’s fall last year and its outlook in 2014 are both complicated and straightforward, according to Martin Murenbeeld, the chief economist with Dundee Capital Markets, and his weighing of all the factors results in a…
Roskill: Indonesia’s nickel ban not set in stone
Indonesia’s nickel ban has strongly influenced the market in early 2014, but how will this development affect the long-term outlook? The following commentary by London-based Roskill Information Services examines the impact of the…
Editorial: Falling loonie resets expectations
The free fall of the Canadian dollar, which has only accelerated in 2014, undoubtedly has the CFOs of Canada’s mining companies breaking out the spreadsheets and tallying up the pluses and minuses of the new, low-loonie environment.
Murenbeeld explains gold’s decline and argues for coming climb
VANCOUVER – Gold’s fall last year and its outlook in 2014 are both complicated and straightforward, according to Martin Murenbeeld, the chief economist with Dundee Capital Market, and his weighing of all factors results in a gently…
TNM staff writer discusses BC mining on CBC Radio
The Northern Miner’s staff writer Matthew Keevil joined host Mark Forsythe on CBC Radio’s B.C. Almanac show in Vancouver this afternoon to discuss the B.C. government’s jobs plan and the state of the province’s mining…