Just_Super Welcome to the Vanadium miners news. April saw vanadium pentoxide prices and ferrovanadium prices slightly lower, remaining at very depressed levels. Vanadium uses Vanadium is traditionally used to harden steel. Chinese rebar standards are requiring more vanadium. Also Vanadium Flow Batteries [VRFBs] are becoming increasingly popular especially for commercial energy storage, most notably in…
Maksim Safaniuk/iStock via Getty Images Welcome to the April 2024 edition of the ‘junior’ lithium miner news. We have categorized those lithium miners that are not in production as the juniors. Note: Investors are reminded that many of the lithium juniors will most likely not be needed until the mid and late 2020’s to supply…
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The Bitcoin halving event, a pivotal occurrence, is scheduled for April, 19 2024. This quadrennial event will reduce the block subsidy for Bitcoin miners from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC, thereby halving the reward that miners receive for their efforts. Such events have historically led to profound shifts in the mining landscape, potentially influencing various…
Moussa81 Introduction It’s time to talk about gold, the precious metal that has been an increasingly hot topic since the pandemic. Looking at global Google searches for “gold,” we see that searches have been consistently elevated since early 2020, with the first signs of upside momentum in the second half of 2019. Google Trends We’re…
The below is an excerpt from a recent edition of Bitcoin Magazine Pro, Bitcoin Magazine’s premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox, subscribe now. With Bitcoin’s next halving set to take place this month, miners are using record profits to…
Bitcoin mining businesses generated their highest-ever monthly revenue in March, raking in over $2 billion in block rewards and transaction fees. This shatters the previous record of $1.74 billion set back in May 2021. JUST IN: #Bitcoin Miners hit a record $2 billion in monthly revenue, highest ever. Halving coming in hot in 2 weeks…
artisteer As gold prices consolidate near highs, gold miner stocks continue to underperform relative to the price of the precious metal. Against such background, iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF (NASDAQ:RING) offers an attractive option to invest in a variety of gold miners that may finally start catching up with gold. I give the RING…
zhz_akey Welcome to the March 2024 edition of the lithium miner news. The past month saw a strong recovery in lithium prices suggesting the lithium price bear market may be over. For example, China spot lithium carbonate prices have increased by 19.9% in the past month, bouncing higher from the mid-February low. Lithium price news…
Anthony Bradshaw Many investors seem to be ignoring gold and the gold mining sector while they instead pursue “hot money” investments such as Bitcoin and AI stocks like NVIDIA (NVDA). However, gold has recently been hitting new highs, and the price of gold could have much further to run in the coming years. Gold mining…
artiemedvedev Bitcoin (BTC-USD) mining has grown into an industry which receives a not infrequent amount of coverage in the media. For a long time, the energy cost of proof-of-work mining was viewed as a negative to the environment. Today that narrative is beginning to change for many good reasons. Bitcoin is concurrently growing into an…
This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Inscription Issue”. Click here to get your Annual Bitcoin Magazine Subscription. Click here to download a PDF of this article. Ordinals have been a polarizing phenomenon for most every subcommunity in Bitcoin — except for miners. The meteoric rise of the new Bitcoin-native NFT standard dominated discourse…
MarsBars Gold mining stocks represented by VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) and VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) have been in the doghouse recently, down nearly 20% over the past two months alone: Data by YCharts The main headwinds for the sector seem to be: A growing consensus of higher-for-longer interest rates, which will likely…
simonkr Welcome to the February 2024 edition of the lithium miner news. The past month saw lithium prices generally flat. Lithium price news Asian Metal reported during the past 30 days, the China delivered lithium carbonate (99.5% min.) spot price was down 0.59% and the China lithium hydroxide (56.5% min.) price was down 2.18%. The…
Katsumi Murouchi/Moment via Getty Images Gold (XAUUSD:CUR) (GLD) is currently trading at a crucial spot right now, with high potential for an explosive breakout higher. Regular readers will know I have been calling for gold prices to surge assertively above the $2,100 level in the longer term, paving the way for the start of a…
With 2024 already underway, the anticipation in crypto circles is hitting a fever pitch as everyone braces for Bitcoin’s halving – an event that could reshape its market landscape. It deserves to be looked into as historically this event sparked transformative waves across the crypto scene. Knowing what we’ve learned from previous halvings, we’re set…
Just_Super Welcome to the Vanadium miners news. January saw vanadium pentoxide prices flat and a sharp increase in ferrovanadium prices (especially in Europe). We also saw some signs of increased vanadium demand from China. Vanadium uses Vanadium is traditionally used to harden steel. Chinese rebar standards are requiring more vanadium. Also Vanadium Flow Batteries [VRFBs]…
DieterMeyrl Gold prices often move alongside the path of real interest rates. Trends in the US dollar are also important – the lower the greenback goes, the higher precious metals can soar. Today, real rates are up from the start of the year while the dollar is conspicuously quiet near the 103 mark. The US…
Just_Super Welcome to the Vanadium miners news. December saw flat vanadium prices and a slower month of news dominated by several small capital raisings. Vanadium uses Vanadium is traditionally used to harden steel. Chinese rebar standards are requiring more vanadium. Also Vanadium Flow Batteries [VRFBs] are becoming increasingly popular especially for commercial energy storage, most…
LifeJourneys Ongoing rotation into metals & mining stocks With the breakout higher in small caps, I wrote in recent articles in December and November that we must be alert to sector rotations in the equity market. This is because sectors like financials, industrials, healthcare and technology make up the largest weights within the small-cap universe,…
FutureBit, a renowned innovator in consumer-centric Bitcoin products, today announced the Apollo II, a revolutionary personal home mining device. This new launch marks a significant stride in FutureBit’s journey to introduce efficient, potent, and user-friendly mining products for household use. The Apollo II is a fusion of the latest 5nm ASIC technology and a modern,…
Black_Kira/iStock via Getty Images Welcome to the November 2023 edition of the ‘junior’ lithium miner news. We have categorized those lithium miners that won’t likely be in production before 2024 as the juniors. Investors are reminded that many of the lithium juniors will most likely be needed in the mid and late 2020’s to supply…
OlekStock Welcome to the November 2023 cobalt miners news. The past month saw flat cobalt prices continue and a rather flat month of news. Cobalt price news As of November 24, the cobalt spot price was at US$14.86/lb, effectively the same as US$14.85/lb last month. The LME cobalt price is US$32,510/tonne. LME Cobalt inventory is…
maphke The iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF (NASDAQ:RING) invests across the leading precious metals producers. Even as the price of gold is currently trading just a few points from its all-time high, gold miners have underperformed facing wider swings of volatility. This is a segment that has been challenged by broader macro headwinds including…
style-photography The VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) has likely disappointed a lot of investors in recent years, with the fund losing nearly half its value from a high in 2020. Even as the underlying price of gold currently trading just under $2,000/oz is essentially flat over the period, mining stocks have fared worse dealing…
I love this space. But, as with any large grouping of individual people, there are a few things that I have been discussing that continue to go ignored by much of the space. When it comes to participating in highly competitive arenas it is those participants that see opportunity where waters are undisturbed that will…
plastic_buddha Over the past three years, volatility has caused many investors to flock toward alternative “inflation hedge” assets. Gold performed very well during the initial government stimulus programs and QE efforts in 2020. Since then, it has not held its weight, primarily due to rising interest rates pushing the value of the US dollar higher….
Bitcoin is the largest, longest-running, decentralized, and most secure digital currency of all time, but it is far from the first such attempt. We as a community would do well to remember that bitcoin stands on the shoulders of previous projects, spanning across decades of work. Satoshi built upon the technical underpinnings of said projects,…
L_Mirror/iStock via Getty Images Welcome to the September edition of the graphite miners news. September saw continued weak graphite prices and some good news from the graphite producers and juniors. Graphite price news During the past 30 days, the China graphite flake-194 EXW spot price was down 3.23%. The China graphite flake +195 EXW spot…
Photon-Photos/iStock via Getty Images Welcome to the September 2023 edition of the lithium miner news. The past month saw a continued fall in lithium carbonate spot prices in China, now close to the level where they bottomed in late April 2023 (see chart below). Lithium price news Asian Metal reported during the past 30 days,…
Prices of cobalt are may remain low for a while as demand from EV and consumer electronics makers are likely to remain lower than supplies. Cobalt hydroxide prices have dropped in response to an increase in supplies from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt, used commonly to make batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), is produced…
shotbydave Welcome to the September 2023 cobalt miners news. The past month saw a continued weak cobalt market weighed down by low cobalt prices. It was a very quiet month for news. Cobalt price news As of September 22, the cobalt spot price was at US$14.85/lb, about the same as US$14.84/lb last month. The LME…
The Chamber of Digital Commerce, an advocacy organization for digital innovation and Bitcoin, has unveiled a new initiative known as the Digital Power Network. The Digital Power Network’s primary mission is to advocate for Bitcoin mining and drive forward productive energy policy, aiming to revolutionize energy markets by championing Bitcoin. The core belief behind this…
If not for anything else, the latest report about clean energy usage could mean a greater move toward the adoption of BTC. A Bloomberg analyst has just reported on the present situation with Bitcoin (BTC) miners as it concerns clean energy usage. In a recent thread on X (formerly Twitter), the analyst, Jamie Coutts said that…
Oat_Phawat While the price of gold has demonstrated remarkable resilience to raising interest rates and has even risen itself, not the same could be said about producers of the precious metal. Miners have been hit by considerable cost inflation, which pressured their margins. Q2’23 data indicates that AISC and cash cost metrics are stabilizing and…
mikulas1 If you read various online message boards where gold bugs and junior gold miner stock investors comment, you might think that the past 3 years have been the worst gold and miners bear market of our lifetimes. Sentiment seems as low as it has ever been. Frustration with falling share prices of junior gold…
Just_Super Welcome to the nickel miners news for July. The past month saw some nickel price improvement but also saw renewed calls for an oversupply in 2023, albeit with some forecasting China nickel demand to improve from stainless steel and EVs. Nickel price news As of July 31, the nickel spot price was USD 9.71,…
Petmal Welcome to the Vanadium miners news. July saw several vanadium companies sign vanadium off-take deals and one sign a contract to sell VRFBs. These are positive signs that there is strong demand for vanadium and a growing demand for VRFBs. Vanadium uses Vanadium is traditionally used to harden steel. Chinese rebar standards are requiring…
KE ZHUANG Regular readers know that I am bullish on the long-term prospects of uranium, as I believe nuclear energy continues to play an essential role in global energy security and the transition to low-carbon energy sources. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine placed a spotlight on the weakness in Europe’s reliance on Russian natural gas for…
Just_Super Welcome to the July 2023 edition of the ‘junior’ lithium miner news. We have categorized those lithium miners that won’t likely be in production before 2024 as the juniors. Investors are reminded that many of the lithium juniors will most likely be needed in the mid and late 2020’s to supply the booming electric…