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Gold prices seen rising toward record highs as rate rises near end
Gold bars are pictured on display at Korea Gold Exchange in Seoul, South Korea, August 6, 2020.
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Friendly rivals: With EV tensions in past, Canada poised to compete with United States
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the General Motors CAMI production plant in Ingersoll, Ont., on Monday, December 5, 2022. With cross-border auto tensions now in the rear-view mirror, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is talking about Canada’s next big bilateral challenge: head-to-head economic competition with the United States.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nicole Osborne
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The two biggest risks for equity markets in 2023, according to BofA Securities
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Dec. 2.
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Russian aluminum still flowing into the London Metal Exchange
Aluminium ingots are seen stored at the foundry shop of the Rusal Krasnoyarsk aluminium smelter in Krasnoyarsk, Russia October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
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Metal markets brace for a downturn of a different kind
An employee works at a electricity cable factory in Baoying, Jiangsu province, July 23, 2006.
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Copper today, aluminum tomorrow? LME’s Russian dilemma
Aluminum ingots are stacked at Mitchell Aerospace, Inc., a manufacturer of light alloy sand castings for the aerospace industry, in Montreal on Sept. 8.
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Rio Tinto, Ottawa to invest $737-million in titanium and scandium project in Quebec
FILE PHOTO: A sign adorns the building where mining company Rio Tinto has their office in Perth, Western Australia, November 19, 2015. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
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Noront to be renamed Ring of Fire Metals as Wyloo pushes to build EV nickel mine in Ontario’s Far North
The Esker mining camp owned by Ring of Fire Metals.The date of the picture was Sept 2022. Credit is Ring of Fire Metals.
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Canadian factory sales fall 0.9% in July due to decreases in metals, petroleum
GM workers place vehicle truck fenders on a rack at the General Motors assembly plant during the COVID-19 pandemic in Oshawa, Ont., on Friday, March 19, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Rio Tinto closes in on acquisition of Canadian copper miner Turquoise Hill, but uncertainty swirls around minority shareholder approval
KHANBOGD-SOUTH GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA - OCTOBER 11: An overall view of the concentrator and surrounding area at the Oyu Tolgoi mine October 11, 2012 in the south Gobi desert, Khanbogd region, Mongolia. The Oyu Tolgoi (Mongolian for Turquoise Hill) copper and gold mine is a combined open pit and underground mining project. The site, discovered in 2001, is located approximately 550 km south of the Mongolian capital, Ulan-Batar in the South Gobi Desert. Turquoise Hill Resources (Formerly Ivanhoe Mines) and Rio Tinto signed a long-term comprehensive investment agreement with the Government of Mongolia in 2009 with the deal awarding Turquoise Hill Resources, whose majority shareholder is Rio Tinto, with a controlling 66 percent interest and The Mongolian Government with a 34 percent interest in the project. Rio Tinto provided a comprehensive financing package and assumed direct management of the project under an agreement with Ivanhoe Mines. Initial production from open pit mining is currently underway and commercial production is planned to start in first half of 2013. An 85million USD investment was earmarked for education and training projects, with Mongolians expected to constitute 90 percent of the work force when production begins in 2013. When Oyu Tolgoi starts fully operating Mongolia will be set to become one of the world's top copper and gold producers with production estimates of 450,000 tons of copper and 330,000 ounces of gold annually. Mongolia is currently the world's fastest growing economy with its GDP increasing by more than 17 percent last year and an estimated $1.3 trillion in untapped mineral resources. Oyu Tolgoi is Mongolia's largest foreign investment project and the country's biggest economic undertaking to date, which is projected to add one-third of future value to the country's GDP by 2020. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
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Toxic chemicals commonly found in dollar store items, testing shows
Customers entering and exiting the Dollarama store on Front St. East, are photographed on Dec 4 2019.
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JX Nippon Mining & Metals buys Mississauga-based eCycle Solutions as recycled metal demand jumps
Barrie, November 06/ 06 - A pile of broken up electric and electrical boards on their way to be recycled for precious metals at Global Electric Electronic Processing Inc. in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Deborah Baic /The Globe and Mail 06/11/06
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South Korea develops nanotech tattoo as health monitoring device
Steve Park, Materials Science & Engineering professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), demonstrates an electronic tattoo (e-tattoo) on his arm connected with an electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring system in Daejeon, South Korea, July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Minwoo Park
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Metals melt down as recession fears overwhelm supply woes
Andy Home
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Elliott Associates sues LME for $456-million over nickel trading halt: HKEX
FILE PHOTO: The offices where the London Metal Exchange is headquartered are seen in the City of London, Britain, January 18, 2018 REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
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Shrinking stocks likely mean more LME metal price volatility
FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor of the London Metal Exchange in London, Britain, September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
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Investors spooked as gloom grips markets
Katie Martin
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Micro-cap miners doing ‘bulk of exploring’ set to benefit from flow-through shares credit
A mosasaur fossil, has been discovered at the KORITE mine south of Lethbridge, Alberta shown on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Rossiter
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This sector is going to be the big winner from the transition to green energy. Plus, is it time to give up on REITs?
Files from Jacklynn Hunt at Premier Gold Mines 2018 Reserve Circulation Drilling - Hardrock Property, Ontario (Greenstone Gold).jpg
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Goldman Sachs’ stock picks for a high margin of safety
This photograph shows rolls of copper wires stored at the Nexans manufacture in Lens, northern France, on May 11.
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How top advisors are managing portfolios with the threat of another recession
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange Friday, May 6, 2022 in New York. Stocks are swinging sharply on Friday. The S&P 500 was 0.5% lower in afternoon trading but only after careening from a steep morning loss to a brief, small gain. Wall Street is struggling with how to interpret a strong U.S. jobs report amid worries the Federal Reserve may cause a recession in its drive to halt inflation. (NYSE via AP)
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Demand for flow-through shares to rise with new tax credit and commodities rally
FILE PHOTO: The Suncor tar sands processing plant near the Athabasca River at their mining operations near Fort McMurray, Alberta, September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo
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Bears tip-toe back into copper market as demand fears grow
Sheets of copper cathode are pictured at BHP Billiton's Escondida, the world's biggest copper mine, in Antofagasta, northern Chile March 31, 2008.
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Sustainable fashion has a plastic packaging problem
Everlane - ReNew Anorak, made from 100% recycled materials derived from 14 plastic water bottles. Only the zippers and trim aren’t. Those can’t currently be sourced in recycled materials.
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Hyper-awareness to the environment led to Guests on Earth eco cleaning store
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British financial regulators launch probe into London Metal Exchange’s halt to chaotic nickel trading
FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor of the London Metal Exchange, in London, Britain September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
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As good as gold? Bullion funds grapple with ethical investing
Newly casted ingots of 99.99 percent pure gold are stored after weighing at the Krastsvetmet non-ferrous metals plant, one of the world's largest producers in the precious metals industry, in Krasnoyarsk, Russia on Nov. 22, 2018.
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Nickel market in disarray after chaotic London return
A view shows nickel sheets at Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company (Kola MMC), a subsidiary of Nornickel metals and mining company, in the town of Monchegorsk in Russia on Feb. 25, 2021
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LME imposes price limits for the first time after nickel crisis
Traders work on the floor of the London Metal Exchange in London, Britain, September 27, 2018.
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Ukraine crisis rocks the London Metal Exchange
Traders work on the floor of the London Metal Exchange in London, Britain, September 27, 2018.
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Oil, wheat, nickel storm higher on fears of supply chaos
: A dump truck is loaded with ore at Zapolyarny mine of Medvezhy Ruchey enterprise, which is a subsidiary of the world's leading nickel and palladium producer Nornickel, in the Arctic city of Norilsk, Russia August 24, 2021
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Canadian factory sales likely rose 1.3% in January from December, Statscan says in flash estimate
Mill workers are seen at in Merritt, B.C., Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 0.9 per cent to  $54.2 billion in December, led by sales of wood products, transportation equipment, and petroleum and coal products. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward