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NEW YORK, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Jeffrey Nichols, Senior Economic Advisor to Rosland Capital (www.roslandcapital.com), had the following commentary based on recent market activity and the week ahead: With gold prices nearing the psychologically important $1300 an ounce -- a price that just a few weeks ago most gold-market pundits did not think possible this year -- we reiterate our long-held view that gold could touch $1500 by the end of December or, failing that, during the early months...
Microbes could soon be used to convert metallic wastes into high-value catalysts for generating clean energy, say scientists writing in the September issue of Microbiology.Researchers from the School of Biosciences at the University of Birmingham have discovered the mechanisms that allow the common soil bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans to recover the precious metal palladium from industrial waste sources.Palladium is one of the platinum group metals (PGMs) which are among the most...
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Trivello Energy Corp. (TSX-V "TRV"; Frankfurt "T6U1") (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into two separate agreements to acquire the Roy and Porcupine Copper-Gold Showings, located in the Toodoggone region of north-central British Columbia. Both showings are adjacent to the Day Property which the Company acquired and announced August 3, 2010. In addition, the Company has acquired by staking, 6 additional claims (Erin...
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Jeffrey Nichols, Senior Economic Advisor to Rosland Capital (www.roslandcapital.com), had the following commentary based on recent market activity and the week ahead: In recent weeks, with gold stalled around $1200 an ounce, market pundits have been busy parsing the latest U.S. economic statistic and every word from the Fed to explain each and every wiggle up or down in the metal's price. While most market observers and participants are focusing myopically...
LONDON, July 28, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- - Roskill Information Services - Rhenium: Market Outlook to 2015 (8th edition 2010) The rhenium market went through a significant downward correction in 2009 after a period of strong demand growth and an escalation in prices up to the last quarter of 2008. The credit crisis and associated recession, particularly in North America and Europe, severely affected the major markets for rhenium and demand dropped by 16% in 2009. Primary...
TORONTO, July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (TSX:WM, FWB: WC7) (the "Company") today provided an update on activities on the Company's three major assets: drilling and exploration of their nickel-copper-PGE properties in the Sudbury mining camp; the ramp-up of activities in Duluth Metals (TSX:DM), of which Wallbridge owns 12%; and, the commencement of work on their British Columbia copper-gold-molybdenum properties being spun-out into Miocene Metals Limited....
Particle accelerator research helps narrow down the age of our galaxyPhysicists will soon have a better measure of the age of our galaxy, thanks to experiments described in a trio of papers appearing in the journal Physical Review C. The papers report on experiments at the CERN neutron time-of-flight (n_TOF) facility and the Karlsruhe Van de Graaff accelerator that clarify the processes that affect the abundance of the element osmium-187. The element is created when rhenium-187 decays....
NEW YORK, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Jeffrey Nichols, Senior Economic Advisor to Rosland Capital (www.roslandcapital.com), had the following commentary based on recent market activity and the week ahead: Asian investors, jewelry manufacturers and possibly a few central banks are already using the late-June/early-July sell-off in gold as an opportunity to step up buying. Leading the charge early this week to acquire gold on the cheap near or below $1200 an ounce have been dealers and investors...
TSX-V: TXR Frankfurt: TX0 VANCOUVER, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - TerraX Minerals Inc. (TSX.V: TXR; Frankfurt: TX0) has entered into an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Stewart Gold-Copper Property in the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland, subject to acceptance for filing by the TSX Venture Exchange. The Stewart property consists of two mineral exploration licenses, totaling 173 claims (~43.25 km(2)), located 30 km north-northeast of the town of Marystown, which is in turn...
TORONTO, June 23, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Duluth Metals Limited ("Duluth Metals") (TSX:DM) (TSX:DM.U) today announced assay results for five holes from the Spring 2010 Drilling Program. Highlighting these intersections is the Central Area higher grade zone of the Nokomis Deposit which continues to return significantly higher grade results. MEX-170 returned 75 feet of 0.869% copper, 0.246% nickel, 2.5 g/t silver and 1.434 grams per tonne (g/t) Total Precious Metals (TPM (equal...
Latest Noble metals Reference Libraries
Molybdenite is a mineral of molybdenum disulfide, MoS2. Similar in appearance and feel to graphite, molybdenite has a lubricating effect which is produced by its structure of close-spaced parallel cleavage planes. Finely powdered MoS2, with particle sizes in the 1-100 µm range, is a common technical dry lubricant. It is also often mixed into various oils or greases, which allows mechanisms so lubricated to run less noisy and to keep running for a while longer even if most of the oil should...
Platinum is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Pt and atomic number 78. A heavy, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal, platinum is resistant to corrosion and occurs in some nickel and copper ores along with some native deposits. Platinum is used in jewelry, laboratory equipment, electrical contacts, dentistry, and anti-pollution devices in automobiles. Notable characteristics The metal is a beautiful silvery-white when pure, and malleable...
Silver is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ag (from the traditional abbreviation from the Latin Argentum) and atomic number 47. A soft white lustrous transition metal, silver has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal and occurs in minerals and in free form. This metal is used in coins, jewelry, tableware, and photography. Notable characteristics Silver is a very ductile and malleable (slightly harder than gold) univalent coinage metal...
