Global Markets: Canadian minerals for European batteries

Purchasing lithium, nickel, cobalt and graphite

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 24 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – As part of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to Canada, an agreement was signed on Tuesday that will see Canadian lithium, nickel, cobalt and graphite purchased by Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz. […] Read more

Global Markets: Scotiabank sees quarterly improvement

Other big banks to follow with their reports

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 23 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – At nearly C$2.6 billion in profits during the third quarter, the Bank of Nova Scotia reported on Tuesday that’s almost a two per cent improvement over the same quarter a […] Read more


Global Markets: Ukraine wants turbine waiver nixed

Turbines crucial to Germany's gas imports from Russia

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 22 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Ukraine issued a demand on Monday that called on Canada to cancel a special waiver regarding gas turbines are that are crucial to Germany’s natural gas imports from Russia. The […] Read more

Global Markets: Michigan judge sides with Enbridge

Reading Time: 2 minutes WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A Michigan state judge declared on Thursday that the dispute between Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Enbridge Inc.’s Line 5 cross-border oil and gas pipeline should be settled in federal court, siding with the latter. Since December 2020, […] Read more


Global Markets: UN chief visits Ukraine

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Ukrainian city of Lviv on Thursday. They will discuss solutions to the war, address global food supplies and […] Read more

Global Markets: Canada’s inflation rate drops

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – For the first time in a year, Canada’s annual rate of inflation dropped from the month before. Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday that the rate declined 0.5 percentage points to 7.6 per cent in July. Gasoline prices were […] Read more


Global Markets: Canadian manufacturing sales drop

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported on Monday that manufacturing sales dropped 0.8 per cent to C$71.8 billion in June, compared to a 1.1 per cent decline in May. Sales in the petroleum and coal industry fell 7.8 per cent in […] Read more

Global Markets: Satellite images show destroyed Russian base

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 11 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Satellite images of a Russian air base in Crimea show extensive damage, suggesting Ukraine may have increased its long-range missile capacity and potentially changing the course of the war, according to reports. Russia has […] Read more


Global Markets: U.S. inflation rate easing

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 10 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Consumer prices in the United States held steady in July after moving up 1.3 per cent on a monthly basis in June as a 20 per cent drop in gasoline costs helped slow the […] Read more