(Adds company news items, futures)April 24 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 39 points at 7,153 on Monday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures FFIc1 up 1 percent ahead of the cash market open.* ANGLO: Anglo American AAL.L on Monday reported a 9 percent rise in overall production for the first quarter of 2017 compared with 2016, but copper output fell 3 per...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices were down sharply in European trading on Monday, as investors dumped safe-haven assets after results showed centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron won the first round of the French presidential election.Comex gold futures shed $16.80, or around 1.3%, to $1,272.34 a troy ounce by 2:50AM ET (06:50GMT). Meanwhile, spot gold was at $1,271.20.The yellow metal fell by as much as...Read More
April 24 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 39 points at 7,153 on Monday, according to financial bookmakers.* RIO TINTO: Freeport McMoRan Inc FCX.N collected a permit to resume copper exports from Indonesia on Friday after a hiatus of more than three months, hours after a state visit by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who discussed the copper miner's dispute with Jakarta...Read More
Nearly three years after a tailings dam at Mount Polley copper-gold mine in British Columbia breached, mine owner Imperial Metals (TSX:III) has been granted a water discharge permit from the B.C. government that will allow the company to flow treated mine wastewater into Quesnel Lake.CBC News reported last week that the BC Liberal government, which faces an election on May 9, approved the long-ter...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices edged higher on Friday as investors remained cautious ahead of the first round of voting in the presidential French election, underpinning safe haven demand for the precious metal.Gold for June delivery settled up 0.13% at $1,285.5 on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. For the week, gold futures were down 0.81%.Polls indicated that centrist Emmanuel...Read More
BHP Billiton's (ASX: BHP) (LON:BLT) leading investors are pressing the company's management not only to accept a proposal by activist investor Elliott Management to spin off its US petroleum business, but to fully demerge all of its oil and gas assets.Speaking to Financial Times (subs. required), Aberdeen Asset Management, the third-largest shareholder in BHP's London-listed arm, said a demerger...Read More
Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO), the world's second largest miner, said copper output dropped in the first quarter of the year due to a strike at its 30%-owned Escondida mine in Chile and Indonesian regulatory changes.The mining giant revealed copper production for the first three months of the year slumped 37% compared with the same period last year to 84,200 tonnes, adding it had cut its production fo...Read More
* France's CAC down 0.4 pct, lags Europe* Software AG top gainer after results* European earnings kick off in earnest next week (Adds details, updates prices)By Kit ReesLONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - French blue-chip stocks underperformed other European benchmark indexes on Friday as investors retreated from risky bets ahead of the too-close-to-call first round of France's presidential election. C...Read More
(Adds details, updates prices)By James ReganSYDNEY, April 21 (Reuters) - Zinc led a near across-the board rise in Shanghai base metals futures on Friday on the back of robust gains in overnight London trading and buoyant equity markets.Traders said broader positive sentiment on the outlook for industrial commodities in China also pushed future contracts along.ShFE tin SSNcv1 was the only laggard,...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices edged lower on Friday, but the precious metal's downside was expected to remain limited amid overall caution in the markets after a terrorist attack in Paris killed one person late Thursday and ahead of Sunday's first round in the French presidential election.On the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures for June delivery were down 0.22% at $1,...Read More
Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG), the world's No.3 gold producer by value, has formally began the acquisition of fellow Canadian Exeter Resource (TSX:XRC), one of the several deals announced last month, which included the creation of a partnership with Barrick Gold (TSX, NYSE:ABX) in Chile's gold belt.The Vancouver-based miner said Exeter shareholders will be entitled to receive 0.12 of a common share o...Read More
The vast majority of American voters are unaware of the environmental and technological advancements of today's mining industry according to new polling, suggesting mining's legacy skews perceptions.A new poll by Morning Consult for the US National Mining Association (NMA) shows less than 10 percent of voters could assess the scale of emissions reductions that have been achieved in coal-powered pl...Read More
(Updates with U.S. markets, changes comments, dateline from previous LONDON)* Wall St boosted by earnings* Euro shorts close positions, traders sayBy Rodrigo CamposNEW YORK, April 20 (Reuters) - The euro and stocks on major markets recovered on Thursday as a market-friendly presidential candidate held the lead ahead of Sunday's first-round election in France, while the yen and U.S. Treasury prices...Read More
(Adds company news, futures)April 20 (Reuters) - Britain's blue chip FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening down 0.16 percent at 7103 points on Thursday, according to financial spreadbetters, with futures FFIc1 down 0.1 percent ahead of the cash market open.* ACACIA: Acacia Mining ACAA.L reported a 15 percent rise in its first-quarter gold production on Thursday but said sales undershot due to a ban...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices edged lower in European trading on Thursday, nursing overnight losses amid fading demand for safe-haven assets, despite jitters ahead of the French presidential election and ongoing geopolitical tensions over North Korea.Comex gold futures shed $2.90, or around 0.2%, to $1,280.50 a troy ounce by 2:45AM ET (06:45GMT). Meanwhile, spot gold was slightly lower at $1,279.30....Read More
April 20 (Reuters) - Britain's blue chip FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening down 0.16 percent at 7103 points on Thursday, according to financial spreadbetters.* IHG: Global hotel chain InterContinental Hotels Group Plc IHG.L said 1,200 of its franchised hotels in the United States, including Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza, were victims of a three-month cyber attack that sought to steal customer pa...Read More
A historically long 43-day strike at BHP Billiton's (ASX, NYSE:BHP) (LON:BLT) Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world's largest, may tip one of Latin America's strongest economies into recession for the first time since the global financial crisis, experts say.A historically long 43-day strike at BHP Billiton's Econdida mine caused Chile's copper sector to shrink 17% in February, which may...Read More
Ecuador, until recently only known by its oil resources, will continue to attract investors to its mining sector, with the value of the dawning industry set to jump from $1.1 billion this year to $7.9 billion in 2021, a new report shows.According to BMI Research, the nation will increasingly emerge as a mining investment hot spot in Latin America thanks to a combination of revised regulatory frame...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices were slightly lower in European trading on Wednesday, as the dollar edged away from the prior session's three-week low, prompting investors to take profit on recent gains.Comex gold futures shed $8.10, or around 0.6%, to $1,286.00 a troy ounce by 3:00AM ET (07:00GMT). Meanwhile, spot gold was down $4.90 at $1,284.60.The yellow metal settled higher for the fifth session...Read More
(Adds company news, futures)April 19 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is expected to open 26 points lower on Wednesday, according to financial spreadbetters, with futures FFIc1 down 0.4 percent ahead of the cash market open.* ALLIED MINDS: Top shareholder Invesco Perpetual has trimmed its stake in technology incubator Allied Minds ALML.L for the second time in as many weeks, according to...Read More