Asian gold-backed ETF demand on the rise along with jewelry demand.These are prime supporting factors for gold's intermediate-term outlook.Gold's immediate-term trend remains unsettled, however.Gold's 8-week trading range remained intact on Wednesday after a false breakout attempt the previous day. Despite the lack of immediate-term follow-through, however, gold's intermediate-term (3-6 mo...Read More
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rebounded last week from a more than 48-year low, but the trend continued to point to robust labor market conditions.Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 21,000 to a seasonally adjusted 231,000 for the week ended March 3, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Claims dropped to 210,000 in the prior...Read More
Franco-Nevada (NYSE, TSX: FNV) reports aprofitable fourth quarter and record net income for full-year 2017. The companylists fourth-quarter net income of $43.5 million, or 23 cents per share, a turnaround from a loss of$4.5 million, in the same period a year earlier. The company lists quarterlyadjusted income of $52.1 million, or 28 cents, up from $42.9 million, or 24cents, a year earlier. The com...Read More
(Kitco News)- U.S. jobless claims have increased more than expected Thursday, the week after claims fell to their lowest point in 49 years.The latest labor market data shows that weekly jobless claims increased by 21,000 claims to a seasonally adjusted 231,000 in the week to Saturday. Consensus expectations of economists, as compiled by various news organizations, called for initial claims to be a...Read More
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Thursday as investors were encouraged by signs that President Donald Trump’s proposed hefty import tariffs on steel and aluminum could exclude some key trading partners.Markets on Wednesday fell sharply on Wednesday following the exit of Trump’s chief economic adviser Gary Cohn, but recovered after White House spokeswoman Sarah Sande...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices were broadly steady on Thursday but still set to slip over the week for the second time in a row against a backdrop of rising U.S. crude production and an increase in inventories.Brent crude futures LCOc1 were down 3 cents at $64.31 per barrel by 1005 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were up 3 cents at $61.18 a barrel.Brent was on track for a...Read More
Mr. Vincent Metcalfe reportsOSISKO ACQUIRES GOLD ROYALTY ON VICTORIA GOLD'S FULLY-FINANCED, SHOVEL-READY EAGLE GOLD PROJECT IN CANADAOsisko Gold Royalties Ltd. has signed a term sheet with Victoria Gold Corp. to acquire a 5-per-cent net smelter return (NSR) royalty for $98-million on the Dublin Gulch property which hosts the Eagle gold project located in Yukon, Canada.Eagle is a shovel-ready gold...Read More
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Eleven countries are expected to sign a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement in Santiago on Thursday, as an antidote to the increasingly protectionist bent of the United States, which last year pulled out of the pact.The signing ceremony comes the day after Europe and the International Monetary Fund urged U.S. President Donald Trump to step back from the brink of a trade war...Read More
(Reuters) - U.S. health insurer Cigna Corp (CI.N) said on Thursday it would buy pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co (ESRX.O) for about $54 billion, the latest deal in the sector aimed at tackling soaring healthcare costs.The move follows the $69 billion merger of insurer Aetna Inc (AET.N) and drugstore chain CVS Health Corp (CVS.N) announced last December, and highlights a sector-...Read More
Editor's Note: Gold and silver has been, at best, a frustrating trade. Exclusive to Kitco News, expert trader, Todd "Bubba" Horwitz, chief market strategist and founder of 'Bubba Trading provides a strategy investors can use in a range-bound gold price environment. Sign up before March 10 for the Kitco News Weekly Rundown newsletter to receive Horwitz's exclusive report and trading strategy.Gold f...Read More
Editor's Note: Gold and silver has been, at best, a frustrating trade. Exclusive to Kitco News, expert trader, Todd "Bubba" Horwitz, chief market strategist and founder of 'Bubba Trading provides a strategy investors can use in a range-bound gold price environment. Sign up before March 10 for the Kitco News Weekly Rundown newsletter to receive Horwitz's exclusive report and trading strategy.(Kitco...Read More
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Editor's Note: Gold and silver has been, at best, a frustrating trade. Exclusive to Kitco News, expert trader, Todd "Bubba" Horwitz, chief market strategist and founder of 'Bubba Trading provides a strategy investors can use in a range-bound gold price environment. Sign up before March 10 for the Kitco News Weekly Rundown newsletter to receive Horwitz's exclusive report and trading strategy.(Kitco...Read More
Spending in mining and exploration in Canada's British Columbia saw increasing signs of life in 2017, growing for the first time in five years, according to the results of an EY survey released this week.Exploration spending increased 20% across the province in 2017, reaching $246 million, compared with $205 million in 2016. The increase was largely driven by gold exploration, which totalled $37 m...Read More
Mr. Christian Milau reportsEQUINOX GOLD ANNOUNCES POSITIVE RESULTS FROM NEAR-MINE EXPLORATION DRILLING AT AURIZONA Equinox Gold Corp. has released positive drilling results from near-mine exploration at the company's 100-per-cent-owned Aurizona gold mine in Brazil. Broad intervals of economic grade gold mineralization, including ultrahigh-grade gold values up to 1,005 grams per tonne gold, were in...Read More
The Democratic Republic of Congo imminent law that more than double the tax miners operating in the country pay on exports of cobalt, will severely affect buyers of the metal, a key component in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric cars and mobile phones."Given the tight nature of the cobalt market at present, we would expect miners to attempt to pass through higher royalty costs to c...Read More
South Africa's AngloGold Ashanti said it was fully supporting its JV partner Randgold Resources, as several miners operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo negotiate with the government terms of the country's new mining code.Congo President Joseph Kabila will soon sign into law a new mining code, the government and the country's mining companies said on Wednesday. The code has been vigorously...Read More
Swedish mining company Boliden (STO: BOL) won't have to pay over $12 million (100 million Swedish crowns) in compensation for health problems allegedly caused by toxic waste it dumped in northern Chile, a court ruled Thursday.The lawsuit filed in 2013 by around 800 residents of the city of Arica, in northern Chile, alleged Boliden exported 20,000 tonnes of mining waste in the mid-1980s, despite kn...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now After Wednesday's gains, the Nasdaq has finished higher for five straight sessions.The U.S. added 235,000 private jobs in February, according to ADP, topping economists' estimates of 195,000.The U.S. trade deficit rose 5% to $56.6 billion in January, the highest level since October 2008. Wall Street Overview Stocks fell on Wednesday, Mar...Read More
West Texas crude slides to $61; greenback erases gainHassett suggests Canada, Mexico may be spared severe leviesJohn Bilton of JPMorgan Asset Management and Ian Katz of Capital Alpha Partners discuss Gary Cohn's resignation.U.S. stocks erased deep losses to end the day mixed as White House officials left open the possibility that President Donald Trump’s tariff proposals will spare neighbor...Read More