WASHINGTON - The United States on Friday said it was postponing the enforcement of sanctions on Russian companies, Rusal and Gaz PAO for nearly four weeks as their top shareholder works on a plan to cut his stakes.U.S. authorities had given Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska until Dec. 12 to reduce his holdings in the three companies but said in a statement that the deadline had been moved to Jan. 7, 2...Read More
Construction is accelerating at Fortuna Silver Mines' (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) Lindero project in Argentina and commercial production will start as planned at the end of the third quarter next year, the company says."The project has gained significant momentum," Jorge Ganoza, Fortuna's president and CEO, told analysts and investors on a conference call on its third quarter results.Fortuna decided to...Read More
Construction is accelerating at Fortuna Silver Mines' (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) Lindero project in Argentina and commercial production will start as planned at the end of the third quarter next year, the company says."The project has gained significant momentum," Jorge Ganoza, Fortuna's president and CEO, told analysts and investors on a conference call on its third quarter results.Fortuna decided to...Read More
ALROSA, the world's largest diamond miner, today announced diamond sales results for October and the first ten months of 2018.In October, ALROSA Group sold $242.8 million worth of rough and polished diamonds, down 28% YoY. Rough diamond sales by value amounted to $233.9 million, polished diamond sales were $8.9 million. In October, demand for small-size inexpensive rough diamonds remained weakALRO...Read More
MELBOURNE - Australian lithium producer Altura Mining on Friday said it had signed a deal to supply Chinese battery giant Ganfeng Lithium with concentrate from its Pilgangoora mine in Western Australia.Battery makers such as Ganfeng and Tesla have been scouring the globe for new sources of lithium to help meet an anticipated boom in demand for batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), with miners in...Read More
BERLIN - Germany has earmarked 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) to support a consortium looking to produce electric car battery cells and plans to fund a research facility to develop next-generation solid-state batteries, three sources told Reuters.The measures, expected to be announced next week, are designed to reduce the dependence of German carmakers on Asian electric vehicle (EV) battery suppli...Read More
The Bank of England has refused to release Venezuela's gold bars, insisting that standard measures to prevent money-laundering be taken including clarification of the Venezuelan government's intentions for the gold. Read full newsRead More
Mr. Rudi Fronk reportsSEABRIDGE GOLD SECURES $14.0 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENTSeabridge Gold Inc. has secured a non-brokered private placement of one million common shares of the company at a price of $14 per share for gross proceeds of $14-million. No commissions are payable on this transaction. The proceeds from the financing will be used to finance general working capital requirements and a 2019...Read More
JOHANNESBURG - Gold Fields said on Friday third quarter production was down 3 percent, with its last South African asset, South Deep, weighing on total output.Gold production for the quarter ended Sept. 30 from continuing operations dropped to 533,000 ounces from 552,000 in the same period last year, with the struggling mine producing 50,000 ounces during the quarter.South Deep has faced numerous...Read More
Mr. Eric Edwards reportsTRIMETALS MINING PROVIDES UPDATE ON BOLIVIAN ARBITRATION Trimetals Mining Inc. has received correspondence from the Permanent Court of Arbitration advising that the arbitration tribunal will issue the arbitration award on a date prior to the end of November, 2018.© 2018 Canjex Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.Read More
MUMBAI/BENGALURU - Demand for physical gold gathered steam during a key festival week, shrugging off a recent downtrend going into the traditional busy wedding season, while other major Asian hubs saw limited activity.India, the second biggest bullion consumer after China, celebrated the Dhanteras and Diwali festivals this week, when buying gold is considered auspicious."We were initially skeptica...Read More
"Orca #Gold has landed on an interesting two-stage plan in the feasibility study for its Block 14 project in Sudan. The mine would produce 228,000oz over 14 years($) | https://t.co/gFxmY6fXdR"Read full newsRead More
Guyana Goldfields (TSX:GUY) announced today that is has started underground development at its 100%-owned Aurora Mine, which is located in northwestern Guyana, in a territory in dispute with Venezuela.In a media statement, Guyana Goldfields said is has completed the first blast on the Mad Kiss portal and that now the contractor is working on completing and reinforcing the collar and extending the...Read More
Stocks trading under $5 per share offer several unique, but very important qualities for investors.One is that they make it easier for investors with smaller investment accounts - be it in their TFSA or RRSP - to build up a sizable position in their portfolios without having to fork out an arm and a leg for the company's shares.Another is that many institutional investors are governed by investmen...Read More
I’ve been a contrarian my entire life… Wait, you might want to scratch that and just outright say OUTCAST, which might be a better term to use… I mean, ever since I was a little kid, I kind of always knew that I was different from the majority of my peers…From my earliest memories, I remember another little kid telling me I was “too Chinese” to play baseballR...Read More
Paying a dividend is the most common way for companies to share profits directly with stockowners.The first record of a company paying a regular dividend belongs to the Dutch East India Company (VOC).The VOC paid annual dividends in both cash and spices worth about 18% of the value of its shares for almost 200 years of the company's existence (1602-1800).Dutch East India Company bond, printed 1622...Read More
The Detour Lake Mine in northern Ontario. Source: Detour Gold Corp.Detour Gold Corp. [DGC-TSX] dissident shareholder Paulson & Co. Inc. on Friday November 9 released a list of questions it believes the company should address in the circular it files for the upcoming special meeting of shareholders on December 11, 2018. Today is the record date for the meeting.The questions are intended to ensu...Read More
The San Francisco open pit mine in Sonora, Mexico. Source: Alio Gold Inc.Alio Gold Inc. [ALO-TSX, NYSE] is looking at several options for its San Francisco gold-silver mine in Mexico to reduce mining dilution in 2019, including a temporary suspension of mining while leaching and processing of low-grade ore from stockpiles continues.Shares of Alio closed down 9% on November 8, 2018, the date of the...Read More
First developing countries blew up. Then real estate topped and started to roll over. Now oil has entered what CNBC just called its "longest losing streak in three decades.” The oil rout just became a bear market for U.S. crudeIn a volatile turnabout, the U.S. crude benchmark fell into a bear market Thursday just five weeks after hitting a nearly four-year high.West Texas Intermediate crude...Read More
For years now, investors have been captivated by the growth potential of the solar industry.And rightfully so.Solar power has been growing exponentially, accelerated in the past few years by falling costs for panels.No doubt, that trend is going to continue.In the next decade, the global solar market is in line for 138% growth, set to surge from 395 GW at the end of 2017 to 942 GW at the end of 20...Read More