Massachusetts courts have had a bad year.A Massachusetts lab technician, Sonja Farak, came to work high every day for 8 years. Well technically, sometimes she arrived sober but was soon high as a kite.She worked in a lab that tested drugs confiscated from arrested suspects. Of course, she wasn’t supposed to personally test the drugs… that was what the lab equipment was for.In 2014...Read More
Barrick Gold Corp said on Monday it was done selling assets to cut debt and would instead use funds from future sales for growth or to pay dividends, as it looks set to lose its rank as the world's biggest gold producer due to declining production.Read full newsRead More
Barrick Gold Corp said on Monday it was done selling assets to cut debt and would instead use funds from future sales for growth or to pay dividends, as it looks set to lose its rank as the world's biggest gold producer due to declining production.Read full newsRead More
Last week's other top-gaining mining stocks on the TSXV were Namibia Rare Earths, NV Gold, Carmax Mining and Oroco Resource.Read full newsRead More
Blockchain Company HashChain Technology Inc. announced Monday that it has entered a letter agreement to acquire 1,000 cryptocurrency mining rigs. 100 of those rigs are already operational at its Montana mining facility and the other 900 are expected to be deployed by the end of May 2018.More infor...Read full newsRead More
Aben Resources Ltd. (TSXV:ABN) (OTCBB:ABNAF) (Frankfurt:E2L2) (the "Company") is pleased to announce it has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement financings (see news releases dated April 6, 2018 and April 16, 2018) for aggregate gross proceeds of just over CAD $2.32 million.Read full newsRead More
CloseGain/LossGold $1325.00-$10.60Silver$16.63-$0.50XAU83.25-2.19%HUI179.87-2.34%GDM627.47-1.48%JSE Gold1110.47+7.05USD90.93+0.60Euro122.08-0.81Yen92.09-0.94Oil$68.64+$0.2410-Year2.975%+0.016T-Bond142.9375-0.15625Dow24448.69-0.06%Nasdaq7128.60-0.25%S&P2670.29+0.01% The Metals: Gold fell $13.40 to $1322.20 in early afternoon New York trade before it edged back higher in the last couple of h...Read More
Last week's other top-gaining mining stocks on the TSX were Tanzanian Royalty, Eastmain Resources, Endeavour Silver and RNC Minerals.Read full newsRead More
The Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines announced today that it expects to reach $20.8 billion in investments between 2018 and 2022, with 10 per cent of such investments filling up the country's coffers by the end of this year. In a press release made public by the state-owned Adina Peruvian News Agency, the government agency said the funds will be generated by three projects whose construction...Read More
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Many Canadians are facing the consequences of spiraling debt...Read full newsRead More
Marin Katusa Marin Katusa started off the 2018 Vancouver Resource Investment conference off in a battle with Rick Rule and Frank Holmes discussing top picks. Marin's picks were no surprise to...Read full newsRead More
Canada NewsWireVANCOUVER, April 23, 2018VANCOUVER, April 23, 2018 /CNW/ - The following issues havebeen halted by IIROC:Company: Hashchain Technology Inc.TSX-Venture Symbol: KASHReason: At the Request of the Company Pending NewsHalt Time (ET): 12:47 PMIIROC ca...Read full newsRead More
FTSE 100 closes up 30 ptsTSB online banking continues to frustrate customersWealth management companies higher FTSE 100 picked up into the close to finish around 30 points higher at 7,398.FTSE 250 also travelled higher, up over 95 points at 20,316.Traders were buoyed by noises about the City of London, the global financial hub, retaining some benefits after the UK leaves the EU.Since th...Read More
Morning Market Breakdown, April 23: As the markets tossed and turned between red and green, precious metals saw losses Monday morning.Read full newsRead More
The ECB is about to capitulate on implementing rules that would have forced European banks to set aside more money against hundreds of billions in bad loans, after suffering a political backlash.Read full newsRead More
Iron ore producer Fortescue Metals on Tuesday reported a 2 percent fall in third-quarter iron ore shipments on reduced demand in China, while the discount for its lower quality ore also widened.The world no. 4 iron ore miner said it received 62 percent of the average benchmark Platts 62 CFR index for its ore during the quarter, down from 68 percent in the first half of fiscal 2018.However, Fortesc...Read More
The UK National Contact Point released a report today where it states that Kazakh mining giant Eurasian Resources Group flouted the rights of thousands of people living on its cobalt and copper concession in the Lualaba province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.According to the UK government body for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the company was aware that water supplies fo...Read More
The Dollar Index broke above the key 90.00 level, up 5 days in a row -the biggest spike since Dec 2016 - to its highest level since mid-January. With net speculative positioning at extreme shorts, and liquidity stress (Libor-OIS), one wonders how far the short squeeze can go...Read full newsRead More
Commodity prices tumbled on news the U.S. could provide sanctions relief to Russian aluminum giant, Rusal, if Oleg Deripaska relinquishes control and sells his stake, while extended the deadline for companies to wind down dealings with Russian aluminum producer.Read full newsRead More