The key index for measuring macroeconomic trends "plummeted" from 51.9 in March to 49.2 in April, which was "well below" forecasts of 51.4, Commonwealth Bank of Australia analyst Vivek Dhar said.Read More

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelAs iron ore has been sinking, ship hiring costs, measured by the Baltic Dry Index (BDI), have been rising, up an eye-catching 200% over the past 10 weeks.Read More

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelThey are locked in a struggle to loosen the grip of De Beers on Botswana's mining industry that has held sway for half a century.Read More

"The receipt of these expressions of interest are a clear de-risking step demonstrating lender confidence in the economics of the Rook I project, the uranium market fundamentals incorporating theRead More

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelGold Fields will pay Osisko an initial C$300 million to enter into a 50/50 joint venture agreement for the joint ownership and development of Windfall, with a second $...Read More

Another one bites the dust...First Republic Bank closed yesterday, with the majority of its operations sold to JPMorgan Chase at fire-sale prices.It was the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history. It was also the third bank failure in just six weeks, following Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank.First Republic's failure isn't surprising. First Republic has been a zombie for a while....Read More

(IDEX Online) - Gem Diamonds announced a 13 per cent increase in Q1 rough sales from Letseng, in Lesotho, the highest dollar per carat kimberlite diamond mine in the world. It raised $36.7m.The London-listed miner said it achieved an average $1,431 per carat during the quarter to 31 March 2023, virtually unchanged from the previous quarter.The highest price paid was $282,889 per carat for a 6.63-c...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Christie's has acknowledged the Nazi link to a collection of jewelry that is expected to sell for a record $150m in Geneva this month.The 700-plus items belonged to Heidi Horten, whose first husband Helmut Horten founded the eponymous chain of German department stores.It has since been established that Jewish businessmen in the 1930s were forced to sell him their own departmen...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Patek Philippe says it has created the most complicated watch in its 184-year history.The latest version of its Grandmaster Chime - a reversable watch with two faces and a patented swivel mechanism - has 20 complications and a $2.2m price tag.The white and rose gold timepiece has an ultra-complicated manually wound mechanical movement."Among the 20 complications are five acoustic f...Read More

If you search online for real-world robots that are actually working today, you'll most likely see things like this:Or, more recently, maybe even something like this: But is this really the best we can do? Robots aren't meant to just stack boxes and flip burgers for eternity. They're meant for much more noble roles. In fact, they're already becoming the greatest accessibilit...Read More

(IDEX Online) - US jeweler Zales has launched a "fine jewelry rental" scheme for lab grown diamonds.Customers pay 10 per cent of the retail price to borrow items for weddings or special occasions.The Zales x Rocksbox program is being piloted in-store at 28 branches of Zales, and could be rolled out to other banners in the Signet family. It is a collaboration with Rocksbox, the jewelry rental...Read More

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelWith the passing of a mining bill, president Andres Manuel Lopex Obrador (AMLO) successfully reduced the term of mining concessions from 100 years to 80, made water pe...Read More

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelNew World, which had A$5.Read More

What's the situation with the economy? The short answer is not good. Here's why...There are literally hundreds of economic indicators either as hard data or sentiment surveys released daily. It's impossible for any analyst to keep up with all of them.But with computers, natural language processing and charts, it is possible to follow broad trends. The key for any good analyst is to settle on a sub...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Caution persists and overall trading is slow, as reflected in heavy rounds losses and no more than a smattering of increases among fancies, which have fared better of late.India is braced for fewer bulk orders, US demand remains patchy and the predicted post-Covid bounce in China hasn't fully materialized.De Beers did however report $540m of rough sales during Cycle 3, a sligh...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The 11.16-carat pear-shaped Bulgari Laguna Blu - certified as the highest grade blue diamond ever by the GIA - could fetch $25m when it is auctioned at Sotheby's Geneva later this month.It is destined to become the most valuable gem ever to be sold by Bulgari. A European collector bought it from Bulgari in the 1970s and had it set in a ring. It has remained in their collection...Read More

Peak's largest shareholder, China's Shenghe Resources, together with several new institutional investors have agreed to pump $27.5 million in at 50c per share, a 25% discount, as the company readies itself for the start of construction in October. Barrenjoey and Canaccord Genuity managed the placement. If approved by shareholders, Shenghe will increase its stake in Peak to 19.9%. Pe...Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - Golden Ridge Resources Ltd. [GLDN-TSXV; 44G-FSE] released additional results from its maiden drill program at its Williams gold property, that is surrounded by New Found Gold Corp.'s [NFG-TSXV] Queensway South gold property in the central Newfoundland gold belt of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.The maiden drill program consisted of 29 holes for a total of...Read More

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelAlliance (previously GME Resources) and Stellantis entered into a non-binding agreement last October, and have now finalised terms for a A$15 million placement giving...Read More

Dear Outsider,Last week, the stock market was as volatile as ever.Even crypto had violent swings that would make your head spin.And then Wednesday, something big happened and stocks responded positively.For the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine over a year ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a phone call.According to the BBC, Zelenskyy...Read More