Chile's Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) filed charges against Lumina Copper on Tuesday for infractions to the provisions established in its Resolutions of Environmental Rating (RCA), both at the Caserones mine and the Electric Transmission Line necessary for the development of the project.Lumina Copper faces fines of up to $54.8 million for infractions to the provisions established in it...Read More
For all the attention lavished on gold for its relative durability during this global dash into risk, the real story could be the companies digging it out of the ground.A growing chorus of big names - including everyone from the quants at Bernstein to Pictet's multi-asset team - is turning increasingly bullish on miners as late-cycle angst and industry shifts make conditions ripe for a prolonged r...Read More
* AngloGold reports earnings rise* Looks to sell interest in Cerro Vanguardia* Approves Quebradona project feasibility study (Recasts with asset sale, adds CEO comments)South Africa's AngloGold Ashanti said on Tuesday it was putting its interests in an Argentine mine up for sale as it looks to focus on operations with a longer shelf life and ability to deliver higher returns.AngloGold Chief Execut...Read More
John-Mark Staude, president and CEO of Riverside Resources, talks with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable about successes in 2018 and the outlook for 2019. Maurice Jackson: Joining us for a conversation is Dr. John-Mark Staude, the president and CEO of Riverside Resources Inc. (RRI:TSX.V; RVSDF:OTCQB), where knowledge is golden. Dr. Staude, welcome to the show, sir.John-Mark Staude: Thank you...Read More
United States gold giant Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) has cleared one of the regulatory hurdles for its planned mega- merger with Canada's Goldcorp (TSX: G), a combination that would create the world's largest producer by output, challenging Barrick's recently cemented supremacy.The Denver-based gold miner said the Canadian Competition Bureau had green-lighted the $10-billion stock-for-stock trans...Read More
James Kwantes of Resource Opportunities profiles a gold explorerthat recently released a resource update on its project in northern Quebec. New resource shows 423,000 Au oz Indicated at 1.22 g/t Au and 303,000 Au oz Inferred (1.27 g/t) at ChevrierGenesis Metals joins the Discovery Group; John Robins, Jim Paterson come on as strategic advisorsChibougamau is Cree for "gathering place" and the First...Read More
Sector expert Michael Ballanger describes his investment strategies in light of recent stock market moves. A few weeks ago, I published one of my more noteworthy missives entitled "The Time to Be Short (Again) Has Arrived," in which I advanced the notion that the level of the 200-day moving average for the S&P 500 (2,742) was about as good a level to exit the market, if long, or an opportunity to...Read More
The new President and CEO of Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD)(TSX:ABX), Mark Bristow, said the company wants to strengthen its partnership with the government and local communities of Papua New Guinea where the Porgera gold deposit is located.Barrick and Zijin Mining Group each own a 47.5% interest in the Porgera Joint Venture, while Mineral Resources Enga owns the remaining 5% interest. At present, the f...Read More
Hudbay Minerals' (TSE, NYSE: HBM) second-largest investor, Waterton Global Resource Management, has turned up the heat in a boardroom battle that seeks to replace the Canadian miner's chief executive officer and overhaul its board.The private-equity firm, which holds about 12% of Hudbay, released an investor presentation on Tuesday, detailing what it sees as the path forward for the miner. The...Read More
BHP, the world's largest mining company, has urged peers to create an independent international body in charge of overseeing the construction, integrity and operations of tailings dams, which storage mining waste, following the second collapse of a dam in Brazil in the past three years."As an industry, we now have to redouble our efforts to make sure events like this simply cannot happen," Chief E...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Tuesday February 19 that are worth another look.The London Metal Exchange has released the fees for its new cash-settled futures contracts to be launched on March 11, three of which - an aluminium premium contract, an alumina futures contract and a cobalt contract - are settled against Fastmarkets MB price benchmarks. Hot metal rem...Read More
A simple way to stop picking losers, and start cashing in like Wall Street's elite.Most traders would never believe that 9 out of 10 trades could be winners.But while it may sound impossible, thanks to a research breakthrough, it may not be as far-fetched as many think.JPMorgan's trading desk produced a 99.52% win rate from 2013 through 2017. That includes 2 straight years without a losing day....Read More
Mining companies in Brazil that operate 'upstream' tailings dams will have to completely decommission them by August 15, 2023, according to a new resolution issued by the country's mining agency ANM on Friday February 15.The document, published in the Brazilian official gazette on Monday February 18, showed that 84 dams currently operate through the upstream method, or an 'unidentified' one, and a...Read More
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How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators.Despite the strong January kick-start to 2019, many investors are still apprehensive of what's to come, especially considering some of the latest market-moving events -- think Fed policy announcements, U.S.-China trade negotiations, and earnings season, to start.While it's certainly no crystal ball, becoming familiar with the various...Read More
The firm reached a settlement with Texas over Medicaid contracts The shares of Conduent Inc (NYSE:CNDT) are soaring today, after the IT company came to a settlement agreement with Texas regarding two previous contracts supporting the state's Medicaid program. As part of the settlement, Conduent will pay the state$235.9 million over a three-year period, and CEO Ashok Vemuri said "we have sufficien...Read More
COT SPECIAL PUBLICATION SCHEDULE Reminder -- Due to the U.S. Government Shutdown (February 1 Announcement) The last COT report was published on December 21, 2018. Reports going forward from that date will be published in chronological order beginning with the report previously scheduled for release on Friday, December 28, 2018 (based on data from Monday, December 24, 2018). The CFTC publ...Read More
By Avi Gilburt, ElliottWaveTrader.net We have all heard it. Many times through history, the hubris of analysts, economists, and market participants has been on display when markets rally extremely strongly. In fact, such hubris often accompanies major market tops. And, history has taught us that most of them are quite severely near sighted.Allow me to show you some examples."We will not have an...Read More
By: Stewart Thomson, Graceland Updates: 1. As US markets re-open after the holiday, the world's "queen of assets" continues her glorious ascent to higher prices. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this magnificent short term gold chart.2. The rise above $1332 ushers in my new short-term target: $1355!3. Please click here now. Gold is well on its way to be...Read More
Rosy comments from President Trump on trade helped seal a win for stocksStocks erased early losses to end higher, as traders digested the latest headlines around U.S.-China trade relations. President Donald Trump helped the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all post strong closes after he suggested the March 1 tariff deadline could be moved, and said trade talks were going well. Meanwhile, Wall Street also...Read More