Iran Minerals Production and Supply Company, a subsidiary of state-owned Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization, announced through the country's public broadcaster that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with industry group Iran Mine House and a private company with the idea of developing six small-scale gold and copper mines.With this deal, the Hassan...Read More
Researchers at Ruhr-Universit??t Bochum and the University of Wuppertal in Germany have come up with a new fabrication process for transparent ultra-thin silver films. The new process produces a material capable of increasing the efficiency of solar cells and light-emitting diodes.Up till now, traditional chemical methods have not been able to produce ultra-thin and pure silver films, the scientis...Read More
Through its representative in Argentina, Mario Hern??ndez, Canada's Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX: YRI) (NYSE: AUY) said that, despite having sold the Gualcamayo gold mine to Colombia's Mineros (BVC: MINEROS), it will continue to invest in exploration in different regions of the country.Earlier this year, Yamana announced a hike in its exploration budget to $11.2 million from the $9 million allocated in t...Read More
Philip Wen, Jonathan Barrett, Tom WestbrookPORT MORESBY (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific leaders failed to agree on a communique at a summit in Papua New Guinea on Sunday for the first time in their history as deep divisions between the United States and China over trade and investment stymied cooperation.Competition between the United States and China over the Pacific was also thrown into focus with the...Read More
TORONTO (Reuters) - Barrick Gold is interested in early-stage exploration in South America’s Guyana Shield and wants “more exposure” in Canada, Executive Vice President of Exploration Rob Krcmarov said in an investor presentation Friday.“We’d also look to copper opportunities that are within our operating regions, but only if they meet our investment criteria,”...Read More
Nespresso will become the first company to use responsibly-sourced aluminium, provided by Rio Tinto, to produce its coffee capsules, marking yet another signal of customer-driven demand for sustainable products. The aluminium, which will be certified by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), is being supplied under a Memorandum of Understanding to work together with the Nestl?(C) unit's capsu...Read More
BERLIN (Reuters) - Forty-four percent of German firms expect a further escalation of trade tensions between Europe and the United States, which is likely to continue to dampen new investments, the RND newspaper chain reported, citing a survey by the IW economic institute.Thirty-four percent do not see trade ties growing more strained, RND reported.It said 41 percent of firms surveyed considered it...Read More
DUBAI (Reuters) - Global ports operator DP World DPW.DI believes international trade tensions such as those between the United States and China will make 2019 challenging but not unmanageable, its chairman said on Sunday.The Dubai government-controlled ports operator cautioned in August about geopolitical risks and changes in trade policies as first-half profit fell 2.1 percent.DP World Chairman S...Read More
(Reuters) - Florida’s outgoing governor, Republican Rick Scott, was declared the winner of the state’s hard-fought U.S. Senate race on Sunday, following a recount of ballots in the tight contest against three-term Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson.In the recount of the ballots cast for the Nov. 6 election, Scott won by 10,033 votes, Florida elections officials said on Sunday. Scott took...Read More
Are greater risks stacking up for investors in 2019? In Europe, where Italy is locking horns with the EU and a Brexit deal hangs in the balance, mega-economy Germany has just produced the worst growth in nearly six years. Even if Wall Street can successfully shake off noise from the Old Country, a fresh threat from falling oil prices, along with worries over trade and a Fed misstep may cast long...Read More
"People have to remember, mining stocks are like tech stocks where everybody and their car or Uber driver piles into them when they're moving higher. It's not a well-followed, well-understood sector which is what I like about it because it means there's plenty of opportunities to make a lot money in stocks that don't end up featured on CNBC or everybody's favorite newsletter."Elijah Johnson of Sil...Read More
Prices for steel billet in most of the major global markets softened in the week ended Friday November 16, amid a downturn in scrap import costs, pessimism created by China's plummeting steel prices, and sluggish downstream sectors.Meanwhile, Iran has virtually exited the export market after a fresh round of sanctions were introduced by the United States in early November. No bookings were heard f...Read More
Iran Minerals Production and Supply Company, a subsidiary of state-owned Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization, announced through the country's public broadcaster that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with industry group Iran Mine House and a private company with the idea of developing six small-scale gold and copper mines.With this deal, the Hassan...Read More
An institution with money-printing powers should have no difficulty keeping the lights on. But could it continue to act effectively after depleting its net worth?Former Bank of England policymaker Willem Buiter posed that question in early 2008, and it's currently the biggest challenge facing his long-time research collaborator Urjit Patel, the Reserve Bank of India governor.Under pressure to retu...Read More
Prices for steel billet in most of the major global markets softened in the week ended Friday November 16, amid a downturn in scrap import costs, pessimism created by China's plummeting steel prices, and sluggish downstream sectors.Meanwhile, Iran has virtually exited the export market after a fresh round of sanctions were introduced by the United States in early November. No bookings were heard f...Read More
Through its representative in Argentina, Mario Hern??ndez, Canada's Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX: YRI) (NYSE: AUY) said that, despite having sold the Gualcamayo gold mine to Colombia's Mineros (BVC: MINEROS), it will continue to invest in exploration in different regions of the country.Earlier this year, Yamana announced a hike in its exploration budget to $11.2 million from the $9 million allocated in t...Read More
This gold explorer remains on track with its 2018 project enhancement goals. Liberty's Goldstrike ProjectThis gold explorer remains on track with its 2018 project enhancement goals. Liberty Gold Corp. (LGD:TSX) announced in a news release more results from the reverse circulation drilling at Goldstrike that it finished on Nov. 1. These data will be incorporated into a preliminary resource estimat...Read More
This company continues to explore expansion potential at its open pit and underground mines. Leagold Mining Corp. (LMC:TSX.V; LMCNF:OTCQX) increased the Proven and Probable mineral reserves at the Los Filos open pit in Mexico by 122%, the company announced in a news release. The new 2P total as of Oct. 31, 2018, which is for the Los Filos open pit only, is 40.5 million tons with a grade of 0.6 gr...Read More
The Mercenary Geologist Mickey Fulp discusses with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable how peak oil could inform investment in gold miners. Maurice Jackson: Joining us for a conversation is the Mercenary Geologist, Mickey Fulp. Pleasure to speak with you. Mickey Fulp: Thank you, sir.Maurice Jackson:Mickey, one of the concerns that I think speculators are having in the natural resource space is...Read More
Prices for steel billet in most of the major global markets softened in the week ended Friday November 16, amid a downturn in scrap import costs, pessimism created by China's plummeting steel prices, and sluggish downstream sectors.Meanwhile, Iran has virtually exited the export market after a fresh round of sanctions were introduced by the United States in early November. No bookings were heard f...Read More