RAPAPORT... A slew of heists rocked the jewelry industry in 2018, making headlines worldwide. RapaportNews looks back at four of the biggest thefts of last year - and one of the tiniest. Swedish Royal Jewels In August, thieves stole priceless royal artifacts belongingto former Swedish monarchs Karl IX and Kristina. The robbers took the items froma display case during a raid on the Str??n...Read More
RAPAPORT... TrueFacet, a platform for pre-owned luxury watches andjewelry, is offering nearly $10 million in shares in its latest fundinground. The New York-based marketplace has raised $7.1 million of thetarget so far, according to a December 26 filing with the US Securities and ExchangeCommission. Including that amount, it has procured $21.8 million oversix rounds, according to investment s...Read More
(IDEX Online) - TrueFacet, which sells mostly pre-owned watches and jewelry items, has raised $10 million in a financing round, according to reports. The New-York based company sells pre-owned authenticated watches and jewelry. The company says it has more than 40,000 watches and 55,000 pieces of pre-owned authenticated watches and jewelry for sale on its site. It has more rec...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Las Vegas police said a suspect was killed and an employee injured after an attempted robbery turned into a shootout in the central Las Vegas Valley. Two suspects went into the John Fish Jewelers store and attempted to tie up a customer and employees in order to carry out the robbery. However, an employee in the back room, armed with a legal concealed gun, came out a...Read More
(IDEX Online News) - Price changes in round and fancy shape diamonds in December were fairly evenly divided between decliners and risers, with relatively few changes in the smallest and largest sizes. In round goods, stones of 0.23-0.29 carats in K, VVS1-VS2, fell 4%; in 0.30-0.39 carat diamonds D-F, VS2, by 2-3%; in 0.45-0.49 carat diamonds D, VS2-SI2, of 1-3%. Meanwhile, there were rises in diam...Read More
Around this time of year, it’s a good idea to stop and look back, taking stock of all the incredible and difficult things that happened over the last 365 days.The Internet is full of “Top 2018” lists that span the best books, movies, music, celebrity moments etc. to allow you to reflect on the past year.This week, I’m looking forward to the top trends and predictions for 20...Read More
Big mining companies outperformed the broader market in 2018Read full newsRead More
An Australian mining company wants to expand its mine in South Carolina because they have found more gold.Read full newsRead More
Despite the government shutdown, now in its fifth day, the water-treatment plant that cleans mine waste from the Gold King Mine will not cease...Read full newsRead More
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"While the price of gold hit a six-month peak, the precious metal was also on track to enter into its first annual decline since 2015. https://t.co/M2HyR5gDMP #Investing #Resource #Gold"Read full newsRead More
Investors seeking exposure to gold typically focus on senior gold miners like Barrick because of the stability and maturity of their operations. While this provides a lower-risk means of bolstering exposure to gold, junior gold miners offer the opportunity to gain access to outsized returns. This is because they are typically viewed by the market as risky ventures that could fail should gold fall...Read More
A bidding war appears to have erupted over junior gold miner SolGold (TSX:SOLG), which is conducting exploration work in the Andean nation of Ecuador. The miner's stock has soared by 28% over the last year, and there are indications that it could climb higher.Emerging as a potential takeover targetSolGold has been attracting considerable interest from a range of major miners. Australian senior gol...Read More
I wish I would have followed by own advice and loaded up on Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.B)(NYSE:TECK) shares back when they were languishing under $10 each.Like many natural resource companies, Teck was feeling the pinch of declining commodity prices in 2015-16. Metallurgical coal prices had collapsed, and metal prices weren't doing much better. Teck's balance sheet was also in tatters, and it had bi...Read More
Shares in explorer SolGold (LON, TSX:SOLG) closed 2.3% higher in London and were trading up 8.3% in Toronto early morning after it announced it had discovered a new copper and gold mineralization at its Porvenir project, located in southern Ecuador.A broad zone of northeast-trending porphyry mineralization about 1km-wide and hosting numerous porphyry centres currently defined over 6km-long and...Read More
Newly public Finland gold explorer Firefox Gold (TSXV: FFOX) recently identified five new gold targets on its Jeesio gold project in Northern Finland's central Lapland greenstone belt after compiling samples in its geochemical database.The 2,751-sample Jeesio database contains 838 new till samples from the company's recently completed bottom of till sampling program, 768 historical Geological Su...Read More
Cobalt 27 Capital has entered an agreement to acquire ASX-listed Highlands Pacific. The acquisition, valued at $96 million, will increase Cobalt 27's exposure to nickel through the Ramu nickel-cobalt mine in Papua New Guinea. Highlands Pacific owns an 8.56% interest in the mine, which is majority owned by Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd.Cobalt 27 has agreed to pay A10.5 ? in cash per share for...Read More
It's the first day of a new era for Barrick Gold, the world's largest bullion miner, as it officially began trading Wednesday as a merged entity with Randgold Resources.From now on, Barrick's symbol on the New York Stock Exchange will be GOLD, the ticker formerly held by Randgold on NASDAQ. In Toronto, the company is keeping its ABX symbol.The $18.3 billion-deal, which gained final approval in D...Read More
Metso has agreed to acquire HighService Service, the service business of the Chilean mining technology and maintenance provider HighService Corp.HighService Service is a high-quality service provider for the mining industry, with operations in Chile, Argentina and Brazil. Its sales in the fiscal year 2017 were 60 million euros and it has 1,300 employees.The acquisition is pending regulatory app...Read More
The Section 232 tariffs implemented in the United States in 2018 led to a sharp increase in domestic steel prices, driving the hot-rolled coil index to a nearly 10-year peak in July. But how did the tariffs impact the rest of the global supply chain? Fastmarkets' regional experts gave us answers.ChinaChina has exported less hot-rolled coil since the Section 232 tariffs took effect, but soft domest...Read More