Emerging developer OreCorp is building momentum as it focuses on delivering first gold in 2024 at its high-grade, 3.1 million ounce Nyanzaga gold project in Tanzania.It's set to be the country's first large-scale gold mine in more than a decade and the first built under the new regulatory regime led by Her Excellency, President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who took on the top job following John Magufuli's...Read More
Lake Resources targeting 100ktpa lithium productionSPONSOREDlake resourcesAsante Gold poised for successful 2022SPONSOREDasante goldWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.West Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDGenesis Minerals directors draped their new business strategy, launched last week, in a "unique executive remuneration structure".Read More
News: US retail supporting the market with steady demand, but dealer trading slow amid price uncertainty, China lockdown and Russian sanctions. US places Alrosa on OFAC Specially Designated Nationals list, blocking all US transactions with or benefiting the miner. American Gem Society urges members not to buy Russian-sourced diamonds even if cut outside of Russia and to require suppliers to sign e...Read More
RAPAPORT... Chow Tai Fook saw sales decline in the fourth fiscal quarter as the latest surge of Covid-19 infections impacted retail in China and Hong Kong. The jeweler's retail sales value climbed 8.5% year on year for the three months that ended March 31, but that was a sharp drop from the 31% growth it had registered in the previous quarter. Revenue rose nearly 12% on the mainland, but fell...Read More
RAPAPORT... The Fuchsia Rose diamond surpassed its presale estimate at Christie's New York on Wednesday, achieving $6.78 million in the Magnificent Jewels auction.The 8.82-carat, fancy-intense-purple-pink, potentially internally flawless diamond ring comfortably beat its $4 million to $6 million estimate, bringing in just under $770,000 per carat and underscoring the strong demand for high-value j...Read More
pastingRAPAPORT... Tiffany & Co. had a strong start to 2022, helping to power growth at parent company LVMH, the luxury conglomerate said Wednesday. LVMH reported a 24% rise in jewelry and watch sales year on year to EUR 2.34 billion ($2.53 billion), thanks to an exceptional performance from Tiffany and solid momentum from other brands such as Bulgari. The division saw 19% organic growth,...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A US jewelry retailer is facing legal action from three "whistleblowers" who allege they were fired for exposing a foreign gray market conspiracy involving Rolex watches.CD Peacock, which operates three stores in the Chicago area, says it will vigorously defend the action, and says in a statement that the "former disgruntled employees ???,? ? were terminated for cause".A similar ca...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The World Diamond Council (WDC) says it has terminated Alrosa's membership.The move follows Russia's invasion of Ukraine, although the WDC made no mention of the war in a brief statement posted on its website.It said: "The termination of membership includes the cessation of any rights and benefits afforded to the WDC members, such as a seat on the Board of Directors, and...Read More
(IDEX Online) - De Beers reported rough sales of $565m from its third sight of 2022 - up 26 per cent year-on-year.It was the first full sales cycle since Russia invaded Ukraine, prompting the US and EU to impose sanctions on the miner Alrosa, part-owned by the Russian government and De Beers' biggest rival.Sales at De Beers' second sight, which concluded at the end of February, were $652...Read More
(IDEX Online) - An extremely rare 8.82-ct fancy intense purple-pink diamond yesterday sold for $6,780,000 at Christie's New York.It was well above the pre-sale estimate of $4m to $6m.The pear modified brilliant-cut gem, known as the Fuchsia Rose diamond (pictured), was certified by GIA as "VVS1 clarity, potentially Internally Flawless, Type IIa" and was set with a pair of pear brilliant-cut d...Read More
"The start of 2022 has been one of the most challenging periods experienced by the Company since the re-start of Proyecto Riotinto," Atalaya's CEO Alberto Lavandeira said. Atalaya declared commercial production at the operation in February 2016. "The extremely high electricity price, due to the record natural gas price in Europe, has also created inflationary pressures that have only bee...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed on the morning of Thursday April 14, while those on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were also mixed, but with gains outweighing losses.* China expected to cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for the country's banks* United States 10-year treasuries yields have eased, suggesting the recent reaction to US Federal Reserve rhetoric may have...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 6 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures moved lower following release of the March Retail Sales report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 0.6% versus a gain of 0.2% in February. Actual was an increase of 0.5%. Excluding auto sales, consensus was an increase of 0.7% versus a gain of0.2% in February. Actu...Read More
What is money? Everyone thinks they know what money is, but the Fed doesn't even know what money is. They have three or more different definitions of money (M0, M1 and M2, etc.).For example, money includes cash and checking deposits. But then there's "near money," which includes such things as savings deposits and money market mutual funds. They can be converted into cash or checking deposits, so...Read More
Assume - for the moment - that yours is the standard American household. How much money did inflation steal from you in March?The answer, the distressing answer, shortly. First the news...March inflation data came issuing this morning. They represented the greatest annual inflationary jump since December 1981 - an 8.5% escalation.The New York Post gives the particulars:Labor Department officials s...Read More
I'm now looking again at the polls of Biden's popularity. They are shocking, even devastating.We are looking at nearly a 12-point split between approval and disapproval. I'm assuming that the reality is much worse, given that everyone knows what one is supposed to tell the pollsters. They are not looking for disapproval. They are looking for compliance. That so many are willing just to say what th...Read More
Our fathomless disfaith in experts is validated yet again...The United States Department of Labor issued December's unemployment figures this morning.A Dow Jones survey of economic wiseacres soothsaid that December would register 422,000 fresh jobs. How many fresh jobs did December register?199,000 - under half the projected figure.Here Mr. Nick Bunker, economic research director with Indeed, wrin...Read More
Despite higher commodity prices, base metal miners are likely to take an earnings hit in the first quarter of the year, as volatile price actions continue in the wake of recent geo-political events, says CIBC Capital Markets.In a research note to clients, CIBC mining analyst Bryce Adams said that economic sanctions on Russia, owing to that country's invasion of Ukraine, are the main driver of thes...Read More
Following short on the release of a resource update that tops 3 million oz. gold across all categories on the flagship Douay project in Quebec, explorer Maple Gold Mines (TSXV: MGM; US-OTCQB) believes it is reaching critical mass as it looks to drill test other underexplored zones, president and CEO Matthew Hornor says (watch the attached video interview).The Douay project in the Abitibi Gold Belt...Read More
The First Nations of Marten Falls and Webequie have submitted the terms of reference for the proposed Northern Road Link, a piece of infrastructure that Ontario describes as the "final piece" needed to build an all-season road into the Ring of Fire. The road would link two other roads that are being advanced separately by each community - the Marten Falls access road and the Webequie supply road...Read More