News: Diamond market cautious ahead of Diwali festival. Indian manufacturers raising discounts to boost sales before the break, since factories close from Oct. 24. Dealers expect further price declines and lack urgency to buy. US bridal and high end lifting the industry as early holiday shopping begins. Consumers seeking deals as inflation, rising interest rates and volatile stock market squeeze...Read More
RAPAPORT... Informa plans to bring its Jewelry & Gem World (JGW) trade show back to Hong Kong in September 2023, benefiting from a loosening of local coronavirus measures.The fair, previously one of the industry's most important events of the year, has not taken place in its usual form since before the pandemic, as travel bans and quarantine rules have deterred exhibitors and buyers. The...Read More
RAPAPORT... India's polished-diamond exports rose 12% year on year to $2.13 billion in September as a higher average price offset a drop in volume, according to recent data from the country's Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). Rough imports decreased during the month. This indicated an improvement in the sector's inventory situation following two consecutive months in which...Read More
"Few mines get to achieve this milestone and we are only halfway through the ore body," CEO Martin Horgan said in an earnings call. Total gold produced in the Q3 was at 127,512 oz.Read More
Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Last year presented a unique challenge to metals and mining players: how to make sense of disorientating price volatility and a dizzying array of market signals. We expect 2022 to provide some respite from the frenetic pace of 2021 &n...Read More
RAPAPORT... Is the growth in lab-created diamonds being driven by consumer desire or the retail jeweler's sales pitch? The question arose in a recent episode of the Rapaport Diamond Podcast, as well as in a webinar panel discussion Rapaport hosted earlier this year with lab-grown producers and marketers.The podcast guest was Kieron Hodgson, managing director and research analyst for commodities an...Read More
To do so would require the sector "to deliver new projects at a frequency and consistent level of financing never previously accomplished," it said, with more than US$23 billion of investment a yearRead More
RAPAPORT... Shipments of Swiss watches rose 19% year on year in September, achieving one of the highest totals in history amid increased US demand.Total exports for the month came to CHF 2.24 billion ($2.23 billion), the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry reported Thursday.Supply to the US, the sector's largest market, grew 33% to CHF 367.8 million ($366 million), while orders to China climbed...Read More
RAPAPORT... The American Gem Society (AGS) will close its laboratory operations at the end of this year, with the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) taking on elements of the organization.AGS Laboratories' intellectual property (IP), technology, research staff and Las Vegas facility will become part of the GIA, the two organizations announced Wednesday. AGS Laboratories will continue...Read More
Cerrado eyes feasibility study for Brazil assetSPONSOREDcerrado goldTENDER FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF THE BAUXITE BLOCK OF SANTOU (TELIMELE), GUINEASPONSOREDcenter for mining promotion and development (cpdm)Metal Bank draws on experience as resource upgrades nearSPONSOREDmetal bank limitedASX listed Heavy Minerals is managing a garnet project at Port Gregory, about 50 kilometres along the coast north...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The GIA, industry leader in diamond grading, is taking over the work of AGS Laboratories in what is being described as a strategic collaboration.The AGS Laboratories research staff, intellectual property, technology and Las Vegas facility will integrate into GIA, says a joint statement issued yesterday.Both the American Gem Society (AGS) and GIA (Gemological Institute of America) a...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Rio Tinto has unveiled its first piece of jewelry in its Argyle Pink Diamonds Icon Partner program.It's a one-off $3.75m ring handcrafted with 3.42 carats of pink, red and blue diamonds from the iconic Australian mine, which closed in November 2020 after reaching the end of its life.The Argyle Romantica, created by Singapore-based John Glajz, is part of a strategy to protect t...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Canadian junior miner Diamcor says it is refining its operation in South Africa and is producing more carats and more specials.It reported yesterday that it had delivered 5,593 carats of rough diamonds for its first tende3r of the quarter, from processing quarry material at the Krone-Endora at Venetia Project."The total includes several individual gem quality diamonds in the Specia...Read More
In terms of production, strikes in Norway hampered zinc supply in September, with the company's Odda smelter coming offline for 10 days.Read More
Four holes completed, hole #5 underway Prismo Metals Inc. (CSE: PRIZ) (OTCQB: PMOMF) (theRead full newsRead More
Dear Outsider,The day we've all been waiting for is finally here.An invention that will change the entire course of human history.Poverty...Money...Jobs...Freedom...Happiness...Everything is fixed now that Tesla unveiled its newest creation...Optimus.Ooohh.Aaahh.That's the name Elon Musk has given to Tesla's so-called humanoid robot.But when he unveiled it at Tesla's AI Day at the end of Sept...Read More
Chalice Mining, the relatively small Australian company which discovered the Julimar orebody, a world-class nickel deposit which is also rich in copper and platinum group metals, is locatedRead More
We spoke with Marc Roy, who is CEO of Focus Graphite Inc. (TSX.V: FMS; OTCQX: FCSMF; FRANKFURT: FKC), a technology-oriented exploration and development company that seeks to produce flake graphite concentrate at its wholly owned Lac Knife and Lac T?(C)t?(C)pisca flake graphite projects, located in the C??te-Nord administrative region of Qu?(C)bec. As part of its mission to build long-term, sustain...Read More
There's an enormous game of chicken being played out right before our eyes. With the midterms just a few weeks away, the planned release of 180 million barrels of oil from our Strategic Petroleum Reserve will be at an end. For the last seven months, the SPR has been unleashing a flood of oil to help satiate a thirsty crude market. But just how much oil is the world thirsty for?Back in December...Read More
Palisades Gold Radio, Released on 10/21/220:00 - Introduction0:44 - BRICS+ Developments12:35 - World Gold Council18:04 - Democracy & Problems22:40 - Evaluating Policies26:32 - Gold & Blockchain?34:00 - Italy & Consequences40:10 - Nordstream & U.S. Policy50:33 - Growth Vs. Sanctions1:03:20 - Wrap UpStephen Leeb is a prolific author, investment adviser, and money manager who has been analyzing finan...Read More