(IDEX Online) - Debswana has approved a $1bn investment to enable underground mining at Jwaneng, its biggest deposit.Work will start in May on a drilling platform for the comprehensive sampling of kimberlite pipes, it said today (10 January).Jwaneng opened in 1982 as an open pit operation run by Debswana, a 50:50 joint venture between De Beers and the Botswana government. Open pit operations...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Sarine and GCAL are opening a new grading lab in Surat, India, after the companies merged last year.Sarine, the Israel-based diamond tech business known for its Galaxy mapping systems, acquired a 70 per cent stake in US-based GCAL (Gem Certification & Assurance Lab).GCAL currently operates just one lab, at its New York base. Sarine said the merger would allow GCAL to expand its...Read More
(IDEX Online) - GIA says it aims to combat "cloned diamond" fraud by offering same-day verification of its inscriptions.The move comes as an increasing number of lab growns are being fraudulently submitted for re-grading. They are cut to match the specifications of natural diamonds that have already been graded and inscribed with either with a GIA number (genuine or fake).GIA says that from next w...Read More
(IDEX Online) - De Beers is resuming its rough diamond auctions next week for the first time since last September.The UK-based miner cancelled the online sales during its 9th and 10th sales cycles as demand slumped globally.Al Cook, CEO, said at the time that De Beers was suspending the auctions to help "re-establish equilibrium between wholesale supply and demand".The first rough auction of 2024...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:30 AM EST.Lennar added $1.65 to $149.81 after the company raised its dividend by 33%. The company also increased its share buyback program to $5 billion.Juniper Networks another added $0.21 to $37.02 after the company confirmed receipt of a cash offer by Hewlett Packard Enterprises to purchase the company fo...Read More
What happened to Boeing, the former gold standard of American industry? Nothing good, as I'll show you today.Simply put, Boeing isn't the company it used to be.By now, I'm sure you've heard about the Jan. 6 near crash of a Boeing 737 Max 9 operated by Alaska Airlines, after the fuselage door blew off the plane. That caused decompression and the use of emergency oxygen.The door blew out because of...Read More
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Gold Corp. (Nasdaq: USAU) (the "Company," "we," "us" or "our"), a gold development and exploration company, today issued a CEO update outlining its recent and expected milestones, as it continues to advance its assets and projects (the "CEO Update") in 2024.Operational and strategic highlights follow:CK Gold ProjectAnticipated Permit Approval H1...Read More
Defense Metals Corp. (DEFN:TSX.V; DFMTF:OTCQB; 35D:FSE) completed geotechnical fieldwork to support an upcoming preliminary feasibility study (PFS) on its Wicheeda rare earth element (REE) project, according to a December 28, 2023 report by Mark Reichman, Managing Director at Noble Capital Markets. The PFS remains on track for release in the second quarter of 2024.The Phase III results build on po...Read More
Global Analyst Adrian Day takes a look at what changes may lie ahead in the coming year, and how his "current positions" portfolio fits with this anticipated scenario.As the New Year gets underway, it seems appropriate to write about changes we see in the year ahead. It is important to make note that this is not so much a forecast as an assessment of probabilities. Also, of course, the turn of the...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The CEOs of De Beers and Signet Jewelers met this week in Botswana to discuss future collaboration opportunities.Al Cook and Gina Drosos met their teams at Jwaneng, the world's most valuable diamond mine, and at Signet's dedicated diamond polishing factory, which employs over 200 people.They are working together to identify opportunities to promote the positive economic i...Read More
(IDEX Online) - India's Titan Company saw revenue from its jewelry stores rise by 23 per cent during Q3, driven by increasing consumer confidence and moderate price rises. Earnings from CaratLane, the e-tailer now owned almost entirely by Titan, were up by 31 per cent year-on-year, according to a quarterly update which provided percentage increases but not actual revenues.Titan, which wa...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Gem Diamonds has recovered a high quality 295 carat Type II white diamond from its Letseng mine in Lesotho.It's the miner's first +100-ct diamond of 2024. Last year Gem recovered five, including two in October, weighing 117.47 carats and 110 carats. But that's down on its long-term average of eight a year. In 2022 it recovered four.Letseng, known as the highest...Read More
U.S equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:35 AM EST.Index futures dropped 9 points following release of the December Consumer Price report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.2% versus a gain of 0.1% in November. Actual was an increase of 0.3%. On a year-over-year basis, consensus was an increase of 3.2% versus an increase of 3.1% in Novem...Read More
We hazard the future hinges upon a monumental race.It is a contest between two mighty men political man and technological man.At stake is the destiny of everyman, presently in the siege of political man.Under political man the nation has taken aboard $34 trillion of debt.Under political man the nation's debt-to-GDP ratio well excels 120%.Heavily because of it... under political man... the nati...Read More
The Emperor is naked, and the world can't unsee it.Last week, in this very space, I wrote about how a bunch of goat herders from the Arabian Peninsula had halted world trade.As I sit here on Wednesday night, one of Zero Hedge's headlines reads, "US Warship Directly Targeted In ‘Largest Ever’ Houthi Red Sea Missile Attack."I don't know what's funnier: these tribesmen showing up the worl...Read More
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