Diamond miners have started the year off on the right foot as two Africa-focused producers announced Monday the recovery of three huge diamonds, each bigger than 100 carats.Gem Diamonds' (LON:GEMD) unearthed a 117-carat and a 110-carat D color Type IIa diamonds at its flagship Let??eng mine in Lesotho, bringing the number of 100-carat-plus stones the company has found at the operation since ea...Read More

By Steve SlaterLONDON, Jan 8 (IFR) - Deutsche Bank's warning that fourth quarter trading revenues will fall more than a fifth from the year before is even worse than it looks, as unlike most rivals it is down from one of its weakest periods ever.Deutsche also signalled that costs are not falling as fast as expected, raising concern that chief executive John Cryan is making little progress with his...Read More

RAPAPORT... Gem Diamonds has recovered two large rough diamonds at itsLet??eng mine in Lesotho, it said Monday. The "high-quality," type-IIa stones weigh 117 (pictured) and 110carats, and both have D color, the company noted. The London-based miner'sshare price jumped about 6% in early trading following the announcement. "While we do not know the final value of the stones, it islikely that good-qu...Read More

* Caterpillar opens at a record high after brokerage upgrade* Nasdaq biotech index on track for its worst day since Oct. 26* GoPro plunges to new lows after Q4 sales warning* Dow down 0.15 pct, S&P off 0.08 pct, Nasdaq up 0.1 pct (Changes comment, adds details, updates prices)By Sruthi ShankarJan 8 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Dow were trading slightly lower on Monday, as losses in heal...Read More

RAPAPORT... Lucapa Diamond Company has recovered two special-sized roughdiamonds - a light brown stone weighing 103 carats, and an 83-carat, type-IIa diamond,the miner announced Monday.The 103-carat stone is the ninth diamond above 100 carats thecompany has extracted from its Lulo mine in Angola. In November, it announced the discovery of two D-color, type-Ila stones weighing 129 and 78carats...Read More

Lucapa Diamond Company Limited and its partners have announced the recovery of more large diamonds from the Lulo Diamond Project in Angola.   The latest recoveries include diamonds weighing 103 carats and 83 carats (pictured), both of which were recovered from Mining Block 8.   "The 103-carat light brown diamond and 83-carat Type IIa diamond continue to evidence the special nature and p...Read More

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – LSE-listed Gem Diamonds has recovered two large high-quality D-colour, type IIa diamonds from its 70%-owned Letšeng mine in Lesotho.The recovered diamonds include a 117 ct and a 110 ct diamond.AdvertisementLetšeng is the highest dollar per carat kimberlite diamond mine in the world.To watch Creamer Media's latest video reports, click...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Gem Diamonds Limited has recovered two large high-quality D color Type IIa diamonds from the Let??eng mine in Lesotho.   The diamonds weigh 110 and 117 carats, respectively, the company said in a brief statement, adding that Let??eng is the highest dollar per carat kimberlite diamond mine in the world. Read More

(Updates with details)LISBON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Portugal's IGCP debt agency said on Monday that the government's net borrowing requirement in 2018 is around 10.9 billion euros and that it plans on gross issuance of 15 billion euros worth of bonds.It said bond issuance will be carried out through regular auctions as in previous years, to be held on the second, fourth or fifth Wednesday of every mo...Read More

ASUNCION, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Paraguay plans to sell bonds on the international market in the first half of February, Finance Minister Lea Gimenez said on Monday.She did not give details on the planned issuance but said Paraguay's 2018 budget authorizes up to $600 million in foreign and domestic currency debt. Of that, $300 million is to be used to cover existing obligations and the rest can be used...Read More

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The Lulo diamond mine is continuing to yield large diamonds, with Lucapa Diamond Company reporting on Monday that it had recovered its ninth 100-ct-plus diamond at the Angola mine.The ASX-listed company, which mines Lulo with partners Endiama and Rosas and Petalas, reported the discovery of a 103 ct light brown diamond and an 83 ct Type IIa diamond.Advertise...Read More

RAPAPORT... Sears Holdings will close 103 stores across the US in Marchand April, the company announced Thursday. The group has told employees it is closing 64 Kmart storesand 39 Sears branches, with liquidation sales beginning at the affectedlocations in early January, the retailer said. Pennsylvania, where 10 Kmart andthree Sears stores will shut down, took the hardest hit. Sears "will continue...Read More

* Listing seen end-March -sources* Deal expected to value Healthineers at about 40 bln euros* Strong 2018 pipeline of German IPOs (Adds background on market, other IPOs)By Alexander H? 1/4 bner and Arno SchuetzeMUNICH, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Siemens plans to list its 40 billion euro ($48 billion) healthcare unit Healthineers in March, two people close to the matter said, as the group hopes to execute t...Read More

VANCOUVER (miningweekly.com) – The value per carat realised at the tenth tender sale of diamonds produced at Mountain Province Diamonds’ 49%-owned Gahcho Kué mine, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, has fallen to the lowest level since sales started 12 months ago.The TSX- and Nasdaq-listed company recorded sale proceeds of $19.1-million for the tenth tender sale, from the...Read More

LISBON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Portugal's IGCP debt agency said on Monday that the government's net borrowing requirement in 2018 is around 10.9 billion euros and that it plans on gross issuance of 15 billion euros worth of bonds.It said bond issuance will be carried out through regular auctions like in previous years, to be held on the second, fourth or fifth Wednesday of every month. It will also lau...Read More

LISBOA, 8 Jan (Reuters) - Portugal prev?? emitir em termos brutos 15 mil milh?ues de euros (ME) de Obriga???ues do Tesouro (OT) em 2018, combinando sindicatos e leil?ues, em emiss?ues mensais, disse o IGCP-Ag??ncia de Gest??o da Tesouraria e da D?-vida P??blica.Adiantou que "o montante das necessidades de financiamento l?-quidas do Estado no ano de 2018 dever?? situar-se em cerca de 10,9 mil...Read More

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - For details of the U.S. Treasury's auction of 4-week bills on Tuesday, see: (Washington economics newsroom) Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of Kitco Metals Inc. The author has made every effort to ensure accuracy of information provided; however, neither Kitco Metals Inc. nor the author can guarantee s...Read More

(Adds Lourenco comments on state spending)LUANDA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Angola's kwanza is set for a big fall on Tuesday when the central bank abandons its dollar peg, the latest in a string of policy and personnel changes by President Joao Lorenco since he came to power in Africa's number two oil producer in September.Two banking sources said the Central Bank of Angola (BNA) would hold a foreign exc...Read More

Aluminium was the only metal that ended lower at the end of trading on the London Metal Exchange on Monday January 8.The three-month aluminium price ended around 1.2% lower than its pre-weekend closing level at $2,175 per tonne.Around 14,000 lots changed hands by the 5pm close, outpacing copper by about 2,000 lots.Stocks fell a net 3,600 tonnes to 1,095,875 tonnes. Although on-warrant aluminium st...Read More

NFEx Markets' chief operating officer and its most senior director, Mark Bradley, has resigned from the board alongside non-executive director Jim Coupland, filings on the UK's Companies House show on Monday January 8.The over-the-counter base metals trading platform is due to start trading in the coming months.Bradley and Coupland will remain advisers to NFEx alongside former London Metal Exchang...Read More