RAPAPORT... Rough-diamond prices will remain sluggish this year as themarket challenges that arose in the second half of last year are set to continue,two investment banks have warned.Prices are likely to drop 1% to 2% in the first half of2019, before recovering to end the year flat, analyst Kieron Hodgson atLondon-based Panmure Gordon said this week. Prices rose 2% last year due to astrong first...Read More
RAPAPORT... The 13th episode of the Rapaport Diamond Podcast reflects onlast week's arrest of Nirav Modi in central London, as well as other key recentstories in the industry.The Rapaport editorial team assesses the impact of the $2billion bank fraud in which the Indian jeweler allegedly participated, and whatto expect next in the high-profile case. We also analyze mixed 2018 earnings from Tiffany...Read More
Since establishing a footprint in Botswana in 1991 to cater to the siteaccommodation needs of mines, modular building supplier Speedspace Botswana hasexpanded its operations by opening a new satellite branch in Letlhakane, in northern Botswana. Operations at the new branch, which Speedspace Botswana country manager Kyle Wasserfall says is “ideally situated within 15 km to 20 km of four diamo...Read More
Stability and policy and regulatory certainty, as well as the rebuilding of trust, have been the key themes in Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe’s first year in office.When, on February 27, 2018, he took the reins of a government department that oversees one of the most difficult and fragmented industries in South Africa, Mantashe, a former mineworker and union leader, found an indus...Read More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxAltech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsThose numbers are generated using a long term copper price of US$3.08 per pound and an 8% discount rate.Read More
London Metal Exchange three-month base metals prices continue to produce sluggish price action, down 0.2% on average in the morning of Thursday March 28. Copper bucked the trend with a mild gain of 0.1% while aluminium was unchanged at $1,903 per tonne. But LME zinc and lead prices were down 0.1% while nickel and tin were down 0.5%. Trading volume was fairly subdued at 4,325 lots as of 6:48am Lond...Read More
Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipSocial opposition remains key industry hurdle in ColombiaSPONSOREDverisk maplecroftGlobal Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpThe company said the results from SES003 had not been analysed until now "due to its general...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for Weekly Jobless Claims was an increase to 225,000 from downwardly revised 216,000 last week. Actual was 211,000. Consensus for next estimate of fourth quarter real GDP was a fall to 2.4% fr...Read More
If wealthy people have the same 24 hours in a day, and work just as hard as others, how do they acquire such incredible wealth?This was the question George Samuel Clason set out to answer in his timeless classic The Richest Man in Babylon. Since 1926, Clason's book has sold more than 2 million copies and has been translated in 26 different languages. Set in ancient Babylon, supposedly the wealthie...Read More
Brighthouse Financial (BHF) isn’t just a cheap stock. It is an unfathomably cheap stock.With a share price currently bouncing are $35, the insurance company is currently trading at 0.29 times book value per share.How cheap is that?Similar insurance companies are currently trading for 0.80 times book value.In order for Brighthouse to trade at their competition’s multiple, the company...Read More
Golden Star Resources (TSX: GSC; NYSE: GSS) has increased its overall reserves by 6%, net of mining depletion. It offset a loss in reserves at its Prestea gold mine by adding reserves at its Wassa gold mine, both located in Ghana.In total, the company has 19.4 million proven and probable tonnes grading 2.86 grams gold for 1.79 million oz. gold across its Wassa and Prestea gold mines.Its biggest lo...Read More
K92 Mining (TSXV: KNT; US-OTC: KNTNF) intersected 175 metres of 0.28 gram gold per tonne and 0.22% copper from 259 metres downhole at its Blue Lake porphyry prospect, 4 km southwest of its Kora deposit, at the Kainantu gold mine in Papua New Guinea.The hole ended in mineralization.The company discovered the prospect in 2017, after a surface mapping and sampling program. It completed a soil grid at...Read More
As the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame (CMHF) inducted five new members - Kate Carmack, James Franklin, James Gill, Sandy Laird and Brian Meikle - at its thirty-first annual induction ceremony in January at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, five tribute videos were premiered during the evening.For full coverage of the event by The Northern Miner, read: Canadian Mining Hall of Fame welcomes five tr...Read More
Western Atlas drill-ready in NunavutSPONSOREDwestern atlas resourcesSocial opposition remains key industry hurdle in ColombiaSPONSOREDverisk maplecroft"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftGlobal Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpThe International Lead Zinc Study Group...Read More
Western Atlas drill-ready in NunavutSPONSOREDwestern atlas resourcesSocial opposition remains key industry hurdle in ColombiaSPONSOREDverisk maplecroft"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftGlobal Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpLiving in the UK for so long, as I have...Read More
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Kevin Hart and Kourtney Kardashian head to Dodger Stadium for some pitching, catching, and batting practice with Kenley Jansen, Matt Kemp, and the rest of the Los Angeles Dodgers.KEVIN HART: WHAT THE FIT is an unscripted comedy starring Kevin Hart, now in its second season. In each episode, Kevin invites one of his celebrity friends to join him on a fun, fit journey, trying out unique and outrageo...Read More
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