Community activists who oppose mining projects in South Africa live in constant fear as they are often harassed, threatened and sometimes killed, a group of human rights advocates says.In a joint report and video released on Tuesday, the Centre for Environmental Rights, groundWork, Earthjustice, and Human Rights Watch say locals who mobilize to raise concerns about potential environmental and heal...Read More
* Chinese data soothes investors nerves, focus turns to GDP * European stock volatility falls to its lowest since Jan2018 * Lufthansa delivers bigger-than-expected Q1 loss* Zalando rallies after upbeat profit forecast (Updates to close, adds details)By Agamoni GhoshApril 16 (Reuters) - European shares ended at an eight-monthhigh on Tuesday, bolstered by banking and financial stocks,upbeat data fro...Read More
The brisk turnaround in risk appetite last week, fueled by encouraging economic data and relatively strong Q1 earnings reports, has seen precious metals under pressure, while agricultural and energy commodities were mixed. Precious metals GOLD could be on track to close below the 100-day moving average at 1,288.47 today for the first time since November 15. The metal touched the lowest sinc...Read More
Hudbay Minerals' (TSX, NYSE: HBM) second-largest investor, Waterton Global Resource Management, has filed a lawsuit against the Canadian miner in a bid to constrain its ability to solicit proxies.Waterton alleges that the company's management information circular in respect of its annual and special meeting of shareholders to be held on May 7, 2019 contains misrepresentations.The private-equity fi...Read More
Hudbay Minerals' (TSX, NYSE: HBM) second-largest investor, Waterton Global Resource Management, has filed a lawsuit against the Canadian miner in a bid to constrain its ability to solicit proxies.Waterton alleges that the company's management information circular in respect of its annual and special meeting of shareholders to be held on May 7, 2019 contains misrepresentations.The private-equity fi...Read More
Hudbay Minerals' (TSX, NYSE: HBM) second-largest investor, Waterton Global Resource Management, has filed a lawsuit against the Canadian miner in a bid to constrain its ability to solicit proxies.Waterton alleges that the company's management information circular in respect of its annual and special meeting of shareholders to be held on May 7, 2019 contains misrepresentations.The private-equity fi...Read More
In the latest edition of Canadian Insider Insights, we assess what slumping insider sentiment means for the broad market as well as pot stocks. Importantly, as we head into summer, we expect stock selection will play an outsized role in delivering performance for investors. Meanwhile, our insider of the week comes from the junior mining group where many eyes are focused on the James Bay area in Q...Read More
Lundin to pay up to US$1-billion for Chapada gold copper mine in BrazilRead full newsRead More
April 15 (Reuters) - Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Co Ltd : * SAYS IT PLANS TO BUY JILIN HAN FENG MINING TECHNOLOGIES VIA SHARE ISSUE, SHARE TRADE TO HALT FROM APRIL 16 Source text in Chinese: http://tinyurl.com/y43mo4h7 ...Read full newsRead More
Published 23 Hours AgoUpdated6 Hours AgoReuters Leonhard Foeger | ReutersGold bars at the Austrian Gold and Silver Separating Plant in Vienna, Austria.Gold dropped 1 percent on Tuesday to its lowest level of 2019, as a string of robust economic data boosted demand for riskier assets like equities while bullion was further weighed down by gains in the U.S. dollar.Spot gold was down 0.88 percent...Read More
Vancouver, BC -World Class Extractions Inc. ("World Class") (CSE: PUMP) andQuadron Cannatech Corporation (CSE:QCC) (the "Company" or "Quadron") are pleased to announce that they have entered into an arrangement agreement providing for the merger of the companies (the "Agreement").Summary of the ArrangementPursuant to the Agreement, World Class has agreed to acquire, through a wholly-owned subsid...Read More
Vancouver, BC - IsoEnergy Ltd. (TSX-V: ISO | OTCQX: ISENF) (the "Company" or "IsoEnergy") is pleased to announce assay results for the last drill holes from the winter 2019 drilling program. Drill hole LE19-12 was collared 75m to the west of the discovery section and intersected 8.5m of 3.2% U3O8, 2.1% Ni and 0.2% Co, including 1.0m of 14.3% U3O8 and 1.1% Ni. The final drill hole of the prog...Read More
"5 Top Weekly TSXV Stocks: Aguia resources up and last week's other top-gaining stocks on the TSXV:https://t.co/tvb3L7jLqV #TSXV #juniormining #exploration #investing"Read full newsRead More
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Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down Monday after earnings reports from Citigroup (C - Get Report) and Goldman Sachs Group (GS - Get Report) . Citigroup posted better-than-expected results in the first quarter. The stock dipped slightly. Goldman Sachs Group (GS - Get Report) fell 3.9% after first-q...Read More
The US government has proposed new import duties of up to 100% on a wide range of products from the European Union, as a countermeasure for sales lost by the US aerospace industry due to EU subsidies paid to Airbus, the US Trade Representative said in a notice published in the Federal Register on Friday April 12.In a preliminary list, the USTR named a variety of goods that would be subject to...Read More
Movements in base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed at the close of trading on Monday April 15, with continued weakness in the US dollar index doing little to spur buying activity while low volumes continued to indicate risk-aversion.The three-month nickel price fell to its lowest level since March 28 in the afternoon, dipping to $12,860 per tonne before closing at $12,991 per...Read More
Peruvian copper mine Las Bambas restarted concentrates transportation to the Matarani port on April 13 after operations normalized following the end of a two-month roadblock, major shareholder MMG said on Monday April 15. Since the blockade ended, Las Bambas began restoring critical supplies and increasing staff numbers to resume normal operations, MMG added The mine entered an agreement with the...Read More
There were six key points for delegates of the minor metals community to take away from a busy week of meetings in Edinburgh, Scotland, for the Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA) Conference on April 9-11.1. Sentiment in minor metals remains gloomy...While global uncertainty and oversupply continued to weigh on minor metals price sentiment in 2019, with prices for some materials at multi-year lo...Read More
Peruvian copper mine Las Bambas restarted concentrates transportation to the Matarani port on April 13 after operations normalized following the end of a two-month roadblock, major shareholder MMG said on Monday April 15. Since the blockade ended, Las Bambas began restoring critical supplies and increasing staff numbers to resume normal operations, MMG added The mine entered an agreement with the...Read More