MUMBAI/BENGALURU - Physical gold demand picked up pace in major Asian hubs this week, with bullion being sold at a premium for the first time in more than three months in India, while China saw improved appetite for jewellery.In India, the world's second biggest consumer of the metal after China, dealers were charging a premium of up to $1 an ounce over official domestic prices this week, up from...Read More
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The Indonesian government issued one-year export recommendations for copper concentrate to miners PT Freeport Indonesia and PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara, officials from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said on Friday.Freeport was given an allowance of 198,282 wet tonnes of copper concentrate, while Amman was given 336,100 wet tonnes, said Yunus Saifulhak, director of minerals at the...Read More
The Indonesian government issued one-year export recommendations for copper concentrate to miners PT Freeport Indonesia and PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara, officials from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said on Friday.Freeport was given an allowance of 198,282 wet tonnes of copper concentrate, while Amman was given 336,100 wet tonnes, said Yunus Saifulhak, director of minerals at the...Read More
BIG has added 21% year-to-dateShares of Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE:BIG) are higher this morning, after the retail chain announced better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings and same-store sales. CEO Bruce Thorn described a "meaningful sales acceleration in December and January" as the driver behind the impressive numbers. In response, BIG is up 10.1% at $35.06 in today's trading. Long term, Big Lots...Read More
The brokerage firm slashed its XOM price target by 25%The shares of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) are trading down 1.6% at $78.85, after Cowen and Company downgraded the big-cap energy name to "market perform" from "outperform," citing concerns over the company's recently announced plans to boost capital spending. The brokerage firm also slashed its XOM price target by 25% to $75 , saying the...Read More
The LaCroix parent's CEO said the company is "truly sorry"The shares of National Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ:FIZZ) are down 25.3% at $51.01 in early trading, after the LaCroix parent reported disappointing earnings and revenue for its fiscal third quarter. National Beverage CEO Nick Caporella said the company is "truly sorry" for the nearly 40% drop in profit, and said "much of this was the result of i...Read More
AMZN shares have traded in a tight range recentlyEarlier this morning, the New York Post reported that an Amazon-led group was nearing a $3.5 billion deal for YES Network, New York's prominent cable sports channel. The e-commerce giant wouldhave control of streaming to New York Yankees and Brooklyn Nets games. More notably, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren just proposed a pl...Read More
After more than a week of tough talk firing back and forth, the leaders of the two biggest gold producers are finally coming to the table.Newmont Mining Corp. Chief Executive Officer Gary Goldberg said he will be meeting with Barrick Gold Corp.'s Mark Bristow later Tuesday in New York to talk through their differences. However, he said in a Bloomberg TV interview that he won't be discussing Barric...Read More
JPMorgan thinks Costco could announce a special dividendCostco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) is trading up 4% at $225.50, after the company's fiscal second-quarter earnings came in substantially higher than analysts expected, with investors applauding an easing of pricing pressure in the grocery business. Several price-target hikes have come through following the report, and UBS set the high...Read More
After gold's move up from its September 2018 low, remaining patient a while longer should provide an even better entry point for the sector.Lower levels into the $1,112 region in gold and the $15.50 region in GDX are still very much in the cards.We will be watching the retracement levels closely on the next pull back.When the metals and miners complex start a sustaining move to the upside, it...Read More
This is the worst jobs report since September 2017Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trading 185 points below fair value, with the blue-chip index poised to extend its daily losing streak. Stocks are under a double-dose of pressure after China reported a 20% year-over-year drop in exports last month, fueling concerns about a global economic slowdown. And back home, investors are diges...Read More
Brazil's new right-wing government, led by former army captain Jair Bolsonaro, is going ahead with announced changes to current mining regulations, which include a controversial plan to open up indigenous reserves to mining.Most of the country's original population lives in the Amazon rainforest, which has an ecosystem seen by many as having worldwide ecological importance. Speaking at an event in...Read More
Brazil's new right-wing government, led by former army captain Jair Bolsonaro, is going ahead with announced changes to current mining regulations, which include a controversial plan to open up indigenous reserves to mining.Most of the country's original population lives in the Amazon rainforest, which has an ecosystem seen by many as having worldwide ecological importance. Speaking at an event in...Read More
Brazil's new right-wing government, led by former army captain Jair Bolsonaro, is going ahead with announced changes to current mining regulations, which include a controversial plan to open up indigenous reserves to mining.Most of the country's original population lives in the Amazon rainforest, which has an ecosystem seen by many as having worldwide ecological importance. Speaking at an event in...Read More
Brazil's new right-wing government, led by former army captain Jair Bolsonaro, is going ahead with announced changes to current mining regulations, which include a controversial plan to open up indigenous reserves to mining.Most of the country's original population lives in the Amazon rainforest, which has an ecosystem seen by many as having worldwide ecological importance. Speaking at an event in...Read More
Brazil's new right-wing government, led by former army captain Jair Bolsonaro, is going ahead with announced changes to current mining regulations, which include a controversial plan to open up indigenous reserves to mining.Most of the country's original population lives in the Amazon rainforest, which has an ecosystem seen by many as having worldwide ecological importance. Speaking at an event in...Read More
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• A fresh wave of risk-aversion trade underpins the commodity’s safe-haven demand. • A modest USD pull-back provides an additional boost and remained supportive. • Investors’ focus remains glued to today’s key release of the US monthly jobs report. Gold gained some positive traction on the last trading day of t...Read More
Etruscus Resources (CSE: ETR) and the Tahltan Central Government (TCG) signed this week a Communications Agreement regarding the Rock & Roll property, which is located in British Columbia's Golden Triangle and within Tahltan territory.The 5,309-hectare property, which has been explored since the late 1800s, is 100% owned by Etruscus. A 2018 NI 43-101 compliant inferred resource estimates the resou...Read More