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These two stocks have been volatile after earnings in recent yearsMeal delivery firm GrubHub Inc (NYSE:GRUB) is scheduled to report earnings before the open tomorrow, Feb. 7, while travel expert Expedia Group Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) will reveal its quarterly report after the close tomorrow. Ahead of the events, options traders are betting on double-digit swings from shares of both GRUB and EXPE. Startin...Read More
Billionaire Robert Friedland, founder and executive chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN), said Wednesday his copper project with Chinese partners, Zijin Mining and Crystal River Global in the Democratic Republic of Congo "definitely" has the potential to become the world's second-largest red metal mine."Kamoa-Kakula will become the world's second-largest copper mine with peak annual production...Read More
Billionaire Robert Friedland, founder and executive chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN), said Wednesday his copper project with Chinese partners, Zijin Mining and Crystal River Global in the Democratic Republic of Congo "definitely" has the potential to become the world's second-largest red metal mine."Kamoa-Kakula will become the world's second-largest copper mine with peak annual production...Read More
Angola's state-owned diamond firm Endiama sees production rising to 13.8 million carats in 2022 compared with 9.5 million carats forecast for this year, a senior official said on Wednesday.Production in 2018 was 9.4 million carats, Endiama's director of geology, Kapingana Mandavela, told an African mining conference.(By Wendell Roelf; Editing by James Macharia)Read More
Angola's state-owned diamond firm Endiama sees production rising to 13.8 million carats in 2022 compared with 9.5 million carats forecast for this year, a senior official said on Wednesday.Production in 2018 was 9.4 million carats, Endiama's director of geology, Kapingana Mandavela, told an African mining conference.(By Wendell Roelf; Editing by James Macharia)Read More
Samarco Mineracao SA, the Brazilian mining venture that hasn't operated since a deadly dam collapse in 2015, will seek to reboot talks with creditors after one of its parent companies suffered an even worse disaster at its own site, according to people involved in the discussions.Last month's deadly accident at a Vale SA tailings dam in Minas Gerais state has upended the outlook for Samarco, which...Read More
GM and CPRI are two post-earnings gainers todayThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is struggling for direction at midday, with the blue-chip index pacing toward its first loss in four days.The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are in the red, too, with the former on track to snap its five-day winning streak, and a tech sector pullback weighing on the latter. Investors are also...Read More
Bolivia has chosen a Chinese consortium to help it produce lithium, the government said on Wednesday, giving China a potential foothold in the country's huge untapped reserves of the prized electric battery metal.China's Xinjiang TBEA Group Co Ltd will hold a 49 percent stake in a joint venture with Bolivia's state lithium company YLB, the Bolivian firm said. Together, the two companies will produ...Read More
TWTR stock tends to make big moves after earningsWith Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) set to report fourth-quarter earnings ahead of open tomorrow, Feb. 7, call volume is accelerated on the social media stock today. At last check, around 40,000 calls have traded on TWTR stock -- two times what's typically seen at this point -- with the weekly 2/8 options series in focus.More specifically, the weekly 2/8 3...Read More
Brazil's Vale SA, the world's largest iron ore miner, will invest some 1.5 billion reais ($400 million) starting in 2020 to reduce its reliance on tailings dams, it said late on Tuesday, after one dam collapsed last month, likely killing more than 300 people.The dam at the Feijao do Corrego mine burst on Jan. 25 in the town of Brumadinho, in what is possibly Brazil's most deadly mining disaster. R...Read More
The response to the horrendous dam collapse at a mine owned by Brazil's Vale has focused on iron ore prices and how a disaster that will likely claim more than 300 lives occurred, and what must be done to make sure this doesn't happen again.These are valid concerns, but the risk of focusing on the immediate issues is that the much larger problems of the mining industry are once again glossed over....Read More
Saudi Arabia will invest around $3.8 billion to enhance access to geoscience data and reduce regulatory red tape as it looks to boost mineral exploration, senior government officials said on Wednesday.Government plans to jump-start the Saudi mining sector form part of a broader industrial strategy aimed at diversifying the economy and attracting private-sector investments worth 1.6 trillion riyals...Read More
Saudi Arabia will invest around $3.8 billion to enhance access to geoscience data and reduce regulatory red tape as it looks to boost mineral exploration, senior government officials said on Wednesday.Government plans to jump-start the Saudi mining sector form part of a broader industrial strategy aimed at diversifying the economy and attracting private-sector investments worth 1.6 trillion riyals...Read More
This is shaping up to be the worst day in roughly a decade for EA and TTWOVideo game stocks are getting trounced this morning, after two industry giants faltered in the earnings confessional. First, there's Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), down 13.4% to trade at $92.93 after reporting weaker-than-expected fiscal third-quarter earnings, even as revenue topped expectations. The...Read More
Humana reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that beat analysts' expectationsThe shares of Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) were up in pre-market trading, after the health insurance concern announced fourth-quarter profit and revenue that beat analysts' expectations, thanks to growth in Medicare Advantage plans. However, they quickly reversed course, now down 3.3% at $293.26, after the company's ch...Read More
* Govt working to unblock giant Simandou iron ore project* Infrastructure cost is considered a major obstacleGuinea stands by its requirement that output from the long-delayed Simandou iron ore project must be exported from a Guinean port, despite the collapse of a deal aimed at jump-starting development, its mines minister said on Wednesday.Simandou is one of the world's biggest iron deposits, co...Read More
MGNX has more than doubled todayMacroGenics Inc (NASDAQ:MGNX) is blowing up today, skyrocketing 172% to trade at $30.21. The monster move is a result of a positive late-stage trial update for the company's breast cancer treatment, Margetuximab. This price action puts the stock back near its 52-week high of $32.74 from 11 months ago, and comes just two days after the shares touched an all-time low...Read More
Snap is headed toward its best day in almost a yearThe shares of Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) have surged 25.5% out of the gate to trade at $8.82. Fueling the upside is the Snapchat parent's impressive earnings report, as well as a round of bullish brokerage notes. As such, SNAP stock is set for its best day since Feb. 7, 2018, when it jumped 47.6% in a single session. For the fourth quarter, Snap unveile...Read More