Zambia, Africa's second-largest copper producer, sees recent changes to its mining royalties regime as fair and won't consider a review despite warnings from the industry that it could deter investment and result in job losses, Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe said."There is no renegotiation taking place because a law has been passed in parliament to change the tax regime""There is no renegoti...Read More
Zambia, Africa's second-largest copper producer, sees recent changes to its mining royalties regime as fair and won't consider a review despite warnings from the industry that it could deter investment and result in job losses, Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe said."There is no renegotiation taking place because a law has been passed in parliament to change the tax regime""There is no renegoti...Read More
South Africa's biggest gold producer would consider buying more assets in the country after paying off debt from previous acquisitions.Sibanye Gold Ltd. hasn't discussed deals, but AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.'s Mponeng mine and Gold Fields Ltd.'s troubled South Deep operation would both fit into the company's portfolio, Chief Executive Officer Neal Froneman said in an interview in Cape Town. Still, for...Read More
General Motors is also set to gain after earningsU.S. stock futures are pointing to a slightly lower open this morning after President Donald Trump's State of the Union address last night. Traders will also be digesting another important dose of quarterly earnings reports, including well-received results from Walt Disney (DIS) and General Motors (GM). Elsewhere, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin c...Read More
Iran is allegedly negotiating with Switzerland, South Africa, France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Austria, Germany and Bosnia to carry out financial transactions in cryptocurrency...Read full newsRead More
Digging into the RSI for the S&P 500The S&P 500 Index (SPX) has been ripping higher since Christmas, gaining 15% since then. The index just had its best month since October 2015, and its best January since 1987. As a result of these gains, the Relative Strength Indicator (RSI)is getting close to overbought territory. The RSI is a popular overbought/oversold indicator. It's an oscillator that range...Read More
Shares in Calidus Resources (ASX:CAI) soared 25% Wednesday after the company increased the mineral resource at its Warrawoona gold project in Western Australia's Pilbara region by a whopping 75%.The new mineral resource estimate now sits at 21.2 million tonnes grading 1.83g/t gold for 1.25 million ounces.About 64% of the new resources is in the confident indicated category status, with the higher-...Read More
Shares in Calidus Resources (ASX:CAI) soared 25% Wednesday after the company increased the mineral resource at its Warrawoona gold project in Western Australia's Pilbara region by a whopping 75%.The new mineral resource estimate now sits at 21.2 million tonnes grading 1.83g/t gold for 1.25 million ounces.About 64% of the new resources is in the confident indicated category status, with the higher-...Read More
RJK Explorations (TSXV: RJX.A) announced this week that it has entered into a property option agreement with Anthony "Tony" Bishop for the Bishop Nipissing diamond properties in Ontario, Canada.Kimberlite on Bishop Nipissing Diamond Claims. Photo by RJK.In a press release, RJK said the exploration properties total 2,090 hectares encompassing at least 18 potential kimberlite pipes located approxima...Read More
RJK Explorations (TSXV: RJX.A) announced this week that it has entered into a property option agreement with Anthony "Tony" Bishop for the Bishop Nipissing diamond properties in Ontario, Canada.Kimberlite on Bishop Nipissing Diamond Claims. Photo by RJK.In a press release, RJK said the exploration properties total 2,090 hectares encompassing at least 18 potential kimberlite pipes located approxima...Read More
* Vale supply concerns boost nickel * LME nickel stocks down* GRAPHIC-2019 asset returns: (Adds closing prices, updates positions)By Zandi ShabalalaLONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Nickel hit its highest in morethan four months on Wednesday on concerns that a force majeureby Brazil's Vale on some iron ore contracts could lead torestrictions in its nickel supply.Benchmark nickel on the London Metal Exchan...Read More
The Australian Bureau of Statistics issued a report this week that shows that the country's mining sector set a new record for exports in 2018."Australia's resources exports - including minerals, metals and petroleum - generated $248 billion in revenue. This is the highest-ever annual export value and accounted for 72 per cent of Australia's goods exports," the Minerals Council of Australia said i...Read More
A hidden gem trading under a secret name could be the key to retirement riches.Picture theperfectstock for a moment.What would it look like?No doubt it would have hundreds of billions in revenue - more than tech giants like IBM, Facebook and Google.It would probably be a leader in cutting-edge technology like smartphones, robotics, e-commerce and medical equipment.It would have tens of thousands o...Read More
Petitioner Entitled to Award's Confirmation Except for Its Post-Judgment Interest RateRead full newsRead More
In his latest Discovery Watch interview, John Kaiser from Kaiser Research Online reviews new developments at the NioBay Metals (NBY) James Bay Niobium Project and assesses the proposed Sun Metals (SUNM) takeover of Lorraine Copper (LLC). He kicks off the interview looking at the negative and potentially positive implications of the Trump trade war on Midas Gold's (MAX) Stibnite Gold Project in Id...Read More
Hot Chili has executed a binding memorandum of understanding to acquire a landholding that adjoins two of its projects in Chile.Read full newsRead More
* Two binding bids in coal plants sale* One bid from Greece's GEK Terna, Czech Seven Energy, sources say* Second bid by Greek industrial group Mytilineos -sources* PPC seeks higher price, board to meet this week to decideGreece's Public Power Corp. (PPC) is seeking a higher price from two bidders for three coal-fired plants it is selling to boost competition in the energy market, a company source...Read More
Goldman Sachs Inc. (GS) executives are discussing making cuts to its commodities trading desk, once one of the investment bank's largest sources of revenue, according to a Wall Street Journal report Tuesday. Goldman will execute the cuts after a months-long review process that revealed the division burned through too much capital for too little profit. The cuts to the commodities des...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average was higher ahead of Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday evening.Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) beat fourth-quarter analysts' estimates for earnings and revenue but the stock rose 1.16% amid investor concern over rising costs in some of the company's growth businesses.Estee Lauder Cos....Read More
Copper's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange continued its uptrend at the close of trading on Tuesday February 5, with moderate volumes and a surge in the US dollar index doing little to curb the metal's upward price movement, while the rest of the complex broadly consolidated.Climbing above $6,200 per tonne for the first time since October 2018, the three-month copper price continued t...Read More