RAPAPORT... G? 1/4 belin Gem Lab is studying how it can place microscopiclabels on diamonds to track them through the supply chain. The Swiss institute launched its Emerald Paternity Test in2017, applying invisible nanoparticles to rough stones to enable industrymembers and consumers to trace the goods back to an exact mine. It's currentlyonly practical for emeralds, as their numerous fissures mak...Read More

RAPAPORT... The Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem-A) has partnered with Jewelry Television (JTV) to expand its educational services to theUS market. The UK-based organization has given accreditation to JTV to operate a teaching center in Knoxville, Tennessee, where the retailer is headquartered. The location will be the first under the Gem-A brand in North America, offering gemol...Read More

(IDEX Online) - ALROSA has conducted a media preview of a collection of large colored diamonds, including unique pink, bright yellow and pink purple gems.   The star of the show was a pink oval diamond weighing 14.83 carats - the largest pink diamond in the history of Russia. The gem it was cut from was mined in 2017 in the Ebelyakh deposit in Yakutia and became the largest pink diamond ever...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa Chief Executive Officer Sergey Ivanov paid an official visit to the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE), where he was hosted by IDE President Yoram Dvash and IDE Managing Director Eran Zini.   Providing an overview of the Israeli Diamond Industry, IDE President Dvash called on Alrosa to expand its rough diamond supply to Israel. Dvash explained that the Israeli industry focus...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The ALROSA Group sold $281.5 million worth of rough and polished diamonds last month, a drop of 44 percent compared to the previous year.   Rough diamond sales came to $278.2 million, while polished diamond sales netted just $3.4 million.   "In January, market activity was lower than usual," Yury Okoemov, ALROSA Deputy CEO, noted. After active restocking at the midstream...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Gemological Science International (GSI) has announced that the Emirates International Accreditation Centre (EIAC) has approved GSI's Dubai laboratory accreditation.   "The accreditation is valid not only in Dubai, where the GSI laboratory is located, but in all seven members of the United Arab Emirates," the GSI said in a statement. "GSI is the first and the only internat...Read More

Alderan unlocking Frisco potentialSPONSOREDalderan resourcesShuar Arutam president Vicente Tsakim expressed concern about the forced eviction of community members from the project area and demanded the government take action.Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 6 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the January Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.1% versus a decline of 0.1% in December. Actual was unchanged. Excluding food and energy, consensus for the January Consumer Price Index was an incre...Read More

“FORE!!!”My friend Chris had just hit another golf ball out of bounds. Only this time, it sailed into the adjacent fairway and nearly took the head off some guy lining up his pitch shot.Chris was NOT a good golfer. In fact, he was undeniably the worst player in our group last spring.And yet, despite hitting every other shot off-course, Chris still managed to beat me, my brothers, and o...Read More

John G. Speer, John Henry Moore Distinguished Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions granted to engineers, recognizing those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, practice or education, including, where...Read More

Early traditional miners would have never believed that the industry tools of choice would one day shift from shovels and pickaxes to automation and artificial intelligence.Mining companies are now faced with navigating how to operate - and seize the opportunities - in a market driven by constant disruption in the fourth Industrial Revolution. With a new era, comes new challenges. Companies that e...Read More

Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) has tabled an increased resource estimate for its Buritica gold development project in north-western Columbia that reinterprets the way the company sees its deposits and incorporates new zones called broad mineralized zones (BMZs).The company tabled its prior resource in 2015 and based it more on surface drilling as opposed to underground drilling. After...Read More

All of those supply and demand, and price forecasts carefully assembled in late 2018 for iron ore have become obsolete in the wake of Vale's devastating Corrego do Feijao tailings disaster in Brazil's Minas Gerais state in late January, where the grim count now stands at 165 dead, with 160 people missing, mostly Vale employees.The Dam 1 at Feijao - built in 1976 and reaching 86 metres high, with a...Read More

First Cobalt (TXSV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) has extended copper-cobalt mineralization along strike at both its Waite zone and No Name zone, part of its Iron Creek cobalt project in Idaho.The company is reporting four holes it drilled west of the project's current resource in 2018. The holes extend the Waite zone, 120 metres west along strike, and the No Name zone, 60 metres west along strike. The comp...Read More

Silvercrest Metals (TSXV: SIL) expects to update the resource estimate and complete a preliminary economic assessment in the first quarter of the year on its Las Chispas silver project in Mexico.A resource estimate in September 2018 focused on an estimated 5.5 km of about 20 km of cumulative vein strike length in the district, about 180 km northeast of Hermosillo in the state of Sonora.Las Chispas...Read More

Lucara sells large diamonds for US$32.5mPrecious stones"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftEastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxCobalt leader talks about new era for project, IdahoSPONSOREDecobalt solutionsThe buyers of mining products—smelters and other downstream consumers—similarly want to ensure that they f...Read More

Economist, Harry Dent: Passing the US in terms of retail sales, China's economy appears to show more growth than many think. But a close look at their housing market might suggest otherwise...Get more of Harry's latest research into the markets and how you can cash in on this bull market while there's still time: https://bit.ly/2RYxCxmRead More

Rodney Johnson talks about how Tesla's lack of progression in the electric car market has led to growing competition from other top line manufacturers, including Porsche...For complete coverage of all the major markets, check out Dent Research's premium newsletter, Boom & Bust: https://bit.ly/2OCYm5JRead More

As the federal government shutdown continues, we've reached day 25 and the gridlock only seems to be intensifying. How much longer can this continue?If you have any questions you'd like to see answered next week, feel free to send your questions to Economy & Markets via Facebook Messenger: https://www.facebook.com/EconomyMarkets/Read More

This is the first child for the couple but they both have children from previous relationships. Gere has a 19-year-old son from his marriage to Carey Lowell and Silva has a son with her ex-husband, Govind Friedland.Read More