Index futures were groping for a bottom Sunday night, extending Friday's losses by about a 35% on light volume. DaBoyz will have a chance to exhaust sellers at somewhat lower levels, since the Mini-Dow and the Mini S&P were within easy distance of Hidden Pivot supports that lie, respectively, at 24094 and 2599.25. If neither holds, we'll shift our attention to market bellwether AAPL, which could...Read More

Apart from a 2-week period around the middle of the year, my Gold True Fundamentals Model (GTFM) has been bearish since mid-January 2018. There have been fluctuations along the way, but at no time since mid-January have the true fundamentals* been sustainably-supportive of the gold price. However, significant shifts occurred over the past fortnight and for the first time in quite a while the fun...Read More

CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold$1248.40+$10.10+2.19%Silver$14.63+$0.25+3.25%XAU67.94+2.40%+5.40%HUI153.93+2.58%+6.13%GDM560.05+2.34%+5.32%JSE Gold1201.13-0.09+9.31%USD96.60-0.14-0.61%Euro114.10+0.24+0.80%Yen88.80+0.01+0.67%Oil$52.61+$1.12+3.30%10-Year2.856%-0.031-4.86%Bond143.90625+0.34375+2.27%Dow24388.95-2.24%-4.50%Nasdaq6969.25-3.05%-4.93%S&P2633.08-2.33%-4.60%Weekly Performance (Source: GoldSeek...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1244.30-$4.10Silver$14.52-$0.11XAU67.40-0.79%HUI154.01+0.05%GDM560.44+0.02%JSE Gold1249.20+48.07USD97.21+0.61Euro113.57-0.53Yen88.34-0.46Oil$51.00-$1.6110-Year2.854%-0.002T-Bond144.0625+0.15625Dow24423.26+0.14%Nasdaq7020.52+0.74%S&P2637.72+0.18%  The Metals: Gold saw slight gains in Asia before it fell back to $1243.50 by a little after 8AM EST and then...Read More

Peter KrauthLast week might've been a short trading week, but it was packed with the sort of financial news that sends the price of gold higher.This latest gold rally pushed the metal to a fresh five-month high and close to a new breakout level.Of course, the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires provided an early boost for gold prices, as the United States and China agreed to a 90-day truce with no new tar...Read More

RAPAPORT... Alrosa noted an improvement in demand for lower-value roughin November, even as total diamond sales dropped. Proceeds slid 18% year on year to $274 million for themonth, the miner said Monday. However, sales value and volume were higher thanin October, which "may be indicative of strengthening demand for low-cost,small-sized rough diamonds, which has been declining over the past few mo...Read More

RAPAPORT... Signet Jewelers has launched a brick-and-mortar conceptstore for its e-commerce brand James Allen. The store, which opened on Friday in the Georgetown area ofWashington, D.C., will feature an immersive gallery experience aimed at thebrand's younger consumer base, the retailer said last week.   "We're excited to continue executing Signet's customer-first,omni-channel stra...Read More

RAPAPORT... A Bulgari necklace fetched $200,000 at Phillips auctionhouse's first New York sale, exceeding its presale estimate of $120,000 to$180,000. The piece includes 39.35 carats of oval-shaped rubiesand 6 carats of round brilliant-cut diamonds. It was the top-selling lot at theauction, which earned $2.4 million overall, Phillips said. A ring featuring an emerald-cut, 4.91-carat, faint-pi...Read More

RAPAPORT... Dominion Diamond Mines CEO Patrick Evans has resigned withimmediate effect after a year at the company, the miner confirmed to RapaportNews Sunday. Evans joined the Canada-based producer in November 2017 afterits $1.2 billion acquisition by Washington Companies. Prior to that, he was CEOof Mountain Province for 12 years. Shane Durgin, Dominion's chief operating officer, will take...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lucapa Diamond Company says that diamonds from the Lulo mine in Angola will feature in an historic inaugural international tender under Angola's new diamond marketing laws recently approved by the President of Angola, Joao Lourenco, and the country's Council of Ministers.   Sociedade Mineira Do Lulo, of which Lucapa is a partner, will showcase and sell seven large and exc...Read More

LONDON – Dominion Diamond CEO Patrick Evans has left the company, marking at least the third high-profile departure in less than a year at the Canadian miner, which is owned by billionaire Dennis Washington.Evans confirmed that he departed on December 5. Shane Durgin, who was COO, took over as CEO effective December 7, Evans said in a telephone interview Sunday. Evans said he plans to stay o...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Petra Diamonds Limited is selling off its interest in Helam Mining (Pty) Ltd in South Africa to Lindleys Mining (Pty) Ltd for a nominal consideration ZAR200 ($14) with immediate effect.   Petra put the Helam mine on care on maintenance during FY 2015 following previous attempts to find a suitable purchaser, and no mining activities have been conducted by Petra since then. &nbs...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Stornoway Diamond Corporation said that the remaining tranches of financing announced on October 2 have been completed or approved for completion.   A $10 million private placement with Ressources Qu?(C)bec Inc. acting as agent for the government of Qu?(C)bec, was completed on December 7.   A 2-year deferral of principal payments on the Renard Mine Road Loan was authori...Read More

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – A 78 ct white diamond has been recovered from the Mothae diamond mine, in Lesotho.ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company on Monday reported that the large diamond was recovered through the new 1.1-million-tonne-a-year treatment plant, where commercial production was declared earlier this month.Advertisement“We are extremely delighted to have started our commercial...Read More

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PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedThe country's copper imports fell for the first time this year, down 3% on the year, Bloomberg reported.China's iron ore imports fell for a second month in November, Reuters reported, pulled down by waning restocking demand at steel mills as profit margins narrow.PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedBl...Read More

Base metals continue to face headwinds from the ongoing trade dispute between the United States and China, but also from tension over the arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer, Brexit, social unrest in France and stuttering equity markets. Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were down across the board on Monday December 10, with average losses of 0.5%, ranged between 0...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 moved lower overnight on news that China has summoned the U.S. Ambassador to protest detention of Huawei's Chief Financial Officer, but recovered before North American equity markets opened. Conoco Phillips (COP $65.91) is expected to open higher after the company announced...Read More