PORT HEDLAND - Australia's Fortescue Metals Group is set to ship the first cargo of its new mid-grade iron ore next month just as a rout in Chinese steel prices helps it improve its margins in competition with higher grade products.The world's fourth-largest iron ore miner will make the first shipment of its 60.1 percent West Pilbara Fines product to customers in China, in a step that is set to bo...Read More
LONDON - The World Gold Council (WGC) said on Wednesday it would appoint David Tait, an investment banker and member of the Bank of England's market standards board, as chief executive from next year.Tait will take over in February from Aram Shishmanian, the council's CEO for the last decade, the WGC said.Tait's career in banking has included stints at Credit Suisse, UBS and Goldman Sachs as well...Read More
Despite an increased appetite in copper assets, the rate of new discoveries continues to be low, especially in Chile, the biggest producing country in the world and where the bulk of exploration is in the hands of major miners.But that is about to change, as the country's Mining Ministry is set to sign the first of many contracts next month that allows major companies to lease to juniors all or pa...Read More
A coalition of gold investors, including firms backed by billionaires John Paulson and Naguib Sawiris, is taking aim at mining executives who don't have enough skin in the game.Businesses tend to perform better when top managers have a high ownership-to-pay ratio, according to the inaugural report of the newly launched Shareholders' Gold Council, which tracked 17 gold companies."You have a much bi...Read More
A coalition of gold investors, including firms backed by billionaires John Paulson and Naguib Sawiris, is taking aim at mining executives who don't have enough skin in the game.Businesses tend to perform better when top managers have a high ownership-to-pay ratio, according to the inaugural report of the newly launched Shareholders' Gold Council, which tracked 17 gold companies."You have a much bi...Read More
How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators.For hundreds of years, since the first stock exchange opened its doors, every trader has been looking for an edge... Some way to predict what will happen next... And hopefully collect a fat "paycheck" at the end of the road.From Bollinger bands to momentum oscillators, technical indicators have been at the forefront of this constant...Read More
Third-quarter GDP grew by 3.5%, on par with estimatesDow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures are more than 150 points higher, amid easing concerns abouttrade tensions with China. S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) futures are also confidently higher, powered by a rebound in the tech sector. Investors are also eager to digest comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who will spea...Read More
Salesforce.com and Nutanix are eyeing huge sessions Salesforce.com, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) shares are set to rise after earnings, trading up 8.5% in pre-market action. The enterprise software specialist reported third-quarter earnings that were well above estimates, driven by better-than-expected revenue for the period. Salesforce also raised its full-year outlook. The robust report sparked a handful of...Read More
Emgold Mining (TSXV: EMR) just signed an agreement to sell its 100%-owned Troilus North property to Troilus Gold (TSE: TLG) for 3,750,000 Troilus Gold common shares and C$250,000 in cash.The sale is expected to be finalized the first week of December and upon its completion, Emgold will keep approximately 7.1% of Troilus Gold's issued and outstanding share capital."Emgold is very excited to have b...Read More
Emgold Mining (TSXV: EMR) just signed an agreement to sell its 100%-owned Troilus North property to Troilus Gold (TSE: TLG) for 3,750,000 Troilus Gold common shares and C$250,000 in cash.The sale is expected to be finalized the first week of December and upon its completion, Emgold will keep approximately 7.1% of Troilus Gold's issued and outstanding share capital."Emgold is very excited to have b...Read More
Emgold Mining (TSXV: EMR) just signed an agreement to sell its 100%-owned Troilus North property to Troilus Gold (TSE: TLG) for 3,750,000 Troilus Gold common shares and C$250,000 in cash.The sale is expected to be finalized the first week of December and upon its completion, Emgold will keep approximately 7.1% of Troilus Gold's issued and outstanding share capital."Emgold is very excited to have b...Read More
Emgold Mining (TSXV: EMR) just signed an agreement to sell its 100%-owned Troilus North property to Troilus Gold (TSE: TLG) for 3,750,000 Troilus Gold common shares and C$250,000 in cash.The sale is expected to be finalized the first week of December and upon its completion, Emgold will keep approximately 7.1% of Troilus Gold's issued and outstanding share capital."Emgold is very excited to have b...Read More
MOSCOW - The Russian government could buy up to 50,000 tonnes of aluminium for the state reserve, a government decree showed on Wednesday, in a move that would support sanctioned Russian aluminium producer Rusal.The decree, dated Nov. 26, allocated up to 10 billion roubles ($149 million) for the plan and is the initiative of Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska, a government source told Reuters.Deripaska...Read More
(Updates with closing prices)By Peter HobsonLONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Zinc prices rose on Wednesday asfalling stockpiles and rising premiums for nearby metalhighlighted a short-term supply squeeze, halting a slide to10-week lows.The metal, used to galvanise steel, had tumbled more than 7percent from last Thursday's close as traders anticipated anincrease in supply and weakening demand from steelm...Read More
Shares in Condor Gold (LON:CNR) jumped Wednesday after the miner announced it had extended known targets and discovered new high-grade vein systems at its La India project in Nicaragua.The company said it was working to prove a 5-million-ounce gold district, adding it had already applied to the Ministry of Energy and Mines for two adjacent concessions that will expand the La India land package f...Read More
Shares in Condor Gold (LON:CNR) jumped Wednesday after the miner announced it had extended known targets and discovered new high-grade vein systems at its La India project in Nicaragua.The company said it was working to prove a 5-million-ounce gold district, adding it had already applied to the Ministry of Energy and Mines for two adjacent concessions that will expand the La India land package f...Read More
Shares in Condor Gold (LON:CNR) jumped Wednesday after the miner announced it had extended known targets and discovered new high-grade vein systems at its La India project in Nicaragua.The company said it was working to prove a 5-million-ounce gold district, adding it had already applied to the Ministry of Energy and Mines for two adjacent concessions that will expand the La India land package f...Read More
M2 Cobalt (TSXV: MC) has announced it is moving forward with the development of its Bujagali mine is south-central Uganda.In a media statement, the Vancouver-based junior said it commenced drilling at its Bombo and Bombo NW targets. The campaign is expected to comprise at least 1,000 metres of diamond core drilling and is designed to test a number of targets across a broad area in what is now beli...Read More
M2 Cobalt (TSXV: MC) has announced it is moving forward with the development of its Bujagali mine is south-central Uganda.In a media statement, the Vancouver-based junior said it commenced drilling at its Bombo and Bombo NW targets. The campaign is expected to comprise at least 1,000 metres of diamond core drilling and is designed to test a number of targets across a broad area in what is now beli...Read More
The Spence copper mine was operating normally again following the union strike announced on Wednesday, the company said.On Monday, unionized workers at BHP's Spence copper mine in Chile downed tools over layoffs, halting operations at the mine until today.The move followed the dismissal of 49 workers and eight supervisors, union president Ronald Salcedo told local radio B?-o B?-o, which made the r...Read More