Spearmint Resources (CSE:SPMT) announced today that it has acquired the 'Hammernose' gold prospect consisting of 5,140 acres directly bordering the strategic alliance between Westhaven Resources and Sable Resource in the Spences Bridge gold belt, which is located in Southern British Columbia, Canada.According to Spearmint, Spences Bridge is a 200-kilometre-long by 30-kilometre-wide emerging low-su...Read More
Spearmint Resources (CSE:SPMT) announced today that it has acquired the 'Hammernose' gold prospect consisting of 5,140 acres directly bordering the strategic alliance between Westhaven Resources and Sable Resource in the Spences Bridge gold belt, which is located in Southern British Columbia, Canada.According to Spearmint, Spences Bridge is a 200-kilometre-long by 30-kilometre-wide emerging low-su...Read More
* Gold jumps after three sessions of losses * Dollar retreats from 16-month highs * Platinum hits highest since July 9 (Updates prices)By Swati VermaBENGALURU, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Gold rose more than 1 percenton Thursday, rebounding from a three-week low touched in theprevious session, and spurred by the dollar's retreat frommulti-month highs.After falling for three days, spot gold gained 1.2percent...Read More
Although faced with a comprehensive assessment process and the fact that the French government formed a special committee to evaluate in detail the social and economic benefits and impacts of the gold mining industry in French Guiana, Columbus Gold (TSX:CGT) issued a statement today saying that its Montagne d'Or gold project, which is located in the overseas territory, is moving forward with permi...Read More
Although faced with a comprehensive assessment process and the fact that the French government formed a special committee to evaluate in detail the social and economic benefits and impacts of the gold mining industry in French Guiana, Columbus Gold (TSX:CGT) issued a statement today saying that its Montagne d'Or gold project, which is located in the overseas territory, is moving forward with permi...Read More
Although faced with a comprehensive assessment process and the fact that the French government formed a special committee to evaluate in detail the social and economic benefits and impacts of the gold mining industry in French Guiana, Columbus Gold (TSX:CGT) issued a statement today saying that its Montagne d'Or gold project, which is located in the overseas territory, is moving forward with permi...Read More
South African mining veteran Brian Menell wants to build a battery material giant to help challenge China's domination of the nascent industry.It's still early days for his privately funded company, TechMet Ltd., which controls just a handful of assets from Canada to Rwanda. But he's raising more money and sees countries such as the U.S. and Japan as potential partners to help catch China in the r...Read More
* Tepid start to November * IT sector hit by firm rupee * Yes Bank top gainer on NSE, closes up 8.5 pctNov 1 (Reuters) - Indian shares ended little changed onThursday as losses in IT stocks, pressured by a strong rupee,marginally outweighed gains in the financial sector.The broader NSE index ended 0.06 percent lower at10,380.45, while the benchmark BSE index closed mostlyflat at 34,431.97.IT stock...Read More
* STOXX 600 up 0.2 pct * ING gains on profit beat * BT rallies as outlook improves * Shell, TGS lead oil stocks lower (Updates prices, adds details)By Danilo Masoni and Helen ReidMILAN/LONDON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - European shares hit atwo-week high on Thursday as strong results from Dutch bank INGand UK telecoms group BT helped offset a disappointing updatefrom Credit Suisse, and ASM International br...Read More
Marijuana stocks are in "early internet" territory.Amazon's early investors walked away with over 79,000% in profits. And this same phenomenon is happening in the cannabis space right now.Remember, the dotcom bubble separated out the real companies from the fake.Which is why it's so important to "weed" out the companies that might not survive this volatile but opportune time.Now, the race has ser...Read More
South African miner Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE:GFI) revealed Thursday the biggest union at its massive, but struggling South Deep mine is going on strike on Friday over the company's planned job cuts, which Chief Executive Officer Nick Holland has called a "last-gasp measure."The gold miner is axing about 1,100 jobs, almost third of the workforce at the mine - its only one left in South Africa - a...Read More
South African miner Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE:GFI) revealed Thursday the biggest union at its massive, but struggling South Deep mine is going on strike on Friday over the company's planned job cuts, which Chief Executive Officer Nick Holland has called a "last-gasp measure."The gold miner is axing about 1,100 jobs, almost third of the workforce at the mine - its only one left in South Africa - a...Read More
South African miner Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE:GFI) revealed Thursday the biggest union at its massive, but struggling South Deep mine is going on strike on Friday over the company's planned job cuts, which Chief Executive Officer Nick Holland has called a "last-gasp measure."The gold miner is axing about 1,100 jobs, almost third of the workforce at the mine - its only one left in South Africa - a...Read More
Gold and silver are historically undervalued, in inflation adjusted terms, since 1970.Gold ounces per capita is trading below 1950s numbers which means there is less available physical ounces per person now than almost 70 years ago.Bond and stock market weakness are pointing to a recession. Crashes in both markets will likely be needed to break the spot price speculative nonsense which drives curr...Read More
ANKARA, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Turkey's Treasury said on Thursdayit expected 2019 domestic borrowing to increase to 153.9 billionlira ($27.56 billion) from 132.4 this year, and to boost itsexternal borrowing to 45.1 billion lira ($8.08 billion).Domestic debt was seen at 164.6 billion lira, while externaldebt service was seen at 60.2 billion lira for 2019, theTreasury said in a statement. It also said i...Read More
Nickel premiums in China rose on Tuesday October 30, on an opening import arbitrage. The physical nickel markets in Europe and the United States were relatively quiet. Premiums rose in China with an open import arbitrage making business more profitable. The nickel markets in Europe were mostly flat despite a weak London Metal Exchange nickel price. US nickel premiums were unchanged, although consu...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange ended mostly lower Wednesday October 31, pressured by a fresh 2018 high in the US dollar index.The three-month nickel price was hardest hit, falling 2.5% over the afternoon to an intraday low of $11,500 per tonne. Both three-month copper and zinc fell below nearby support levels - copper fell below $6,000 per tonne for the first time since September...Read More
The tin premium in Europe accelerated to a 21-month high on concerns surrounding Indonesian tin supply, while premiums in the United States and in Asia were immobile on sufficient supply. European premiums at 21-month high US contracts hint at climbing premiums Asia premiums steady on abundant stocks Indonesian supply crunch lifts European premiums In Europe, the premium for 99.9%...Read More
Key data from the Wednesday October 31 pricing session in Europe.Key driversTrades and assessments indicate the European ferro-titanium market continued the downtrend that began on September 12, when the market was assessed at $5.80-6.05 per kg. Ample supply of material, as well as traders looking to sell-off inventories before year-end were cited...Read More
Spot copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TCs/RCs) remained almost unchanged and at high levels toward the end of October, with a rapidly widening backwardation reducing the market liquidity.Fastmarkets' assessment of the TC/RC index dipped by $1.60 per tonne/0.16 cents per lb to $87.40 per tonne/8.74 cents per lb on October 31. The previous assessment of $89.00 per tonne/8.90 cents...Read More