GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries belonging to the G20 group of the world’s biggest economies applied 40 new trade restrictive measures between mid-May and mid-October, covering around $481 billion of trade, the World Trade Organization said on Thursday.The new restrictions covered six times more trade than in the previous period and were the largest since the WTO started monitoring G20 trade in...Read More
(Kitco News) - Even though U.S. retail sales will not beat last year’s performance – the strongest in more than a decade – the 2018 holiday season will still be a “cheerful” one, IHS Markit said in its outlook.Retail sales during the winter holidays will grow 4.4% over last year, which saw a 5.7% increase — the best results since 2005, said IHS Markit associate...Read More
(Kitco News) - Even though U.S. retail sales will not beat last year’s performance – the strongest in more than a decade – the 2018 holiday season will still be a “cheerful” one, IHS Markit said in its outlook.Retail sales during the winter holidays will grow 4.4% over last year, which saw a 5.7% increase — the best results since 2005, said IHS Markit associate...Read More
BERLIN (Reuters) - The heads of Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE), BMW (BMWG.DE) and Daimler (DAIGn.DE) are ready to attend a meeting at the White House with the Trump administration, but have not yet received a formal invitation, industry sources said on Thursday.The Handelsblatt newspaper on Wednesday cited industry and diplomatic sources as saying the meeting could possibly take place as soon as next week...Read More
Short selling of shares in lithium miners SQM, Albemarle, Galaxy and Orocobre ha...Read full newsRead More
"@CoryGroshek @HowardKlein10 Fully agree here, both are under pressure as the outlook of their crown jewel Atacama asset and long-term cash cow becomes more uncertain"Read full newsRead More
"@CoryGroshek @HowardKlein10 True Cory, but only short term. I doubt that ALB and SQM really care about one or two soft Qs when they can keep the market more tight and get higher prices?"Read full newsRead More
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The Women in Mining (WIM) organisation has recognised the pioneering work of Kay Nimmo at the International Tin Association in achieving practical solutions to the challenges of responsible minerals sourcing. Nimmo has worked over the past decade to create and implement industry-leading initiatives which achieve real impacts, including the ITSCI programme to resolve conflict mineral concerns, and...Read More
The Women in Mining (WIM) organisation has recognised the pioneering work of Kay Nimmo at the International Tin Association in achieving practical solutions to the challenges of responsible minerals sourcing. Nimmo has worked over the past decade to create and implement industry-leading initiatives which achieve real impacts, including the ITSCI programme to resolve conflict mineral concerns, and...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices dipped on Thursday after U.S. inventories swelled to their highest level since December adding to concerns about a global crude glut but OPEC talk of an output cut limited losses.Benchmark Brent fell 96 cents last trading at $62.52 a barrel at 1840 GMT, edging back from a more than $1 drop in early European trading. U.S. WTI fell more than a $1 before easing back to s...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices dipped on Thursday after U.S. inventories swelled to their highest level since December adding to concerns about a global crude glut but OPEC talk of an output cut limited losses.Benchmark Brent fell 96 cents last trading at $62.52 a barrel at 1840 GMT, edging back from a more than $1 drop in early European trading. U.S. WTI fell more than a $1 before easing back to s...Read More
CARACAS, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Preliminary data compiled by Venezuela's central bank shows that the troubled South American nation's economy shrank by 16.6 percent in 2017 compared to the year before, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.The central bank did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reporting by Mayela Armas and Corina Pons; Editing by Sandra Maler ) Discla...Read More
MADRID (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Spain next Wednesday for an official visit expected to focus on trade and tourism.On Tuesday, trade ministers will meet representatives of major companies including Spanish banks Santander (SAN.MC) and BBVA (BBVA.MC), Commercial Bank of China, Spain’s Telefonica (TEF.MC), oil company Repsol (REP.MC), China National Building Mater...Read More
"Beijing is set to judge every resident based on their behavior by the end of 2020 https://t.co/HXudfNxYvI"Read full newsRead More
Carube Copper Corp. (TSXV:CUC) is pleased to report positive results from its ongoing surface exploration program at the Company's 100% owned Main Ridge Project (Read full newsRead More
PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States was “in very strong” peace negotiations in Afghanistan but he did not known whether they would be successful.“I really think the people of Afghanistan ... are tired of fighting,” Trump told reporters after delivering a Thanksgiving holiday message to U.S. troops in Afghanistan, scene...Read More
FRANKFURT, Nov 22 (Reuters) - It is too early for the European Central Bank to decide on a new round of multi-year loans to banks, which are covered by existing funding until the middle of next year, the ECB’s chief economist said in an interview published on Thursday.“It is premature to decide on a new TLTRO now,” Peter Praet told German daily Handelsblatt, referring to the ECB&...Read More
When Richard Warke engineered the successful sale of Arizona Mining Inc. this summer, the deal grabbed headlines and investment community approval. After all, at Cdn$2.1 billion, the sale represent...Read full newsRead More