RAPAPORT... Alrosa's sales increased in the third quarter amid strongerdemand and a shift to larger diamonds, the miner reported Monday. Revenue from rough stones rose 12% year on year to $949million for the three months ending September 30, the Russian company said. Whilesales volume fell 11% to 6.7 million carats, the average price of gem-qualitydiamonds grew 18% to $199 per carat. Prices h...Read More
RAPAPORT... Lucara Diamond Corp. will launch its first sale in Novemberusing its new digital platform that allows customers to obtain the exact rough diamondsthey need, it said Monday. The miner will upload a variety of diamonds to its Clarasystem, including stones from its Karowe mine in Botswana. It will also offer roughfrom other sellers, ranging from 1 to 15 carats in higher color grades...Read More
RAPAPORT... Mountain Province's sales dropped at its October tender amid a weaker Indian market, the miner said last week. The company sold 366,505 carats of rough diamonds from its GahchoKu?(C) mine for $24.2 million, at an average price of $66 per carat. It noted price declines for smaller and lower-quality diamonds in the mid-single-digit percentages. "We believe the price pressure is pre...Read More
RAPAPORT... A shorter working month cut into shipments of Swiss watches,which fell in September for the first time in a year and a half, according tothe nation's timepiece trade group. Exports slid 7% to CHF 1.65 billion ($1.66 billion), theFederation of the Swiss Watch Industry reported. Orders from Hong Kong, theSwiss trade's largest market, dipped 3.5% to CHF 205.9 million ($206.7million),...Read More
London-listed Petra Diamonds achieved a solid operational performance in the three months ended September 30 – the first quarter of its 2019 financial year.Production for the period increased by 21% year-on-year to 1.07-million carats, mainly as a result of a 25% increase in run-of-mine production to 1.02-million carats, but offset by planned reductions in tailings recoveries at the company&...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The organizers of CARAT+, the Antwerp trade show which was held for the past two years, said this year's fair will be postponed. The 2019 edition was due to be held from February 10-12. "For the past two years, Easyfairs and the CARAT+ team have been investing hard work, time and energy to create and develop a unique diamond-centered event in Antwerp," the organ...Read More
RAPAPORT... Sotheby's achieved its highesttotal for a Fine Jewels auction as an emerald ring sold for more than doubleits estimate in New York. The piece featured a lozenge-shaped,10.68-carat Colombian emerald with a baguette diamond on each side. It fetched $1.2million against a presale estimate of $300,000 to $500,000, realizing anaverage price of $113,764 per carat, the auction house said...Read More
(IDEX Online) - ALROSA, the world's largest diamond mining company, is starting the fourth auction this year for the sale of special size rough diamonds (over 10.8 carats) in Vladivostok. The auction will start on October 22, and the results will be announced on November 2. The company will offer for sale 166 gem-quality rough diamonds with a total weight of 2,607 carats, inclu...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The GIA has announced that Chinese retailer LAELIM Jewelry and Belgian diamond manufacturer IGC Group will pilot GIA's M2M program that allows for complete transparency and traceability of diamonds along the value chain. It is one of the first instances where a manufacturer and retailer have implemented the M2M program in partnership, the GIA said. A select number o...Read More
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diamond miner Lucapa Diamond Company has started commissioning of the 1.1-million-tonne-a-year treatment plant at its Mothae kimberlite diamond mine, in Lesotho.First commercial diamond recoveries are slated for early November.AdvertisementMore than 4 100 ct of diamonds have been recovered from the bulk sampling of areas within the Mothae kimberlite pipe, which had...Read More
Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipGalan Lithium scores coup in Argentina's 'Pilbara of lithium'SPONSOREDgalan lithiumKasbah on cusp of tin riches at world-class AchmmachSPONSOREDkasbah resources The headline intercept measured 513.9m from 33m at 0.64% copper and 0.8g/t gold, or 2.15g/t gold-equival...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 12 points in pre-opening trade. Futures are responding to a 4.09% increase in the Shanghai Composite Index last night.The Canadian Dollar was virtually unchanged at U.S.76.35 cents following release of August Canadian Wholesale Sales at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 0.2% versus a gain of 1.5% in July. Actua...Read More
My specialty is global macroeconomic analysis. I don't usually get too involved in politics, and frankly I'd prefer to avoid the subject altogether.But at certain times politics intrudes on markets and you have to account for it. With the midterm elections coming up in two weeks, it's certainly a very important time right now.Tuesday, Nov. 6, is the date of the U.S. midterm elections that will det...Read More
Here's the lay of the land. The Senate is currently divided between 51 Republicans and 49 Democrats (including two Independents who caucus with the Democrats). A change of two seats in favor of the Democrats will give Democrats control of the Senate under the leadership of Chuck Schumer of New York.Of the 100 Senate seats, 35 are up for election in 2018. Those 35 Senate seats are currently divided...Read More
When the stock market has suffered a couple of really big slides in a row, like it did last week, the financial advice to those who are freaking out is always: Do not look at your account balances. The advice still stands not to change anything in your portfolio-trying to time the market is a fool's errand.In cryptocurrency there's an acronym: BTD (Buy the Dip), meaning now is a good time to buy c...Read More
Calgary, Alberta (October 22, 2018) - PRIZE MINING CORPORATION ("Prize" or the "Company") (TSXV:PRZ) (OTCQB:PRZFF) (MQSP:GR:FRANKFURT) is pleased to announce that it has retained Link Media, LLC ("Link Media") to further build awareness and provide communications and market awareness services aimed at maintaining and building the profile of Prize among existing and potential shareholders.Link Me...Read More
Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke joined Paul C. Johnson, president of Colorado School of Mines, to announce a long-term partnership between the university and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The partnership will bring more than 150 USGS scientists and their minerals research labs to the university's Golden, Colorado campus where government scientists and Mines faculty and studen...Read More
October 22, 2018 - Brixton Metals Corporation (TSXV: BBB) (the "Company" or "Brixton") is pleased to announce additional drill results from its wholly owned Hudson Bay project located in the Cobalt Camp, Ontario, Canada.Highlights from 11 drill holes Drill hole HB18-31 intersected one metre of 3,290 g/t silver, 0.29% nickel and 0.14% cobalt within 2.00m of 1,667.30 g/t silver, 0.15% nickel and 0.0...Read More
Creating and advancing a distinctive graduate student experience at Colorado School of Mines will be the focus of the 2018 awardee of the Ben L. Fryrear Endowed Chair for Innovation and Excellence.Geoff Brennecka, associate professor of metallurgical and materials engineering, is the third Mines faculty member to be named a Fryrear Chair since the chairship was endowed by Mines alumnus Ben Fryrear...Read More
Despite a strong U.S. dollar, the price of gold increased for the third consecutive week, finishing at US$1,226.50 per ounce, up 0.74%, while the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 1.85% to 171.63. By contrast, the S&P/TSX Global Mining Index was down 1.17% to 53.03 and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index lost 3.06% to finish at 95.08. The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed 0.36% higher, ending the tradi...Read More