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Ray Dalio, Paulson keep faith in gold amid rate hike headwind

May 16, 2018 / www.mining.com

Billionaire hedge-fund managers John Paulson and Ray Dalio kept their faith in gold even as rising interest rates trim the metal's gains.As of March 31, New York-based Paulson & Co. had 4.32 million shares in SPDR Gold Shares, the biggest exchange-traded product backed by bullion, according to a regulatory filing. That compares with 4.36 million shares at the end of December. Billionaire Ray...Read More

U.S. housing starts, building permits fall in April

May 16, 2018 / www.kitco.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilding tumbled in April and permits fell, suggesting the housing market continued to tread water amid shortages of land and skilled labor.Housing starts dropped 3.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.287 million units in April, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday. The drop reversed March's rise.Data for March was revised to show starts rising...Read More

An Ugly Day For Precious Metals

May 16, 2018 / www.kitco.com

(Kitco News) - Tuesday was an ugly day in the metals, especially for gold. Silver had its troubles but is holding up much better from a technical perspective. Gold sold off hard, breaking down into a blow-off formation, while silver just hovered around support.For gold bulls, Tuesday's trade should turn out to be bullish with the blow-off pattern selling on heavy volume. Gold is very close to our...Read More

An Ugly Day For Precious Metals

May 16, 2018 / www.kitco.com

(Kitco News)- Tuesday was an ugly day in themetals, especially for gold. Silver had its troubles but is holding up muchbetter from a technical perspective. Gold sold off hard, breaking down into ablow-off formation, while silver just hovered around support.For gold bulls, Tuesday's tradeshould turn out to be bullish with the blow-off pattern selling on heavyvolume. Gold is very close to our $1,280...Read More

Gold Bulls Concede To Dollar Strength

May 16, 2018 / www.kitco.com

(Kitco News)- As we discussed over the past week, gold's lethargic patternwas suggesting risks to the downside. The inability to break above the $1,322area, coupled with a resurgent dollar, caused bulls to exit the trade. OnFriday, gold had the chance to remain in an uptrend,flirting with the $1,322 area, while the euro was attempting to regain the 1.22euro/dollar level. Both levels failed and whe...Read More

Gold Bulls Concede To Dollar Strength

May 16, 2018 / www.kitco.com

(Kitco News) - As we discussed over the past week, gold's lethargic pattern was suggesting risks to the downside. The inability to break above the $1,322 area, coupled with a resurgent dollar, caused bulls to exit the trade. On Friday, gold had the chance to remain in an uptrend, flirting with the $1,322 area, while the euro was attempting to regain the 1.22 euro/dollar level. Both levels failed a...Read More

Paulson, Dalio Maintain Gold Positions During 1Q As Price Rises

May 16, 2018 / www.kitco.com

(Kitco News)- Well-knownhedge fund managers John Paulson and Ray Dalio basically maintained theirholdings in gold exchange-traded funds during the first quarter, filings show.Meanwhile,Soros Fund Management LLC has remained out of gold since exiting from itsshares of Barrick Gold Corp. in the fourth quarter of 2016.Institutionalinvestment managers must file a Form 13F-HR, showing th...Read More

Gold, Silver Hit With Follow-Through Selling Pressure

May 16, 2018 / www.kitco.com

(Kitco News)- Goldprices are modestly lower and dropped to another five-month low in early U.S.trading Tuesday. Both gold and silver are seeing follow-through sellingpressure after strong losses posted Tuesday. June Comex gold futures were lastdown $3.30 an ounce at $1,286.80. July Comex silver was last down $0.044 at $16.225an ounce. Thesurging U.S. dollar is a major factor working against the pr...Read More

South Africa's Tharisa taps Zimbabwean chrome reserves

May 16, 2018 / www.mining.com

South Africa's Tharisa strengthened its claim as an early mover in a hoped-for Zimbabwean mining renaissance on Wednesday by buying a slice of the chrome-rich Great Dyke region.Zimbabwe has attracted intense interest from miners with a promise of favourable terms as it seeks to reboot its economy after veteran leader Robert Mugabe was ousted last year.Tharisa, which mines platinum group metals and...Read More

South Africa's Tharisa taps Zimbabwean chrome reserves

May 16, 2018 / www.mining.com

South Africa's Tharisa strengthened its claim as an early mover in a hoped-for Zimbabwean mining renaissance on Wednesday by buying a slice of the chrome-rich Great Dyke region.Zimbabwe has attracted intense interest from miners with a promise of favourable terms as it seeks to reboot its economy after veteran leader Robert Mugabe was ousted last year.Tharisa, which mines platinum group metals and...Read More

Euro slides below $1.18 on Italy debt concerns and dollar jump

May 16, 2018 / www.kitco.com

LONDON (Reuters) - The euro slumped to a five-month low on Wednesday after reports that a possible future Italian government would seek debt forgiveness from European creditors and as the dollar resumed its month-long and powerful rally.The euro fell as much as half a percent to $1.1783 EUR=, its lowest since late December, after reports surfaced that Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and...Read More

Rio Tinto CEO calls for 'United Nations of the mining world'

May 16, 2018 / www.kitco.com

LONDON (Reuters) - Rio Tinto (RIO.L) (RIO.AX) CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques said resource companies needed to build "the United Nations of the mining industry" to tackle rising resource nationalism and cost inflation.Rising commodity prices typically lead to resource nationalism as they inspire resource-holding nations to demand higher shares of international mining companies' profits.At th...Read More

Dynacor Gold earns $1.6M (U.S.) in Q1

May 16, 2018 / www.stockwatch.com

Mr. Jean Martineau reportsQ1-2018: DYNACOR REPORTS NET INCOME OF US $1.6 MDynacor Gold Mines Inc. has released its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) for the three-month period ended March 31, 2018. These documents have been filed electronically with SEDAR and will be available on the corporation's website.(All figures in t...Read More

Dynacor Gold earns $1.6M (U.S.) in Q1

May 16, 2018 / www.stockwatch.com

Mr. Jean Martineau reportsQ1-2018: DYNACOR REPORTS NET INCOME OF US $1.6 MDynacor Gold Mines Inc. has released its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) for the three-month period ended March 31, 2018. These documents have been filed electronically with SEDAR and will be available on the corporation's website.(All figures in t...Read More

These Gold Streaming Stocks Are Buys for 2018

May 16, 2018 / dlvr.it

Gold streaming companies are a great way to invest in the precious metal. Here are some of the key benefits you need to know about and the top stocks to consider.Read full newsRead More

North Korea says may reconsider summit with Trump, suspends talks with South

May 16, 2018 / www.kitco.com

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea threw next month's summit between Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump into doubt on Wednesday, threatening weeks of diplomatic progress by saying it may reconsider if Washington insists it unilaterally gives up its nuclear weapons.The North's official KCNA news agency said earlier Pyongyang had called off high-level talks with Seoul, which had been due on Wedn...Read More

The Tax Plan is Never Going to Grow the Economy... Unless This Is Fixed First

May 16, 2018 / www.schaeffersresearch.com

Are you ready for a potential economic reset?No matter what the news says, when this bubble pops, we're going to witness the worst market crash in history. But if you know this massive reset is coming, and prepare accordingly, it could be the greatest wealth opportunity of your life.You could have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build wealth that lasts not just years... but generations!Once...Read More

These Gold Streaming Stocks Are Buys for 2018

May 16, 2018 / dlvr.it

Gold streaming companies are a great way to invest in the precious metal. Here are some of the key benefits you need to know about and the top stocks to consider.Read full newsRead More

Yamana begins gold and silver production at Cerro Moro mine in Argentina

May 16, 2018 / www.mining.com

Canada's Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX: YRI) (NYSE: AUY) said it poured Tuesday first gold and silver dor?(C) at its Cerro Moro mine, located in Argentina's Santa Cruz province.The Toronto-based miner, which began construction at Cerro Moro in 2015 and expects to finish building it this year, said ramp-up remained on track, with commercial production expected in the second quarter of the year.Once at ful...Read More

Yamana begins gold and silver production at Cerro Moro mine in Argentina

May 16, 2018 / www.mining.com

Canada's Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX: YRI) (NYSE: AUY) said it poured Tuesday first gold and silver dor?(C) at its Cerro Moro mine, located in Argentina's Santa Cruz province.The Toronto-based miner, which began construction at Cerro Moro in 2015 and expects to finish building it this year, said ramp-up remained on track, with commercial production expected in the second quarter of the year.Once at ful...Read More

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