DUBAI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - An affiliate of Qatari conglomerate Aamal Co plans to build three factories to produce copper wires, aluminium bars and drums for cables, projects that could make the country more self-reliant in the face of an embargo by other Arab states.The factories will be established by Senyar Industries Qatar Holding, owned 50 percent by Aamal and 50 percent by Egyptian cable maker...Read More

LISBON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Portugal's IGCP debt agency said on Monday that the government's net borrowing requirement in 2018 is around 10.9 billion euros and that it plans on gross issuance of 15 billion euros worth of bonds.It said bond issuance will be carried out through regular auctions like in previous years, to be held on the second, fourth or fifth Wednesday of every month. It will also lau...Read More

LISBOA, 8 Jan (Reuters) - Portugal prev?? emitir em termos brutos 15 mil milh?ues de euros (ME) de Obriga???ues do Tesouro (OT) em 2018, combinando sindicatos e leil?ues, em emiss?ues mensais, disse o IGCP-Ag??ncia de Gest??o da Tesouraria e da D?-vida P??blica.Adiantou que "o montante das necessidades de financiamento l?-quidas do Estado no ano de 2018 dever?? situar-se em cerca de 10,9 mil...Read More

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - For details of the U.S. Treasury's auction of 4-week bills on Tuesday, see: (Washington economics newsroom) Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of Kitco Metals Inc. The author has made every effort to ensure accuracy of information provided; however, neither Kitco Metals Inc. nor the author can guarantee s...Read More

Dear Fellow Star-Gazers   Happy New Year and Happy Spectacular Full Moon! This Full Moon is a Super Moon (where the Moon is closest to Earth). It also aligns with the Fixed star, Sirius. That’s quite a start to 2018!   The ancients suggested that those born with Sirius prominent in their chart were destined for big things and often, highly fortunate. The movement of the planets sug...Read More

(Adds Lourenco comments on state spending)LUANDA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Angola's kwanza is set for a big fall on Tuesday when the central bank abandons its dollar peg, the latest in a string of policy and personnel changes by President Joao Lorenco since he came to power in Africa's number two oil producer in September.Two banking sources said the Central Bank of Angola (BNA) would hold a foreign exc...Read More

LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Foreign investors poured $235 billion into emerging markets as they rallied strongly last year, the Institute of International Finance said on Monday, adding that the countries themselves had added more than $130 billion in hard currency reserves.Foreign portfolio flows in 2016 had amounted to $152 billion, the IIF's data showed.Data from the respected flow tracker also s...Read More

* Workers strike at firms including Porsche, MAN* More than 15,000 have taken part in stoppages so far* IG Metall union plans further strikes on Tuesday* Next round of talks with employers start on Thursday* German economy buoyant, record numbers in work (Adds employers' association head, more strike participants)DUESSELDORF/HAMBURG, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Thousands of German workers staged strikes at...Read More

An independent study of the tax rate paid by the Australian minerals industry shows mining paid an effective tax rate of 51 per cent in 2015-16 in company tax and royalties - the second-highest tax ratio recorded since the survey began nine years ago.Deloitte Access Economics' Minerals Industry Tax Survey 2017, based on a survey of 25 Australian mining companies, provides an independent and robust...Read More

BEIJING, Jan 8 (Reuters) - As China tightens restrictions on imports of foreign waste, Chinese metal recyclers and even smelters like Jiangxi Copper Co are increasingly looking to use Southeast Asian countries as an alternative location for the processing of copper scrap.China relies on imports for around half of its scrap copper needs but told the World Trade Organization last year that it would...Read More

Retailers have been releasing holiday sales data over the past week. While recent results from the likes of Macy's (NYSE:M) and L Brands (NYSE:LB) sent the retail stocks tumbling, Kohl's Corporation (NYSE:KSS) and Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) are trading higher after the department store chain and yoga apparel maker both reported upbeat numbers for the November-December period. Here's a...Read More

Payment services stock The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) is rallying today, thanks to an upgrade to "neutral" from "negative" at Susquehanna, along with a price-target hike to $21 from $17. This positive analyst attention is based on reports that WU could be partnering with cryptocurrency concern Ripple Labs to implement blockchain technology into its portfolio. WU shares are up 4% at $21.42 i...Read More

(Kitco News)- Hedgefunds continued to pile into silver and gold in the first few days of the newtrading year, according to the latest trade data from the Commodity FuturesTrading Commission.Analystsnoted that the precious metals market looks attractive to fund managers as theU.S. dollar continued its sharp decline into 2018. Ole Hansen, head ofcommodity strategy at Saxo Bank, said that the U.S. do...Read More

(Kitco News) - Hedge funds continued to pile into silver and gold in the first few days of the new trading year, according to the latest trade data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.Analysts noted that the precious metals market looks attractive to fund managers as the U.S. dollar continued its sharp decline into 2018. Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank, said that the...Read More

Visit Soma Labs Scientific at the Lift Cannabis Expo Vancouver - Canada's biggest and best-attended cannabis tradeshow! Swing by Booth 535 on January 13-14thto check out the newest edition to the Soma Labs line of extraction tech - the BOSS CO2 Extraction System.Leading innovation with its simplicity and "Plug and Play" design, the BOSS combines proprietary max flow technology with advanced th...Read More

Shares of chemical company Albemarle Corporation (NYSE:ALB) had a huge year in 2017, rising nearly 49%. Of course, this outperformance was nothing new for shareholders, who watched ALB stock surge 53.7% back in 2016. This year is shaping up to be no different, with the equity jumping almost 3% on the first trading day of 2018, and more analysts are starting to take notice.Just this morning, Citigr...Read More

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock turned in its best week since July last week, capitalizing on Intel's (INTC) controversial chip issues. Then, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this weekend, NVIDIA announced it ispartnering with Uber, Volkswagen, and Baidu, to provide graphics chips for artificial intelligence (AI) in driverless cars. The big news has NVDA stock up another 2.7% to trade...Read More

Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer and a member of OPEC, has suffered fuel shortages over the past few weeks. They complicated transport and hurt economic activity and, in the words of President Muhammadu Buhari, ensured that for many Nigerians the Christmas holidays were "anything but merry and happy." His administration says it's working overtime to end the queues that have formed at gasolin...Read More

Mr. Marc Prefontaine reportsORLA INTERSECTS 102.5 METRES GRADING 0.46 G/T AU AND 1.21% CU AT THE CERRO QUEMA PROJECT, PANAMA Orla Mining Ltd. is providing new results from the 2017 drill program at its wholly owned Cerro Quema project in Panama.Highlights are from the last two holes drilled in the Caballito copper-gold zone.Hole CQDH17-148 intersected 102.5 metres grading 0.46 gram per tonne gold...Read More

Mr. Marc Prefontaine reportsORLA INTERSECTS 102.5 METRES GRADING 0.46 G/T AU AND 1.21% CU AT THE CERRO QUEMA PROJECT, PANAMA Orla Mining Ltd. is providing new results from the 2017 drill program at its wholly owned Cerro Quema project in Panama.Highlights are from the last two holes drilled in the Caballito copper-gold zone.Hole CQDH17-148 intersected 102.5 metres grading 0.46 gram per tonne gold...Read More