(IDEX Online) -Tiffany and LVMH have settled their highly-publicized differences over a $16.2bn takeover.The French luxury conglomerate LVMH walked away from the deal in September, citing a tit-for-tat war over US trade tariffs and a poor performance by Tiffany & Co during the pandemic.But after bitter legal threats from both sides, LVMH has now negotiated a modest three per cent ($425m) disco...Read More
(IDEX Online) - India's diamond industry is calling for the duty on rough imports to be slashed from 7.5 per cent to 2.5 per cent.It also wants an exemption from a two per cent e-commerce (equalization) levy on rough sales and a tax amendment that would allow rough to be sold in the Mumbai SNZ (Special Notified Zone).The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India (GJEPC) say the meas...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Diamond dealers are to be guaranteed basic banking services under a new law passed last week by Belgium's federal parliament.The move has been welcomed by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) which says many of its members have been rejected multiple times or have had their accounts closed. Banks around the world are suspicious of the diamond trade, consider it t...Read More
Pantoro bullish on bigger production profileSPONSOREDpantoro limitedGenesis opens new chapter at UlyssesSPONSOREDgenesis mineralsRamelius now among WA gold frontrunnersSPONSOREDramelius resourcesAgile Mining - The Future is Smaller. Bigger is not always betterSPONSOREDproudfootThe company said a series of 25m representative grab samples from the Herradura zone were combined into one sample, with a...Read More
Pantoro bullish on bigger production profileSPONSOREDpantoro limitedGenesis opens new chapter at UlyssesSPONSOREDgenesis mineralsRamelius now among WA gold frontrunnersSPONSOREDramelius resourcesAgile Mining - The Future is Smaller. Bigger is not always betterSPONSOREDproudfootThe Canada-based company increased the lower-end of its copper guidance by 25,000 tonnes and narrowed the upper range by 1...Read More
Pantoro bullish on bigger production profileSPONSOREDpantoro limitedGenesis opens new chapter at UlyssesSPONSOREDgenesis mineralsRamelius now among WA gold frontrunnersSPONSOREDramelius resourcesAgile Mining - The Future is Smaller. Bigger is not always betterSPONSOREDproudfootThe Canadian copper producer reported total output of 38.Read More
Technical weakness in U.S equity markets continued in early trading. S&P 100 and NASDAQ 100 stocks that broke intermediate support by 10:00 AM included BKNG, MCD, ROST, CVS, KO, MNST, WBA, PFE, MMM, WLTW and VRSK. Selected ETFs that broke intermediate support included XOP, XLP, DIA, EWZ, GDXJ, UGA and USO.Pre-opening Comments for Thursday October 29thU.S. equity index futures were mixed this m...Read More
Wallbridge Mining's (TSX: WM) flagship Fenelon gold project lies along the prospective Detour-Fenelon gold trend in north-western Quebec, 75 km west-northwest of Matagami. The 85.6 sq. km land package is 1 km north of the Sunday Lake Deformation Zone (SLDZ), a major east-west structure in the northern Abitibi greenstone belt, which also hosts Kirkland Lake Gold's (TSX: KL: NYSE: KL) Detour Lake...Read More
Pantoro bullish on bigger production profileSPONSOREDpantoro limitedGenesis opens new chapter at UlyssesSPONSOREDgenesis mineralsRamelius now among WA gold frontrunnersSPONSOREDramelius resourcesAgile Mining - The Future is Smaller. Bigger is not always betterSPONSOREDproudfootThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut back its estimate of global production losses as a result of the COVID-19 pa...Read More
The Chibougamau-Chapais region, 750 km north of Montreal, is part of the largest Archean greenstone belt in the world.The belt, better known as the Abitibi, is 150 km in width, and stretches for 650 km from just west of Timmins in Ontario to Chibougamau in Quebec.Explorers started travelling through the Chibougamau wilderness, a territory with abundant fur-bearing animals, fishing and hunting as...Read More
Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) generated record cash flow of US$76 million during the third quarter, led by strong operating performance across its three operations in Ontario and Mexico.Alamos generated 117,100 oz. gold., and sold 116,035 oz. at an average realized price of US$1,882 per oz., at all-in sustaining costs (AISCs) of US$949 per oz. sold.The resulting record cash flow led the compan...Read More
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX: WPM; NYSE; WPM; LSE: WPM), one of the world's largest gold and silver streaming companies, began trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on Oct. 28.The Vancouver-based company will maintain its primary listing on the Toronto Stock and a listing on the New York Stock Exchange, Randy Smallwood, Wheaton's president and chief executive, said in an i...Read More
BMO Capital Markets emerged as the top financial adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the global mining sector by value as well as volume through the first three quarters of 2020, says GlobalData analytics and consulting firm.According to GlobalData's figures, a total of 1,233 M&A deals were announced in the metals and mining sector during the period.This represents a 24.2% increase over...Read More
"Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see."?EURo Edgar Allan PoeIn Baltimore, October 3rd, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe was found in a gutter.He was dressed in the ill-fitting clothes of a stranger, stinking drunk, and barely holding on to life. He died just a few days later.Considering the famed author's thirst for drink and drugs, it wasn't altogether an unexpected demise.However, it wa...Read More
Silver is not just any industrial metal. Used as money for centuries, much longerthan the fiatcurrencies have been used, with its specific properties that arealso widely used in many industries (best conductor of heat and electricity),with crude oil, it is perhaps one of the most versatile commodities.As far as the white metal is concerned,on September24 th , we have warned you about the possible...Read More
Metalsbroke out earlier in the year because there has likely never been so manyfundamental reasons to buy gold and silver.We’ve seen economic turmoil, political strife, social unrest, a $3 trillionfederal deficit, and a dollar weakened by fiscal and monetary stimulus – allhappening at once.Howthe markets finish the year will depend on whether these conditions persist.Thenear-term beari...Read More
Since the middle of 2019, we have been in a preciousmetals bull market, with gold prices hitting a new all-time high of$2079 on August 3, 2020. And silverprices have also been climbing steadily since the beginning of 2Q 2020,sending investors on the search for the best way to play this precious metalsbull run for maximum upside potential. In the search for high upside in this bullmarket, many inv...Read More
Silver is not just any industrial metal. Used as money for centuries, much longerthan the fiatcurrencies have been used, with its specific properties that arealso widely used in many industries (best conductor of heat and electricity),with crude oil, it is perhaps one of the most versatile commodities.As far as the white metal is concerned,on September24 th , we have warned you about the possible...Read More
Metalsbroke out earlier in the year because there has likely never been so manyfundamental reasons to buy gold and silver.We’ve seen economic turmoil, political strife, social unrest, a $3 trillionfederal deficit, and a dollar weakened by fiscal and monetary stimulus – allhappening at once.Howthe markets finish the year will depend on whether these conditions persist.Thenear-term beari...Read More
Since the middle of 2019, we have been in a preciousmetals bull market, with gold prices hitting a new all-time high of$2079 on August 3, 2020. And silverprices have also been climbing steadily since the beginning of 2Q 2020,sending investors on the search for the best way to play this precious metalsbull run for maximum upside potential. In the search for high upside in this bullmarket, many inv...Read More