(IDEX Online) - India's ailing diamond industry is calling for a huge cut in the duty charged on its polished exports. It's also requesting "direct" rough purchases to reduce costs, rather than being forced to buy through middlemen in Antwerp, and a package of other measures relating to e-commerce and gold monetization. The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) says the expo...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The "bible" of lab-grown diamonds is being republished to update jewelers, traders and consumers.Authors Dusan Simic and Branko Deljanin have revised existing content and added 50 pages since the last edition of Laboratory Grown Diamonds in 2007 and aim to present complex technical information in an easy-to-understand format.Simic, a research gemologist at New-York based Analytical...Read More
Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesOverall, some 1.5 million people have lost their jobs in the past year in Chile, a 16.5% fall, bringing employment rates back to levels last seen in September 2010."This is a clear example of the impact of the [COVID-19] pandemic on employment," said Sonami research manager Alvaro Merino.Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPO...Read More
With the exception of China’s CSI 300, Asian-Pacific equities and pre-market major western equity futures were weaker this morning, Wednesday July 8, while base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were little changed and those on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were generally firmer.We wait to see if the halt in the rise in equities is just a pause, or whether focus is turning to the rap...Read More
Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday July 8thU.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 4 points in pre-opening trade. Apple ( AAPL $372.69) is expected to open higher after Deutsche Bank raised its target price to $400.Air Products and Chemicals advanced $3.20 to $268.33 after Deutsche Bank raised its target price from $250 to $300.Walgreen Boots gained $1.48 to...Read More
Cardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Driving more value from your capital projects post COVIDSPONSOREDproudfootIronRidge shows its mettleSPONSOREDironridge resources Despite the reasonable weather I did not go to the pub on Saturday, or indeed even Sunday. Brownie points d...Read More
Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX: SBB; US-OTC: SGSVF) has returned to work at its Back River gold project in Nunavut, with an expanded 8,500-metre drill program planned at the 8-km-long Goose property.The junior demobilized its exploration camp staff at the project, 520 km northeast of Yellowknife, in March, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, before beginning its planned drill program (at that time a smaller...Read More
Billionaire mining investor Eric Sprott has acquired 3 million common shares of Stratabound Minerals (TSXV: SB) at a price of 5 ? per share.The acquisition was conducted through Jerritt Canyon Canada, which is controlled by Sprott. The privately held mid-tier gold producer operates the Jerritt Canyon processing plant and four gold mines located 80 km north of Elko, Nevada.Through the acquisition,...Read More
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) and Japan Gold (TSX-V: JG) have kicked off geophysical-gravity surveys in the Asian country's Hokusatsu Region, as part of a joint effort to uncover the nation's gold mining potential.Under a venture formed in February, known as Barrick Alliance, the companies have completed bulk leach extractable gold (BLEG) and rock chip sampling over eight of the 14 targets l...Read More
ScoZinc Mining (TSXV: SZM) has released the results of a preliminary feasibility study (PFS) on its wholly owned and permitted Scotia mine project, 62 km northeast of Halifax. The study outlines a 2,700-tonne-per-day open-pit operation, producing zinc and lead concentrates over a 14-year mine life.The proposed operation would produce an average of 35 million lb. zinc and 15 million lb. lead over f...Read More
GoviEx Uranium (TSX-V: GXU) says it will appeal Zambia's decision to terminate its Chirundu mining license.The company acquired the permit in 2017 from African Energy Resources, and it includes the Njame and Gwabe deposits. Both assets, GoviEx said, were subsequently included in the preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the company's Mutanga uranium project.Due to the smaller scale and higher...Read More
MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 largest mining companies based on market value shows an industry clawing back most of the Covid-19 related losses by the end of the second quarter.The top 50 most valuable mining companies added $249.5 billion in market capitalization over the three months to end June, thanks to surging gold and silver prices, iron ore prices in triple digits, and a late reco...Read More
According to the latest figures from the Minerals Council South Africa, 1,739 of the 3,119 cases were from platinum mines, followed by 938 from the gold sector.Platinum group metals mines had the biggest number of direct employees, about 164,500 of the mining industry's 455,000, in 2019.About one in seven employees tested have returned a positive result, according to the figures.The council said o...Read More
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What a crazy six months! Let’s look at the chart below. As you can see, over the first half of the year, gold gained more than 16 percent, rising from $1,515 at the end of December 2019 to $1,762 at the end of June 2020. The beginning of the year was, as usual, positive for the gold prices. However, gold did not rally in January as it did in just like in the previous years. Instead, it shot...Read More
What a crazy six months! Let’s look at the chart below. As you can see, over the first half of the year, gold gained more than 16 percent, rising from $1,515 at the end of December 2019 to $1,762 at the end of June 2020. The beginning of the year was, as usual, positive for the gold prices. However, gold did not rally in January as it did in just like in the previous years. Instead, it shot...Read More
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc is weighing the sale of its 211,146 barrel-per-day (bpd) Convent, Louisiana, refinery, the company said on Tuesday.Read full newsRead More
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