By: Ira EpsteinGold is stuck in the middle of this dead zone. What is needed to get out of the range?Read More
Sentiment improving as US retail shows signs of recovery with May sales +18% from previous month. Dealers and jewelers anticipating rise in bridal demand. Geopolitical tensions and Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing fueling caution about China. Rough producers see interest in large, investment-grade diamonds; D-IF prices firming in smaller-size polished (0.50 to 2 ct.). Surat factories operating at very...Read More
RAPAPORT... The Jewelers Vigilance Committee (JVC) has published a book containing advice on how to interpret the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) jewelry guidelines.Understanding the FTC Guidelines deciphers the complex rules governing the manufacture, sale, and advertising of jewelry, explaining clearly how to word online and print promotions, the JVC said Wednesday. The book is the result...Read More
RAPAPORT... Dear fellow human beings,A lot of you feel strongly about the recent events in the US, as the protests following George Floyd's death have raised much deeper issues of inherent racism, and people of all races have started to speak out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. As a Black woman, it was a particularly tough week for me. I am an ethical fine jeweler, using Fairtr...Read More
RAPAPORT... Grib Diamonds noted a modest increase in rough prices versus pre-lockdown levels as demand returned following a two-month pause in sales.The Belgian company, which sells production from AGD Diamonds' Grib mine in Russia, brought in just over $20 million from Tuesday's sale of around 350,000 carats. In total, 90% of goods sold by value, Antony Dear, Grib's head of sales, reported W...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Consumers have been making more "meaningful" jewelry purchases during lockdown, according to research by De Beers.Spending more time with family, and less time commuting, has shifted the focus from towards pieces that represent feelings of love and connection, rather than fun or practicality.Almost half (45%) of those surveyed in the company's monthly "deep dive into diamond-s...Read More
RAPAPORT... Gem Diamonds reported a rise in the average selling price for the first half of 2020, noting that appetite for its goods had improved at a recent tender in Antwerp."The results of the latest tender for Let??eng's large diamonds are positive," Gem Diamonds CEO Clifford Elphick said Thursday. "With certain stones selling above their anticipated post-Covid-19 valuations, it is clear...Read More
(IDEX Online) - India's overall exports of gems and jewelry slumped by over 82 per cent in April and May as trade was devastated by COVID-19.Overseas sales amounted to just $568m, said the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), compared with $3.2bn for the same period in 2019.Exports of polished diamonds, mostly destined for the USA, were also well down, from $1.8bn to $389m."Exp...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The statue of De Beers founder Cecil Rhodes should be removed, says the Oxford college he attended.The governing body of Oriel College yesterday voted to launch an independent Commission of Inquiry, bowing to five years of pressure from students, which escalated in recent weeks in response the Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA. T...Read More
Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesThe plan is to abandon Nifty's troublesome underground sulphide operation and to scoop up the remaining 600,000t copper resource from an openpit operation.Read More
Rupert Resources on a Roll at IkkariSPONSOREDCardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesPwC says sector volatility became more pronounced by the end of 2019, with coal and copper, key exports of Canada's westernmost province, fa...Read More
Markets were mixed again this morning, Thursday June 18; equity indices were weighing up the possible impact of second waves of Covid-19 against the supportive measures governments continue to provide and pledge. * Asian-Pacific equity markets were mainly weaker this morning, as were pre-market major western equity index futures; the exception was China’s CSI 300 Index. * Developing Asian cou...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 18 points in pre-opening trade.Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus the June Philly Fed Index was -23.0 versus -43.1 in May. Actual was +27.5.Consensus for Weekly Jobless Claims was 1.3 million versus 1,566 last week. Actual was 1.508 million.The Bank of E...Read More
As the last day of the Canadian Mining Symposium (CMS) began on June 18, it was clear that the global community had embraced the online, virtual version of the annual event. Anthony Vaccaro, group publisher of The Northern Miner and head of global mining for Glacier Resource Innovation Group, said there had been considerable feedback, comments and questions posted by attendees since the CMS began....Read More
Vale (NYSE: VALE), the world's top producer of nickel and iron ore, is fine-tuning details to reopen its Voisey's Bay open pit nickel mine and concentrator in Canada, next month.Full capacity at the northern Labrador-based operation should be reached in August, the Brazilian mining giant said today.Vale initially placed Voisey's Bay mine on care and maintenance for four weeks as a precaution amid...Read More
Drilling at MacDonald Mines' (TSXV: BMK) wholly owned SPJ property, 20 km east of Sudbury, has extended the strike length of the high-grade New Zone-Villeneuve trend to over 225 metres and the structure remains open.The company released results for six drill holes completed over the winter and spring. Highlights include 5 metres of 27.2 grams gold per tonne in hole 20-041 as well as 6 metres of 2....Read More
India has taken a historic step towards ending the state monopoly on mining and selling coal by auctioning 41 mines in the country, a move that allows private companies to enter the sector.The announcement, which puts an end to more than four decades of state control over the coal industry, aims to solve a fuel shortage that threatens to reduce the nation's industrial activity.The measure also see...Read More
Roscan Gold (TSXV: ROS; US-OTC: RCGCF) has signed a definitive agreement with Komet Resources (TSXV: KMT) to purchase the 35-sq.-km Dabia Sud gold property, which lies directly north of the company's 254-sq.-km Kandiole project in the western part of the country.In May, Roscan entered into a binding letter of intent with Komet for this purchase. To acquire the asset, the company will make a $1.6-m...Read More
Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, peak gold supply was becoming a real possibility. Now, with exploration programs halted or cancelled and project disruptions hampering production, the summit is in sight, according to research firm Wood Mackenzie's latest report.As organic growth is waning, miners are looking to buy gold through mergers and acquisitions to secure their future.So far this has fail...Read More
Rupert Resources on a Roll at IkkariSPONSOREDCardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesNew York and Toronto listed Yamana Gold has an interest in five mines operating in Canada, Brazil, Chile and Argentina.Read More