RAPAPORT... It's not easy for a diamantaire to compete in the emerging diamond-traceability market, admits Bruno Scarselli, a New York-based supplier of fancy-color diamonds. As the likes of De Beers, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) and others roll out their tracking programs, he urges the trade as a whole to look beyond blockchain and consider its biggest obstacles."We need to res...Read More
RAPAPORT... Sotheby's has appointed Wenhao Yu as deputy chairman ofjewelry for Asia, to help strengthen its expertise and sourcing capabilitiesand expand its business in the region. Yu was previously at Poly Auction Hong Kong, where he founded and headed its jewels and prestige collection department.Prior to that role, he cofounded the jewels and watches department at PolyAuction Beijing. "O...Read More
RAPAPORT... Alrosa has identified three new exploration sites that couldpotentially yield 17.9 million carats of rough across their lifespan, according to preliminaryestimates.The sites are located close to Alrosa's Mir mine in the Yakutia region of Russia. "Detecting new diamond deposits in [the] Nizhne-Botuobinskaya area will make a significant contribution to the development of Alrosa...Read More
RAPAPORT... J.C. Penney has appointed Karl Walsh as chief digitalofficer, charging him with overseeing improvements to its e-commerce platforms and customer experience. Walsh waspreviously chief digital officer at Danish jeweler Pandora, a role he took onin March. He also worked at Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey & Company. He began at J.C. Penney on December 2, reporting to executiv...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Sightholder Mouawad has unveiled the $5 million crown created for the Miss Universe competition. The 18-karat gold creation, called The Miss Universe Power of Unity Crown, is set with over 1,770 white diamonds. The headpiece also features three yellow diamonds from Botswana including a 62.83-carat shield-cut canary yellow stone at its center. Through its partnership with...Read More
(IDEX Online) - David Yurman has opened its New York flagship store. The 5,000 square-foot location spans three floors on East 57th Street.The store, described by cofounder Sybil Yurmn as "an emporium," offers David Yurman products across all categories, including high jewelry, women's, men's, wedding and watches and a curated assortment of limited-edition pieces exclusive to the 57th St...Read More
A strong United States employment report at the end of last week gave most markets something to be cheerful about and that has flowed through into Asian trading on Monday December 9.Trading is likely to remain nervous this week while the manufacturing sector prepares for the holiday season and businesses focus on whether US President Donald Trump follows through with his threat to put 15% tariffs...Read More
Today's environment is drastically different than it was in the late '70's and early '80s when inflation was nearly out of control. Today, disinflation is the primary challenge central banks face, not inflation.It's impossible to imagine another Volcker today. Today's markets depend on the artificially low interest rates that the Fed's been generating since 2009. Raising interest rates would dev...Read More
One of the most important figures in the history of U.S. monetary policy, Paul Volcker, died Sunday at the age of 92.Volcker is famous for having raised interest rates all the way to 20% in June 1981, the highest rates since the Civil War.His actions are widely credited for ending the great inflation of the 1970s and setting the stage for the Reagan economy of the '80s (although his sky-high rates...Read More
Dear Rich Lifer,It's been a few weeks since the Paradigm Shift Summit went down in New York, and I've already covered a few of the many ideas and concepts I shared at that awesome event.But there's one I haven't yet touched on... and it started with a question from one of the audience members.The Set UpI had just finished outlining how several of my favorite Social Security strategies were no long...Read More
Top mining industry veterans join Company's new Advisory BoardELKO, Nevada, Dec. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Gold Corp. (NASDAQ: USAU) (the "Company"), a gold exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that Mr. Ewan Downie and Mr. Mario Stifano have joined its newly established Advisory Board. Mr. Downie has over 25 years' experience in the exploration and mining industry and...Read More
Jeffrey Christian is the managing partner of CPM Group, a commodities research and management, consulting and financial advisory firm in New York. He founded the company in 1986, spinning off the Commodities Research Group from Goldman Sachs & Co., and its commodities trading arm, J. Aron & Company. Christian is an expert on precious metal markets and took time to speak with The Northern Miner abo...Read More
An automated loading solution has enabled Canada's only block cave mine to mitigate mud rush hazards and improve productivity - and it paid for itself in less than two months.Tonnage is tantamount to profitability at New Gold Inc.'s (TSX: NGD, NYSE: NGD) New Afton mine in south-central British Columbia. The mine has moved and milled as much as 22,000 tonnes of ore in a single day and routinely ext...Read More
Osisko Metals has released drill results from the East Mill zone at its Pine Point project with eight of the nine intercepts reported from outside of the current resource boundaries. This work was focused on connecting inferred resource areas.Drill highlights include 12 metres of 9.46% zinc and 0.79% lead; 5 metres of 14.83% zinc and 4.45% lead; and 4 metres of 10.86% zinc and 4.44% lead."These re...Read More
Australian rare earths miner Lynas (ASX: LYC) has selected the city of Kalgoorlie to build its new cracking and leaching plant to extract low-level radioactivity from the ore mined at its Mt Weld operation, which is then shipped to Malaysia for final treatment.The world's only major producer of rare earths outside China said it planned to begin building the plant, which will perform the first step...Read More
Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesArtemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesDark Horse could be 2020 bolterSPONSOREDdark horse resourcesUniversity of Delaware launches Minerals, Materials and Society programSPONSOREDuniversity of delawareManipulating nickel for immoral (if not illegal) profits would be damnably difficult to prove because all that an...Read More
Fue realizada la primera audiencia de ?"scar N. 'El monstruo de Toluca', donde asegur?? que ya hab?-a matado a seis personas m??s.9 de diciembre 2019COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://twitter.com/Excelsior_MexS...Read More
Los padres de Jazm?-n se encuentran desesperados por localizar a su hija de 17 a??os, desaparecida desde hace una semana en el Estado de M?(C)xico.9 de diciembre 2019COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://twitter.c...Read More
En Convergencias y Divergencias se aborda el tema del Programa de Conectividad, con el cu??l se pretende reducir la falta de redes de cobertura en el pa?-s.9 de diciembre 2019COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://...Read More