RAPAPORT... Marvin Zale, son of Zales founder Morris Zale, and former vice chairman of the jeweler, has died at 89. Born in Texas in 1930, Zale grew up in his father's jewelrybusiness, which was established in 1924. He began his diamond education inAntwerp in 1948, returning to the US to serve in the army. He joined Zales in1953, working at various stores across the country. In 1958, he move...Read More
RAPAPORT... Lower mining grades and reduced ore availability contributedto a drop in Rio Tinto's third-quarter diamond production, the company reportedWednesday. Output at its wholly owned Argyle mine in Australiafell 7% year on year, yielding 3.6 million carats in the three-month periodending September 30. Production was hampered by lower grades, despite stronger mining and processing rates,Rio T...Read More
RAPAPORT... Hong Kong-based jeweler Chow Tai Fook has reported adownward trend in sales across both mainland China and Hong Kong in the secondfiscal quarter. Same-store sales of gold products - at branches open for atleast 12 months - fell 15% year on year in mainland China for the period endingSeptember 30, and 49% in Hong Kong, the company said Tuesday. Same-store salesof gem-set jewelry a...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Diamond producer Alrosa today (Thursday) reported that its Q3 2019 diamond production hit 12.1 million carats, with sales totaling 6.4 million carats by volume and $0.6 billion by value. The miner said the increase in output - up 24 percent quarter-over-quarter and 15 percent year-over-year, was due to the launch of production at new deposits and the expansion of existing area...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Rio Tinto has announced that lower mining grades and reduced ore availability led to a drop in its third-quarter diamond production at its two mines.At the 100-percent owned Argyle mine in Australia, production was 7 percent lower than the same period of 2018 due to lower recovered grade. This resulted in a production level of 3.6 million carats for the three-month period ended Sep...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Platinum Guild International (PGI) has opened its first showroom in Shenzhen, China. The opening is part of the organization's strategy to target younger consumers in a country that traditionally values gold. "Research has shown that the number one barrier to acquiring platinum jewellery in recent years has been the lack of appealing designs, so PGI has worked closely wit...Read More
The absence of new mining projects, owing to limited exploration, continues to weigh on the future sustainability of South Africa’s once thriving mining sector, which once captured a larger share of major mining budgets.“There is simply not enough investment in new mineral exploration to take advantage of the country’s geological potential,” says a Minerals Council South Af...Read More
ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company and its partners Empresa Nacional de Diamantes (Endiama) and Rosas & Petalas have earned a further A$3.9-million from the sale of diamonds recovered at the Lulo mine, in Angola.Lucapa reported on Thursday that it had sold a parcel of 1 736 ct at an average price of A$2 265/ct.AdvertisementThis brought total sales for the year to date to A$50.2-million, at an a...Read More
Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesMMG has met with officials from the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) regarding the evaluation of pre-investment studies for a concentrate pipeline, a railroad or a combination of both, according to VP corporate affairs Domingo Drago.The mine's trucking operation hasd been blockaded for several weeks at various points of...Read More
Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesThe pair signed a two-year, US$2 million exploration financing agreement over the Laramide copper belt in May and completed their first quarterly technical committee meeting last month."We are encouraged by the collaboration with BHP to-date and our technical team continues to progress on new prospect generation in north-eastern Sono...Read More
A further 10 diamond holes for 12,441m, drilled between February and June, returned "encouraging" results. Intersections included a standout 205m at 2.04% copper and 0.Read More
Oriole's deepening footprint in West Africa is paying offSPONSOREDoriole resourcesPoster South Africa mine regeneration on trackSPONSOREDorion mineralsSilver Mines times Bowdens to perfectionSPONSOREDsilver mines limitedAfrica's rising resource nationalism ups stakes for minersSPONSOREDverisk maplecroftHaving failed to win a referendum to amend the constitution in 2016, he turned to the co...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures responded to news that a tentative Brexit deal between the European Union and the United Kingdom has been reached.Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for the October Philly Fed Index was 8.0 versus 12.0 in Septe...Read More
Oriole's deepening footprint in West Africa is paying offSPONSOREDoriole resourcesPoster South Africa mine regeneration on trackSPONSOREDorion mineralsSilver Mines times Bowdens to perfectionSPONSOREDsilver mines limitedAfrica's rising resource nationalism ups stakes for minersSPONSOREDverisk maplecroftTwo weeks ago, my From the Capital column was about uranium company valuations.Read More
U.S. Vanadium, a private company in which venture capital firm Elysee Development Corp. (TSXV: ELC) has a 15% stake, is acquiring a Russian-owned production plant in Hot Springs, Ark., that produces vanadium pentoxide.Russian steel producer, Evraz, purchased the plant in 2007."I cannot speak to why they were interested in selling it," Jim Sims, a spokesman for U.S. Vanadium, tells The Northern Min...Read More
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David P??ramo analiza el impacto de los enfrentamientos en Culiac??n, Sinaloa, producto de la detenci??n de Ovidio Guzm??n.17 octubre de 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_MexSitio: ht...Read More
Perfil criminal de Obvidio Guzm??n, hijo de 'El Chapo', cuya detenci??n desat?? una serie de enfrentamientos en Culiac??n, Sinaloa.17 octubre de 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
La captura de Ovidio Guzm??n Loera, hijo de 'El Chapo' Guzm??n, desat?? una serie de enfrentamientos en Culiac??n, Sinaloa.17 octubre de 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_MexSitio: ht...Read More