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Are We Nearing The Breakpoint In The Silver Market?

August 15, 2019 / www.silverdoctors.com

The silver market is finally showing some signs of life...by Chris Marcus via Arcadia EconomicsAfter getting a thorough simulation of what it feels like to watch paint dry over the past eight years, the silver market is finally showing some signs of life.After rising almost $2.50 from the May 20 $14.41 lows (coincidentally also the same time the banks finished buying back their short position - as...Read More

Harvey Organ: The Continued Attacks On Silver By Our Banker Friends Are FRUITLESS

August 15, 2019 / www.silverdoctors.com

"...it is quite possible that many COMEX paper longs just might take on the crooks by taking delivery."by Harvey Organ of Harvey Organ BlogAUGUST 14/GOLD UP $13.60 TO $1517.20//SILVER UP 27 CENTS TO $17.26 AFTER CONTINUAL FRUITLESS ATTACKS BY OUR BANKER FRIENDS// HUGE DATA DUMP BY THE CHINESE AND ALL RESULTS ARE VERY BAD INCLUDING A POOR FACTORY OUTPUT//PROTESTS CONTINUE IN HONG KONG BUT THE AIRPO...Read More

Rapaport Weekly Market Comment

August 15, 2019 / www.diamonds.net

Low expectations for Sep. Hong Kong show due to slowdownin Chinese demand and escalation of political protests. Trade war affectingconfidence. US jewelers likely to raise local manufacturing as 10% tariff ondiamond and jewelry imports from China takes effect Sep. 1. Weak Macy's 2Qresults reflect struggling malls and drop in tourist spending. Devalued yuanadds price pressure for Chinese diamond imp...Read More

India: Cutters Shifting to Lower-Cost Goods

August 15, 2019 / www.diamonds.net

IIJS show sees slowdiamond trading, but steady gold inquiries ahead of festival and weddingseason. Jewelers waiting for gold-price stability before making orders.Polished production reduced by estimated 30%, with cutters shifting tolower-cost goods to keep workers. Large volume of 0.30 to 0.70 ct.available; suppliers selling in parcels to save on grading costs. Steady demandfor better-quality SIs...Read More

Stornoway Fears for Its Future

August 15, 2019 / www.diamonds.net

RAPAPORT... Stornoway Diamond Corporation has given a stern warningabout its ability to remain in business, after failing to find a buyer for the company. The miner had until July 15 to find an investor for its Renard operation as part of a bridge-loan agreement it signed. While lenders extended the deadline to September 16, the company has been unable to find an interested party, and feels i...Read More

Pandora Launches Harry Potter Collection

August 15, 2019 / www.diamonds.net

RAPAPORT... Pandora and Warner Bros. will partner on a HarryPotter-inspired collection, featuring iconic characters and symbols from thefilms. The line will comprise 12 hand-finished products, includingcharms, pendants and a bracelet, designed by Francesco Terzo and FilippoFicarelli, Pandora's vice presidents and creative directors. It will launch onNovember 28 in Pandora stores globally, as...Read More

China is disrupting the world's diamond sector

August 15, 2019 / www.idexonline.com

Yahoo News reported that China is taking on the world's diamond miners, using sophisticated technology to offer increasingly cheap and real-looking knockoffs that threaten to upend the lucrative fine jewelry market. The technological disruption seen in medicine, autos, banking and countless other sectors is spilling over into diamonds, where an oligopoly of just four miners controls more than...Read More

Trade Seeks Discount for Hong Kong Show

August 15, 2019 / www.diamonds.net

RAPAPORT... The Hong Kong Jewelry Manufacturers' Association (HKJMA)is asking the organizers of the September show for a 25% discount for itsmembers, citing difficult market conditions due to the trade war and socialunrest in the city. Many overseas exhibitors and buyers are likely to skipthe Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair following government warnings about visitingthe municipality, the HKJMA...Read More

Gem Diamonds delivers good first-half output

August 15, 2019 / www.miningweekly.com

Some 18 months into its four-year business transformation programme, diamond miner Gem Diamonds is on track to deliver its targeted $100-million in incremental revenue, productivity improvements and cost savings by the end of 2021.Since implementation, the LSE-listed group has achieved $42-million in cost savings, net of implementation costs and fees.Advertisement“It is pleasing to report th...Read More

MJSA Education Foundation awards $10K in scholarships

August 15, 2019 / www.idexonline.com

As part of its efforts to advance professional skills in jewelry making and design, the MJSA Education Foundation recently awarded a total of $10,000 in scholarship funding to five students. That amount includes a $2,500 scholarship provided by the Rhode Island-based Providence Jewelers Club Foundation, for students attending eligible schools in that state. The five winners range from an undergrad...Read More

AIGS organizes trip to Mogok ruby area during ICA Congress

August 15, 2019 / www.idexonline.com

Asian gem lab group AIGS is organizing a five-day cultural trip to the ruby mining area of Mogok in Myanmar in mid-October coinciding with the ICA (International Colored Gemstone Association) Congress. The trip, which has been organized by AIGS (Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences) on several occasions in the past, is available to those who wish to find out more about the remote mining origin...Read More

Deadline for Stornoway bids extended to Sept 16

August 15, 2019 / www.miningweekly.com

Junior miner Stornoway Diamond Corp, the owner and operator of the Renard mine in Quebec, has extended the deadline for bid submissions for a buyer or major investor by two months to September 16.This comes as the company, which is relying on bridging finance to operate, has failed to receive an acceptable nonbinding indication of interest by its initial deadline of July 15.AdvertisementStornoway...Read More

Protests follows cancellation of Tia Maria construction licence

August 15, 2019 / www.mining-journal.com

Quality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumProtestors are demanding more local employment opportunities and the use of local companies rather than contractors from outside the region, as well as greater social investment and an end to whatRead More

Rio Tinto's thirst for copper grows

August 15, 2019 / www.mining-journal.com

Quality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumHaving spent much of the year cautioning that it did not know if Winu would shape up into a Rio-scale project, Rio said drilling at Winu - it is an Aboriginal word meaning thirsty - is focused onRead More

Mundoro on an 'elephant hunt' in Serbia

August 15, 2019 / www.mining-journal.com

Quality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumThe Vancouver-based outfit has had an eventful year to date, completing a third year of exploration in collaboration with strategic funding partner Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National CorporationRead More

Tech Talk for Thursday August 15th 2019

August 15, 2019 / www.timingthemarket.ca

Equity index futures moved higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures responded overnight to Wal-Mart's second quarter report.Index futures moved higher following release of economic data at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for Weekly Initial Jobless Claims was an increase to 214,000 from 209,000 last week. Actual was 220,000. Consensus for July Retail Sale...Read More

Maxwell elected American Geophysical Union Fellow

August 15, 2019 / www.minesnewsroom.com

Reed Maxwell, Rowlinson Professor of Hydrology at Colorado School of Mines, has been elected as a fellow of the American Geophysical Union.An honor given to no more than 0.1 percent of AGU's total global membership every year, AGU Fellowship recognizes AGU members who have made exceptional contributions to Earth and space sciences as valued by their peers and vetted by a committee of fellows.Speci...Read More

Trade dispute may never end

August 15, 2019 / www.mining-journal.com

Terramin leads gold-copper revival in South AustraliaSPONSOREDterramin australiaNew mineral sands miner polishes its ImageSPONSOREDimage resourcesAustralian Vanadium targets growing energy-storage and steel marketsSPONSOREDaustralian vanadiumThickened tailings deposition for closureSPONSOREDsrk consultingThe so-called trade dispute goes well beyond the size of the trade balance between the two cou...Read More

??"?Economic Disaster for U.S. will be Political Disaster for Trump

August 15, 2019 / www.youtube.com

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August 15, 2019 / www.youtube.com

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