Barrick Gold Corp , the world's second largest bullion miner, is preparing its Zambian copper mine Lumwana for sale in the second half of 2019, looking to target Chinese buyers, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.Fresh from two major deals in recent months, Barrick has said it plans to shed $1.5 billion of less productive mines, which have little expansion potential.The sale of Lumwan...Read More
Barrick Gold Corp , the world's second largest bullion miner, is preparing its Zambian copper mine Lumwana for sale in the second half of 2019, looking to target Chinese buyers, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.Fresh from two major deals in recent months, Barrick has said it plans to shed $1.5 billion of less productive mines, which have little expansion potential.The sale of Lumwan...Read More
IMMR is set for its worst week since AugustTech stock Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ:IMMR) was up more than 10% in early trading, after the company settledinfringement litigation with Samsung. The firm also said it inked a deal with Sony to license its advanced haptic patents to be used in VR and gaming controllers. However, despite also raising its full-year revenue guidance and beating analysts'...Read More
It would appear that Italy's interior minister Matteo Salvini has escalated his widely-supported anti-immigrant stance, by forcing George Soros and his NGO pals to put their money where their virtue-signaling mouths are...Read full newsRead More
The Queensland Resources Council has welcomed the State Government's decision to grant Resolute Mining nine new mining leases as part of a $150 million project to extend the life of its Ravenswood gold mine operations in north Queensland.QRC Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane said the announcement by Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Minister Dr Anthony Lynham would secure the 280 existing jobs and...Read More
Both APHA and CRON are heavily shortedTwo weed stocks are making outsized moves higher this morning. First, Aphria Inc (NYSE:APHA) stock is up 1.5% to trade at $6.87, after the company announced its president, Jakob Ripshtein, was resigning. Aphria stock gapped lower in mid-April following a subpar quarterly report. Since then, the shares have carved out a channel of lower lows to the tune of a...Read More
The Queensland Resources Council has welcomed the State Government's decision to grant Resolute Mining nine new mining leases as part of a $150 million project to extend the life of its Ravenswood gold mine operations in north Queensland.QRC Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane said the announcement by Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Minister Dr Anthony Lynham would secure the 280 existing jobs and...Read More
The tractor maker will report earnings ahead of Friday's openJ.P. Morgan Securities downgraded Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) stock to "underweight" from "neutral," and slashed its price target to $132 from $154. The brokerage firm cited "rapidly deteriorating fundamentals" in U.S. agriculture, due to "tariffs and excess global supply," declining Chinese demand for soybeans amid an African swine fever...Read More
Global miner BHP will hold on to the Australian nickel operations it previously put up for sale, while Rio Tinto is working on copper and lithium projects as the mining industry bets on demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries.The biggest mining companies say they are well positioned to provide the metals needed for the shift to EV technology, although they acknowledge the political risks and en...Read More
Global miner BHP will hold on to the Australian nickel operations it previously put up for sale, while Rio Tinto is working on copper and lithium projects as the mining industry bets on demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries.The biggest mining companies say they are well positioned to provide the metals needed for the shift to EV technology, although they acknowledge the political risks and en...Read More
Ralph Lauren stock recently breached its 320-day trendlineShares of retail giant Ralph Lauren Corp (NYSE:RL) are down 5.1% at $112.20 in early trading, despite the company reporting impressive fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and international sales. The pullback is in part due to adecline in North American revenue, on top of general fears around the effects of the U.S.-China tariff battle -- thoug...Read More
South Africa's Kumba Iron Ore Ltd said on Tuesday first-half headline earnings is expected to rise at least 160 percent, boosted by higher iron ore export prices and a weaker rand/U.S. dollar exchange rate.The company, a unit of Anglo American Plc, said headline earnings per share is expected to increase by at least 14.9 rand in the six months ending June 30, from 9.31 rand a year earlier.Headline...Read More
Rising meat prices could benefit Tyson FoodsDespite new competition from Walmart (WMT) and Beyond Meat (BYND), the shares of Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) have still had a huge year, up 49% in 2019 to trade at $79.57. The outperformance has pushed the equity's 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) deep into overbought territory, last seen at 82. However, Credit Suisse weighed in on TSN stock this mo...Read More
U.S. import prices rose less than expected in April Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), S&P 500 Index (SPX), and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) are signaling a rebound this morning, after yesterday's intense, U.S.-China trade sell-off. The major stock market indexes suffered their worst session in months on Monday, after China retaliated with increased tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S...Read More
The United States faces stiff challenges as it moves to create its own electric vehicle supply chain, industry analysts say, with the extent of the country's metal reserves largely unknown and only a few facilities to process minerals and produce batteries.Legislation making its way through the U.S. Congress aims to help offset those gaps, but China remains the global EV sector leader, a dominance...Read More
Position update Yesterday after China raised tariffs to US, the short position of Gold Futures was directly stopped out.Considering the market reaction of September 24, 2018, when US raised tariffs to China, we closed Oil long positions at 62.8 and NZDUSD long position at cost.No new trade idea today. Click on the image to enlarge EURUSD Holding above 1.1215, the trend is still pointing higher...Read More
Commodity prices hurt this mining company's top line, but that alone doesn't suggest the company failed to shine brightly last quarter.Read full newsRead More
Global miner Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO) may be ready to start mining lithium from its project in Jadar, Serbia in four years, but no decision will be made until the end of 2020, when the company expects to have completed a study on the deposit.The asset, near the town of Loznica, in western Serbia, gives Rio Tinto an option to supply the world's electrification needs, chief executive Jean-Sebasti...Read More
Global miner Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO) may be ready to start mining lithium from its project in Jadar, Serbia in four years, but no decision will be made until the end of 2020, when the company expects to have completed a study on the deposit.The asset, near the town of Loznica, in western Serbia, gives Rio Tinto an option to supply the world's electrification needs, chief executive Jean-Sebasti...Read More
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