BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union will respond with countermeasures if the United States imposes tariffs on its cars, the bloc’s trade commissioner told Germany’s Die Zeit weekly on Wednesday.“Then we will hit back, we can very quickly put together a long list of countermeasures that conform to World Trade Organisation rules,” Cecilia Malmstrom told the paper, adding th...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil rose on Wednesday, recouping some of the previous session’s slide, on the growing prospect of OPEC and allied producers cutting output at a meeting next month to prop up the market.Prices rallied toward $67 earlier in the session after Reuters reported OPEC and its partners are discussing a proposal to cut output by up to 1.4 million barrels per day (bpd), a larger fig...Read More
DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC and its partners are discussing a proposal to cut oil output by up to 1.4 million barrels per day (bpd) for 2019, three sources familiar with the issue said, a larger reduction than previously thought to avert a price-sapping oversupply.Worried by a drop in oil prices due to record supply from Saudi Arabia, Russia and the United States, the Organization of the Petrole...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold pricesare near unchanged and hovering just above $1,200.00 in early U.S. trading Wednesday.The silver market is slightly down and dipped to a nearly three-year lowovernight. Both metals showed minimal price reactions to just-released U.S.inflation data. December gold futures were last up $0.70 an ounce at $1,202.10.December Comex silver was last down $0.017 at $13.96 an ounce....Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer lost the final round in a long-running patent battle in Britain on Wednesday after the country’s highest court ruled against it in a case involving its $5 billion-a-year pain drug Lyrica.The Supreme Court decision is a blow for the U.S. drugmaker - which had sought to affirm a secondary medical use patent for the product - and a win for generic drug companies Actavi...Read More
* Italian bond yields at three-week highs* Italy sticks to growth, deficit plans in revamped budget* Sets stage for EU showdown* Core euro zone bond yields down (Adds Italian CDS, updates prices)By Dhara RanasingheLONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Italian bond yields hit three-week highs on Wednesday, widening the gap over top-rated German peers, after Italy re-submitted its 2019 budget to the European C...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May will try to convince senior ministers on Wednesday to accept a draft European Union divorce deal that opponents say threatens both her government and the unity of the United Kingdom.The weakest British leader in a generation, she has to try to get the deal approved by parliament before exiting the bloc on March 29, 2019.Brexit campaigners in May’...Read More
(Kitco News) -Pan American SilverCorp. (Nasdaq, TSX: PAAS), the world’s second-largest primary silver producer,will acquire Tahoe Resources Inc. (NYSE: TAHO;TSX: THO) in a $1.07 billionstock-cash deal announced by the two companies Wednesday.Officials said themerger will create the world’s largest publicly traded silver-mining companyand will have the world’s largest silver reser...Read More
The head of the International Monetary Fund believes it's time for global central banks to explore the idea of a state-backed digital currency. "I believe we should consider the possibility to issue digital currency. There may be a role for the state to supply money to the digital economy," said Christine Lagarde in prepared remarks for delivery Wednesday local time at the Singapore Fintech Festi...Read More
Vancouver-based Xiana Mining (TSXV: XIA), formerly Dorato Resources, paid $25 million and a 1.5% net smelter royalty to acquire Glencore's (LON:GLEN) Minera Altos De Punitaqui in Chile.Minera Altos De Punitaqui (MAP) is a copper-gold producing company that currently holds three operating mines, additional exploration licenses, a concentrator, and associated infrastructure. All these elements are c...Read More
* Euro stuck below $1.13 on Italian jitters, growth worries * Dollar pulls back from 16-month high on profit taking * Sterling traders brace for Brexit cabinet meeting* Swedish crown knocked lower by inflation data * Graphic: World FX rates in 2018 (Adds details, updates prices)By Tommy WilkesLONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The euro struggled below $1.13 onWednesday as Italy stuck to its deficit target...Read More
HISTORICAL DRILLING INCLUDES INTERCEPTS OF UP TO 20 G/T GOLD NEAR SURFACE FROST PROJECT 12 MILES FROM GRASSY MOUNTAIN, HAS SIMILAR GEOLOGICAL SIGNATURESWINNEMUCCA, Nev., Nov.14, 2018(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paramount Gold Nevada Corp. (NYSE American: PZG) ("Paramount") today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Nevada Select Royalty ("Nevada Select"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ely G...Read More
* China retail sales growth slows, industrial output rises * Nickel touches fresh 11-month low * GRAPHIC-2018 asset returns: (Updates with closing prices, Lead and zinc balance)By Zandi ShabalalaLONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Base metals held steady onWednesday as weak retail sales data from top consumer China tookthe shine off upbeat industrial output and investment figures inthe country.Benchmark co...Read More
* Silver matches its lowest since Jan. 21, 2016 * GRAPHIC-Gold/silver ratio:* SPDR Gold Trust holdings fell on Tuesday (Updates prices)By Sumita LayekNov 14 (Reuters) - Gold prices fell on Wednesday as thedollar held near a multi-month high buoyed by interest frominvestors seeking cover from sliding stocks and by prospects forhigher U.S. interest rates.Spot gold was down 0.1 percent at $1,201.08 p...Read More
SHANGHAI, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The outlook for copper demandin the mid to long term remains healthy despite current tradefriction between China and the United States as a renewableenergy revolution will require vast amounts of the metal,industry executives said on Wednesday.Delegates at the Asia Copper Conference in Shanghai notedrecent Chinese indicators showed the real impact on demand forcopper-i...Read More
Canada's IAMGOLD (TSX: IMG) has triggered force majeure to suspend operations at its Rosebel Gold Mine in Suriname because some unionized employees have started a work stoppage.In a press release, the miner said the strike is a breach of the Collective Labour Agreement that prescribes a number of procedures in the event of a dispute between Rosebel and Rosebell Werknemers Organisatie. The company...Read More
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Canada's Pan American Silver (TSX:PAA) (NASDAQ:PAAS) is buying precious metal miner Tahoe Resources (TSX:THO) (NYSE:TAHO) for $1.07 billion in cash and stock, creating one of the world's largest silver producers.Pan American, already the world's second-largest primary silver miner, will effectively double its silver reserves with the acquisition, as Reno, Nevada-based Tahoe Resources owns a maj...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended modestly lower on Tuesday, a session after the blue-chip index fell 600 points on a selloff in tech shares.Home Depot Inc. (HD) fell slightly after the home-improvement retailer posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings and raised its full-year profit guidance.Ap...Read More
Jack ChanPosted Nov 13, 2018GLD – on sell signal.***SLV – on sell signal.***GDX – on sell signal.***XGD.TO – on sell signal.***CEF – on sell signal.***GDXJ – on sell signal.***Speculation remains at multi decade low, but short covering has begun with specs back to net long.Speculation remains at multi decade low, but short covering has begun.Two observations:#1...Read More