India's Jindal Steel and Power Ltd on Tuesday reported a profit of 3.44 billion rupees ($47.36 million) for the second quarter, helped by a one-time gain.For the year-ago period, the New Delhi-based company had reported a loss of 4.48 billion rupees.Eight analysts on average had expected a loss of 536 million rupees, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.The company had a one-time gain of 2.55 bil...Read More
The diamond industry must deliver on its promise that consumers can trust the diamonds they purchase are sourced, traded, and processed responsibly, said a coalition of concerned civil society organizations today."Time is up for the diamond industry. Image is everything to the value of diamonds, yet the industry continues to be tainted by association with human rights abuses like child labour and...Read More
"Abandon ship!" That's the advice that ABN Amro Group NV is giving any remaining Nyrstar NV investors.The central problem for Nyrstar is that it's increasingly looking like the company will struggle to refinance bonds due next year.Nyrstar, Europe's biggest zinc smelting company, is on an inevitable path toward a debt restructuring, said ABN's Philip Ngotho, whose bearish calls have proven profita...Read More
"Nyrstar was a 1.2b euro zinc giant. Now it's worth just 56m euros https://t.co/wzwKTlJ9V4@mburtonmetals"Read full newsRead More
Two key Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leaders withdrew their support for a joint candidate in next month's election, increasing the likelihood that President Joseph Kabila's protege will win.The next government will be less likely to modify new mining legislation that's deeply unpopular with Glencore Plc and Randgold Resources Ltd for boosting taxes and removing investor protections.Tha...Read More
For those investors who look to gold for inflation protection, it seems they are prone to selling gold when they believe the Fed is going to at some point start raising interest rates. On the other hand, they tend to buy gold when the Fed is expected to get looser. That is what INK has found in this month's Gold Top 20 Stock Report in looking at the relationship between forward gold prices and ou...Read More
In just a few weeks, humanity may take its first paid ride into the age of driverless cars.Waymo, the secretive subsidiary of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., is planning to launch the world's first commercial driverless car service in early December, according to a person familiar with the plans. It will operate under a new brand and compete directly with Uber and Lyft. The early start ma...Read More
LONDON - Sid Tipples, joint head of JPMorgan's metals business, will leave the bank around the end of the year, four sources familiar with the matter said.JPMorgan's metals operation is one of the world's largest with global activity in both industrial and precious metals. Tipples is based in London and runs it together with Mike Nowak, who works in New York.Tipples joined the bank in 2010 from RB...Read More
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO; US-OTC: TLOFF) has announced a preliminary economic assessment for the Tamarack zone at its Tamarack North nickel-copper-cobalt project in Minnesota.The study assigns the project a $210 million after tax net present value at a 7% discount rate and a 38.8% after-tax internal rate of return with payback in 2.1 years.The project would require $174.31 million in initial capital...Read More
Mr. Eric Fier reportsSILVERCREST APPOINTS PIERRE BEAUDOIN AS COOSilvercrest Metals Inc. has appointedPierre Beaudoin as chief operating officer for the company. Mr. Beaudoinwill dedicate his full attention to the development of the Las Chispas property, and, as such, he will be stepping down from the Silvercrest board in December.Mr. Beaudoin is a precious metal mining executive with more than 30...Read More
Mr. Brett Heath reportsMETALLA PROVIDES UPDATE OF NEW DISCOVERY ON THE SANTA GERTRUDIS GOLD PROPERTYMetalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. has provided an update on its recently acquired 2-per-cent net smelter return (NSR) royalty covering the Santa Gertrudis gold property owned by Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd., as disclosed by Agnico by way of a news release on Oct. 24, 2018. Brett Heath, president and c...Read More
British Columbia-based AJN Resources (CSE: AJN) announced today that the company has acquired additional claims at the Salt Wells lithium project, located in western Nevada, 25 kilometres southeast of Fallon.With this acquisition, the company's claims grew from 78 to 105, and now total 850 hectares. These claims cover several major northwest trending faults that were detected by a magnetotellurics...Read More
Fremont Gold (TSX.V: FRE) is in need of funds to undertake further drilling at its Gold Bar and Gold Canyon projects in Eureka County, Nevada. The Vancouver-based company intends to complete a non-brokered private placement of up to 7,200,000 units at a price of $0.14 per unit for gross proceeds of up to $1 million.In a media statement, the miner said each unit will be comprised of a common share...Read More
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South Africa's Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (AMCU) has asked the country's Competition Tribunal to veto the merger between precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) and struggling platinum miner Lonmin (LON:LMI) to avoid around 10,000 job losses.The union, Lonmin's biggest, said the number of Lonmin's planned job cuts at mines that will run out of comme...Read More
Vancouver, BC - Peekaboo Beans Inc (CSE:BEAN | OTCQB:PBBSF) (the "Company" or "Peekaboo Beans"), will be hosting a pop-up retail location at Tsawwassen Mills, a shopping mall in Delta, BC that specializes in a mix of premium fashion brands and factory outlets.The launch of the pop-up shop is the latest addition to the Company's updated distribution model that focuses on the Company's transiti...Read More
Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF) (the "Company" or "Siyata"), is pleased to announce the commercial launch of the UV350 in Israel. The 4G LTE all-in-one fleet communications device will offer customers in Israel an integrated Push-to-Talk solution by Motorola Solutions.The UV350 device offers clear cellular voice calls, Push-to-Talk over Cellular ("PoC") conn...Read More
Phil Rothenberg, VP of Legal at Tesla, is leaving the company. He's been at Tesla for nearly 8 years; previously worked at the SEC. I assume Phil has a lot of stock and a lot of stock options, having been at the Company for eight years, including a nice chunk of options he's leaving on the table because they will never vest. If everything at the Company was as amazing as presented by Musk an...Read More
Canadian investors are using the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) to set aside funds as part of their retirement planning program.The TFSA is useful for younger investors who might prefer to sandbag their RRSP contribution room for future years when they will be in a higher tax bracket. The TFSA is also more flexible in that you can access the funds at any time without the concern of taxes being he...Read More
Aerial view of the deposit area of the Kwanika Project. Source: Serengeti Resources Inc.Serengeti Resources Inc. [SIR-TSXV; 34S-FSE] was an active trader Tuesday November 13 after the company released drilling results from the Kwanika Project in north-central British Columbia.The company said the assay results are from a 2018 drilling campaign that is part of an ongoing pre-feasibility study that...Read More