The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday that the Excessive Fines Clause in the 8th Amendment applies to state and local governments. Continue...Read More

Blockchain is a notable buzzword, and while the technology is being rapidly adopted by many industries, the mining sector has been criticized for staying stuck on old models."The world has been transformed by new technologies such as the internet and the blockchain, mining has continued to do business slower and more expensively than is necessary," said Grant Lenaarts, CEO of Mineral Assurance - a...Read More

Dr. Ron Paul is a physician and former twelve-term congressman from Texas who ran for president in 2008. He is the author of eight books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Revolution: A Manifesto and End The Fed. An unwavering defender of the US Constitution, Paul has been an advocate of sound money, personal liberty, free markets, and international peace throughout his political career...Read More

Please consider a couple of examples of government-sponsored green deal projects that blew sky high at taxpayer expense.Continue...Read More

On today's episode of Double Down, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert talk to Egon von Greyerz of Continue...Read More

Peru moved to shut down a major illegal gold mine hub deep in the Amazon after years of expansion destroyed pristine rain forest and polluted rivers with mercury.The government deployed 1,500 agents from the police and armed forces to La Pampa in the Madre de Dios region of southeast Peru on Tuesday to begin closing down mine operations. The crackdown will last two weeks and aims to eradicate mini...Read More

Resarches at Metals Focus said they're seeing evidence of strong gold-jewelry demand in China Continue...Read More

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining, (ASX: NCM), is expanding its footprint in Ecuador by signing an agreement with Cornerstone Capital Resources (TSX-V:CGP), a Canadian junior with several assets in the country, including a 15% stake in SolGold's Cascabel copper-gold project.Under the deal, a subsidiary of Newcrest will have the option to earn up to a 75% interest in two early-st...Read More

A report published by Fitch Solutions states that due to the prevalence of off-grid remote mineral deposits in Sub-Saharan Africa and the fact that traditional grid-power tends to be unreliable in those mines, mining companies operating in the region should invest in renewable energy.According to the market research firm, off-grid mines could benefit from reducing their dependency on diesel while...Read More

Canadian bullion producer IAMGOLD Corp. (TSX: IMG) (NYSE: IAG) reported a 23% increase in its proven and probable gold Reserves, which reached 17.9 million ounces at the end of 2018 due to the conversion of resources to reserves at the Saramacca deposit in Suriname, the C??t?(C) gold project in Ontario, and the Boto gold project in eastern Senegal.At the end of 2017, the miner's reserves were 4.5...Read More

Canada's Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) (NYSE:GOLD) and Tanzania have arrived at a plan to settle disputes between the miner's 63.9%-owned Acacia Mining (LON:ACA) and the country's government, which includes a $300 million payment to resolve tax claims in the East African nation.Among the proposals put forward, Barrick offered to create a local operating company in Tanzania and share economic benefits fro...Read More

The latest ferro-vanadium and vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) transactions, bids, offers and assessments in Europe and China. To view the latest price assessments, follow the links below: Europe - Ferro-vanadium, delivered duty-paid in Europe, $ per kg V - Vanadium pentoxide, in-warehouse Rotterdam, $ per lb V2O5 China - Ferro-vanadium, 78% min, fob China, $ per kg V - Vanadium pentoxide, 98% min, fob C...Read More

Slight price increases have begun to emerge for domestic hollow steel sections in Europe as a result of increases in the upstream steel coil market. ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, announced on Tuesday February 19 that its prices for hot-rolled coil, cold-rolled coil and hot-dipped galvanized coil would increase by ?,?30 per tonne with immediate effect. The producer's higher HRC off...Read More

A few simple tools can help anyone make smarter trades.It used to take years of practice and hours of research to consistently make winning trades in the stock market, but nowadaysfinding profitable trades shouldn't have to be a full-time job. In fact, trading like a pro can really be as easy as 1-2-3, with the right tools and technology!According to one company, there's a simple recipe that can...Read More

CAT stock helped the Dow outperform its index peersStocks spent most of the day cautiously higher ahead of the release of the Fed's meeting minutes. When the details of the January meeting finally hit at 2 p.m. ET, the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all dipped into negative territory, after the central bank's somewhat downbeat commentary about economic conditions, adding that it will stay patient in rai...Read More

Stifel cut its rating to "hold" from "buy"The shares of Trade Desk Inc (NASDAQ:TTD) are sinking today, after Stifel cut its rating on the tech concern to "hold" from "buy." The downgrade comes just before the company's fourth-quarter earnings report, which is slated for release after the market closes this Thursday, Feb. 21. The analyst said that while he expects strong earnings and revenue from T...Read More

Meanwhile, SCHW is in the red after a downgradeStocks spent most of the day just above breakeven, while traders now digest the latest Fed minutes. Three names to watch today are Tesla rival Kandi Technologies Group Inc (NASDAQ:KNDI), charging station operator Blink Charging Co (NASDAQ:BLNK), and financial firm Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCHW). Let's take a closer look what's happening with s...Read More

The stock has nearly doubled over the past 12 months Advanced Micro Devices (NASDSAQ:AMD) rose nearly 3% last week after the Wall Street Journal reported China could boost its U.S. semiconductor purchases over the next six years as part of broader trade negotiations between the two countries. This positive price action is just more of the same for AMD, though, with the stock up 28% year-to-date an...Read More

* FTSE 100, FTSE 250 up 0.7 pct * Sainsbury's tanks as CMA objects to Asda deal * Lloyds, Glencore shine after results * Financials, miners lead main index higher * Intu Properties slips among mid-caps * Flybe soars on alternate financing proposal (Adds company news items, updates to closing prices)By Shashwat Awasthi and Muvija MFeb 20 (Reuters) - London's main bourse rose as Lloydsgained after p...Read More

By: RambusBelow is the combo chart which has the HUI on top, the UUP in the middle and GLD on the bottom. Everything looks fine.The GDX daily chart shows a nice breakout and backtest to the top rail of the bullish rising wedge and now the door is open for a move higher.Below is the weekly chart for the GDX which shows the breakout starting to gaining some momentum.Below is the weekly chart for...Read More