MOSCOW - Polyus, Russia's largest gold producer, on Wednesday reported third-quarter net profit down 61 percent from a year ago to $144 million due to foreign exchange losses and other non-cash items.The company controlled by Said Kerimov, son of Russian tycoon Suleiman Kerimov, has not been targeted by the U.S. sanctions against Moscow. Washington included Suleiman Kerimov and some other Russian...Read More

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Afghanistan selected preferred bidders for three gold and copper mines in 2012. It took the war-torn nation six years to finally sign the contracts.Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced the deals in the past few weeks. The government took time to finalize the agreements because it wanted to ensure they were transparent and will help eliminate corruption in awarding contracts, Ghani said in an in...Read More

As contentious as the US midterm elections were, there was never a scenario in which they mattered. Any possible configuration of Republicans and Democrats in the HouseContinue...Read More

China's domestic rebar market maintained its downward trend on Wednesday November 7 with sellers stepping up their efforts to destock.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 4,500-4,550 yuan ($650-657) per tonne, down 90 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 4,380-4,420 yuan per tonne, down 40 yuan per tonneSellers were actively destocking during the day on the weak futures market and their bearish o...Read More

Continue...Mohamed El-Erian is the Chief Economic Adviser of Allianz, a multinational financial services company. He is the former CEO and co-Chief Investment Officer of PIMCO, a global investment firm and one of the world's largest bond funds in the world. Dr. El-Erian also served as a member of the faculty of Harvard Business School. Before joining PIMCO, Dr. El-Erian was a managing director at...Read More

Those who focus on the U.S. national debt (and I'm one of them) keep wondering how long this debt levitation act can go on. The U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio is at the highest Continue...Read More

"What's going on is stagnation in the market. There hasn't been any fresh buying, there's been a lot of stale longs that have given up on the silver story." David Morgan is a world-renown precious metals aficionado. He is the creator of the Silver-Investor.com website and The Morgan Report, a monthly report that covers economic news, overall financial health of the global economy, currency problem...Read More

Assays from drill holes come up positive and reveal new zone of mineralization. Liberty Gold's Goldstrike ProjectLiberty Gold Corp. (LGD:TSX) announced drill results from its flagship Goldstrike project in Utah. Drilling in the Southwest Goldstrike Trend tested both inside and outside the gold resources contained in the preliminary economic assessment (PEA), with results for 19 holes received an...Read More

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Key data from the Wednesday November 7 pricing session in Europe. Key drivers Recent downward trend in ferro-titanium has finally dragged down scrap prices. The trend started on September 12, when the market was assessed at $5.80-6.05 per kg.There is readily available alloy supply against moderate spot demand, with some buyers booking alloy through year-end. Some traders want rid of stocks to boo...Read More

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Rising rates are now clearly having an affect on potential homebuyers. Total mortgage application volume fell 4 percent last week from the previous week Continue...Read More

The latest ferro-tungsten and ammonium paratungstate (APT) transactions, bids, offers and assessments in Europe, Vietnam and China, with blue tungsten oxide (BTO) and yellow tungsten oxide (YTO) deals taken into consideration.To view the latest price quotations, follow the links below:China- APT, fob China- Ferro-tungsten, fob China Europe- APT, cif Rotterdam - Ferro-tungsten, in-warehouse Rotterd...Read More

It has been an odd and frustrating year for COMEX Digital Gold and Silver. However, conditions exist that could drive prices back to unchanged or evenContinue...Read More

"For years, John Edmonds engaged in a sophisticated scheme to manipulate the market for precious metals futures contracts for his own gain by placing orders Continue...Read More

Prices for hollow steel sections in Northern Europe widened downward this week due to falling feedstock costs, Fastmarkets heard on Wednesday November 7.Fastmarkets' domestic price assessment for commodity-size, grade-S235 square hollow sections made in Northern Europe fell by ?,?10 per tonne on the low end to ?,?640-660 ($730-753) per tonne delivered on November 7.This compared with ?,?650-660 pe...Read More

This free e-book offers options basics for any trader.It's essential for every trader to occasionally take a step back, and consider their long-term trading goals.Some traders aretrying to fund a child's college education, augment their own retirement, or leave the daily 9-to-5 grind once and for all, while others are seeking a way to smooth out crazy market volatility and whipsaw swings in their...Read More

Stocks reacted as the Democrats took back control of the House of RepresentativesThe Dow ended more than 500 points higher today, as stocks reacted to U.S. midterm elections. Several sectors popped on favorable results, with UnitedHealth (UNH) leading insurers after three states voted to expand Medicaid programs, and many energy stocks gaining ground on a key vote in Colorado, even as oil prices f...Read More

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