Starting in 2021, Americans will require permission to visit Europe... technically the 26 borderless countries within Europe's Schengen area. The process will start out simple Continue...Read More
"From next Saturday, we will ban 'yellow vest' protests in neighbourhoods that have been the worst hit as soon as we see sign of the presence of radical groups and their Continue...Read More
After this latest round of a deflationary recession/depression consummates, global central banks and governments will engage in an epic battle to re-inflate asset prices Continue...Read More
Of all of man's addictions, debt is perhaps the most harmful and destructive. Time and again, profligate debt and spending has brought down civilizations. And it's happening now. The Trump Admin has proposed holding colleges and universities liable for their defaulting students. A great first step that will probably never happen, due to the powerful educational-industrial lobby. But why stop there...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices edged up further on Tuesday March 19 on steady end-user demand amid favorable weather. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,870-3,900 yuan ($576-581) per tonne, narrowed upward by 20 yuan per tonne Northern China (Beijing): 3,850-3,890 yuan per tonne, narrowed upward by 10 yuan per tonneWarmer weather in both Shanghai and Beijing led contractors to raise their procure...Read More
"You should come to Korea. Korea is going to be an extremely exciting country for the next 10, 20 years." "Donald Trump should take the American troops home tomorrow and say guys, [North and South Korea] this is your problem. You sort it out. President Moon should go up to the border and open the border just like in Germany." "North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and President Moon should meet at the b...Read More
It always strikes me as odd that the happiest countries tend to be in cold-as-hell places like Scandinavia and Canada. It's kind of similar stateside, too.Continue...Read More
"We've showed you the evidence that Monsanto refuses to analyze...Do not ignore the data that Monsanto is asking you to ignore."Continue...Read More
Last week Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered the last of the US diplomats out of Venezuela, saying their presence was a "constraint" on US policy toward the country. The wording seemed intended Continue...Read More
Fred Imbert is a CNBC Reporter covering markets.Prior to CNBC, Imbert worked as a business consultant in San Juan, Puerto Rico and held an internship at the Central New York Business Journal where he covered small and local businesses.Continue...Read More
Equinox Gold has boosted resources at its Aurizona gold mine in northeastern California and reserves and resources at its Mesquite gold mine in California. Since the end of 2017 the company has increased its reserves 470% to 5.5 million oz. gold.The company updated Aurizona's resource with 13,635 metres of infill and step out drilling on the western end of the Piaba deposit completed since July 20...Read More
Wolfden Resources' (CVE: WLF) stock was up nearly 6% on Tuesday, after Kinross Gold (TSE: K) acquired 12.5 million shares at $0.20 a share -a $2.5 million investment - for a 9.7% stake in the junior exploration company.The two companies will form of a committee to explore Wolfden's 100%-owned Pickett Mountain volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit in northeastern Maine.Wolfden describes Picke...Read More
Montreal-based Beauce Gold Fields (CVE: BGF) has told investors that it is presently conducting a high resolution mobile electromagnetic (TDEM) survey using a new Russian technology. The survey is examining the Rang St-Gustave Road in St-Simon-les-Mines, located in the Beauce region of southern Quebec.The new technology measures electrical chargeability (induced polarization) and electrical conduc...Read More
Endeavour Mining Corp. of London has poured its first dor?(C) bar from its Ity carbon-in-leach project four months earlier than planned and well under its $412 million budget. The bar contains about 1,800 oz. of gold.The CIL plant is already running at its 4 million t/y capacity following the quick ramp up. Commercial production will probably be declared early in Q2 2019.Endeavour has launched an...Read More
High-grade manganese ore producers returned to the market with higher offer prices in the week ended Friday March 15, while low grade prices held steady; In Europe, alloy prices rose on the news of load shedding in South Africa and the resultant pressure on production. 44% manganese ore price rose after producers raise offers.37% prices stable in balanced market.Indian silico-manganese prices ris...Read More
Wednesday's Federal Reserve Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting is expected to confirm market expectations that the Federal Reserve will remain on hold for the rest of the year. This decision could have significant implications on the gold market, according to analysts at the World Gold Council (WGC).Monetary policy dictates gold priceHistorically, monetary policy has been a key catalyst for cha...Read More
Some important pieces of the US economic reports, including the latest nonfarm payrolls, have disappointed recently. May indicators (including the leading ones) have hit a soft patch it seems. Will that push the Fed to downgrade its dot-plot or fine-tune the monetary policy mix anyhow? Can gold jump in reaction to the Wednesday's FOMC policy meeting?February payrolls disappointU.S. nonfarm payroll...Read More
The expectation for higher tender prices for ferro-chrome in April supported the prices for ore in China and for alloy in Japan and South Korea, Fastmarkets heard on Monday March 18. UG2 and Turkish lumpy ore prices riseDomestic alloy price climbs in ChinaAlloy prices in Europe, Japan, South Korea increaseImported alloy prices stable in US, China. Prices for chrome ore imported into China and in C...Read More
The company continues to optimize the chemical and leaching conditions for its recovery process. EnviroLeach Technologies Inc.'s (ETI:CSE; EVLLF:OTCQB) proprietary formula can extract palladium out of a multi-metal source and reduce it to an aqueous solution, it announced in a March 18, 2019 news release.Specifically, on initial testing, the company's product recovered 90% of contained palladium...Read More
One of last year's best-performing hedge funds says the "trade of the century" is to buy gold and sell stocks as risk assets are due for another meltdown.It's only a matter of time until the bearish bet pays off big, according to Crescat Capital LLC. While the Denver-based firm has only about $50 million under management, it has a history of outperforming the S&P 500 Index - with its Global Macro...Read More