B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE: BTG) produced a record 242,020 oz. gold in 2018's third quarter, 78% higher than in the same quarter of the previous year. It attributed its success to strong performances from the Kekola mine in Mali, the Masbate mine in the Philippines and the Otjikoto mine in Namibia.The company reported $324 million in gold revenue, 110% higher than in the same quarter of the previous...Read More
Total mortgage application volume fell 4 percent last week from the previous week.Volume was 16 percent lower than a year ago.Rising interest rates are now weakening affordability further.Diana Olick| @DianaOlickPublished 13 Hours AgoUpdated10 Hours AgoCNBC.com Scott Mlyn | CNBC A man enters a Bank of America branch in New York.Rising interest rates are now clearly taking their toll on potentia...Read More
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
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
Mr. Greg Smith reportsCALIBRE MINING STRENGTHENS MANAGEMENT AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS Calibre Mining Corp. has appointed two seasoned mining professionals to its board of directors. Effectively immediately, Russell Ball has been appointed as executive chair and Raymond Threlkeld joins the board as a director.Concurrent with these appointments, John Reynolds has stepped down from the Calibre board an...Read More
Mr. Greg Smith reportsCALIBRE MINING STRENGTHENS MANAGEMENT AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS Calibre Mining Corp. has appointed two seasoned mining professionals to its board of directors. Effectively immediately, Russell Ball has been appointed as executive chair and Raymond Threlkeld joins the board as a director.Concurrent with these appointments, John Reynolds has stepped down from the Calibre board an...Read More
Idaho, Utah, and Nebraska voted to expand Medicaid programsStocks are surging today, as Wall Street reacts positively to the U.S. midterm election results. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is deep into triple-digit territory at last check -- pacing for a third straight win -- as insurance giant UnitedHealth (UNH) pops after Idaho, Utah, and Nebraska voted to expand Medicaid programs for low-...Read More
DVA is on pace for its best day of 2018Yesterday's midterm elections have several sectors moving, and dialysis service provider DaVita Inc (NYSE:DVA) is no exception. The shares are on pace for their best day since an M&A-inspired bull gap in early December, after California's Proposition 8 was defeated. The measure would have capped the rates dialysis providers charge insured patients. As such, a...Read More
SHANGHAI - China's exports of alumina last month were roughly equal to September's bumper volumes, the president of Aluminum Corp of China Ltd, said on Wednesday."I estimate that October was more or less the same as September," Lu Dongliang told Reuters on the sidelines of a signing ceremony at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai. The Chinese company, also known as Chalco, is one of th...Read More
"#Lithium developer Savannah has found three new mineralised zones at its Mina do Barroso project in Portugal, and will work on adding them to the MRE ($) | https://t.co/4hEVB7Gvdn $SAV #AIM"Read full newsRead More
What it means when S&P stocks achieve a selling climaxThe stock market last week attempted to chip away at its steep October losses, with the S&P 500 Index (SPX) enjoying its best week since March. What's more, over 10% of SPX stocks achieved a "selling climax" -- something we haven't seen since January 2016. For the uninitiated, a selling climax occurs when a stock hits a 52-week low in intraweek...Read More
Gold still has support from equity market and political uncertainty.Rising interest rates are keeping a lid on gold prices, however.Latest show of immediate-term weakness in dollar index is constructive.The return of a "risk-on" stance among equity investors and rising Treasury yields continue to weigh against gold in the immediate term. As we'll discuss in today's report, however, not all the new...Read More
JAKARTA - Indonesia's South Sumatra province plans to ban coal transporters from using public roads from Nov. 8, an industry association said, in a move estimated to cut the province's annual coal sales by 23 million tonnes.Indonesia is the world's top thermal coal exporter, and South Sumatra's total output of the fuel this year was expected to be 48.5 million tonnes, the Indonesian Independent Po...Read More
(Kitco News)- A shift in the political landscape following Tuesday’s midtermelections in the U.S. is only having a material impact on gold prices as the U.S.dollar loses some momentum.As many political pundits expected, the Democratic Party regainedcontrol over the House and the Republican Party retained control over theSenate, expanding their majority by five seats. While the U.S. dollar is...Read More
(Kitco News) - A shift in the political landscape following Tuesday’s midterm elections in the U.S. is only having a material impact on gold prices as the U.S. dollar loses some momentum.As many political pundits expected, the Democratic Party regained control over the House and the Republican Party retained control over the Senate, expanding their majority by five seats. While the U.S. doll...Read More
(Kitco News) - Kitco aficionados, it is now time to have your say in where you think gold prices are heading in the short-term. Create your own user feedback survey Will gold prices go higher, lower or remain unchanged next week? Kitco readers will have until 9 a.m. EDT, Friday to cast their vote. The results will be tabulated and released after noon (12 PM EDT) along with the results from our m...Read More
(Kitco News) - Kitco aficionados, it is now time to have your say in where you think gold prices are heading in the short-term. Create your own user feedback survey Will gold prices go higher, lower or remain unchanged next week? Kitco readers will have until 9 a.m. EDT, Friday to cast their vote. The results will be tabulated and released after noon (12 PM EDT) along with the results from our m...Read More
BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - Stymied at home by Democrats determined to subvert his domestic agenda, President Donald Trump could double down on his disruptive foreign policy in the years ahead, with conflicts over trade a particular concern, politicians, diplomats and analysts in Europe said.Democrats wrested control of the U.S. House of Representatives from Trump’s Republicans in midterm elec...Read More
BERLIN (Reuters) - Pitching to succeed Angela Merkel as Christian Democrat (CDU) leader, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer promised on Wednesday a new chapter for Germany in which “people feel at home here” after a period of political turmoil marked by the rise of the far-right.Should she secure the CDU leadership, Kramp-Karrenbauer, 56, would be in pole position to succeed Merkel as chancell...Read More
After a surge in prices last year, enthusiasm for cobalt has been fading, partly because of a surge in new supply. But sentiment could be changing after Glencore's unit in the Democratic Republic of Congo suspended cobalt sales after detecting low levels of radioactivity.Glencore Plc's sudden discovery that some of its cobalt is radioactive could not have come at a better time."It's nice to finall...Read More