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ALROSA Reports Worldwide Jewelry Sales Up 4% Overall In Q3

December 18, 2018 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Russian diamond miner ALROSA reported that global jewelry sales rose 4% overall in the third quarter of 2018.   North America, the largest diamond jewelry market, showed a 4% sales increase in Q3 compared to the same period last year. "According to key retailers, stable growth was driven by increased demand from the local population," the firm said.   "In the Asia Pacific...Read More

De Beers' Rough Sales Rise As Indian Firms Return To Work After Diwali

December 18, 2018 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - De Beers sold rough diamonds with a provisional value of $540 million in the 10th sales cycle (Global Sightholder Sales and Auction Sales) of 2018.   The miner's two previous sales had both been below $500 million.   The miner reported confirmed sales of $442 million in the ninth cycle, compared with an initial provisional figure of $440 million.   Bruce Cleaver...Read More

U.S. Jewelry And Watch Sales Up 5.7% in October

December 18, 2018 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Sales of fine jewelry and fine watches rose by 5.7 percent in the U.S. market in October, when compared to the same month a year ago, as the graph below illustrates.   The rise is the second-lowest seen so far this year, but is nonetheless a solid increase.   Overall sales in October, the last month for which figures are available, were an estimated $5.8 billion, accordi...Read More

Newcrest reaffirms its position as SolGold's largest shareholder by topping up its stake

December 18, 2018 / www.mining-journal.com

PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedThe miner picked up another 28.87 million SolGold shares from third parties at a price of 40p, a premium to SolGold's London closing price overnight of 35.45p.The total investment equat...Read More

Market Summary: Adrift into the year-end

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

Adrift...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as soon as it’s published.Sub...Read More

Aluminium: At risk of testing fresh lows

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

Bearish European outlook compounds weak price...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest i...Read More

Technical analysis: Range-bound

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

Aluminium The three-month LME aluminium price is...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the...Read More

Copper: Focus on TC/RCs

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

TC/RCs usually bottom out in Q1,...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as soon...Read More

Lead: Optimistic for 2019

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

Weak demand signals from Chinese...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as soon...Read More

Nickel: Higher NPI supply shrinks 2019 deficit

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

Latest INSG data paints a surprisingly tight picture...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the l...Read More

Tin: Set to deliver for tin bulls in 2019

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

Tighter fundamental backdrop in 2018 The...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue...Read More

Zinc: Supply ramp-up the key theme for 2019

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

As this week’s report is the...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as soon...Read More

Base metals investment analysis: Funds still lack any bullish conviction

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

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Demand Indicators: December 18 2018

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

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Metals prices holding up despite weakness in broader markets

December 18, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

The three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part little changed this morning, Tuesday December 18. The exceptions were copper and tin that were both down by 0.4%, with copper at $6,104.50 per tonne.The rest were either unchanged or up between 0.1% and 0.2%. Considering the weakness in US equity markets on Monday, it is surprising that the metals have not...Read More

Tech Talk for Tuesday December 18th 2018

December 18, 2018 / www.timingthemarket.ca

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 16 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures advances on favourable news released by several major U.S. companies after the close yesterday. 'Tis the season for share buyback announcements!Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of November New Home Starts. Consensus was an increase to 1.234 million u...Read More

Who's in Charge of Wall Street?

December 18, 2018 / dailyreckoning.com

Anarchy is amok on Wall Street, a scene of riot."Neither the bulls nor the bears are in charge," cries Michael Kramer of Mott Capital Management.Thus we find bull and bear, bovine and ursine, pitted in savage brawling, each battling for control of the nation's capital.One day the bulls wrest command and the Dow Jones leaps 500 points.The next day bears pull off a countercoup... and retake the 500...Read More

The 3 Assets You Already Own

December 18, 2018 / dailyreckoning.com

Kim and I are all about simplifying.We like making finances simple, which is why we’ve written several books and created multiple courses to help people understand the basics of the language of money. And we support others who carry out the same mission. Like a hero of mine, and a financial genius, figured out a way to transform your retirement. (You can find out how if you watch her short v...Read More

U.S. Gold Corp. Announces Completion of Master of Science Thesis for the Keystone Project, Cortez Trend, Nevada

December 18, 2018 / www.usgoldcorp.gold

ELKO, Nevada, December 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --- Master of Science Thesis in Geology done by Gabriel E. Aliaga, University of Nevada, Reno under Dr. Michael W. Ressel, sponsored by U.S. Gold Corp. - Title of Thesis, 'Igneous Geology of the Keystone Window, Simpson Park Mountains, Eureka County, Nevada: Age, Distribution Composition and Relationship to Carlin-style Gold Mineralization' - This...Read More

VIDEO: 2018 Commencement Highlights

December 18, 2018 / www.minesnewsroom.com

Congratulations to the Colorado School of Mines graduating class of 2018. This video highlights parts of the undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies that took place on Dec. 14 at Lockridge Arena. Read More

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