• US-China trade optimism dampens the commodity’s safe-haven demand. • The ongoing USD slide/fading Fed rate hike expectations help limit downside. Gold prices edged lower on Thursday but remained well within a narrow trading band, held over the past three sessions. Signs of easing US-China trade tensions continued denting the precious metal'...Read More
Coal railway workers at Australian hauler Aurizon Holdings Ltd are planning strikes after a breakdown in pay negotiations, their trade union said, a move that could delay shipments from the world's largest coking coal export region.Miners including BHP Billiton, Glencore , Anglo American and Peabody Energy use Aurizon's four major railways in the state of Queensland to bring coal to port.Protracte...Read More
Anglo American Platinum on Thursday said it expects a 20 percent increase in full-year earnings, helped by an increase in the rand basket price and improved operational performance.Last year the world's largest platinum producer reported headline earnings of 3.9 billion rand ($277 million), or headline earnings per share of 1,482 cents.($1 = 14.0805 rand)(Reporting by Nqobile Dludla; Editing by Ra...Read More
Workers will return to Gold Fields' sole South African mine on Thursday after a six-week strike was called off by the country's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), with production likely to resume in earnest after Christmas. Workers from the largest union operating at the South Deep mine downed tools in November after the bullion producer announced plans to cut 1,100 jobs at the mine - near a thi...Read More
Workers will return to Gold Fields' sole South African mine on Thursday after a six-week strike was called off by the country's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), with production likely to resume in earnest after Christmas. Workers from the largest union operating at the South Deep mine downed tools in November after the bullion producer announced plans to cut 1,100 jobs at the mine - near a thi...Read More
The latest gold breakout was supported by the data disclosed in the Commitments of Traders report.However, the silver has not broken out yet.One of the most popular gold mining ETFs, GDX, also cannot break above its short-term resistance level.On the other hand, it looks like GDX shareholders are building a base for another leg up in precious metals.As a result, I am cautiously optimistic about th...Read More
Sibanye-Stillwater said on Thursday it had extended a wage agreement to cover all of its South African gold workforce, potentially putting an end to a strike that has seen almost half of its employees down tools since mid-November.The firm's shares rose 6 percent after the diversified miner said the strike, called by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), was no longer legal...Read More
Sibanye-Stillwater said on Thursday it had extended a wage agreement to cover all of its South African gold workforce, potentially putting an end to a strike that has seen almost half of its employees down tools since mid-November.The firm's shares rose 6 percent after the diversified miner said the strike, called by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), was no longer legal...Read More
De Beers and Vast Resources will be allowed to explore for diamonds in Zimbabwe, which would make them the first listed companies to mine there in that sector for two years, Mining Minister Winston Chitando said.A spokesman for De Beers, an Anglo American unit, said in an email it was not mining in Zimbabwe and did not intend to. Vast Resources said it could not comment.Zimbabwe has been working t...Read More
De Beers and Vast Resources will be allowed to explore for diamonds in Zimbabwe, which would make them the first listed companies to mine there in that sector for two years, Mining Minister Winston Chitando said.A spokesman for De Beers, an Anglo American unit, said in an email it was not mining in Zimbabwe and did not intend to. Vast Resources said it could not comment.Zimbabwe has been working t...Read More
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE; KL) has drilled high grade and visible gold mineralization on the down plunge extensions of the Swan zone at its Fosterville gold mine in Victoria, Australia.The company says results from 47 new drill holes totaling more than 17,000 metres of underground drilling outside the current measured and indicated Swan resource are confirming its geological model. It has...Read More
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE; KL) has drilled high grade and visible gold mineralization on the down plunge extensions of the Swan zone at its Fosterville gold mine in Victoria, Australia.The company says results from 47 new drill holes totaling more than 17,000 metres of underground drilling outside the current measured and indicated Swan resource are confirming its geological model. It has...Read More
U.S. import prices fell by the most in three years last monthDow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures are trading above fair value this morning, as markets look to extend this week's modestly bullish momentum. Today, attention shifts from U.S.-China trade relations to economic data ahead of next week's December Fed meeting. While weekly jobless claims closed in on a 49-year low-- falling 27,000...Read More
Gold Daily Gold prices are coiling above October’s high. The trend remains firmly bullish within an ascending channel. A break above 1250.63 confirms a bullish breakout, a counter-trend break of 1241.11 warns of a deeper correction. Silver Daily Silver remains in a sideways range, but a clear break above 14.91- 15.00 confirms a double bottom. Range trading strategies are...Read More
PG has rallied hard of its early May lowsThe shares of Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) are up 0.9% in electronic trading, set to open near a new record high after BofA-Merrill Lynch upgraded the Dow component to "buy" from "neutral." The brokerage firm also lifted its PG price target to $108 from $95 -- a 14% premium to last night's close at $94.03 -- with the analyst in coverage waxing optimistical...Read More
These two retail stocks are set for sharp lossesThe shares of apparel retailers Tailored Brands Inc (NYSE:TLRD) and Oxford Industries Inc (NYSE:OXM) are set for major losses today after the companies' quarterly reports. TLRD stock, for example, is on pace to sink a stunning 25.3% at the open, which would put it at a fresh 52-week low. The price weakness is a result of the Men's Wearhouse parent's...Read More
A debt swap for cash-strapped state power company Eskom would spiral the country into more debt, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday, adding there was need to look at other options to shore up the company's balance sheet.Eskom, which has had to implement power cuts due to coal shortages and poor plant performance, said last week it wants the government to take on 100 billion...Read More
* Traders prepare for ECB president press conference * Sterling up after Brexit drama * Norway's crown rallies on central bank plan for March raterise * Graphic: World FX rates in 2018 (Updates after ECB decision, adds latest prices)By Tommy WilkesLONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The euro struggled to stay inpositive territory on Thursday after the European Central Bankstuck to its monetary policy stanc...Read More
A simple way to stop picking losers, and start cashing in like Wall Street's elite.Most traders would never believe that 9 out of 10 trades could be winners.But while it may sound impossible, thanks to a research breakthrough, it may not be as far-fetched as many think.JPMorgan's trading desk produced a 99.52% win rate from 2013 through 2017. That includes 2 straight years without a losing day....Read More
Exploration and development company Bacanora Lithium (LON:BCN) revealed Thursday it is preparing a 2019 stock exchange listing for the subsidiary that holds its 50%-owned Zinnwald lithium deposit in southern Saxony, Germany.The company, best-known for the Sonora lithium project in Mexico, said it had held discussions with its financial advisers about listing Deutsche Lithium and that it expecte...Read More