(Kitco News) - Gold prices are moderately lower in early-afternoon U.S. trading Monday, pressured by a return of trader and investor risk appetite to the world marketplace to start the trading week—despite some potentially disruptive elements that still loom over the stock and financial markets. A stronger U.S. dollar index on this day also worked against the precious metals markets. Decembe...Read More
Centenera Mining Corporation (TSXV:CT; OTC:CTMIF) ("Centenera" or the "Company") - announces that it has entered into a property option agreement (the "Agreement") with Yamana Gold Inc. ("Yamana"), whereby Yamana, through a subsidiary, has been granted an option (the "Option") to acquire an initial 70% interest in the Company's Organullo Gold Project (the "Project" or "Organullo"). Organullo is...Read More
"Brixton Metals Drills Multi-kilogram Silver and 1.9 Percent Cobalt at its Hudson Bay Project @brixtonmetals https://t.co/OzuCRvOhBv"Read full newsRead More
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Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. agreed to sell its energy, chemicals and resources unit to Australia's WorleyParsons Ltd. for $3.3 billion to focus on its higher growth and margin aerospace and infrastructure businesses.Jacobs will get $2.6 billion in cash and about 58.2 million WorleyParsons shares, worth around $700 million and equal to about 11 percent of its stock, the Dallas-based company said...Read More
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. agreed to sell its energy, chemicals and resources unit to Australia's WorleyParsons Ltd. for $3.3 billion to focus on its higher growth and margin aerospace and infrastructure businesses.Jacobs will get $2.6 billion in cash and about 58.2 million WorleyParsons shares, worth around $700 million and equal to about 11 percent of its stock, the Dallas-based company said...Read More
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LIMA, Oct 22 (Reuters) - A strike at Shougang Group's iron ore mine in Peru by workers demanding higher pay has forced the company to declare force majeure on its shipments but has not reduced output, the mine's manager said on Monday.Some 800 workers, including at the port San Juan de Marcona, have taken part in the indefinite strike after negotiations over a new contract broke down, manager Raul...Read More
The bull market could be nearing its end, and a new panic is approaching.The U.S. Mint just issued a troubling report.It appears that sales of physical gold and silver are in full collapse.At the Mint, U.S. Gold Eagle coins sold through August have dropped 18% compared to last year.And sales of U.S. Silver Eagle coins fell a whopping 32.6% in August 2018 compared to August 2017.What exactly is go...Read More
Image: freemind-production/Shutterstock.com(Kitco News) - Sotheby’s gold auction that featured a gold Ferrari and a gold Kate Moss sculpture among other items collected a total of $3.9 million in sales.The first ever gold auction, titled ‘The Midas Touch,’ was organized due to rising demand for the precious metal, according to Sotheby’s. The exclusive event was held Oct. 17...Read More
Image: freemind-production/Shutterstock.com (Kitco News) - Sotheby’s gold auction that featured a gold Ferrari and a gold Kate Moss sculpture among other items collected a total of $3.9 million in sales.The first ever gold auction, titled ‘The Midas Touch,’ was organized due to rising demand for the precious metal, according to Sotheby’s. The exclusive event was held O...Read More
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The burgeoning interest in gold has reached Wall Street, with Bank of America Merrill Lynch strategists backing bullish options linked to the precious metal.A negative view on the dollar, large short positions in gold futures and investor demand for portfolio protection are some of the reasons behind the call, investment strategists including James Barty wrote in a note on Friday."The current envi...Read More
The Dow has traded in a 280-point range todayThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is down at midday, pivoting lower to surrender modest early gains. Despite optimism stemming from a rally in Chinese markets, the volatility that has come to define this month has flared up once again, with the blue-chip index exploring a280-point trading range on both sides of breakeven today. The S&P 500 Index (...Read More
BIIB is currently trading near its year-to-date breakeven levelShares of Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) are hovering around breakeven today at $318.97, as traders gear up for the company's third-quarter earnings report. The pharma name is scheduled to report before the market opens this Tuesday, Oct. 23, and speculative traders are banking on a much bigger-than-usual post-event price swing for BIIB sto...Read More
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 22 - Brazilian pension fund Previ, one of iron ore miner Vale SA's largest shareholders, will not sell part of its stake before the year ends, its chief executive officer said on Monday.Speaking on the sidelines of a conference in Rio de Janeiro, CEO Jose Mauricio Coelho said the fund intended to reduce its stake in the miner over the medium term. Previ had previously announced...Read More
(Kitco News)- Gold prices are holding moderate losses and have slightlyextended overnight declines, as midday approaches. The U.S. dollar index hasmoved to its daily high, which has added some downside pressure on the gold andsilver markets.However, losses in gold are being somewhat limited byongoing concerns about the health of the U.S. stock market following recentselling pressure that did produ...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices are holding moderate losses and have slightly extended overnight declines, as midday approaches. The U.S. dollar index has moved to its daily high, which has added some downside pressure on the gold and silver markets.However, losses in gold are being somewhat limited by ongoing concerns about the health of the U.S. stock market following recent selling pressure that did...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil slipped below $80 a barrel on Monday as Saudi Arabia pledged to raise its crude production to a record, two weeks before U.S. sanctions potentially choke off Iranian crude supplies.Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih told Russia's TASS news agency that his country had no intention of unleashing a 1973-style oil embargo on Western consumers, but rather was focused on raisin...Read More