News: Market sentiment mixed as summer wedding season begins. US 8.3% April inflation fuels caution but positive retail momentum continues with jewelry sales +33%, Mastercard reports. Alrosa cancels rough sales, continues supplying Russia's Gokhran. Shortages anticipated. De Beers scales up Tracr blockchain as crisis accelerates traceability efforts. Savvy dealers seeking ethically sourced goods....Read More
RAPAPORT... US e-commerce spending fell in April to its lowest this year amid rising interest rates and continued inflation, according to Adobe Analytics."As the cost of borrowing and economic uncertainty rises for consumers, we are beginning to see the early impact on both online inflation and spend," said Patrick Brown, vice president of growth marketing and insights for Adobe.Shoppers shelled o...Read More
RAPAPORT... A 228-carat stone made history as the largest white diamond ever to sell at auction, raking in nearly $22 million at Christie's Magnificent Jewels in Geneva.The pear-shaped, 228.31-carat, G-color, VS1-clarity diamond, called The Rock, fetched $21.9 million at the May 11 auction, within its presale estimate of $20 million to $30 million, Christie's said Wednesday. It beat the previous r...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The largest white diamond ever auctioned sold yesterday for $21.9m at Christie's Magnificent Jewels sale in Geneva.The 228.31-ct G/VS1 pear-shaped gem, called The Rock, beat its low estimate of $20m, but fell short of the $30m high estimate.The record auction price for a white diamond remains with a 163.41-ct D/IF Type IIa rectangular cut-cornered diamond, which sold at Christ...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Pandora today announced plans to build a $100m factory in Vietnam, as part of a plan to boost its total production capacity by 60 per cent.It will create 6,000 jobs, producing up to 60m jewelry items a year.The Danish jeweler, best known for its charm bracelets, aims to double revenue in the US and treble it in China (both from 2019 levels). The new factory in Vietnam will su...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A pure platinum coin weighing 1kg, and set with 462 fancy vivid pink diamonds (6.5 tcw) from the Argyle mine is to be auctioned.The one-off creation is the highlight of the Royal Canadian Mint's Opulence Collection, featuring gems from the iconic Australian mine that closed in November 2020.There are 436 coins altogether, using a total of 46.7 carats of Argyle pinks.The Ultima...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower at 7:30 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures were down 17 points in pre-opening trade.April Producer Price Index to be released at 8:30 AM EDT is expected to increase 0.5% versus a gain of 1.4% in March. On a year-over-year basis, April Producer Price Index is expected to increase 10.7% versus a gain of 11.2% in March. Excluding food and energy April Producer Price Inde...Read More
Africa is home to bountiful reserves of metals such as gold, copper, and lithium. The continent also offers mineral exploration and development companies with large areas of underexplored terrain as well as several mining-friendly jurisdictions looking to harness mining revenues for development purposes. Here are eight miners active within Africa.ASANTE GOLDThe mill at the Bibiani gold mine, in Gh...Read More
Vale, one of the world's biggest producers of iron ore and nickel, has been in the news a lot lately. The Brazilian miner has been making strikes towards "green" credentials on the nickel side - making deals to supply low-carbon nickel to Sweden's Northvolt and to EV market leader Tesla. On the iron ore side, it's building a "green" pig iron plant in Brazil that will be the first to use its Tecno...Read More
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) has inked a joint venture deal with base-metals focused junior Arc Minerals (LSE: ARCMA) to explore for copper and cobalt in Zambia, marking the first new investment the global miner makes in the country in about two decades.Arc Minerals said Anglo American will take 70% of the JV for an aggregate investment of up to US$88.5 million, including a cash consideration of up t...Read More
Manganese X Energy (TSXV: MN; OTC: MNXXF) has delivered a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its wholly-owned Battery Hill project located near Woodstock, N.B., demonstrating the potential for a low-capital, long-life manganese mine operation in North America.The study expects the project to produce about 68,000 tonnes of high-purity manganese sulphate over a 47-year mine life. At...Read More
Precious metal producer Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) will invest about $200 million to build the Posse gold mine in Brazil, a project added to its portfolio last year through the acquisition of Amarillo Gold.Speaking at a mining conference in Peru, chief executive officer Ignacio Bustamante said the company expects to start production at the mine, located in Brazil's central state of Go?-as, in...Read More
Russia's war on Ukraine is dividing the global order along fault lines, and Africa risks being caught in the middle, the Investing in Africa Mining Indaba heard this week.Veracity Worldwide CEO Steven Fox told the conference that Russia's invasion of Ukraine had triggered an increased focus on geopolitical factors that had once been the topic of polite conversation among corporate leaders."This is...Read More
The Hartman Media Company, Released on 5/12/22Jason Hartman welcomes a special guest today, the mysterious and brilliant Doomberg, to discuss if the story of 2022 could be a food inflation and food shortage crisis born directly from the energy crisis that we're seeing today. Jason and Doomberg take on this ongoing train wreck energy crisis we're living through and discuss how China's response to t...Read More
Liberty and Finance, Released on 5/12/22"We're at a point now that's pivotal," says momentum analyst Michael Oliver. If the stock market has a spike lower, precious metals could follow it downward. However, such a washout would reverse quickly for gold and silver, he says.0:00 Intro1:18 Pivotal moment11:06 Washout coming?14:57 Critical levels22:57 Fed reversal?26:22 Momentum Structural Analysis26:...Read More
Howe Street, Released on 5/12/22Rick Ackerman is the editor and publisher of Rick's Picks, an online service for traders from novice to expert. He has been trading himself for more than 40 years, a dozen of them as an options market-maker on the floor of Pacific Stock Exchange. CNBC and Bloomberg have featured his work, and he has written on the markets and the economy for numerous publications, i...Read More
Bianco Research, Released on 5/12/22Today Jim will give an update on what the yield curve is telling us.?EUR? The four states of the yield curve?EUR? Which states are we in now and what does it mean??EUR? Inconsistent/mixed messages from the FedJim Bianco is President and Macro Strategist at Bianco Research, L.L.C. Since 1990 Jim's commentaries have offered a unique perspective on the global econo...Read More
Kitco (via Dollar Collapse), Released on 5/12/22After falling 6.5% in the last month, gold is now nearContinue... Gold price on 'cusp' of $2k rally, here's how not to miss it added by Herman James on 05/13/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
By Matthew Cortez, Last month was the 89th anniversary of oneof America’s biggest blunders on her descent from honest, sound money intoweaponized political money: ExecutiveOrder 6102.Signed on April 5, 1933, U.S. PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt required all persons holding more than five ounces ofgold to deliver their “gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates, nowowned by...Read More
The project would yield an after-tax net present value of US$486 million at a 10% discount rate and a 25% internal rate of return with a 2.Read More