Powell spoke yesterday. The gold market considered his remarks as dovish. And the market is always right, isn’t it? Just Below Neutral On Wednesday, Powell delivered a speech “The Federal Reserve’s Framework for Monitoring Financial Stability” at The Economic Club of New York. The majority of analysts judged the speech asdovish. Why? The key reason was Powell’s view t...Read More
DB has shed roughly half its value in 2018The shares of Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB) are down 3.3% to trade at $9.56 this morning after it was reported German authorities raided the company's offices early this morning, in connection to a money laundering investigation. Two staff members were allegedlysetting up offshore firms as part of what's been dubbed the "Panama Papers." On the charts, Deuts...Read More
Mr. Jeff Chisholm reportsPAN ORIENT ENERGY CORP. L53-DD1 OIL DISCOVERY- 779 BOPDPan Orient Energy Corp.'s L53-DD1 exploration well is on a 90-day production test and currently producing at a steady state of between 778 and 784 barrels per day of 23.6 degree API oil with a BS&W (basic sediment and water) of 0.4 per centfrom the DD sand through 5.2 metres of perforations between the depths of 1,...Read More
Mr. Jeff Chisholm reportsPAN ORIENT ENERGY CORP. L53-DD1 OIL DISCOVERY- 779 BOPDPan Orient Energy Corp.'s L53-DD1 exploration well is on a 90-day production test and currently producing at a steady state of between 778 and 784 barrels per day of 23.6 degree API oil with a BS&W (basic sediment and water) of 0.4 per centfrom the DD sand through 5.2 metres of perforations between the depths of 1,...Read More
The shares are running into familiar resistance, thoughThe shares of Tonix Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:TNXP) have shot up 76.57% to trade at $6.71, on news the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drugmaker's late-stage study for its post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment. The trial will launch in the first-quarter of next year, with preliminary data expected in the first half of 2...Read More
LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Broker Amalgamated Metal Trading Ltd has been appointed by the London Metal Exchange as a liquidity provider for its steel contracts, giving a boost to the market as the first ring trader in that role.AMT is one of nine top tier LME members that are allowed to trade in the open outcry ring as well as over the telephone and on the exchange's electronic system, meaning it...Read More
Construction for the project will start in 2019, with first production expected in late-2021.Read full newsRead More
"#Deutsche Bank's premises including its HQ in Frankfurt were being searched by prosecutors on Thursday in a money laundering probe, prosecutors said in a statement. https://t.co/2nKBcgfVYi via @business"Read full newsRead More
FRANKFURT, Nov 29 (Reuters) - German carmaker BMW is exploring ways to improve working conditions for mining cobalt in Congo through a pilot project also supported by chemicals giant BASF, battery maker Samsung SDI and a development agency.Carmakers seeking to boost sales of electric cars are struggling to get their hands on cobalt, a scarce but vital component in the production of batteries. The...Read More
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Dunnedin Ventures of Vancouver is spreading its wings. Earlier this week, the company updated readers on its exploration program at the Kahuna kimberlite. Now the company announced that it has acquired a 100% interest in a copper-gold porphyry property near Princeton.Dunnedin acquired the new property from private vendor who will receive $100,00 and 1.8 million Dunnedin shares...Read More
JAKARTA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo called on Thursday for an "immediate" end to issues holding up the country's plans to acquire a majority stake in Freeport-McMoRan Inc's giant Grasberg copper mine in Papua.For Widodo, seeking reelection next year, getting a majority stake in the mine for Indonesia would be a political boon.The deal, which would give Indonesia and state-...Read More
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Dunnedin Ventures of Vancouver is spreading its wings. Earlier this week, the company updated readers on its exploration program at the Kahuna kimberlite. Now the company announced that it has acquired a 100% interest in a copper-gold porphyry property near Princeton.Dunnedin acquired the new property from private vendor who will receive $100,00 and 1.8 million Dunnedin shares...Read More
KINSHASA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo will audit the supply chain for Glencore's Kamoto project next week to determine where small amounts of uranium detected in its cobalt come from, the mines minister said on Thursday.Glencore subsidiary Katanga Mining said on Nov. 6 it had halted cobalt exports from Kamoto in southeastern Congo while it builds a facility t...Read More
SANTIAGO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Chile's Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, said on Thursday that mine output fell 3 percent in the first nine months of the year as ore grades sharply declined, leading to a 12 percent drop in pretax profit.The state-run copper miner earned $1.42 billion pretax between January and September as production costs jumped 5 percent to $1.39 from the year-ago peri...Read More
Nov 29 (Reuters) - Detour Gold Corp said on Thursday Chief Executive Officer Michael Kenyon will head the company until it finds a permanent replacement, pushing back against hedge fund Paulson & Co's demand to immediately replace him.Paulson & Co, which has a stake of about 6 percent in the miner, has pushed for Kenyon's resignation, saying the company had "unsuccessfully tried to boost short-ter...Read More
The Dow components are enjoying bullish analyst notes this morningBoeing Co (NYSE:BA) yesterday gained nearly 5% amid the broad-market tailwinds, closing atop its 10-day moving average for the first time in over two weeks, while technical traders may have also noticed a quick rebound back above the longer-term 320-day moving average, as well. Prior to Nov. 19, the shares had not closed below this...Read More
Yesterday was the Dow's best session since MarchDow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures are signaling a pullback, after the index enjoyed its best session since March yesterday. The optimism generated from Fed Chair Jerome Powell's dovish comments on interest rates has seemingly worn off, replaced by tension ahead of this weekend's G-20 summit, where U.S. and Chinese leaders are expected to...Read More
World's top diamond producer by output Alrosa (MCX:ALRS) made $90 million in six auctions held in Israel this year.The auctions were for large rough diamonds, with the latest one focusing on special size gems larger than 10.8 carats - and it fetched $17 million. 100 companies from Israel, Belgium, Hong Kong, India, UAE, the US, and Russia were invited to participate, and 44 took home the coveted s...Read More
World's top diamond producer by output Alrosa (MCX:ALRS) made $90 million in six auctions held in Israel this year.The auctions were for large rough diamonds, with the latest one focusing on special size gems larger than 10.8 carats - and it fetched $17 million. 100 companies from Israel, Belgium, Hong Kong, India, UAE, the US, and Russia were invited to participate, and 44 took home the coveted s...Read More
The SPDR Gold Shares GLD, -0.17% and rival gold-backed exchange traded funds traded modestly higher Wednesday after Federal Reserve Jerome Powell said interest rates are close to "neutral." Three interest rate hikes this year and the subsequently stronger dollar are among the most widely cited reasons for explaining gold's struggles this year. GLD, the largest gold ETF by assets, entered Wednesday...Read More