Something unexpected is happening in Oregon.In an effort to make more money from medical marijuana, they have stopped growing marijuana.Instead, they're growing its nonintoxicating cousin, hemp.Good old boring hemp, mostly known for being used to make ropes, textiles, and paper.So what gives? Why abandon producing recreational drugs to ship to trendy, bougie Portland shops in favor of a plant that...Read More
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CloseGain/LossGold $1292.50-$21.00Silver$16.28-$0.24XAU81.77-2.04%HUI177.97-2.18%GDM623.33-2.21%JSE Gold1041.21-25.23USD93.24+0.62Euro118.46-0.92Yen90.78-0.50Oil$71.31+$0.3510-Year3.072%+0.079T-Bond141.28125-1.46875Dow24706.41-0.78%Nasdaq7351.63-0.81%S&P2711.45-0.68% The Metals: Gold fell $24.80 to $1288.70 by midafternoon in New York before it bounced back higher into the close, but it st...Read More
Mr. David Wolfin reports AVINO REPORTS Q1 2018 FINANCIAL RESULTSAvino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. has released the consolidated financial results for the company's first quarter ended March 31, 2018. The financial statements and the management discussion and analysis can be viewed on the Company's website at www.avino.com, on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov."We continued to del...Read More
Russia's Petropavlovsk finds itself in the middle of a coup for the second time this year due to a battle between shareholders aiming to take control of the company.Read full newsRead More
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Canada NewsWireVANCOUVER, May 15, 2018VANCOUVER, May 15, 2018 /CNW/ - Golden Reign ResourcesLtd. (TSX-V: GRR) (Read full newsRead More
Copper is known as "man's first metal", and for over 10,000 years, it's been used in applications ranging from architecture to coinage.However, it was Michael Faraday's discovery of electromagnetic induction in 1831 that turned demand on its head for the red metal. As the world used more and more electricity, copper became known as the obvious choice as an electrical conductor.Every year, humans...Read More
A well-known maxim in markets is that over time, small-cap stocks outperform large-cap stocks. Over the past century, the average return from small-cap stocks is roughly 2% greater - a dramatic differential over one's lifetime investment horizon.There is no mystery to this result. It's simple arit...Read full newsRead More
(Bloomberg) - A federal judge struck down the city of Oakland, California's ban prohibiting companies from transporting coal though an export terminal that U.S. miners see as a key link to overseas markets.The ban enacted by the city in 2014 violates a development agreement, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said Tuesday in a 37-page ruling.As demand for coal in the U.S. declines, miners depend...Read More
Mr. Christian Grijalva reportsSAN MARCO ACQUIRES ESPIRITU SMR POLYMETALLIC PROPERTY: INCREASES DISTRICT SCALE EXPLORATION FOOTPRINT IN THE SAHUARIPA DISTRICT OF EASTERN SONORA STATESan Marco Resources Inc. has been awarded the Espiritu SMR property in the Mexican government's recent mineral concession lottery.Espiritu SMR is located approximately 230 kilometreseast of Hermosillo and 15 kilometres...Read More
HONG KONG, May 15 (Reuters) - Privately held gold trader Sakthi Trading Group is planning to build two gold refineries in Africa and is looking for investors for the projects, company executives said on Tuesday.The group, headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, is seeking a total investment of $246 million for the refineries and related processing centres, in Ghana and the Democratic Republic o...Read More
HAMBURG, May 15 (Reuters) - Aurubis AG, Europe's biggest copper smelter, said on Tuesday it expects positive conditions to continue in copper markets in the coming months and confirmed its forecast of higher earnings."We still anticipate a satisfactory supply of copper concentrates (ore) and corresponding treatment and refining charges," it said. "We expect, in general, a stable copper scrap marke...Read More
A 6.16-carat blue diamond that was secretly passed down through European royalty over three centuries has fetched $6.7 million at a Sotheby's auction in Geneva - $1.4 million more than what experts expected it to be sold for.The pear-shaped, dark grey-blue gem, known as The Farnese Blue, sold after just four minutes of bidding. It's believed to be one of the most important historical diamonds left...Read More
SANTIAGO, May 15 (Reuters) - Chilean copper mine Sierra Gorda, controlled by Polish miner KGHM, said on Tuesday it had shut down following a fatal accident involving a contract worker.Roberto Venegasa, an employee of equipment supply firm Finning, died during routine maintenance work at the mine, the company said in a statement."The company has decided to shut down operations and notify authoritie...Read More