The last week saw speculators in the EURUSD FX futures market added dramatically to their long positions. In fact, as Bloomberg reports, hedge funds and other speculative investors have amassed the heaviest long positions on the euro ever, according to the latest CFTC data.Read full newsRead More
Eastern countries appear a lot more closed off to Bitcoin than their Western counterparts...Read full newsRead More
CHINEXT - China's index of small cap and tech stocks - has tumbled in the last few days (while the major Chinese indices have risen), as blockchain-related stocks across Asia have crashed along with the cryptocurrency carnage.Read full newsRead More
OSLO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Some of Europe's richest deposits of valuable materials are in the trash, ranging from gold in smartphones to cobalt in electric car batteries, according to a survey of urban mining published on Wednesday.Scrap vehicles, batteries, computers, fridges and other electronic and electrical waste total about 18 million tonnes a year and contain materials worth billions of dolla...Read More
Mick Billing, chief executive of Thor Mining PLC (LON:THR) tells Proactive's Andrew Scott a mineral resource estimate for the Kapunda copper project in Australia is just around the corner.Billing also updates on developments at Thor's other projects as well as touching on the news this week that US Lithium - in which Thor holds a 25% stake - is looking to list on the Australian Securities Exchange...Read More
Nicaragua-focused Condor Gold (LON:CNR) (TSX:COG) expects to gain all the necessary permits for its 100%-owned La India Project in the first half of the year, chief executive Mark Child said.The company, which just this week started trading in the Toronto Stock Exchange, knows that acquiring the pending licences would not only represent a significant milestone, but it would also materially de-ri...Read More
Presidential candidate for the conservative National Integration Party (PIN in Spanish), Diego Castro, caused controversy in Costa Rica after he called environmentalist groups "eco-terrorists."Castro, who has been compared by local media to Donald Trump and Rodrigo Duterte, as well as accused of right-wing populism, said that if he wins the election, he would not yield to ecologists' "petty demand...Read More
Mr. Anthony Makuch reportsKIRKLAND LAKE GOLD TARGETS HIGHER PRODUCTION, IMPROVED UNIT COSTS IN 2018 GUIDANCE, ANNOUNCES NEW SHAFT PROJECT FOR MACASSAKirkland Lake Gold Ltd. has provided the company's full-year guidance for 2018, which includes increased production, improved unit costs, andhigher levels of capital and exploration expenditures in support of the company's objective of growing annual...Read More
Australia's Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) has discovered more large diamonds at its prolific Lulo project in Angola, including a 43-carat yellow stone, the largest coloured gem-quality rock ever recovered at the mine.The company also found a 116-carat low-quality diamond, the tenth +100 carat stone recovered from Lulo since mining operations began two years ago. It's also the second +100 carat rock re...Read More
Saudi Arabia's cabinet has welcomed a UN report detailing Iran's violation of an embargoRead full newsRead More
The dollar fell to a three-year low against its peers on Wednesday, with an earlier bounce sputtering as the euro edged back after shaking off a potentially negative turn in German politics.Read full newsRead More
Iran added its voice to criticism of a U.S. plan to form a new border security force in Syria, saying Tuesday that it will cause more instability andRead full newsRead More
(Bloomberg) - Stung by some lousy investments that led to billions of dollars in losses a few years ago, the world's major gold producers have cut way back on mining deals - even as metal prices posted their biggest rally since 2010.The value of the industry's transactions, from acquisitions to venture-capital financing, tumbled by more than a third in 2017 to $8.95 billion, the lowest in at le...Read More
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:45 A.M.) - Footage from Tuesday shows how Tomahawk (I-Hawk) missiles that are reportedly pointed towards Afrin in Syria, have been placRead full newsRead More
Evidence is mounting that the Turkish military is shifting tactics and preparing for a full-out assault on the Kurds in Syria's Afrin canton -- a move that will not please Russia or the United States.Read full newsRead More
Venezuela's plan for its own cryptocurrency include paying public workers in the digital token and using tax incentives to encourage its use, according to documents obtained by Bloomberg News.Read full newsRead More
The nation of India, with its over1.3 billion population, is about to flip the market for electric vehicles (EVs) on itshead—Taking almost an opposite approachto marketing than that taken by current EV leaders, such as Tesla Motors. As ...Read full newsRead More
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Syrian opposition fighters will support Turkey's planned military operation against Kurdish militia fRead full newsRead More
ArcelorMittal believes electric vehicles could favor the stronger, cheaper metal.Read full newsRead More
Redeveloping Historic Gold District in Nevada's Walker TrendRead full newsRead More