The vast amount of people will line up to surrender all their constitutional and human rights and those of the family for decadesContinue...Read More
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"Right now, we are fortunate in that the vaccines that we have are quite good against the Delta variant, particularly with regard to preventing severe disease with hospitalizations and deaths. We certainly are getting what are called breakthrough infections, which means a person who was vaccinated might get infected and actually may even spread the virus. But in general, those people are not the o...Read More
"The former president of Afghanistan left Afghanistan, leaving the country in this difficult situation," said Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the Afghan National Reconciliation Council. "God should hold him accountable."Continue...Read More
The Taliban seize $6 million US Blackhawk helicopters alongside tons of American equipment. They've also nabbed rifles, Humvees, ammunition and loads of other equipment.Continue...Read More
The US economy added almost 1 million jobs in July, building solid ground for tapering. Meanwhile, the PMs’ sandy foundations crumbled spectacularly.Another blow to gold! July’s nonfarm payrolls came in strong. As the chart below shows, the US labor market added 943,000 jobs last month, following 938,000 additions in June (after an upward revision). More than one-third of all gains occ...Read More
Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Commenting after Chesapeake announced plans to buy Vine Energy in a cash-and-stock deal which values the Blackstone Group-controlled E&P at around US$2.2 billion, analysts from natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie said:&nb...Read More
Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Big Oil is on the move, feeling its way into a changing energy world. There are two sides to adapting: how to decarbonise oil and gas and how to build a sustainable business around zero-carbon technology. Valentina Kretschmar, VP and...Read More
Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Wood Mackenzie, in partnership with WisdomTree, has launched an exchange traded fund (ETF) providing investors with exposure to the growth in the demand for, and the usage of, energy storage technologies, and in particular batteries.T...Read More
Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Throughout 2021, I have been quite vociferous in my view that prices for copper (along with several other mined commodities) do not reflect fundamentals – the dynamics of supply, demand, stocks, costs and their empirically-obser...Read More
Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Proposed changes to Chile’s mining royalty regime will not have a drastic impact on the country’s production landscape in the near-term.However, analysis from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk c...Read More
Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Over 650 GW of new onshore and 130 GW of new offshore wind capacity will be installed between 2018 and 2028. This will consume in excess of 5.5Mt of copper, according to a recent analysis by Wood Mackenzie.Henry Salisbury, Wood Macken...Read More
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RAPAPORT... The diamond market is showing contradictory signs as to whether the recent positive growth trend will continue for the remainder of this year and into 2022. Polished-diamond prices continue to rise even though inventory levels are also increasing, fueling concerns that the uptrend may not be sustainable. Meanwhile, diamond jewelry sales have bounced back and are exceeding pre-pandemic...Read More
RAPAPORT... Alrosa may increase its 2021 production plan in response to diamond shortages and rampant demand, management said after announcing sky-high quarterly results."The market is recovering faster than we predicted," commented Alexey Philippovskiy, the Russian miner's chief financial officer, in a statement Friday. "Meanwhile, diamond supply is still 20% below the pre-Covid-19 levels, a...Read More
RAPAPORT... US jeweler Stuller has decided to forgo attending the JCK Las Vegas shows amid a new wave of Covid-19 cases.The Louisiana-based jewelry wholesaler has been a longtime participant in the event. However, it believes the current state of the virus makes travel to the show unsafe for everyone involved, it said last week."With the recent resurgence of the Covid-19 Delta variant and its conc...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The last ever Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender is to take place, following the closure of the iconic mine in Australia last November.A collection of 70 pink, red and blue diamonds, with a combined weight of 81.63 carats, will be offered to invited buyers, with bids closing on 1 October.Headline gem is the 3.47-ct Argyle Eclipse, the largest fancy intense pink diamond ever offered in the...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A pair of diamond pendant earrings sold for an Australian record price of US$590,000.They were the priciest lot in the online and phone auction by Melbourne-based Leonard Joel, selling mid-way between the high and low pre-sale estimates US$550,000 and US$620,000 (all prices IBP).The earrings (pictured) featured an 8.88-ct and an 8.76-ct diamond, both claw set, cushion modified bril...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A New York designer is producing the ultimate in personalized jewelry by cutting rough diamonds into letters.They've overcome technical challenges to produce custom-cut Alphabet Diamonds - each weighing between 0.25-ct and 0.50-ct, with a platinum setting and hung on a 14-karat yellow gold chain.K Kane puts the emphasis on personalized jewelry. Customers can choose anything fr...Read More
BISHKEK (Reuters) -Kyrgyzstan has established enough evidence to press on with removing Canada's Centerra Gold from the Kumtor gold mine, the state security service and prosecutors said on Wednesday.The security service is investigating possible corruption in the deal that gave Centerra control over the country's biggest gold mine and subsequent amendments to the pact.A spokesperson for...Read More