- Emergency cash offered by Ulster Bank as cash vanishes from accounts- Bank makes EUR500 available to customers whose deposits vanish- Bank investigates after hundreds of complaints on social media- "My salary has disappeared from my account today and my wife had her card declined when trying to pay for a GP visit and medication"- Cyber attacks and Brexit are biggest threats to the securities...Read More

Awal?(C) Resources (ARIC.V) has been notified by the authorities it has been granted a new gold permit in the Como?(C) district of Ivory Coast. This is the second permit of three application that form the Abengourou project, which now has a total surface area of 718 square kilometers.Awal?(C) has already started to do some work on the Abengourou project as it had previously been awarded the Amelek...Read More

The stainless steel sector's share of global primary nickel demand is set to decrease from 68% in 2017 to 60% in 2027, as demand from the battery sector surges. Stainless steel will remain the major demand driver for nickel24 APRIL 201824/04/2018commentsshare Roskill said in a report that the stainless steel sector would remain the major consumer of primary nickel, mainly due to developments in Ch...Read More

The Mint Corporation (TSXV:MIT) intends to offer the blockchain-powered remittance solution to further deepen its relationship with licensed exchange house partners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)SmallCapPower | April 25, 2018: The Mint Corporation (TSXV:MIT) announced on April 25, 2018, that its subsidiary, Mint Block Corp., is engaged in advanced discussions with a leading blockchain-powered p...Read More

The World Diamond Council has pledged its support to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) due diligence guidance (DDG) for responsible supply chains of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas.Staff reporterThe WDC has pledged its support for the OECD DDG assurance process24 APRIL 201824/04/2018commentsshareThe third edition of the OECD DDG was pub...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will press NATO allies, especially Germany, to increase military spending while underscoring the heightened threat from Russia, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday before Friday’s meeting of the alliance in Brussels.Asked whether U.S. Secretary of State nominee, Mike Pompeo, would attend the meeting if he was confirmed by the U.S. Sen...Read More

The manganese supply squeeze continued to push manganese flakes higher this week, with prices climbing more than 8%.Metal Bulletin assessed the manganese flake in-warehouse price at $2,495-2,640 per tonne on Wednesday April 25, up 8.7% from the previous assessment and trading at levels last seen in December 2016. The supply squeeze in Rotterdam and a lack of offers from China have pushed manganese...Read More

Gold prices settled lower Wednesday, with rising bond yields and a firmer dollar sending prices to their lowest finish in five weeks. Gold futures had clawed higher Tuesday after three consecutive sessions of declines even as Treasury yields, which tend to move inversely to precious metals prices, broke above 3% for the first time since January 2014. YieldsTMUBMUSD10Y, -0.21% weighed on gold with...Read More

Ashanti Gold Corp. (TSXV:AGZ), a gold explorer, moved higher after announcing that drilling will begin in May at its Kossanto East project in MaliSean Mason | April 25, 2018 | SmallCapPowerA drill program's beginning sparked interest in shares of a gold explorer Wednesday. Here's some small stocks making big moves on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 (as of 4 pm EST):Ashanti Gold Corp. (TSXV:AGZ) share...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is preparing to submit to the U.S. Congress up to $25 billion in immediate spending cuts, including possible reductions to social safety net programs, lawmakers said on Wednesday, in a move that could upend a budget deal enacted last month.The White House plan, which has not yet been unveiled, would call on Congress to rescind funding already enacted...Read More

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is accusing the federal Liberal government of rigging its review process in favour of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.And if he's wrong, Singh wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to release any and all documentation to prove otherwise.Singh and NDP energy critic Guy Caron have written to Trudeau about media reports that suggest the government had decided...Read More

An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More

The Canadian oil and gas stocks on our list could continue to see strong returns should the rally in crude become prolongedSmallCapPower | April 25, 2018: Oil prices have reached their highest point since late 2014, with WTI crude oil rising from US$63/barrel to US$69/barrel MTD, up from US$60/barrel at the start of the year. The Trump administration is widely expected to place further sanctions o...Read More

Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields extend climb beyond 3%Dow Industrials break longest losing streak since March 2017BTIG Chief Equity and Derivatives Strategist Julian Emanuel comments on earnings growth. Most U.S. stocks closed higher after swinging between gains and losses while investors mulled the implications of rising U.S. bond yields and disappointing earnings. The dollar resumed its rally,...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called on the United States not to abandon a nuclear agreement with Iran until a broader international accord is reached that addresses all remaining U.S. and European concerns about Iran.Capping a three-day visit to the United States in which he urged President Donald Trump to stay in the Iran pact, Macron told a joint meeting o...Read More

Turkish steel producers returned to the deep-sea scrap markets for UK-origin cargoes on Wednesday April 25, with prices going down slightly.Metal Bulletin's daily index for Northern European HMS 1&2 (80:20) closed the day at $341.07 per tonne cfr, down by $1.53 per tonne day-on-day.The daily index for similar US-origin material closed at $349.67 per...Read More

Insider buying and selling trends can be a signal to investors on what a management team may view as the future prospects of a company. At 5i Research, while we like to see insider buying we particularly like to see management teams holding a lot of shares over the long-term. This aligns management with the shareholders and if management is buying more shares on top of already holding a materia...Read More

The world’s two largest gold-mining companies have announceddividends that are the same as after the prior quarter. Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE, TSX: ABX), which reportedfirst-quarter earnings on Monday, announces that its board of directorsdeclared a dividend of 3 cents per share, payable on June 15 to shareholders ofrecord at the close of business on May 31. Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE: N...Read More

Vancouver, British Columbia - April 25, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) American CuMo Mining Corporation (TSXV: MLY) (OTC Pink: MLYCF) ("CuMoCo" or the "Company") announces that it has completed its analysis of the current status of the CuMo Project and based on the results of the recently announced updated Preliminary Economic Analysis has outlined a drill program for the upcom...Read More

Gambling rules in the US are inconsistentOnline gambling has produced even more grey areasFor now, online gambling is legal in four statesThe US's regulated gambling industry makes at least $41bnPresident Trump is yet to reveal his official stance on gamblingAmerica is a strange place when it comes to gambling. Like a lot of America’s laws, gambling changes from state to state, with local go...Read More