Insignia ConsultantsNew Delhi Sunday, April 29, 2018------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Two weeks ago, myself and my elder brother were knocked down by some bikers while returning from our daily morning walk. We were unconscious for some time. The people around saved us. Law enforcement agencies were sitting like...Read More
"Some say that we are terminating facilities that are not functioning, but you will see that they are in good condition...Continue...Read More
Exclusive information obtained by the Associated Press revealed that Atlantic Richfield, owner of the former Anaconda copper mine in Nevada, was suddenly halting the free home delivery of bottled water it has provided since 2004 to about 100 families from the Yerington Paiute Tribe who were affected by polluted effluents from the operation.In detail, poisonous groundwater seeping since 2000 from a...Read More
"We have to keep the House because if we listen to Maxine Waters, she's going around saying 'We will impeach him,' " Trump said at a recent rally in Michigan Continue...Read More
Investing.com - Concerns over rising U.S. Treasury yields look set to remain in focus for precious metals traders next week after gold prices managed a slight gain on Friday but still ended the week with a drop of almost 1%.The U.S. nonfarm payrolls report for April, set to be released next Friday, and the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, which will help...Read More
Economics has been called "the dismal science" for its conclusions which often suggest miserable outcomes for humanity. The saying was born in the 19th century by Scottish writer and philosopher Thomas Carlyle, who was referring to economist Thomas Malthus. Malthus famously calculated that humanity was trapped in a world where population growth would outstrip resources and lead to widespread miser...Read More
Peru's new President, Mart?-n Vizcarra, said Saturday that he was in favour of promoting mining development in his country as long as it is done in an environmentally responsible way.During a visit to the southeastern region of Puno that has been severely affected by illegal mining operations, Vizcarra said that he is "pro-development" and that all projects that involve bringing progress to the re...Read More
RAPAPORT... The Gahcho Ku?(C) mine in Canada yielded 1.6 million carats inthe first quarter ending March 31, keeping the asset on track to reach itsproduction guidance for the year. "The grades continue to perform well at the Gahcho Ku?(C) mine,and are a key driver of the production results," said David Whittle, CEO ofMountain Province, which owns the mine in partnership with De Beers. "Throughput...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The London Diamond Bourse (LDB) has been chosen as the sole industry representative to officiate and run a tender on behalf of an anonymous vendor. A range of rough diamonds will be presented for a trade sale with closed bids being accepted from 29 May - 12 June. The collection includes one rough stone of 124 carats and a variety of high quality rough stones from 8/4 to 9 c...Read More
RAPAPORT... Sales and profit grew sharply at Tse Sui Luen (TSL) inthe past 12 months amid stronger consumer sentiment in Greater China and a risein tourism to Hong Kong. Revenue jumped 12% to $486 million (HKD 3.81 billion) acrossall markets in the fiscal year ending February 28, the Hong Kong-based jewelerreported Thursday. The annual profit of $5.9 million (HKD 46.6 million) wasroughl...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Sarine Technologies Ltd said that leading Japanese jewelry company K-Uno is the first retailer in the world to adopt the new Sarine 4Cs diamond report - the world's first artificial-intelligence based, technology driven automated grading report. The introduction of Sarine's 4Cs grading reports in the K-Uno chain was announced last week at the company's flagship store in t...Read More
RAPAPORT... US consumers are expected to spend 8% less on jewelry thisMother's Day, the National Retail Federation (NRF) said last week. Americans will shell out $4.6 billion on jewelry this year,compared with $5 billion in 2017, the trade organization predicted. Overallspending for Mother's Day will decline 2% to $23.1 billion, according to its projection. Even though sales are likely to drop, "t...Read More
Economics has been called "the dismal science" for its conclusions which often suggest miserable outcomes for humanity. The saying was born in the 19th century by Scottish writer and philosopher Thomas Carlyle, who was referring to economist Thomas Malthus. Malthus famously calculated that humanity was trapped in a world where population growth would outstrip resources and lead to widespread miser...Read More
RAPAPORT... IBM has partnered with members of the diamond and jewelryindustry to create a blockchain platform for improving traceability.The technology giant will work with retailer HelzbergDiamonds and jewelry manufacturer Richline Group - both subsidiaries of WarrenBuffett's Berkshire Hathaway - to launch the "Trust Chain Initiative." Other members of the consortium are Asahi Refining andLeachGa...Read More
Steel billet prices in most global markets either held steady or continued to weaken during the week from Monday April 23 to Friday April 27 after global trading activity ebbed away amid soft demand.But prices for long steel products in China and Southeast Asia edged up following China's slight recovery in the early part of the week.ChinaChinese domestic billet prices lost their upward momentum on...Read More
RAPAPORT... Lucara Diamond Corp. has unearthed a 327-carat rough diamondfrom its Karowe mine in Botswana. The high-color white diamond is the eighth over 100 carats that Lucara has found this year, and the ninth largest in its history, it saidlast week. Earlier this month, the miner recovered a 472-carat "top lightbrown" diamond. Lucara, known for producing large stones from Karowe, sold itsbigge...Read More
LithiumAustralia (ASX:LIT) today provided an update on the progress of its cuttingedge SiLeach (R) plant design. Itsfront-end engineering and design (FEED) activities are progressing as plannedwith undertakings including preliminary equipment specifications, materialselection, infrastructure, assessment of contracting strategies, discussionwith vendors selected for the supply of specialised equipm...Read More
Not many investors have probably heard of perlite, a naturally occurring amorphous volcanic glass which expands by up to ten times when heated and because of this property is used for cavity wall insulation and aerating soil.But it is a mineral that made Sunrise Resources Plc (LON:SRES) one of this week's biggest small cap gainers.Sunrise shares surged by 55% to 0.21p after it revealed on Friday t...Read More
On Friday Bushveld Minerals Limited (LON:BMN) said it was pleased with the 'strong performance' at its Vametco vanadium operation during the first quarter of 2018, as the first phase of the expansion project was completed. In an operational update, the AIM-listed firm said Vametco produced 731 metric tonnes of vanadium (mtV) in the form of Nitorvan, an 35.5% increase from the fourt...Read More
(Kitco News) - The Royal Canadian Mint seems to have another gold theft on their hands, just three years after Mint’s former employee stole $190,000 worth of gold nuggets by hiding them in his rectum.This time around $110,000 worth of gold is missing, Canadian media quoted the Mint as saying.“Last month, as a result of robust internal inventory processes, employees of the Royal Canadia...Read More