Editor's Note: Welcome to Kitco's new Bitcoin Daily Technical Alert. Every trading day veteran Kitco technical analyst Jim Wyckoff will provide you with a concise and easy-to-understand near-term technical brief on Bitcoin. Importantly, Jim will glean the short-term charts and technical studies, and then alert you to the signals he sees regarding upcoming potential bigger price moves or price tren...Read More

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Africa focussed explorer Cora Gold Limited (LON:CORA) soared some 33% higher after revealing what the company described as "exciting high grade results" from drilling at the Tekeledougou project area in Mali.Mobile-commerce group ATTRAQT Group plc (LON:ATQT) saw its shares 11% higher with the news of a new chief executive appointment, with Luke McKeever joining later this month, additionally, a re...Read More

The United States has postponed imposing Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminium imported from the European Union, Canada and Mexico, until June 1.President Donald Trump's administration announced the extension of temporary exemptions for the key trading blocs at the last moment on Monday April 30. A 10% import tax on aluminium and a 25% import tax on steel were due to come into effect on...Read More

RAPAPORT... The Natural Color Diamond Association (NCDIA) will hold aseminar during the upcoming JCK Las Vegas show, to be moderated by Rapaport Editor in Chief Sonia EstherSoltani.The series, which will discuss the benefits of naturaldiamonds and natural colored diamonds, will feature a variety of panelists,including Andrew Coxon, president of the De Beers Institute of Diamonds; Andrew Bone, exec...Read More

Lodewijk "Lou" Brand, a doctoral student in computer science at Colorado School of Mines, has been awarded a fellowship from the U.S. Department of Defense.The highly competitive Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program fellowship aims to increase the number of civilian scientists and engineers working in DoD laboratories. After graduation, Brand...Read More

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday the social network is building a new privacy control called “clear history” to allow users to delete browsing history.Zuckerberg, in a post on his Facebook account, said he will discuss the feature at Facebook’s annual F8 conference which begins today."This feature will enable you to see the w...Read More

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Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX: CG) reports net earnings of $9 million, or 3 cents per share, in the first quarter, down from $57 million, or 20 cents, in the same period a year ago. The January-March results include charges of $4.4 million for the acquisition of AuRico Metals Inc. Excluding this, adjusted earnings in the first quarter were $13.5 million, or a nickel. Revenue fell to $235 million from...Read More

As competition in the global steel markets remains fierce, Metal Bulletin provides an update on the new, progressing and closed trade cases from around the world in April 2018.The case list below includes only updates. For other continuing cases this year, see the updates for January, February and March.Click...Read More

(Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, dragged down by Pfizer results, tumbling oil prices and growing fears that tariffs and inflation would weigh on corporate profits.Data showed U.S. factory activity slowed for a second straight month in April, weighed down by shortages of skilled workers and rising capacity constraints, but strengthening global demand continued to support manufacturing.Howev...Read More

The country is also aiding those interested in exploring for minerals by providing detailed cartography for free and making its laboratories available at cost, under-secretary of mining Mario Alfonso Cantú Suárez told Mining Journal.Read More

Two Colorado School of Mines professors from the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department were featured in a recent article in The Denver Post about bioscience and health-tech innovations being developed at Colorado universities. Assistant Professor Kevin Cash discussed his work on color-changing tattoo ink for use as a diagnostic tool for doctors, and Assistant Professor Melissa Krebs talke...Read More

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Tuesday it was not his objective to change China’s economic system, but he would try to find ways to limit the damage it causes to the United States and open it further for U.S. companies.Speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ahead of his participation in a Trump administration trade delegation to China later this...Read More

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s government agreed on Tuesday to order its overseas territories to make secretive company ownership information public to try to tackle corruption and tax avoidance.Overseas territories and crown dependencies have come under increasing pressure to reveal who is behind anonymously owned companies, with campaign groups saying such secrecy aids money laundering, tax...Read More

According to an analyst note this week by Credit Suisse, environment conscious Montana ranchers David Letterman and Ted Turner have not got involved in the anti-mining lobby, with the approval process remaining entirely a state issue and not one that has "escalated" to a broader US level.Read More

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif (Reuters) - The following are highlights from this week’s Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills:CHRISTOPHER GIANCARLO, CHAIRMAN OF UNITED STATES COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION, ON BITCOIN:“We need to take a moment and respect this generation’s interest in this new instrument (bitcoin). Not with derision, but with a little bit of attention...Read More

DETROIT (Reuters) - Major automakers on Tuesday posted lower new vehicle sales in April as consumer demand continued to weaken following a lengthy boom for the industry.Auto sales have been on a bit of a roller coaster ride this year, with a weak performance in February followed by a jump in sales for some automakers in March.Ford Motor Co (F.N) posted a 4.7-percent decline in sales, with retail s...Read More