(IDEX Online) - The 10th Antwerp Rough Diamond Days event will take place on May 16-17. The show takes place in Antwerp's Diamant Kring, the rough diamond bourse. Priority is given to World Federation of Diamond Bourses members, but is open to other trade members as well. Registration has begun. Further details are available on: +32-3-233-5810 and at: www.contact@...Read More
RAPAPORT... Hong Kong'spolished-diamond imports jumped in 2017, recent data from the municipality'strade body showed. Shipments into thecenter rose 9% to $18.93 billion in 2017, according to data from the DiamondFederation of Hong Kong, China. By volume, imports grew 3% to 19.5 million caratsfor the year, while the average price climbed 6% to $971 per carat. Polished imports from India increased 1...Read More
RAPAPORT... A blue diamond ring and a jadeite bracelet both failed tofind buyers at Sotheby's Hong Kong auction.Most notable of the unsold lots from the April 3 sale was a14.18-carat, fancy blue, VVS2-clarity diamond ring, surrounded by pinkdiamonds, which was estimated at $6 million to $7.7 million.A jadeite bangle - known as the "Circle of Heaven" -with an estimate of $10.2 million to $12.8 mill...Read More
(Kitco News) - All the trade war rhetoric between the U.S. and China is creating demand for gold, with Chinese investors embracing gold ETFs as a safe-haven option in case things get worse.China’s Bosera Gold ETF is on track to see biggest gains since being listed in Shenzhen in 2014 after already adding $553.8 million this year, Bloomberg reported.Bosera is the top third commodity ETF of 20...Read More
Prices in the global billet market continued to trend downward in the week ended Friday April 6, spurred by a continuing decline in Chinese export billet prices as well as a recent sharp drop in import scrap prices in Turkey.Metal Bulletin's daily index for Northern European HMS 1&2 (80:20) closed on Friday at $348.78 per tonne cfr, down by $18.27 per tonne week-on week, while the daily index for...Read More
Gold futures closed lower on Thursday, while the dollar strengthened and stocks extended Wednesday's late-day revival, as concerns about a trade clash between the U.S. and China too a back seat. June gold GCM8, -0.09% fell $11.70, or 0.9%, to $1,328.50 an ounce. May silver SIK8, +0.02% used both for industrial purposes and as a financial asset, added 10.1 cents, or 0.6%, at $16.355 an ounce. The...Read More
MIT researchers published a paper this week where they explain that thin layers of solid oxide protective coating for metals can deform as if they were liquid, filling any cracks and gaps as they form.In a press release, the scientists explain that the coating layer should be especially useful to prevent the leakage of tiny molecules such as the hydrogen gas used to power fuel-cell cars or tritium...Read More
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes rejected a motion introduced by BSG Resources to throw out a final report that ruled out the existence of forged signatures in documents pertaining the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea.The information was made public by The Wall Street Journal, whose journalists had access to a procedural order.BSGR, the mining arm of billionaire Be...Read More
Six people were killed and two were injured after the roof of the reclaim tunnel at the Ahafo Mill Expansion project in Ghana collapsed. The project is run by US-based Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM).The site is located in the Brong Ahafo region, some 307 kilometres from Accra. Other workers were evacuated and operations have been suspended to allow for an investigation into the causes of t...Read More
The former first lady's police report did not deter them. Quite the opposite happened. Local media in Zimbabwe report today that a larger group of artisanal miners has settled on Grace Mugabe's farm in Mazowe, about 40 kilometres north of Harare. The miners say they won't leave unless president Emmerson Mnangagwa asks them to.The new arrivals have started digging for gold using pickaxes, hoes and...Read More
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One paved road leads in and out of Rochford, a remote Pennington County town at the center of a heated debate over a proposal to mine for gold in a pristine part of the northern Black Hills.With permits in hand, a Canadian prospecting company has begun drilling exploratory holes just south of Rochford...Read full newsRead More
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April04, 2018 -- Pure Gold Mining Inc. is pleased to announce that the Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Associationhas honoured Pure Gold with the "Developer... | avril4,2018Read full newsRead More
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The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes rejected a motion introduced by BSG Resources to throw out a final report that ruled out the existence of forged signatures in documents pertaining the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea.The information was made public by The Wall Street Journal, whose journalists had access to a procedural order.BSGR, the mining arm of billionaire Be...Read More
U.S.-based construction firm Fluor Corp subcontracted earth-moving work on the Quellaveco copper mine in Peru to local company Grana y Montero, in a sign the stalled $5 billion project could be reactivated.Grana said in a statement it had won a tender from Fluor for $53.9 million for work on Quellaveco, which is controlled by miner Anglo American. The work would last about 16 months, Grana said.Fl...Read More
Gold stocks have been terrible investments over the last two years, even as gold prices have increased 9%. But they are looking more and more attractive as a safe haven, as geopolitical and stock market risks seem to be intensifying.So, if you are one of those investors searching of a safe haven, let's take a look at two gold stocks that are attractive buys at this time. The right one for you will...Read More