It's not every day that you get a chance to own a mine that could have tens of millions of dollars of gold.Read full newsRead More

The national park's full planning committee will visit the site on 27 February before making a decision.Read full newsRead More

At the head of a poisoned river, the Munduruku find a devastated land where their village once stood. Can they stop the illegal mining that stole their homes?Read full newsRead More

CAIRO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - INTEREST RATESLatestLast change PreviousCentral17.75 15/02/1818.75 bank o/n depositCentral18.75 15/02/1819.75bank o/n lendingCentral18.25 15/02/1819.25bank discount rate MONTHLY DATA _____________ Month Pvs Yr agoUrban 17.128.1consumerJanuary 21.9prices(year-on-year,pct change) CoreinflatioJanuary 14.3519.86 30.86n (year-on-year,pct change) Foreign January 38.20937.020...Read More

DUBAI, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Middle Eastern stock markets may have an upward bias on Sunday because of a gradual recovery in oil prices and in Egypt's case, last week's interest rate cut, although there appears to be little reason for any strong rise in equities.Wall Street closed marginally firmer on Friday while Brent oil continued its gradual recovery, settling up 51 U.S. cents at $64.84 a barrel....Read More

A loan of $5,850 helps a member to buy ten pigs and have them delivered to strengthen her initial capital.Read full newsRead More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Will PurcellThe diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Friday was a 78-78-134 draw. The TSX Venture Exchange fell four points to 830 while polished diamond prices fell 1.6 per cent. Chris Taylor's Dunnedin Ventures Inc. (DVI) rose four cents to 30.5...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterNew York spot gold fell $6.80 to $1,346.50 on Friday. The TSX Venture Exchange fell 4.03 points to 830.17 while the TSX Gold Index dipped 3.54 points to 187.41. Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (AEM) led Canadian golds lower. It fell $2.17 to $...Read More

There's a vast world outside of the U.S. waiting for you to discover it. You know that but aren't sure about leaving what's familiar to you.There are many ways you can get around the overreaching laws and regulations, the political manipulation, and the social pressure. You can change your domestic lifestyle, work toward a freer life in the U.S.But if you have the itch to go global, there are near...Read More

Thestock market pullback of the last couple of weeks has shown that markets arejittery, and will likely be volatile for awhile as investors keep a vigil onrising bond yields (inflation) and potential interest rate hikes. In theseuncertain times, one sector that appears to be holding its own, and then some,is commodities. Let’s examine why this is the case, and why commodities aregoing to be...Read More

Federal Reserve officials like to say their policy course is "data-dependent." That sounds very cautious and intelligent, but what does it Continue...Read More

Gold spiked in January, and looked to be headed even higher. But there were some problems. First, futures speculators – as tracked by the Commitment of Traders (COT) report – had goneoverwhelmingly long, and since they tend to be wrong at emotional extremes, this was a red flag. Second, gold was approaching the $1360 level that had, since 2014, been the place where upward momentum went...Read More

Gold continues to prepare to break out of its giant Head-and-Shoulders bottom pattern. As we can see on its 8-year chart below, this base pattern has been developing for getting on for 5-years now, so it has major implications. Upside volume has been building for a long time, driving volume indicators higher, a sign that a breakout and new bullmarket is simply a matter of time, and not much at tha...Read More

Inflation is back. So what does this mean for gold?The consumer price index came in hotter than expected at 2.1%. A CNBC report said the number "pushes the economy toward a potential danger zone for inflation."Analysts had expected January inflation to come in at 0.3, after being up by 0.1 the previous month. Instead, the December number was revised up to 0.2 and January came in at 0.5. As Peter S...Read More

Gold spiked in January, and looked to be headed even higher. But there were some problems. First, futures speculators - as tracked by the Commitment of Traders (COT) report - had gone overwhelmingly long, and since they tend to be wrong at emotional extremes, this was a red flag. Second, gold was approaching the $1,360 level that had, since 2014, been the place where upward momentum went to die. F...Read More

Such a high hurdle indeed: Base Camp 1377. For as we stated a week ago, each time gold as if a magnet pulls in the prices of the 1360s, 'tis is repelled by the pushing forces emanating down from the opposing iconic magnet at 1377, ostensibly gold's highest hurdle in history:We've already seen gold having wasted little time in taking out last year's high (1362) by trading up to 1365 on 25 January....Read More

Here's something we don't see every day; the Dow Jones correcting over 10% in just nine trading days (January 26th to February 8th), then snapping back 5% in the next five. And the violence of the 10% decline, seen in Mr Bear's report card below is remarkable. From February 2-8th the NYSE saw seven extreme market events out of a possible ten; three NYSE 70% A-D Days and four Dow Jones 2% days. A f...Read More

"Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion"Continue...Read More

RAPAPORT... Three UK suppliers are collaborating on a one-day fair inLondon that will feature only ethically sourced and traceable gemstones forpurchase by jewelry designers. Stuart Pool of Nineteen48, KathyChappell of Fair Trade Gemstones and Ian Bone of Queensland,Australia-based Capricorn Gems will present stones at the March 13 event. All the goods on show will include full provenancedetails,...Read More

RAPAPORT... Phillips has appointed Susan Abeles head of jewelry for theAmericas, the auction house said Friday. Abeles (pictured), who will be based at the company's New Yorkheadquarters, has been tasked with creating a jewelry team there, as well asworking with clients on consignment projects. She will also take on the role of senior international specialist, and will be in charge of Phillips'fir...Read More