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Resource-rich Mongolia rejects cap on foreign workers for 2018

February 13, 2018 / www.mining.com

ULAANBAATAR, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Mongolia will not put a cap on immigration in 2018, authorities said on Tuesday, after lawmakers rejected new policy proposals that set to put tough restrictions on the numbers of foreign workers in the remote north Asian nation.Some members of Mongolia's parliament sought to limit the number of new resident permits granted to foreign or stateless people to 100 per...Read More

Experts warn of civil unrest in Argentina as it readies to lift ban on open pit mining

February 13, 2018 / www.mining.com

Argentina's national government is pressing ahead with its intentions to make of mining one of the pillars of job creation, and it's holding talks with the leaders of the three provinces that declined to sign a 2017 mining act, which harmonizes taxes and regulations in hopes of attracting investment.Mining secretary, Daniel Meil??n, told local paper El Diario that the government wants the leaders...Read More

Experts warn of civil unrest in Argentina as it readies to lift ban on open pit mining

February 13, 2018 / www.mining.com

Argentina's national government is pressing ahead with its intentions to make of mining one of the pillars of job creation, and it's holding talks with the leaders of the three provinces that declined to sign a 2017 mining act, which harmonizes taxes and regulations in hopes of attracting investment.Mining secretary, Daniel Meil??n, told local paper El Diario that the government wants the leaders...Read More

Experts warn of civil unrest in Argentina as it readies to lift ban on open pit mining

February 13, 2018 / www.mining.com

Argentina's national government is pressing ahead with its intentions to make of mining one of the pillars of job creation, and it's holding talks with the leaders of the three provinces that declined to sign a 2017 mining act, which harmonizes taxes and regulations in hopes of attracting investment.Mining secretary, Daniel Meil??n, told local paper El Diario that the government wants the leaders...Read More

US STOCKS-Wall Street drops as caution sets in ahead of inflation data

February 13, 2018 / www.kitco.com

* Indexes down: Dow 0.39 pct, S&P 0.33 pct, Nasdaq 0.09 pct* U.S. consumer prices and retail sales data due Wednesday* Market rout not impacting economic outlook - Fed's Mester* Under Armour climbs after posting upbeat revenue* AmerisourceBergen jumps on report of takeover approach (Changes comment, updates price, adds details)By Sruthi ShankarFeb 13 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes fell...Read More

Analysts See Potential For Further Gains In Palladium, Platinum Prices

February 13, 2018 / www.kitco.com

(Kitco News)- While theshine has come off Platinum Group Metals in the past month, some analystscontinue to see potential for the precious metals throughout the year.After astellar 2017, palladium has led the selloff in the PGM market, dropping morethan 13% from its all-time highs seen a month ago. March palladium futures lasttraded at $982.30 an ounce. At the same time, the spread has closed betw...Read More

Analysts See Potential For Further Gains In Palladium, Platinum Prices

February 13, 2018 / www.kitco.com

(Kitco News) - While the shine has come off Platinum Group Metals in the past month, some analysts continue to see potential for the precious metals throughout the year.After a stellar 2017, palladium has led the selloff in the PGM market, dropping more than 13% from its all-time highs seen a month ago. March palladium futures last traded at $982.30 an ounce. At the same time, the spread has close...Read More

LPC: CLO market cheers end of risk-retention rules

February 13, 2018 / www.kitco.com

By Kristen HaunssNEW YORK, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Wall Street firms are cheering a court ruling that will exempt Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) funds from complying with Dodd-Frank Act rules that require investment managers to hold some of their deals' risk.The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled last Friday that CLO funds, the largest buyer of leveraged loans, will no...Read More

Groupon Option Premiums Get Rich as Earnings Approach

February 13, 2018 / www.schaeffersresearch.com

Online discount marketplace Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) is set to report fourth-quarter earnings before the market opens this Wednesday, Feb. 14. Analysts, on average, are looking for a profit of 9 cents per share, up from 7 cents in the year-ago quarter -- but judging by widespread pessimism on Wall Street, quite a few bears are looking for GRPN to fall short of the consensus forecast.Bears Bet Aga...Read More

Colombia bomb halts Cerrejon coal train; output, exports unaffected

February 13, 2018 / www.mining.com

BOGOTA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The railway line of Colombia's largest coal mine, Cerrejon, was attacked with explosives overnight, causing the train to halt transport but without affecting production or exports, the company reported on Tuesday.The attack occurred late on Monday in northern La Guajira province where the open-pit coal mine is located."At kilometer 27 an explosive device detonated on the...Read More

Colombia bomb halts Cerrejon coal train; output, exports unaffected

February 13, 2018 / www.mining.com

BOGOTA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The railway line of Colombia's largest coal mine, Cerrejon, was attacked with explosives overnight, causing the train to halt transport but without affecting production or exports, the company reported on Tuesday.The attack occurred late on Monday in northern La Guajira province where the open-pit coal mine is located."At kilometer 27 an explosive device detonated on the...Read More

HCA Healthcare Stock Ready To Break Out

February 13, 2018 / www.schaeffersresearch.com

Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE:HCA) hit a record high in late January, thanks to a positive reaction to the healthcare company's earnings report. This just mirrored the stock's recent technical tenacity, having broke out above a long-term flag pattern in December. More recently, the security has pulled back to its 2015 highs, making now an opportune time to join HCA on its next leg higher. A...Read More

Gold Price Bounces As U.S. Dollar Shows Concern For Growing US Deficits

February 13, 2018 / www.kitco.com

(Kitco News)- The gold market is regaining some lost ground Tuesday,benefiting from a weaker U.S. dollar as markets continue to digest PresidentDonald Trump’s proposed budget for 2019.April gold futures last traded at $1,331 an ounce, up0.35% on the day. The gains come as the U.S. Dollar index has dropped below thecritical psychological level of 90 points. The USD Index last traded at 89.65p...Read More

Gold Price Bounces As U.S. Dollar Shows Concern For Growing US Deficits

February 13, 2018 / www.kitco.com

(Kitco News) - The gold market is regaining some lost ground Tuesday, benefiting from a weaker U.S. dollar as markets continue to digest President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for 2019.April gold futures last traded at $1,331 an ounce, up 0.35% on the day. The gains come as the U.S. Dollar index has dropped below the critical psychological level of 90 points. The USD Index last traded at 8...Read More

TREASURIES-Yields slip, along with U.S. stocks, before inflation data

February 13, 2018 / www.kitco.com

By Gertrude Chavez-DreyfussNEW YORK, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. long-dated Treasury yields slipped on Tuesday in quiet trading, tracking the decline in stocks ahead of a crucial U.S. inflation report on Wednesday that could shed more light on the pace of future interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve."We're seeing stocks trading lower and so perhaps the Treasury market is a little bit on...Read More

Precipitate Gold identifies anomalies at Juan de Herrera

February 13, 2018 / www.stockwatch.com

Mr. Jeffrey Wilson reportsPRECIPITATE IDENTIFIES NUMEROUS NEW BASE METAL SOIL ANOMALIES AT JUAN DE HERRERA PROJECT, DOMINICAN REPUBLICPrecipitate Gold Corp. has released regionally compiled results of its near property-wide soil sampling program conducted on its 100-per-cent-owned Juan de Herrera project in the Dominican Republic.The combination of previously collected soil sampling analyses with...Read More

Precipitate Gold identifies anomalies at Juan de Herrera

February 13, 2018 / www.stockwatch.com

Mr. Jeffrey Wilson reportsPRECIPITATE IDENTIFIES NUMEROUS NEW BASE METAL SOIL ANOMALIES AT JUAN DE HERRERA PROJECT, DOMINICAN REPUBLICPrecipitate Gold Corp. has released regionally compiled results of its near property-wide soil sampling program conducted on its 100-per-cent-owned Juan de Herrera project in the Dominican Republic.The combination of previously collected soil sampling analyses with...Read More

Gold Traders Quickly Step In To Buy Today's Dip

February 13, 2018 / www.kitco.com

(Kitco News) - Goldprices briefly slipped below unchanged levels inmid-morning U.S. dealings Tuesday. However, traders quickly stepped in to"buy the dip" in prices, to push gold back above unchanged and totrade modestly up on the day. A slumping U.S. dollar index early this week isworking in favor of the precious metals market bulls. Aprilgold was last up$3.70 an ounce at $1,330.10.By Ji...Read More

Gold: Set Up To Take Out Its January Highs?

February 13, 2018 / seekingalpha.com

Gold is still making higher highs.It seems now to be bouncing out of a daily cycle low.The dollar has also topped. We could have a nice rally on our hands.The gold market (NYSE:GLD) remains a very difficult sector to trade. Gold has actually formed a daily swing low which could mean we have a daily cycle low on our hands. Why? Well the momentum oscillators have reached oversold territory and short...Read More

Stocks Just Did This for the First Time in 4 Years

February 13, 2018 / www.schaeffersresearch.com

The S&P 500 Index (SPX) on Monday notched a gain of more than 1%, after rallying on Friday. It marked the index's first back-to-back gains of that magnitude since June 2016. The last time the SPX went at least a year without consecutive gains was in February 2014, four years ago, according to Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White. Here's what that could mean for the stock market in t...Read More

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