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Investing.com - Gold prices edged higher on Wednesday, bouncing off the prior session's three-week low as focus remained on U.S. stocks, which were the source of the latest turbulence in global markets.Comex gold futures were at $1,333.00 a troy ounce by 3:10AM ET (0810GMT). That was up around $3.00, or 0.25%, from their last settlement. Prices touched their lowest since Jan. 12 at $1,322.80 in th...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 Reporter West Texas Intermediate crude for March delivery lost $1.60 to $61.79 on the New York Merc, while Brent for April lost $1.35 to $65.51 (all figures in this para U.S.). Western Canadian Select traded at a discount of $30.70 to WTI ($31...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 $5.60 to $1,318.10 on Wednesday. The TSX Venture Exchange gained 1.04 points to 830.69 while the TSX Gold Index fell 1.84 points to 181.63. McEwen Mining Inc. (MUX) led Canadian gold miners lower today, dropping...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 Will PurcellThe diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Wednesday was a rousing 113-52-124. The TSX Venture Exchange rose one point to 830 while polished diamond prices edged lower. James Nelson's Spearmint Resources Inc. (SRJ) added 1.5 cents to nine...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 ReporterThe TSX Venture Exchange added 1.04 points to 830.69 Wednesday. Geoff Balderson's halted Aim Exploration Ltd. (AXN) has a filing statement for its qualifying transaction. The company is acquiring Dan Reitzik and Chris Filiatraut's bitc...Read More

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Thursday February 8.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange plunged at the 5pm close on Wednesday February 7, with a strong recovery in the dollar leading copper prices to plummet 2.4%. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how LME prices looked at Wednesday's close:Tom Albanese, the former chief executive officer of bo...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 Mike CaswellColorado securities lawyer Diane Dalmy, known in Vancouver for her part in a 2011 shell factory scheme involving John Briner, has pleaded guilty to unrelated criminal charges in Connecticut. Prosecutors there claim that she was part of multiple pump-a...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 Mike CaswellLundin Mining Corp. has filed a counterclaim in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against Vancouver resident Charles Shepherd, claiming that Mr. Shepherd falsely passed himself off as a representative of the company. Among other things, he sent a...Read More

Exelon's nuclear fleet generated the most power on record in 2017, the company's CEO Christopher Crane said yesterday. The company will start to recognise revenue from Illinois' zero emission credit (ZEC) programme during the first quarter of this year after its Quad Cities and Clinton plants were winning bidders in the state's ZEC procurement.Quad Cities (Image: Nuclear Regulatory Commission/Exel...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange mostly recovered from early morning lows at the close on Thursday February 8, but copper prices remained downbeat.Copper closed $35 lower after crashing over 2.4% on Wednesday, prices remain below $6,900 per tonne following further deliveries into LME-listed warehouses. "Copper was weaker earlier on news that LME stocks rose by another 21,000 tonnes...Read More

Comex copper prices bounced back on Thursday February 8 after crashing to a multi-week low the day before, with investors still upbeat on global growth prospects for 2018. Copper for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 1.00 cents or 0.3% to $3.0975 per lb. Yesterday, the metal touched $3.1060, the weakest since January 23. "Downside prices risks are like...Read More

Is the Stock Market Rigged?Paul Craig Roberts and Dave KranzlerOn February 6 PCR asked if the Plunge Protection Team had stepped in and prevented a stock market correction by purchasing equity index futures. https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/02/06/another-arrested-equity-correction-paul-craig-roberts/ Sure enough, the daily exchange volume chart shows an increase in futures activity on Februar...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly in negative territory once again during morning trading on Thursday February 8, with nickel dropping back below $13,000 per tonne. The three-month nickel price has now plummeted 7.2% since it hit $14,000 per tonne last Thursday. The recovery in the dollar has put pressure on prices; most recently it was trading 0.32% higher at 90.55 - the...Read More

Metal Bulletin correspondents round up the main topics and trends from the final day of the 2018 Investing in African Mining Indaba. Resource nationalism Miners are expecting a showdown in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a new mining code is slated to be signed into law. But instead of fighting individual battles, companies are for the first time pulling together in a force that unites bot...Read More

Renewed demand in the European molybdic oxide and ferro-molybdenum markets has pushed prices higher this week after dipping the week before when slower demand encouraged profit-taking, sources told Metal Bulletin. Metal Bulletin assessed molybdic oxide prices at $12.10-12.50 per lb in-warehouse Rotterdam on Wednesday February 7, up 50 cents from Friday. The market was assessed at $9.80-9.90 p...Read More

Contact Gold (C.V) is adding 7.8 square kilometers to its Pony Creek land package in Nevada as it has entered into an agreement to acquire the East Bailey project from private vendors. Contact Gold will issue 250,000 shares to the vendors, as well as granting a 2% NSR on the zones of the property which aren't encumbered by existing royalty structures (generally structured as a 3% NSR, with an opti...Read More

Brazil's bauxite export volumes fell by 48.7% year-on-year in January, once again affected by lower shipments from Minera????o Rio do Norte (MRN).Exports totaled 433,797 tonnes, down from 845,347 tonnes a year earlier, Brazilian foreign trade ministry MDIC said on Thursday February 8.The city of Oriximin??, in the west of Par?? state where...Read More

Metal Bulletin correspondents round up the main topics and trends from the final day of the 2018 Investing in African Mining Indaba. Resource nationalism Miners are expecting a showdown in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a new mining code is slated to be signed into law. But instead of fighting individual battles, companies are for the first time pulling together in a force that unites bot...Read More

Photo-map of Integra Resources' Florida Mountain and DeLamar projects. Source: Integra Resources Corp.Integra Resources Corp. [ITR-TSXV.ITR, IRRZF-OTCQB] said Thursday February 8 that it has completed a maiden NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate for its newly acquired Florida Mountain Gold and Silver Project in southwestern Idaho.Florida Mountain is located 8.5 km east of Integra's DeLamar Gold...Read More