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Legendary Timmins Dome underground operations ended Dec. 31: 'It's just amazing what this mine has done for the community' - by Maija Hoggett (Northern Ontario Business - January 2, 2017)

January 02, 2018 / www.republicofmining.com

Legendary Dome Mine Timmins Ontario (Wiki Photo)https://www.northernontariobusiness.com/The final day of 2017 marked the end of an era at a Timmins mine. More than 100 years after the Dome underground mine started, work permanently ceased on Dec. 31.Goldcorp Porcupine Gold Mines (PGM) announced the closure, which directly affects about 140 people, in August. To mark the end of the historic operati...Read More

New Rostov reactor starts up

January 02, 2018 / www.world-nuclear-news.org

Russia's latest nuclear power reactor, Rostov 4, reached criticality and minimum controlled power on 29 December. It is Russia's 36th reactor in a fleet that meets about 18% of the country's electricity demand.Rosenergoatom have said Rostov's four units will "complete the energy security in southern Russia" (Image: Rosenergoatom)With the integrity and function of all operation and safety systems...Read More

Global Metal Ore Mining Market briefing 2017 - Research & markets

January 02, 2018 / www.businesswire.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Metal Ore Mining Market Global Briefing 2017" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering.Metal ore mining industry primarily covers mining of metallic minerals and development of mine sites. It also includes ore dressing, and other beneficiating operations such as crushing, grinding, washing, drying, sintering, concentrating, calcining, and leaching.The i...Read More

Q & A with Lynette Zang

January 02, 2018 / marketsanity.com

Eric Griffin takes your top questions to ITM Trading's Chief Market Analyst Lynette Zang.Lynette Zang has held the position of Chief Market Analyst at ITM Trading since 2002. Ms. Zang has been in the markets on some level since 1964. Her mission is to convert financial noise into understandable language. She has been a banker, a stock broker and studied world currencies since 1987. She believes st...Read More

How the IRS Will Target Bitcoin Users

January 02, 2018 / marketsanity.com

On November 28, a federal judge ordered Coinbase, a company that facilitates transactions in crypto-currencies Continue...Read More

The 5 Largest Gold Nuggets that Still Exist

January 02, 2018 / marketsanity.com

Throughout the mining history of gold, the discovery of a large gold nugget is a rare event which always causes excitement throughout Continue...Read More

STEEL NEWS ROUND-UP: British Steel chief resigns, FN Steel agrees deal with Ovako, ArcelorMittal jv with Sail a step closer

January 02, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

With resignations, acquisitions and co-operation agreements, the last few weeks of 2017 were unusually busy for many European steel companies. Metal Bulletin brings together some of the more important stories from the festive period.British Steel chief resigns British Steel has started 2018 without a permanent chief executive officer, after the resignation of Peter Bernscher on December...Read More

Manufacturing price rises likely after eurozone PMI hits record high in December

January 02, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Prices are likely to rise in the eurozone manufacturing sector this year following the purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the region reaching a record high in December 2017, data organization IHS Markit said on Tuesday January 2.December's final manufacturing PMI for the eurozone was 60.6, compared with 60.1 in July, amid strong expansions in new orders and output. The reading was the highest re...Read More

Home prices are set to soar in 2018

January 02, 2018 / marketsanity.com

Supply is low and demand high and this is fueling the price gains of homes around the country. Neither of those is expected to ease up anytime soon.Continue...Read More

Silver prices likely to rocket by mid-year on solar push

January 02, 2018 / marketsanity.com

Although the amount of silver used in solar cells has been decreasing 5-6 percent per year, that's offset by the overall growth in the market of around 20 percent a year. Continue...Read More

Pacifico Minerals updates market on polymetals portfolio

January 02, 2018 / finfeed.com

Published on: Jan 2, 2018 | by finfeedPacifico Minerals (ASX:PMY), an ASX-listed junior metals explorer, has published an update on its impressive array of resource projects spread across some of the most prospective regions in the world.Spanning multiple continents, the company's portfolio boasts considerable polymetallic potential which could prove profitable as green technology continues to ign...Read More

CityAM: Gold Demand Jumps into 2018

January 02, 2018 / www.bullionvault.com

LONDON, 2 January 2018 - London's financial newspaper CityAM today reports how BullionVault saw a surge of gold investment demand to mark the end of last year."Data from [the] online gold platform showed private investors' gold demand hitting a 13-month high in December to end 2017 with a bang," says the paper online."This was the heaviest net demand since November 2016, when Donald Trump won the...Read More

Q & A with Lynette Zang

January 02, 2018 / marketsanity.com

Eric Griffin takes your top questions to ITM Trading's Chief Market Analyst Lynette Zang.Lynette Zang has held the position of Chief Market Analyst at ITM Trading since 2002. Ms. Zang has been in the markets on some level since 1964. Her mission is to convert financial noise into understandable language. She has been a banker, a stock broker and studied world currencies since 1987. She believes st...Read More

How the Lack of Consent has Made Us All Victims

January 02, 2018 / www.thedailybell.com

Nothing should happen to your body without your consent.Seems pretty straightforward. Yet our society is predicated on ignoring consent.Recently we have heard all about famous and powerful people ignoring consent when it comes to sexual advances.But consent is just as important when it comes to labor, for instance. Completely forced labor is slavery.Taxes also amount to a less intense form of forc...Read More

Gold: The Original Cryptocurrency

January 02, 2018 / www.energyandcapital.com

It's the next big cryptocurrency...And it's better than Bitcoin in many ways.It's completely anonymous, decentralized, divisible, fungible, uniform, widely recognized, and has a very limited supply...Gold.2017 was the year of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. But gold didn't fare too poorly, either. In fact, gold ended the year on its best rally since 2011.2017 was the year of Bitcoin. But 2018 will b...Read More

Silver Bullion Should Be A Key Holding Going Into 2018 In Light Of All The Inflation Expectations

January 02, 2018 / www.silverdoctors.com

Stewart Thomson says "silver investors should be going into 2018 with a feeling of great confidence" Here's the details...By Stewart Thomson of Graceland UpdatesJan 2, 2018The world's most awesome asset is taking the world gold community into the new year with grand style. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge. Gold has stunned most analysts and roared to my $1310 target price wit...Read More

Clive Maund: Copper Is At A Critical Juncture And This Has Major Implications For Silver

January 02, 2018 / www.silverdoctors.com

"We're looking at copper because of its implications for the economy generally...especially for the outlook for the price of silver..."by Clive Maund via Streetwise ReportsWe have seen an unusually steady uptrend in copper this month that has resulted in it appreciating by about 10%, which might not sound like much, but makes a big difference if you are a producer with fixed costs. What is remarka...Read More

Junior Miners (GDXJ) breaking out again!

January 02, 2018 / kimblechartingsolutions.com

Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) has been reflecting actual and relative strength of late compared to the S&P 500. On December the 20th the Power of the Pattern shared that GDXJ had hit an important support line and was experiencing a short-term breakout. See 12/20 post HERE.Below compares GDXJ to the S&P over the past couple of weeks-CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGEGDXJ has been strong of late, gaining 12%...Read More

How the Lack of Consent has Made Us All Victims

January 02, 2018 / www.thedailybell.com

Nothing should happen to your body without your consent.Seems pretty straightforward. Yet our society is predicated on ignoring consent.Recently we have heard all about famous and powerful people ignoring consent when it comes to sexual advances.But consent is just as important when it comes to labor, for instance. Completely forced labor is slavery.Taxes also amount to a less intense form of forc...Read More

On the Road with Porter Stansberry

January 02, 2018 / www.youtube.com

The One Road Podcast, broadcasting financial streams of consciousness One Road Podcast uses relevant excerpts from Peter Pham's excellent Big Trade podcast series and combines the excerpts into a nuanced take on our investment newsletter content. Porter Stansberry joins Peter for an intimate talk about family and the future. Porter opens about talking about his past as well as his family and how h...Read More

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