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Emory University makes staffers take 'cultural humility' training

January 24, 2018 / marketsanity.com

"Beginning in the 2018-19 academic year, all Campus Life staff will receive feedback on the new competency as part of the formal evaluation process," Continue...Read More

Jordan Roy-Byrne - Important levels to watch for gold, silver and gold stocks

January 24, 2018 / marketsanity.com

Editor of TheDailyGold.com Jordan Roy-Byrne looks at where gold, silver, and gold stocks need to close the month. We have seen encouraging weekly closes but if these sectors can close the first month of the year at breakout levels there could be more upside to come.Read More

Good Turnout at Italy's VicenzaOro

January 24, 2018 / www.diamonds.net

RAPAPORT... Attendancewas strong at the January edition of VicenzaOro, spurring confidence that Italy's gold-jewelry exports would improve in 2018.Risingproduction and consumption of gold jewelry signaled a favorable outlook for thesector, said Lorenzo Cagnoni, president of organizer Italian Exhibition Group (IEG),in his opening address on January 19. "VicenzaOro January opens in a highly positive...Read More

N27 triples cobalt tenure, introduces enhanced explorations methods

January 24, 2018 / finfeed.com

Published on: Jan 24, 2018 | by Meagan EvansNorthern Cobalt (ASX:N27) this morning announced that it has been granted an additional five tenements covering ground prospective for cobalt at the Wollogorang Cobalt Project in the Northern Territory.The new tenements surround the company's existing three tenements and lift its tenure at the project from 1131 square kilometres to 4986 square kilometres...Read More

Goldman, Citi final bidders for Scotiabank's metals business - sources

January 24, 2018 / www.miningweekly.com

LONDON – The field of prospective bidders for ScotiaMocatta, the metals trading arm of Canada's Bank of Nova Scotia, has narrowed to two, three banking and industry sources said on Wednesday.The two - Goldman Sachs Group and Citi - are undertaking due diligence checks, the sources said.AdvertisementThe sources said Japanese trading house Sumitomo and Australian bank ANZ (Australia and Ne...Read More

Coming Collapse Is "One For The Ages" - Doug Casey

January 24, 2018 / www.kitco.com

Jan 26, 2018 Guest(s): Doug Casey Best-selling Author Major structural problems in the U.S. economy and around the world may create headwinds for the stock markets, said best-selling author, Doug Casey."One big problem is the central bank," Casey told Kitco News on the sidelines of the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, "they keep creating trillions and trillions of new currency units."Ca...Read More

HOTTER ON METALS: Lithium faces challenges in EV battery race

January 24, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Lithium fans, take note. The metal's crown as the leading raw material in batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) is facing increasing competition from other products such as cobalt and nickel. Lithium has hogged the top spot in EV batteries for some time, largely due to its early adoption in technology developed by Tesla. For more than a decade, the US-based company has been using lithium-ion batte...Read More

HOTTER ON METALS: Lithium faces challenges in EV battery race

January 24, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Lithium fans, take note. The metal's crown as the leading raw material in batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) is facing increasing competition from other products such as cobalt and nickel. Lithium has hogged the top spot in EV batteries for some time, largely due to its early adoption in technology developed by Tesla. For more than a decade, the US-based company has been using lithium-ion batte...Read More

VICTORY: Police Agree to Settle Lawsuit Over Unconstitutional Raid, Search, Seizure & Arrest of Homeowner Who Refused Consent to Warrantless Entry

January 24, 2018 / marketsanity.com

Police have agreed to settle a Fourth Amendment lawsuit brought by The Rutherford Institute dealing with a warrantless raidContinue...Read More

HOTTER ON METALS: Lithium faces challenges in EV battery race

January 24, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Lithium fans, take note. The metal's crown as the leading raw material in batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) is facing increasing competition from other products such as cobalt and nickel. Lithium has hogged the top spot in EV batteries for some time, largely due to its early adoption in technology developed by Tesla. For more than a decade, the US-based company has been using lithium-ion batte...Read More

Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSX.V: BAY): Exploring of Large, High-Grade, Copper and Zinc Deposits in Nunavut, Interview with Tom Ullrich, CEO

January 24, 2018 / www.metalsnews.com

Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSX.V: BAY) is exploring for large, high-grade, sediment-hosted copper and zinc deposits in Nunavut, a mining-friendly Canadian jurisdiction. Aston Bay is 100% owner of the 1,024,345-acres (414,537-hectares) Aston Bay Property, located on western Somerset Island, Nunavut, which neighbors Teck's profitable past-producing Polaris Mine just 200km to the north. The Aston Bay p...Read More

HOTTER ON METALS: Lithium faces challenges in EV battery race

January 24, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Lithium fans, take note. The metal's crown as the leading raw material in batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) is facing increasing competition from other products such as cobalt and nickel. Lithium has hogged the top spot in EV batteries for some time, largely due to its early adoption in technology developed by Tesla. For more than a decade, the US-based company has been using lithium-ion batte...Read More

Nikkei: Gold Trading Jumps on Bitcoin Crash

January 24, 2018 / www.bullionvault.com

LONDON, 24 January 2018 - This week's sharp price-drop in Bitcoin coincided with a surge of gold trading on BullionVault, says Japan's leading financial newspaper, the Nikkei, today.Gold trading volumes on the internet exchange almost doubled on Tuesday from the previous 30 days' average, the paper reports, exceeding 74 kilograms costing ?352 million.The Nikkei goes on to cite analysis of interne...Read More

PERU set for Toronto debut

January 24, 2018 / www.mining-journal.com

With US$8 million banked after its latest non-brokered private placement, and completion of the Remo Resources reverse takeover that puts Chakana into the public market, the junior is set for a big year of drilling as it strives to put a significant maiden copper-gold-silver resource on two known breccia structures at Soledad, and prioritise assessment of a handful of other identified pipes.Read More

Jangada fishing for more than PGMs

January 24, 2018 / www.mining-journal.com

At Mining Indaba, in Cape Town, Jangada management will mix with banks, funds and private individuals that previously poured money into PGM endeavours in the world-famous Bushveld complex, some 1,400km away. Considering the dire straits many PGM miners on the Bushveld find themselves in, one might assume Jangada would want to avoid any comparison with the region - far from it. "There are...Read More

Gold Market Mulling Blockchain for $200 Billion of Supply

January 24, 2018 / www.bloomberg.com

Tech may prevent spread of conflict minerals, money launderingBullion joins commodities from oil to tomatoes in ledger pushGold Soars as Crypto Currencies PlungeGold is going digital.Blockchain technology may help keep track of the roughly $200 billion of the precious metal dug from remote mines, traded by middlemen and melted down by recyclers that’s sold each year to buyers scattered arou...Read More

Dow Closes Wild Tuesday on Sour Note - TheStreet

January 24, 2018 / www.thestreet.com

Stocks were mixed on Tuesday, Jan. 23, as investors turned their attention to corporate earnings after U.S. lawmakers ended a three-day government shutdown on Monday, Jan. 22. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed a mercurial day in the red Tuesday while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 continued their record-setting pace. The Nasdaq gained 0.71%, or 52 points, to 7,460.29 while the S&P 500...Read More

Stocks Rise on Earnings as Tech Rallies; Oil Gains: Markets Wrap

January 24, 2018 / www.bloomberg.com

Dollar declines; copper tumbles as inventories surgeWest Texas crude to $64 a barrel; price of gold advancesTrade issues are the "biggest risk" to the global economy, BlackRock's Philipp Hildebrand says in Davos.U.S. stocks rose a third day, while emerging-market equities hit the highest in a decade as synchronized global growth boosts corporate profits. Oil jumped as the dollar fell.The S&P 5...Read More

Stocks Trade Mixed, Nasdaq Hits Record as Netflix Soars - TheStreet

January 24, 2018 / www.thestreet.com

Stocks traded mixed on Tuesday, Jan. 23, as investors turned their attention to corporate earnings after U.S. lawmakers ended a three-day government shutdown on Monday, Jan. 22. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.17% to 26,170, the S&P 500 fell 0.03% after rising earlier, and the Nasdaq gained 0.28%. All three indexes scored record intraday highs soon after markets opened. Shares o...Read More

Gold price: ETF holdings jump to near 5-year high

January 24, 2018 / www.mining.com

On Tuesday, gold climbed back towards the $1,340 an ounce level bringing gains since mid-December to nearly $100 an ounce or 8%. Large-scale speculators have been increasing their exposure to gold on derivatives markets doubling net long positions - bets that gold will be more expensive in future - in the space of three weeks to the equivalent of 20m ounces. Retail and institutional investment i...Read More

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