* Dollar trades near 14-year high* European shares steady near 11-month high* two-year German bond yields hit record lowsBy Atul PrakashLONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The dollar's post-Federal Reserve rally steadied on Friday and European shares traded near 11-month highs as investors adjusted their portfolios before year-end to face the prospect of a faster-than-expected pace of U.S. rate hikes next...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices bounced off the previous session's ten-month lows on Friday, but gains were expected to remain limited as the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates this week continued to lend broad support to the U.S. dollar.On the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures for February delivery were up 0.56% at $1,136.15, off Thursday's 10-month trou...Read More
(Adds futures, company news)Dec 16 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 6 points on Friday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures FFIc1 down 0.11 percent ahead of the cash market open.* The UK blue chip index closed up 0.7 percent on Thursday at 6999.01, helped by stronger banking stocks and Centrica CNA.L , although mining companies fell after the U.S. Federal...Read More
Dec 16 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 6 points on Friday, according to financial bookmakers.* The UK blue chip index closed up 0.7 percent on Thursday at 6999.01, helped by stronger banking stocks and Centrica CNA.L , although mining companies fell after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates. ANGLO AMERICAN/DE BEERS: Anglo American Plc's AAL.L De Beers s...Read More
Bitcoin is getting closer to $800! We have been above $750 for quite a few days now. Are you going to be a person who always finds a way to figure out why you can't do something or will you be like me and explain why you can?Realize your potential. Newsweek follows a typical mainstream pattern and tries to paint a dark picture of Bitcoin by bringing up the same old scare tactics- Putin, Racism, an...Read More
Trump Floats Ban on Defense Firms Hiring Military Procurement Officials ... US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday said he was considering imposing a lifetime ban on US military procurement officials going to work for defense contractors, a move that could dramatically reshape the defense industry. -ReutersPresident-elect Donald Trump has said Boeing & Co. prices are ridiculous and...Read More
Trump Floats Ban on Defense Firms Hiring Military Procurement Officials ... US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday said he was considering imposing a lifetime ban on US military procurement officials going to work for defense contractors, a move that could dramatically reshape the defense industry. -ReutersPresident-elect Donald Trump has said Boeing & Co. prices are ridiculous and...Read More
A confrontation between local indigenous peoples and police at a mine in Ecuador has forced a state of emergency.According to media reports, members of the Shuar people attacked the Exploracobres copper mine, killing at least one policeman and wounding several others.About 60 were believed to be involved in the attack; they accuse the mine and its Chinese owner of encroaching on their territory....Read More
US Federal regulators took back Thursday Twin Metals' federal minerals leases for copper and nickel mining in northern Minnesota, saying production there poses a risk to wilderness in the region.According to the Department of Interior and the Department of Agriculture, the vast underground mine proposed along the Kawishiwi River is simply too close to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (B...Read More
Tashkent, March 2017Please provide early indication of interest by December 15, 2016CAMESE and the Canadian Embassy to Russia are seeking your interest in participating in a mining trade mission to Tashkent, Uzbekistan on the margins of "Uz-MiningExpo-2017" trade show from March 15 to 17, 2017. The mission program is developed with the participation of the Canada Eurasia Russia Business Associatio...Read More
Zinc producer Nyrstar (EBR:NYR) is moving ahead with its plans to move away from mining by offloading a multimetallic mine in Peru and various claims in Quebec to subsidiaries of Glencore (LON:GLEN).The transactions, worth $26 million, are part of the mining assets sale process formally launched in January this year, which includes the completed sale of the El Toqui mine in Chile and the announced...Read More
Description As global demand weakens and commodity prices fall, we're seeing a challenging environment in the metals and mining industry. Mining companies are increasingly coming under pressure to reduce operating costs, causing many to shift their strategic planning, delay new investments and look to long-term future growth. This Copper Long Term Outlook report provides a detailed breakdown of g...Read More
PropOrNot: Evidence of a CIA Psychological Operation ... On November 24, The Washington Post published a story citing the anonymous group PropOrNot. The story accused the Russians of building a large propaganda operation that worked to defeat Hillary Clinton and elect "insurgent candidate" Donald Trump. It claimed a large number of alternative news websites are acting as Russian agents, dupes, and...Read More
Palisade Research December 15, 2016 Category: Research If you have been a regular listener of Palisade Radio over the past three years, you would be aware that uranium has been a major topic of discussion. Our host and CEO, Collin Kettell, has spent considerable time interviewing guests about the commodity and its inevitable turnaround, even while it has been mired in a prolonged bear market.There...Read More
Ross Beaty, founder and Chairman of Pan American Silver Corp. (TSE:PAA) and Alterra Power Corp. (TSE:AXY), took the time to speak with SmallCapPower at Mines and Money London, providing some tips about successful mining investing and offering up insight into why he took a 'green turn' to deliver clean energy. "It's not that hard," he said, noting that he was also looking for investment opportuniti...Read More
PropOrNot: Evidence of a CIA Psychological Operation ... On November 24, The Washington Post published a story citing the anonymous group PropOrNot. The story accused the Russians of building a large propaganda operation that worked to defeat Hillary Clinton and elect "insurgent candidate" Donald Trump. It claimed a large number of alternative news websites are acting as Russian agents, dupes, and...Read More
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Canada's Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX, NYSE:TRQ), which is 51% owned by Rio Tinto and holds two-thirds of the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia, said Wednesday it had resumed concentrate shipments from the operation to China.The Vancouver-based miner said that after two weeks of talks with Mongolian and Chinese authorities, Oyu Tolgoi has been allowed to restart shipping ore across...Read More
VANCOUVER (miningweekly.com) - The 2017 outlooks for the global base metals, US steel and US coal industries remain stable for the next 12 to 18 months, according to Moody's Investors Service.In a report released Tuesday, the ratings agency said that weak macroeconomic indicators would limit upside movement in the base metals sector, particularly Chinese purchasing managers' indexes (PMIs), wh...Read More