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Macro Snapshot: The FOMC held rates at 3.50 to 3.75% on July 29 by a 9 to 3 vote, with three members dissenting in favour of a quarter-point hike. Chair Kevin Warsh described inflation as a ‘choice’ and made clear the Committee would move quickly if incoming inflation data ran hot. Going into the week ending August 7, CME FedWatch put September hike odds near 58%. That framing collapsed on Friday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that US employers
Now That a Jobs Miss Broke Gold’s Resistance, Can Silver Clear Its Ceiling?
Macro Snapshot: The FOMC held rates at 3.50 to 3.75% on July 29 by a 9 to 3 vote, with three members dissenting in favour of a quarter-point hike. Chair Kevin Warsh described inflation as a ‘choice’ and made clear the Committee would move quickly if incoming inflation data ran hot. Going into the week ending August 7, CME FedWatch put September hike odds near 58%. That framing collapsed on Friday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that US employers
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Rockwell Subsidiaries Survive Liquidation Bid
Johannesburg: Rockwell Diamonds said its three subsidiaries – Rockwell Resources, HC van Wyk Diamonds and Saxendrift Mine – were successfully placed under business rescue by a court in Kimberley, South Africa as opposed to liquidation. The immediate effect, it said, was that all legal proceedings against the subsidiaries were stayed, and the liquidation process was suspended. Rockwell said the orders
Tanzanian President Asks Mining Minister to Resign
Dar Es Salaam: Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Wednesday ordered Minister for Energy and Minerals Sospeter Muhongo to resign after a report showed he was implicated in mining firms’ undeclared mineral sand exports. The report revealed that the undeclared mineral sand exports led to tax evasion by the mining firms. Magufuli said the report revealed that mining firms, including Acacia
ALROSA-Endiama Sign Agreement
Luanda: ALROSA will develop the new Luaxe diamond deposit in Angola. During the visit of the Russian official delegation on May 23, 2017, the President of ALROSA Sergey Ivanov and the president of the Angola’s national diamond-mining company Endiama Carlos Sumbula signed respective documents on the establishment of the international enterprise Luaxe. Companies signed three documents: a memorandum of understanding,
Zimbabwe Takes Control of Its Diamond Ind. Again
Harare: Zimbabwe has taken over income from all diamond mining activities in the country after injecting $80m into the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), a state-owned company mandated to run diamond mining activities, reports miningmx. The Zimbabwe Government’s Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, has now stated, “the diamonds belong to the fiscus” in a time of decline in gem mining operations
Rockwell Subsidiaries Survive Liquidation Bid
Johannesburg: Rockwell Diamonds said its three subsidiaries – Rockwell Resources, HC van Wyk Diamonds and Saxendrift Mine – were successfully placed under business rescue by a court in Kimberley, South Africa as opposed to liquidation. The immediate effect, it said, was that all legal proceedings against the subsidiaries were stayed, and the liquidation process was suspended. Rockwell said the orders
Tanzanian President Asks Mining Minister to Resign
Dar Es Salaam: Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Wednesday ordered Minister for Energy and Minerals Sospeter Muhongo to resign after a report showed he was implicated in mining firms’ undeclared mineral sand exports. The report revealed that the undeclared mineral sand exports led to tax evasion by the mining firms. Magufuli said the report revealed that mining firms, including Acacia
ALROSA-Endiama Sign Agreement
Luanda: ALROSA will develop the new Luaxe diamond deposit in Angola. During the visit of the Russian official delegation on May 23, 2017, the President of ALROSA Sergey Ivanov and the president of the Angola’s national diamond-mining company Endiama Carlos Sumbula signed respective documents on the establishment of the international enterprise Luaxe. Companies signed three documents: a memorandum of understanding,
Zimbabwe Takes Control of Its Diamond Ind. Again
Harare: Zimbabwe has taken over income from all diamond mining activities in the country after injecting $80m into the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), a state-owned company mandated to run diamond mining activities, reports miningmx. The Zimbabwe Government’s Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, has now stated, “the diamonds belong to the fiscus” in a time of decline in gem mining operations
