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By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud A new report by BMI Research states that a possible victory by frontrunner presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador poses “minimal downside risks to an otherwise strong outlook” for Mexico’s mining industry. According to the market research firm, the populist candidate’s policy goals would indeed represent a major shift […]

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud GFG Resources (TSX-V:GFG) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Rapier Gold. In a press release, the company explained that the buy-out was an integral part of its plans to consolidate a piece of land west of the gold mining district of Timmins, Ontario. With this addition,

By analyst By Frik Els Gold pour at Porcupine mine. Image: Goldcorp According to the World Gold Council primary gold production hit another record in 2017 after nine years of growth in output, albeit at a much slower pace. Global gold production totalled roughly 105m troy ounces in 2017. Output is up 525 tonnes or

By Cory Short and Long Term Outlooks For Oil, Natural Gas, and the USD Chris Vermeulen, Founder of The Technical Traders shares his outlook for the oil, natural gas and the US dollar. Natural gas is looking like a nice trader at it’s current level and oil while it is pulling back today is still

By Rob Otman US Bancorp stock had a down day in the market on Tuesday February 27. Shares dropped -1.49% and closed the day at $55.01. They’re now trading 5.97% below their 52-week high of $58.5. With yesterday’s drop, US Bancorp now has a market cap of $91 billion. That makes it a large cap

By Cory Maple Gold Mines Update – Detials On The Updated Resource Estimate and New Permits Granted Maple Gold Mines have released a lot of news over the past month. There was a new resource estimate that increased the contained ounces to over 3 million and increased confidence by adding ounces in the indicated category.

By analyst By MINING.com Editor The Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil is likely to resume operations before the end of the year or early 2019 Vale (NYSE:VALE) executives told investors on Wednesday. Samarco Mineracao – a joint venture Vale and BHP (NYSE:BHP) – ceased operations in November 2015 following a deadly tailings dam burst.

By analyst By Frik Els Copper futures trading on the Comex market in New York fell for the fourth straight session on Wednesday on fresh doubts about the strength of the economy in top consumer China. Copper for delivery in May slumped 1.8% to a low of $3.1295 a pound ($6,900 a tonne) in early

By Rob Otman Tech Data (Nasdaq: TECD) is a mid cap company that operates within the electronic equipment industry. Its market cap is $4 billion today and the total one-year return is 16.09% for shareholders. Tech Data stock is underperforming the market. It’s beaten down, but it reports earnings soon. So is it a good

By Greg Guenthner This post Here’s the Secret to Beating Amazon in the Retail Wars appeared first on Daily Reckoning. Macy’s (NYSE:M) is finally escaping retail purgatory. The iconic department store beat earnings and revenue estimates and has slowed its declining same-store sales. Its cost-cutting efforts are finally working as management appears to be setting