Daily Dispatches

Governments 'ferociously' shorting gold futures around Fed meeting, Turk tells KWN

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-03-18 22:47 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:50a ICT Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: Ahead of the Fed

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-03-18 22:34 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:36a ICT Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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Tanzania sets up mineral trading centers to curb illegal gold exports

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-03-18 22:28 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala
Reuters
Monday, March 18, 2019

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania -- Tanzania has ordered all mineral-producing regions in the East African nation to set up government-controlled trading centers by the end of June, accelerating efforts to curb illegal exports of gold and other precious minerals.

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Egon von Greyerz at KWN: Have the Ides of March been delayed a couple of weeks?

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2019-03-17 23:43 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:45a ICT Monday, March 18, 2019

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Nathan Lewis: Why gold is still the best basis for money

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2019-03-16 22:15 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Nathan Lewis
Forbes.com, New York
Saturday, March 16, 2019

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South African court blocks mine union's plan for industry-wide strike

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2019-03-15 22:04 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Tanisha Heiberg and Mfuneko Toyana
Reuters
Friday, March 15, 2019

RUSTENBURG, South Africa -- South Africa's labor court has rejected a request by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union to hold an industry-wide strike covering the platinum and gold sectors, Anglogold Ashanti, Anglo American Platinum, and Lonmin said today.