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The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
Market participants held back on trading low-grade manganese ore on fears of further price drops in the run-up to year end, Fastmarkets learned in the latest pricing session in the week ended Friday November 30. Low-grade ore prices slide in China High-grade ore price inches up on stock-building activity Chinese physical manganese alloy price holds in spite of futures drop India...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The International Jewelry & Diamond Conference (Guangzhou) 2018 organized by Guangzhou Diamond Exchange and Guangdong Gems & Jade Exchange and co-organized by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) was held last week. More than 600 delegates from Brazil, Thailand, India, the U.S., Ukraine, Senegal, Belgium, Britain, the Netherlands, Lebanon, Canada, Singapore, Bots...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A survey released by the Diamond Producers Association (DPA) and KRC Research found that over 53 million Americans (21%) plan to purchase a diamond between Thanksgiving and Valentine's Day, with men and millennials most likely to purchase them. Of those who plan to buy a diamond, more than 20 million plan to buy a diamond engagement ring. The survey confirmed that the...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Significant achievements in the harmonization of wording on laboratory reports and the reporting of new treatments were reached during the 29th meeting of the Laboratory Manual Harmonisation Committee (LMHC), which was recently hosted by the G? 1/4 belin Gem Lab in Lucerne, Switzerland. The LMHC is currently comprised of representatives from the Central Gem Laboratory (CGL),...Read More
The aluminium mill-grade scrap market in the United States is showing further signs of wear, with prices shrugging off steep gains on the London Metal Exchange due to ample supply and limited demand.Despite the sharp uptick on the LME, some mill-grade scrap prices continued to succumb to downward pressure in Fastmarkets AMM's assessment on Monday December 3. Prices for 5052 segregated low-cop...Read More
The US Midwest P1020 aluminium premium held its range on Tuesday December 4, while domestic market participants kept out of the spot market and focused on depleting their existing inventories before the end of the year.Fastmarkets AMM assessed the P1020 duty-paid Midwest aluminium premium at 19-19.5 cents per lb on December 4, unchanged from the previous assessment. The premium had declined on Nov...Read More
The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Tuesday December 4. Base metals prices, bar those for tin, on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were all down during Asian morning trading on Tuesday December 4, with investors taking profits following the complex's strong performance on Monday.Here is how the LME base metals complex looked at 11.58am London time: For...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly higher during morning trading on Tuesday December 4, lifted by a slight downturn in the US dollar index and while market sentiment remains positive after recent US-China trade talks. The three-month nickel price continues to push higher - it is up by more than 6% from last week's low of $10,720 per tonne and is more than 1% higher than la...Read More
This article has been corrected to show that the Fastmarkets MB copper concentrates index should have read $88.8 per tonne/8.88 cents per lb on Friday November 30, not $87.3/8.73 cents as previously published.Diverted tonnages have been flowing into the spot copper concentrate market following unplanned outages at major smelters, boosting treatment charges (TCs) in the final two weeks of November....Read More
Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corporation will pay US$1.2 billion for a third of Teck's 90% interest through a jointly held entity, with the payment to be split between a $800 million earn-...Read More
Fastmarkets MB has corrected its copper concentrate TC/RC index, which was published incorrectly on November 30 due to a reporter error.The figure for the index has now been amended $88.8 per tonne/8.88 cents per lb.Fastmarkets MB's price book and database have been updated to reflect this change.To provide feedback on this price or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday December 5.Positive developments in the United States-China trade dispute kept London Metal Exchange base metal prices mostly elevated at the close on Tuesday December 4, although broad strength in the dollar is capping price rallies. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the close of trading:Flat stee...Read More
PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedThe company expects to increase its copper production from about an anticipated 150,000 tonnes this financial year to 285,000t in FY2021.However FY2019's cobalt guidance was revised downwards by 8,000t to 26,000t, to reflect the cobalt debottlenecking plant ramp-up and "associated expected shorter-term recoveries".PolarX builds big...Read More
The hot-rolled coil price strengthened slightly in the United States on Monday December 3, due to domestic mills trying to hold the price at $40 per hundredweight ($800 per short ton).Fastmarkets AMM's daily US Midwest hot-rolled coil index inched up to $37.77 per cwt on December 3 from $37.41 per cwt on Friday November 30.Lead times are around four weeks, market participants said.Heard in th...Read More
Flat steel import prices in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have increased slightly over the past seven days due to higher offers, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday December 4.Demand was subdued because buyers do not want to build inventory before finalizing their year-end accounting procedures, while it is also the case that existing stocks are enough to meet current consumption...Read More
Mahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsDealing with the complexity of Coal data with Geobank 2018SPONSOREDmicromineThe company says it expects to produce first copper from the in-situ recovery project in Arizona next year."With the...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for hot-rolled coil, cold-rolled coil, hot-dipped galvanized coil, pre-painted galvanized iron, steel plate, steel sheet and other flat steel products. Latest transactions: HRC, CRC, HDGHot-rolled coilChina, export, hot-rolled coil, offered at $530 per tonne cfr, to Saudi Arabia.India, export, hot-rolled coil, offered at $540-550 per tonne cf...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for rebar, wire rod, steel beams and other long steel products. Latest transactions: rebarRebarOman, export, rebar, traded at $525-530 per tonne cfr, theoretical weight,...Read More
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The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for steel billet, slab and bloom. Latest transactions: billetBilletSaudi Arabia, export, billet, offered at $480-500...Read More