Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
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
(IDEX Online) - De Beers is shining a light on how it grades and tests rare fancy colored diamonds with a series of interactive hands-on demonstrations at Christie's auction house in London. The demonstrations are part of Christie's "Rare Treasures of the Earth" exhibition of exceptional fancy color diamonds and gemstones and will be conducted by De Beers Group Institute of Diamonds...Read More
Tiffany & Co. is offering a $112,000 advent calendar as one of 12 gifts in the luxury retailers first ever holiday catalog. Other gifts in the catalog includes a custom-made Tiffany Blue motorcycle created with Indian Motorcycle Co., a solid sterling silver greenhouse and a trip through Kenya that features an 11-day safari through the Samburu National Reserve.For those who want a unique design...Read More
RAPAPORT... Christie'swill collaborate with De Beers to stage a museum-quality exhibition in London aimed ateducating the public about the science of diamonds, the auction house said. Thefive-day event, focused on fancy-color diamonds as well as rare rocks andminerals, will feature a range of interactivedemonstrations. Led by experts at De Beers Group Institute of Diamonds,these will encompas...Read More
RAPAPORT... Jewelry sales declined at Indian retailer TitanCompany after a hike in gold prices dampened consumer appetite. Revenue for the category dropped 2% year onyear in the second fiscal quarter ending September 30, Titan reported in arecent trading update. Salesslumped in July, before picking up in August and September as the companyintroduced promotions to attract customers. "The divisionwi...Read More
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The first motion of the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine haul truck is scheduled for mid-2020, with testing continuing at Anglo American Platinum’s Mogalakwena mine until the end of the year.This climate-positive development by London- and Johannesburg-listed Anglo American will be open to the mining industry as a whole and not just the comp...Read More
The global economy has been transfixed by the China-United States trade war that came to the fore in the second quarter of 2018. When the trade war started, market participants hoped that an agreement would be reached by the time of the US mid-term elections in November 2018. But that date came and went without a deal. Fastmarkets then said there was a race against time before either a trade deal...Read More
Aim-listed Vast Resources has signed the documents for a $15-million finance facility to fund its operations in Romania and Zimbabwe.The company signed the binding conditional bond issue deed with UK-based fund Atlas Capital Markets.AdvertisementThe Atlas facility offered full funding to reach production at the Baita Plai polymetallic mine, in Romania, and at the Chiadzwa Community diamond concess...Read More
Trade wars, slowing economic growth, Brexit... the storm clouds are gathering for metals markets around the world.Issues around the new protectionism, born of geopolitical competition, look unlikely to be resolved any time soon.To help you navigate these markets, Fastmarkets provides the quality data and market intelligence that producers, traders, consumers - everyone, in fact, involved in the bu...Read More
Aim-listed Firestone Diamonds recorded a solid operational performance at its Liqhobong diamond mine, in Lesotho, in the quarter ended September 30 – the first quarter of its 2020 financial year.However from a market perspective, pricing remained subdued, CEO Paul Bosma said on Wednesday.AdvertisementHe indicated that the company continued to engage with its debtholders to ensure it was able...Read More
Trafigura has offered Nyrstar minority shareholders ?,?22.5 million ($25 million) for their remaining 2% stake in the zinc and lead smelting company.Trading house Trafigura, which owns 98% of Nyrstar, had previously offered ?,?22...Read More
Oriole's deepening footprint in West Africa is paying offSPONSOREDoriole resourcesPoster South Africa mine regeneration on trackSPONSOREDorion mineralsSilver Mines times Bowdens to perfectionSPONSOREDsilver mines limitedAfrica's rising resource nationalism ups stakes for minersSPONSOREDverisk maplecroftOperating profit was virtually flat at SEK 1.6bn (US$120 million), while free cash flow...Read More
Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesCopper production stood at 82,900 tonnes, a quarterly record, which KAZ said put it on track to hit its 2019 guidance of around 300,000t.Read More
Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesThe company reported 14% lower copper production year-on-year at 864 million pounds as the giant Grasberg mine in Indonesia continues to transition to underground, and a disappointing performance at Cerro Verde impacted output.The Phoenix, Arizona-based company reported a net loss of US$131 million, or 9c per share for the period, af...Read More
A summary of Southern Copper Corp's production results for the third quarter of 2019, following the release of the company's earnings report on Wednesday October 23.In brief: A surge in copper production at Southern Copper's Toquepala mine in Peru helped to boost total output in the third quarter of the year, in comparison with the corresponding period of 2018, and offset lower copper content in m...Read More
The London Metal Exchange's mission to create more transparency in stock levels may not be popular with the whole market but it is a big step toward fixing key issues with the exchange, sources told Fastmarkets. The LME is expected to implement a series of reforms in 2020 that will make big changes to warehousing after it launched a market consultation in July this year. Extending the queue-b...Read More
Market analysts are preparing their predictions for base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange ahead of LME Week 2019, but the recent volatility in LME nickel prices and spreads is proving an obstacle to price forecasting for the fourth quarter of the year.Trading houses and research analysts are giving ever wider ranges, seemingly not knowing whether to err on the side of their bear or bull...Read More
The price of steel billet in the Turkish market increased over the past week because of tight supplies and rising imported scrap costs, sources said on Thursday October 24.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel billet import, cfr main port Turkey, was $380-385 per tonne on Thursday, up from the $365-380 per tonne.Mills in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region have increased t...Read More
Domestic long steel prices in the Turkish market have retreated slightly over the past week on the back of a strengthening lira against the US dollar, sources said on Thursday October 24.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar) domestic, exw Turkey was TRY2,850-2,910 ($494-505) per tonne on Thursday, down from last week's TRY2,880-2,950 per tonne, including 18% V...Read More
The export prices of rebar and wire rod from Turkey have continued to increase over the past week, because of the rising cost of scrap and the reduced supplies due to production cuts in the country.Demand was still weak in any case, sources said on Thursday October 24.The mills in the country have raised their offer prices for exports of rebar to $410-420 per tonne fob on an actual weight basis, c...Read More
The price for steel rebar in Egypt was stable in the week ended Thursday October 24, but the import price for steel billet has increased again, sources have told Fastmarkets.Egyptian rebar producers reduced their domestic prices on October 9, but have not made any further changes since then.Ezz Steel, Egypt's biggest producer, was currently offering rebar at E ?10,900 ($672) per tonne, El Marakby...Read More