Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEX) will launch US dollar-denominated London Metal Mini Futures for six base metals starting August 5, the exchange said recently. The company, which has wholly owned the London Metal Exchange since 2012, said that the new Hong Kong-listed contracts will be available for aluminium, zinc, copper, nickel, tin and lead. The move is the latest attempt from HKEX and th...Read More
(Kitco News) - The Fed's dovish position is likely to send gold several hundred dollars an ounce higher in the next six to 12 months, this according to Todd Gordon, founder of TradingAnalysis.com. "I don't think this is the birth of a new gold market. I do see upside though, into the $1,500s, $1,600s, potentially $1,700s but unfortunately I think at that point the Fed is going to start to reverse...Read More
Richard Hayes left a $45 million coin on the streets of Manhattan all day Tuesday, but he wasn't particularly worried about a thief carting it off. The coin-with Queen Elizabeth's profile pressed onto one side and a mid-hop kangaroo on the other-is beyond the wiles of the average pickpocket. It measures nearly 32 inches in diameter and is almost 5 inches thick. Oh, and it weighs about 2,200 pounds...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesJul 18, 2019One of the great pleasures of my job is to revisit companies making solid progress after having done everything they said they would do. I got back a week or so ago from a quick dash to Japan where I got to visit the wonderful team ofIrving Resources. (IRV-C)Irving is seven holes into a scout-drilling program. Their brilliant technical teamhas already hit a discove...Read More
The spot gold price is around $1,422/oz, having gained earlier amid renewed expectations of a US interest rate cut, ongoing US-China trade tensions and the British pound weakening on the growing possibility of a no-deal Brexit.The silver price has risen more than 8% over the past 30 days.Silver equities were among the biggest market risers in Toronto yesterday, where Mexico-focused explorer Silver...Read More
Production at South32's Hillside aluminium smelter in South Africa increased by 3,000 tonnes to a record 715,000 tonnes during its 2019 financial year ended June 30, 2019, the producer said on Thursday July 18. Sales at the smelter increased by 4% in the June 2019 quarter to 191,000 tonnes from 183,000 tonnes in the same quarter in 2018. "We achieved record annual production at Hillside... Th...Read More
Conical spacers that can be retrofitted to its proprietary IsaMills, or incorporated in new mills, are said to be particularly effective the finer the regrind product required. The spacers have been commercialised, but Glencore Technology says tests on pyrite concentrate showed 12.7% to 21.5% reductions in specific energy draw in gold recovery with the P80 size ranging from 22um to 15um. The great...Read More
Combrinck will use his 15 years of industry experience to develop new distribution partnerships in southern Africa. "My main aim is to grow our market share here, and develop it into a leading sector for BI," he said.BI is a distributor of bearings and power transmission products in southern Africa. Read More
China's 10 biggest copper smelters have set a treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) purchase price floor of $55 per tonne/5.5 cents per lb for the third quarter of this year, sources close to the matter told Fastmarkets on Thursday July 18.The latest price floor represents a 25% decrease compared with the second quarter's level of $73 per tonne/7.3 cents per lb and was set at the Copper Smelter...Read More
Expected interest rate cuts by all the central banks is supporting gold at the moment. European central bank is expected to cut interest rates in September. Trade war theme is still there. In short, all the factors are bullish for gold. Investment demand is on the rise with passing of each week. Economic growth news will be the key. Measures (other than interest rate or different forms of quan...Read More
Fastmarkets has changed the frequency of publication of its Japan and South Korea high-carbon ferro-chrome price assessments from weekly to fortnightly, effective Thursday July 18.Following a one-month consultation, both the ferro-chrome high-carbon 57-65% Cr, cif dup Japan and ferro-chrome high-carbon 57-65% Cr, cif dup South Korea prices will be assessed and published every other Thursday. The m...Read More
Turkey's Kar Madencilik has started producing primary pure magnesium metal (grade min 99.95%) at a smelter rented from Esan Eczacibasi, now called Kar Magnesium Smelter. Kar Madencilik entered an agreement to rent the smelter in February 2018 for a period of 10 years. The smelter, covering a 30,000 square meter closed area and consisting of seven different units, stopped production at the end of 2...Read More
Key data from the Wednesday July 17 pricing session in Shanghai.Key driversThe price of cobalt metal in China stabilized this week amid rising spot buying interest following a wave of speculative buying on the Wuxi Stainless Steel Exchange in the week ended July 12. The price of cobalt metal in China's domestic market fell to a multi-year low,...Read More
The Turkish steel mills have broken their recent silence in the deep-sea scrap markets and have accepted higher prices, sources said on Thursday July 18.Despite the falling prices for finished and semi-finished long steel, the Turkish mills agreed to pay higher prices for scrap because of their requirements for August-shipment cargoes.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a Baltic Sea cargo la...Read More
* GRAPHIC-2019 asset returns: (Adds Zambia copper output, updates prices)By Eric OnstadLONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - Nickel prices charged to a newone-year peak on Thursday as more speculators piled in,prompting jitters among some investors that the rally hadentered bubble territory.Nickel - used to make stainless steel and batteries forelectric vehicles - has surged by nearly a quarter since July 2...Read More
The Thursday Market Minute Global stocks slide as U.S. earnings weakness, as well as a notable slump in Japanese exports, signals further concern for the near-term fate of the world economy.Netflix posted its first dip in U.S. subscribers in 8 years last night, as well as a big miss in global customer additions, proving a poor start to second quarter FAANG earnings and rattling the tech sector.U...Read More
Misplaced optimism seems to be driving gains in the London Metal Exchange's three-month nickel price, especially amidst weak global economic growth and ongoing trade tensions between the United States and China; granted there is growing concern over nickel supply from Indonesia but this remains a long-term play.Fresh global economic jitters, escalating US-China trade tensions negatively affect equ...Read More
CRANBROOK, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Greg Rickford, Ontario Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, Bronwyn Eyre, Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources, and Sonya Savage, Alberta Minister of Energy, released the following joint statement today following the 2019 Energy and Mines Ministers' Conference:"We wish to thank the Government of British Columbia for hosting this year's Energy a...Read More
Key data from the Wednesday July 17 pricing session in Shanghai.Key driversThe price of cobalt metal in China stabilized this week amid rising spot buying interest following a wave of speculative buying on the Wuxi Stainless Steel Exchange in the week ended July 12. The price of cobalt metal in China's domestic market fell to a multi-year low,...Read More