The London Metal Exchange's total average daily volumes (ADV) rose by 15% year on year in October, with aluminium and aluminium alloy sales growing by 40% and 89% respectively. In September, total ADV declined by 3.4% annually. Aluminium ADV showed 40.6% growth with 264,293 lots traded and net stocks reaching 59,525 tonnes. The three-month aluminium price on the LME peaked at $2,267 per tonne on O...Read More

The European molybdenum markets have dropped this week amid quiet business while dealers prepared for more active trading at the Fastmarkets MB ferro-alloys conference in Lisbon, Portugal this weekend, sources said.Fastmarkets MB assessed the price of European drummed molybdic oxide, in-warehouse Rotterdam, at $11.80-12.00 per lb on Wednesday November 7, down from $12.00-12.15 per lb on Friday las...Read More

Hydro's Alunorte alumina refinery will continue to run at 50% capacity following a federal court ruling, Fastmarkets understands. The federal court has decided to uphold the decision, previously made by the Para state court, to halt operations of the refinery's DRS2 bauxite residue disposal for environmental reasons. Alunorte has been running at 50% capacity since March following the original deci...Read More

CloseGain/LossGold $1223.90-$2.40Silver$14.43-$0.13XAU65.39-0.30%HUI145.76-0.07%GDM536.92-0.35%JSE Gold1121.61+7.77USD96.68+0.56Euro113.61-0.81Yen87.97+0.70Oil$60.67-$1.0010-Year3.240%+0.018T-Bond137.25-0.125Dow26191.22+0.04%Nasdaq7530.88-0.53%S&P2806.83-0.25% The Metals: Gold dropped $6.10 to $1220.20 at about 8:45AM EST before it popped up to $1226.90 shortly after the fed's statement, b...Read More

In today's update we look at yet another 'Punch and Judy' American election farce which once again ignored the 'Elephant in the room' - the inevitable U.S. $121.7 trillion debt crisis and the coming global $250 trillion debt crisis.We briefly look at the outcome of the elections, how markets have reacted in the short term and more importantly the long term outlook for markets and the dollarWe ex...Read More

Cobalt demand from the consumer electronics industry will continue to grow, with no shift away from lithium-cobalt-oxide (LCO) batteries on the cards, according to battery manufacturer ATL's procurement director, Xu Shihui. "The price of cobalt has been fluctuating and there have been questions about whether cobalt can be substituted by nickel, but for consumer electronics the direction is LCO bat...Read More

First Cobalt Corp has started testing cobalt hydroxide material as feedstock for its refinery in Ontario, Canada, with the goal of producing cobalt sulfate or metallic cobalt products for sale into the North American market. The company has retained inspection and certification firm SGS Canada to test the suitability of different cobalt feed material using the refinery's current flowsheet and is a...Read More

(Reuters) - The S&P 500 inched lower on Thursday, as disappointing results from a slew of companies, including Qualcomm Inc, countered gains in bank stocks ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision.Among the biggest decliners on the benchmark index were Perrigo Co (PRGO.N), Wynn Resorts Ltd (WYNN.O) and D.R. Horton Inc (DHI.N), all falling on disappointing quarterly results.Q...Read More

A Kazatomprom uranium operation. Source: National Atomic Company Kazatomprom JSC.National Atomic Co. Kazatomprom JSC, the world's largest uranium producer, has secured investor support to list 15% of its shares in London this month, sources have told the Financial Times of London.The Kazakh company is aiming to raise up to US$600 million in the listing, which would value the uranium producer at US...Read More

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - This week marks the last time Federal Reserve policymakers will set interest rates at a regular policy meeting and not follow it up with a lengthy press conference by the chief of the U.S. central bank to explain and perhaps defend the decision.Starting next year, Fed Chair Jerome Powell will hold a press conference after every one of the Fed’s eight regular meeting...Read More

(Reuters) - A hard-fought race for governor in Georgia remained unresolved on Thursday, two days after U.S. elections, with Democrat Stacey Abrams forming a litigation team for possible legal challenges even as Republican Brian Kemp met with the state’s current governor to begin planning his transition to the office.Kemp declared victory late on Wednesday, hours after the Abrams campaign sai...Read More

The European molybdenum markets have dropped this week amid quiet business while dealers prepared for more active trading at the Fastmarkets MB ferro-alloys conference in Lisbon, Portugal this weekend, sources said.Fastmarkets MB assessed the price of European drummed molybdic oxide, in-warehouse Rotterdam, at $11.80-12.00 per lb on Wednesday November 7, down from $12.00-12.15 per lb on Friday las...Read More

Capstone Mining's Cozamin Mine in Mexico. Source: Capstone Mining Corp.Capstone Mining Corp. [CS-TSX] on Thursday November 8 made reductions to its organizational structure, including changes to its senior executive team. Capstone said the move is designed to improve financial and operating performance by further empowering mine general managers and their teams to deliver profitable, safe and sust...Read More

(Kitco News) - Gold andsilver pricesaremodestly lower in early U.S. trading Thursday. A rebound in the U.S. dollar index today, following selling pressure this week, is working against theprecious metals market bulls. December gold futures were last down $2.50 anounce at $1,226.30. December Comex silver was last down $0.044 at $14.525 anounce. Focustoday is on the conclusion of the Federal Reserv...Read More

Turkish steel producers continued to book deep-sea scrap for December deliveries with slightly lower prices on Thursday November 8.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a US cargo, comprising 33,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $338 per tonne, 5,000 tonnes of shredded at $343 per tonne and 2,000 tonnes of bonus at $348 per tonne cfr, late on November 7.On Thursday, another...Read More

(Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq edged lower on Thursday, as weak earnings reports and caution ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision stalled a rally from the previous session, which was spurred by the outcome for midterm elections.Among the biggest deliners on the S&P 500 were Perrigo Co (PRGO.N), Wynn Resorts Ltd (WYNN.O) and D.R. Horton Inc (DHI.N), all fallin...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats on Thursday demanded emergency hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate President Donald Trump’s ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calling the move an effort to undermine a federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.Trump forced the resignation of Sessions on Wednesday, a day after elections in whic...Read More

Comex copper prices fell to a one-week low on Thursday morning in the US amid a stronger dollar and a lack of fresh catalysts.The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange declined 2.75 cents to $2.7270 per lb. Earlier in intraday trading, the contract touched a low of $2.7030 per lb, the weakest...Read More

Ontario's Government for the People is protecting jobs and the economy of Northern Ontario by working with Huron Central Railway to keep the rail line running between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury.Today, Ross Romano, MPP for Sault Ste. Marie and Parliamentary Assistant to Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, announced the government is supporting a request by Huron Cen...Read More

* Dollar extends recovery on post-election relief* China October copper imports fell, data shows (Recasts, adds detail, closing prices)By Maytaal AngelLONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Copper steadied on Thursday astraders weighed an uptick in the dollar and a drop in China'simports of the metal against improved Chinese growth prospects.China, which consumes nearly half the world's copper,registered a 19...Read More