The USD, gold's biggest nemesis, took a beating yesterday. As a result, the yellow jumped from $1,214 to $1,237. As of writing, it is trading at $1,232/Oz and has created a falling wedge pattern on the 15-minute chart. A break above the upper edge of the wedge, currently at $1,233, would signal a resumption of the rally and open up upside toward $1,250. On the way higher, the metal may encoun...Read More

* Dollar under pressure as risk-sensitive currencies gain * Trump said to have asked to prepare trade deal draft * Ebb in trade woes weighs on yen, lifts Aussie and yuan * Traders awaits U.S. jobs data for potential lift * Graphic: World FX rates in 2018By Tom FinnLONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The dollar fell on Friday on signsU.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to resolve a damagingtrade war with...Read More

Nov 2 (Reuters) - Aluminium producer Hindalco Industries Ltd posted a 21.4 pct decline in Sept-quarter net profiton Friday, dragged down by rising input costs, but marginallybeat estimate.Standalone profit after tax came in at 3.09 billion rupees($42.50 million) in the second quarter, compared with 3.93billion rupees a year earlier, Hindalco said . Eleven analysts on an average had expected the Mu...Read More

As a way of raising awareness and interest in the mining industry among junior high and high school students in Nova Scotia, Canada, a provincial industry group is offering over C$8,000 in cash prizes to kids with some basic video skills.The Mining ROCKS! contest, now in its fifth year, hopes to inspire children to learn about the industry, get creative and win big, Sean Kirby, executive directo...Read More

Published 22 Hours AgoUpdated6 Hours AgoReuters Gold slipped on Friday as the U.S. dollar regained some ground on the back of strong American jobs data, putting the metal on track for its first weekly loss in five weeks.Spot gold was down 0.03 percent at $1,232.40 per ounce. The bullion was down 0.1 percent this week.U.S. gold futures settled down $5.3, or 0.43 percent, at $1,233.30.The dollar ind...Read More

* Holdings in SPDR Gold Trust rise * Platinum hits fresh high since June 27 * U.S. jobs report due at 1230 GMT (Updates prices)By Eileen SorengBENGALURU, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Gold prices on Friday held onto gains from the previous session as investors remainedcautious ahead of a U.S. jobs report, which could provide clueson the pace of further interest rate hikes.Spot gold was flat at $1,232.81 per o...Read More

Nov 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump wants to reachan agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of20 nations summit in Argentina later this month, Bloombergreported on Friday, citing four people familiar with the matter.Trump has asked key U.S. officials to begin draftingpotential terms, Bloomberg said, addingthat the push for a possible deal with china was prompted by hist...Read More

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Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose for a third day in a row Thursday, building on a strong two-day rally that closed out a tough October for the blue-chip index. The Dow fell 5.1% last month.DowDuPont Inc. (DWDP)  rose 8% after the chemicals company earned 74 cents a share in the third quarter, beating forecasts by 3 cents.&n...Read More

Copper prices on the Comex exchange in New York maintained their recovery in the morning of Thursday November 1, with a weaker dollar providing support to the base metals complex.The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose day on day by 2.60 cents per lb to $2.6850 per lb."After a largely down session across a number of commodity complexe...Read More

London Metal Exchange members are considering a multitude of ways to continue to service their EU clients in the event that a financial services deal is either not forthcoming or does not go far enough when the UK finally leaves the European Union. Some companies have even told their LME sales teams they need to be prepared to move to another major European city to be able to legally service their...Read More

Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were collectively higher during morning trading on Thursday November 1, with most metals recovering from Wednesday's dip amid a softer US dollar index and a continued drawdown in LME inventories. Pushing back above $11,500 per tonne, the three-month nickel price gathered support over the morning session, hitting an intraday high of $11,645 per tonne after f...Read More

World silico-manganese supply edged up to 1.47 million tonnes in September, with the largest monthly increase recorded in the Commonwealth of Independent States, according to the International Manganese Institute (IMnI). Production was up 2.7% from August and 7.4% year on year globally, while year-to-date production rose 25.3% year on year. Supply from the CIS reached 138,000 tonnes, up 9% from Au...Read More

Spot copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TCs/RCs) fell 1.8% toward the end of October while a rapidly widening backwardation reduced market liquidity.Fastmarkets MB's assessment of the TC/RC index was lower by $1.60 per tonne/0.16 cents per lb at $87.40 per tonne/8.74 cents per lb on October 31. The previous assessment of $89 per tonne/8.9 cents per lb on October 15 was a one-year h...Read More

Benchmark international prices for cobalt stabilized last month, but salts and metal prices fell in China amid weak demand and falling local futures prices, triggering a physical sell-off.Price moves: Benchmark low-grade cobalt traded in the remarkably stable range of $33.50-34.45 per lb in October, where the assessment also ended the month. Tightness continued in the low-grade market, which takes...Read More

Turkish steel producers made no purchases in the deep-sea scrap market on Thursday November 1, with a fresh offer of material from the Baltic Sea region failing to find a taker, according to market participants.A scrap merchant in the Baltic Sea region was heard offering 30,000-35,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (95:5) at $345 per tonne cfr on Thursday. No mill had accepted the cargo at...Read More

Copper prices on the Comex exchange in New York maintained their recovery in the morning of Thursday November 1, with a weaker dollar providing support to the base metals complex.The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose day on day by 2.60 cents per lb to $2.6850 per lb."After a largely down session across a number of commodity complexe...Read More

Benchmark international prices for cobalt stabilized last month, but salts and metal prices fell in China amid weak demand and falling local futures prices, triggering a physical sell-off.Price moves: Benchmark low-grade cobalt traded in the remarkably stable range of $33.50-34.45 per lb in October, where the assessment also ended the month. Tightness continued in the low-grade market, which takes...Read More

Huaqing Nickel & Cobalt (Huaqing), a wholly owned subsidiary of Huayou Cobalt (Huayou), plans to invest in a joint venture called Huayue Nickel & Cobalt (Huayue) in Indonesia with four other companies, Huayou announced on the Shanghai Futures Exchange on Tuesday October 30. The Huayue joint venture will build a laterite ore hydrometallurgy project producing intermediate products of nickel in Morow...Read More

As competition in the global steel markets remains fierce, Fastmarkets provides an update on the new, progressing and closed ferrous trade cases from around the world in October 2018.The case list below includes only updates. For other continuing cases this year, see the updates for January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August and September.1. EU: seamless steel pipes and tubes from Ru...Read More