Arbitrage for copper, aluminium, zinc and nickel imported into China on Friday November 9*Copper -$124.74 (-868.57 yuan) Aluminium -$453.82 (-3,159.84 yuan) Zinc $61.50 (428.24 yuan) Nickel $511.28 (3,559.91 yuan) *Fastmarkets calculates the physical arbitrage for import into China daily by using SHFE front-month and LME three-month...Read More
Base metals stock level movements at Shanghai Futures Exchange-approved warehouses were mixed in the week ended Friday November 9, with lead, nickel and tin stocks higher while zinc, aluminium and copper stocks fell. Deliverable lead stocks increased by 1,390 tonnes or 17.3% over the past week to total 9,434 tonnes on Friday. Warehousing company Zhongchu Lutong in Tianjin saw the biggest inf...Read More
Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower during morning trading on Friday November 9, failing to match upward momentum across Asian sessions amid strong economic data on Chinese exports. The three-month lead price was the biggest loser, falling 2% from yesterday's close to $1,965 per tonne despite stocks remaining at a nine-year low. "The metals market seems to be in a strange wo...Read More
Liquidity in the seaborne coking coal spot market remained low on Friday November 9 though some bullish sentiment has emerged. A cargo of second-tier hard coking coal was heard sold to an end user in northern China at around $208 per tonne cfr China, but market sources said this was part of a term contract for the month of December.A trader based in Tangshan hinted that supply was running low, and...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices were unchanged on Friday November 9, with sellers keeping prices steady despite a pick-up in trading activity in a bid to secure more sales. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 4,480-4,520 yuan ($646-652) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing): 4,350-4,400 yuan per tonne, unchangedBuyers in Shanghai raised their procurement rates slightly ahead of the weekend ami...Read More
Cobalt prices were unchanged this past week, but recent illiquidity in the spot market could make prices vulnerable to a move lower in the coming weeks, markets sources told Fastmarkets MB. The price assessments for low-grade cobalt and high-grade cobalt were unchanged at $33.50-34.45 per lb and $33.50-34.50 per lb, respectively, on Friday November 9.Apart from one small low-grade sale above $36 p...Read More
The following Fastmarkets minor metals prices changed on Friday November 9:Bismuth MB free market, $/lb: $3.60-4.00 per lb from $3.40-4.00Chromium MB free market alumino-thermic, $/tonne: $10,800-11,200 per tonne from $10,800-11,500Cobalt sulfate,...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
The Chinese market has witnessed a cobalt recycling boom in the pastyear as a result of high cobalt prices, although the establishment of a truly comprehensive and efficient recycling system is still some way off, Fastmarkets learned from a cobalt panel discussion in Xiamen, China. "The rally in cobalt prices has provided a lot of incentive to [cobalt] recycling businesses, and...Read More
The following Fastmarkets non-ferrous European free market scrap prices changed on Friday November 9:Aluminium ingotDuty paid delivered works pressure diecasting ingot...Read More
The potential for scrap prices to slowly rebound and a bearish outlook for secondary aluminium ingot prices are causing European producers to worry about margins for 2019.European secondary aluminium ingot demand is expected to stay muted through the second quarter of 2019 due to weak automotive demand caused by bottlenecks in the European Union's new emission testing procedure, market participant...Read More
Japanese H2 scrap continued to lead price falls in the Asia markets amid weak demand from end-users and bearish sentiment among traders.Key buyers are looking out for Japanese H2 scrap as the most competitive raw material for their furnaces this week after fob Tokyo Bay prices dipped further. This was after the Kanto Tetsugen tender results were announced today.Containerized scrap prices in Taiwan...Read More
Paramount Gold (PZG) owns a 100% interest in the Grassy Mountain Gold Project in eastern Oregon and a 100% interest in the Sleeper Gold Project in northern Nevada. PZG acquired Grassy Mountain (GM) in July 2016 via the acquisition of Calico Resources for $15 million in PZG shares. GM has a total resource of 1.65 million ozs of gold (mostly measured) and 4.96 million ozs of silver. Of this, 504k o...Read More
A BMO Capital Markets report assessed this project following a site visit. In a Nov. 7, 2018, research note, analyst Andrew Kaip reported that the overall impressions from BMO Capital Markets' site visit to Newmont Mining Corp.'s (NEM:NYSE) Tanami project in Australia's Northern Territory are that it is "a great success that keeps getting better," it is "quickly heading to tier 1 status" and it...Read More
US mid-term elections are behind us. Surprisingly,both parties won! How is it possible? Let’s read our article and find out! Wewill also explain what the election results imply for the world and the goldmarket.DemocratsWinThe elections were very interesting. We provide youwith the key takeaways, focusing on the possible implications for the preciousmetals. First, Democrats took control ofthe...Read More
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Radio host Dr. Dave Janda says the midterm elections are far from over. Janda says, "There was voter fraud before, during and after the midterm elections. My sources say there was a staggering amount of voting machines that were impounded Monday night before the election on Tuesday because they had pre-set votes in them. This involved voting machines in all 50 states. . . . Trump had teams out the...Read More
Political Anthropologist Dr. Noah Coburn discusses his latest book "Under Contract: The Invisible Workers of America's Global War" as we delve into the lives of over 3 million private contractors who service the logistics and underbelly of the Global War On Terror in Afghanistan.Show Notes:Trump's Disastrous Plan to Increase Contracting in Afghanistan https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/trump...Trump'...Read More