(Kitco News) - Safe-haven demand is once again boosting gold prices as U.S. equity markets drop 2% across the board.“Gold’s safe-haven allure is back,” said Phillip Streible, senior market strategist at RJO Futures. “Equities are doing down sharply and investors don’t know what to do, so they are turning to gold.”Safe-haven demand pushed gold prices to its highe...Read More
“Gloomy” global equities have propelled gold to three-month highs as the precious metal acts like a safe haven again, says George Gero, managing director with RBC Wealth Management. Some traders are likely being forced to cover some short positions, he continues. “The fallout of Saudi problems, Italy budget headlines, trade wars and tariffs all weigh on stocks and [are] moving go...Read More
B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO, NYSE American: BTG, NSX: B2G) says an expansion study points to a longer life for the El Limon Mine in Nicaragua, and the company also renewed a two-year collective bargaining agreement with labor unions. The study evaluated the life-of-mine options for combining the remaining underground inferred mineral resources with the new El Limon central zone open-pit inferred minera...Read More
(Kitco News) - Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE: HL) met its expectations for third-quarter output of 2.5 million silver ounces and 72,995 gold ounces, the company said Tuesday.The preliminary consolidated silver output was a 24% decline from the same period of 2017, with output at the Greens Creek Mine falling by 467,899 ounces, which the company blamed on lower ore grades and milled tonnage as a result o...Read More
Here we go again. After two weeks of consolidation, gold is trying to break out to the upside, $13 higher and sitting at resistance. This action was expected; big breakouts are typical out of the congestion pattern. The bigger question is where does gold from here? The key level is now $1,240, as a break above brings $1,275 into play. With the global tension and markets selling off, money is looki...Read More
(Kitco News) - Just returned from an investment conference in Bermuda, where the mood among some of the biggest names in the industry was definitely bullish. To be taken in context, most players in the metals space are generally neutral in a worst-case scenario but almost always bullish albeit sometimes with the caveat “if you are a long-term investor”. Metals dealers do not make money...Read More
BASF and Nornickel have established a strategic partnership centered around battery materials for electric vehicles, including a feedstock supply deal and co-located facilities, the companies said.The European chemical company has selected Harjavalta, Finland, as the first location for battery materials production that will serve the European automotive market. The plant will be constructed adjace...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were higher across the board by the close of trading on Monday October 22, with prices elevated despite a slightly weaker US stock market opening in addition to a strong US dollar index. Despite a fresh cancelation of more than 25,000 tonnes from LME-listed warehouses in Singapore, the three-month aluminium price drifted down from its intraday high o...Read More
Comex copper prices traded at one-week high in the US morning on Monday October 22 amid hopes for added Chinese stimulus measures. The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 2.65 cents to $2.8045 per lb. The complex is broadly higher on strong macroeconomic data, especially from China. "They are receiving buoyancy from sharply rising.....Read More
Prices for China-origin UG2 chrome ore and Turkish lumpy chrome ore rose over the trading session on Friday October 19, while Chinese domestic ferro-chrome spot prices fell slightly on weak demand from stainless steel mills. Turkish lumpy chrome ore prices to China make strong gain in wake of higher UG2 prices Chrome ore price in China supported by lower estimates of stocks Domes...Read More
Chilean lithium producer Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM) sold 15% less lithium carbonate quarter-on-quarter in July-September 2018, it said in an announcement preceding its third-quarter earnings statement.A delay to the ramp-up process at SQM's lithium operations at Antofagasta in Chile, and logistical challenges created by low inventory levels, were the core reasons behind the reduced v...Read More
Prices for China-origin UG2 chrome ore and Turkish lumpy chrome ore rose over the trading session on Friday October 19, while Chinese domestic ferro-chrome spot prices fell slightly on weak demand from stainless steel mills. Turkish lumpy chrome ore prices to China make strong gain in wake of higher UG2 prices Chrome ore price in China supported by lower estimates of stocks Domes...Read More
The Chinese-owned Chambishi copper smelter in Zambia has slashed the guidance figure for its 2019 production of blister copper by more than 20%, Fastmarkets has learned.The decision was prompted by new import tariffs to be applied to copper concentrates imported from the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which could raise raw material costs for producers in Zambia.Chambishi is expect...Read More
A sudden reduction in published estimates of chrome ore stock in China has contributed to a recovery in prices for the steel-making raw material since September after earlier high estimates had weighed on prices, market sources told Fastmarkets MB.Published Chinese chrome ore stock estimates from Chinese price reporting agency Ferroalloynet have dropped below the 3 million tonnes reported late in...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in London and Shanghai on Friday October 19. China The Chinese grade 553 silicon export price rose against a backdrop of tight supply on the looming dry season from November to May when refineries in Sichuan and Yunnan province curb production as a result of a lack of cheap hydroelectric power. Stockpiling activity among both traders and downstream co...Read More
Global antimony prices were under pressure last week, falling both in China and Europe, following on from continued weak demand for the metal.Fastmarkets MB assessed standard grade-II antimony prices, in-warehouse Rotterdam, at $8,150-8,450 per tonne on Friday October 19, stable from Wednesday, when prices had fallen from $8,400-8,600 per tonne.The trioxide grade price was also steady at $8,150-8,...Read More
The Turkish deep-sea scrap market was quiet on Monday October 22 but bookings that came to light late on Friday have kept prices stable.Trades for two deep-sea cargoes emerged after the deadline for data submission to Fastmarkets' price assessment on Friday.These two cargoes continued the trend of Turkish mills buying European and Baltic Sea material. No deals for material from the United States h...Read More
Turkish domestic scrap prices have fallen over the past week because the country's lira continued to regain some of its former value, sources said on Monday October 22.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for auto bundle (DKP grade) ferrous scrap was TRY1,770-1,940 ($313-343) per tonne delivered on Monday, compared with last week's TRY1,850-2,040 per tonne.The rise in the assessment came after som...Read More
Secondary aluminium market participants from around the world will be heading to Amsterdam from November 6-8 to attend Fastmarkets MB's 26th Secondary Aluminium Conference for insight on the 2019 market and to negotiate annual deals.The conference comes at a time where macroeconomic issues have had massive influence on global aluminium markets. Participants are determining how the United States' s...Read More
Comex copper prices traded at one-week high in the US morning on Monday October 22 amid hopes for added Chinese stimulus measures. The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 2.65 cents to $2.8045 per lb. The complex is broadly higher on strong macroeconomic data, especially from China. "They are receiving buoyancy from sharply rising.....Read More