Prices in Southeast Asia's steel billet market were down slightly on Thursday April 25 after a major mill in the Commonwealth of Independent States reduced its asking prices for billet to attract buyers in the region. Fastmarkets MB's daily import price for billet in Southeast Asia was $465-470 per tonne cfr Manila on Thursday, down $5 per tonne on the high end from the previous day. Bil...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil exporters lowered their prices on Thursday April 25 despite domestic prices remaining largely unchanged, partly due to limited trading activity.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,990-4,000 yuan ($594-595) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,900-3,920 yuan per tonne, unchangedAlthough prices were stable nationwide, trading was limited, with market part...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for hot-rolled coil, cold-rolled coil, hot-dipped galvanized coil, pre-painted galvanized iron, steel plate, steel sheet and other flat steel products. Latest transaction: hot-rolled coilHot-rolled coilEast China, domestic,...Read More
Anglo American (LON: AAL) released its first quarter production results on Thursday, reporting decreased production numbers, mostly because of planned disruptions at its metallurgical coaldivision, where production dropped 25%."Production is 6% lower in the quarter, with two planned longwall moves at metallurgical coal accounting for 80% of the reduction," chief executive Mark Cutifani said in...Read More
Despite unfavourable market conditions, the mining industry is staging a comeback thanks to highly publicized multi-billion mergers and acquisitions targeting mostly the gold sector.The aggregate valuation of all miners listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) declined by 12.7% in 2018, to $253.9 billion, compared with a 10.8% decrease in the market capitalization of the entire TSX market, says...Read More
Lucara Diamond Corp has unearthed the largest uncut diamond in recent history in its Karowe mine in Botswana, the Canadian company said on Thursday, beating its own record discovery from November 2015 that it struggled to sell for nearly two years.The 1,758-carat diamond is larger than a tennis ball and weighs close to 352 grams (12.42 ounces), it said in a statement. The stone is second in size o...Read More
Russian state-controlled miner Alrosa, the world's biggest producer of rough diamonds in terms of carats, expects a drop in its sales in 2019 due to weaker demand for polished diamonds from China, a senior company official told Reuters."We will not reach last year's sales number," Evgeniy Agureev, director of sales for Alrosa, said late on Wednesday.The company's sales in 2018 rose 6 percent from...Read More
Canada's mining industry started the year off on the right foot, with major deals including the Barrick-Randgold merger and Newmont's acquisition of Goldcorp, setting the tone for the sector.As a result, Ernst & Young's Canadian Mining Eye index - which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies - rose 5% fin the January-Mar...Read More
RJC has launched its new Code of Practices (COP).The COP defines responsible, social and environmental business practices for companies in the jewelry supply chain and commits members to adhere to a robust set of comprehensive auditable standards. This is the third occasion for RJC to adapt its COP since being formed in 2005. The changes reflect "the evolving needs of the industry and demands of c...Read More
The local mining landscape has changed significantly in the quarter century following Nelson Mandela’s inauguration as the first democratically elected President of South Africa.While the industry has waned in terms of global production and research, it has made significant strides with regard to safety, diversity and transformation – mirroring the intent of the Constitution, which pri...Read More
The World Diamond Council (WDC) on Wednesday presented an overview of its revised System of Warranties (SoW) at the thirteenth Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in Paris.During the presentation, WDC president Stephane Fischler described the revised SoW as an essential building block for participants in the diamond supply...Read More
LONDON – More than 40-million people around the world work in artisanal and small-scale mining where minerals including gold, diamonds and cobalt are dug up often by hand, a report by the World Bank and development organisation Pact said on Wednesday.Increasing demand for metals and rising prices have triggered a boom in small-scale mining in recent years, mainly in poorer countries in South...Read More
The most valuable stone recovered to date at Aim-listed Firestone Diamonds’ Liqhobong mine, in Lesotho, was sold in March, along with a number of other high-value diamonds.The company’s sales for the third financial quarter, ended March 31, included the record 70 ct white diamond and a 46 ct white diamond, while the company reported signs of recovery in prices realised for the smaller,...Read More
Diamond miner De Beers’ rough diamond production for the quarter ended March 31 decreased by 8% year-on-year to 7.9-million carats, driven by lower output at its South African operations.De Beers Consolidated Mines, in South Africa, attributed its 65% year-on-year decrease in output to 400 000 ct to lower mined volumes at the Venetia mine, as it approached a transition from openpit to underg...Read More
Despite unfavourable market conditions, the mining industry is staging a comeback thanks to highly publicized multi-billion mergers and acquisitions targeting mostly the gold sector.The aggregate valuation of all miners listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) declined by 12.7% in 2018, to $253.9 billion, compared with a 10.8% decrease in the market capitalization of the entire TSX market, says...Read More
Canada's mining industry started the year off on the right foot, with major deals including the Barrick-Randgold merger and Newmont's acquisition of Goldcorp, setting the tone for the sector.As a result, Ernst & Young's Canadian Mining Eye index - which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies - rose 5% fin the January-Mar...Read More
Shares in Sirius Minerals (LON:SXX), the British company building a huge fertilizer mine beneath a national park, jumped on Thursday after it announced it had secured a ten-year supply and distribution deal in Europe.The agreement with BayWa Agri Supply & Trade, will see the German agribusiness buy up to 2.5 million tonnes a year of polyhalite, a form of potash that is used in plant fertilizers....Read More
Physical iron ore prices were rangebound on Thursday April 25 while futures transactions rose early in the day and fell later, to end moderately lower overall.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $93.50 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by $0.05 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $92.28 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by $0.05 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $95.98 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up...Read More
Major Chinese steelmaker Maanshan Iron & Steel (Magang) hopes to lead the overhaul of the Chinese ferrous scrap market by pioneering a domestic pilot project, group vice president Chen Zhaoqi said at the 12th China International Metal Recycling Conference 2019 in Zhuhai, China on April 25.Magang is planning 10 million tonnes per year of new ferrous scrap capacity across 10 ferrous scrap processing...Read More
The rough diamond market is showing signs of stability and early signs of a potential price recovery in the cheaper run-of-mine products, Canadian miner Mountain Province VP of diamond marketing Reid Mackie said on Thursday.He reported that the company, whose primary asset is its 49% interest in the Gahcho Kué mine in the Northwest Territories with De Beers Canada, has had a strong start to...Read More