When the London Metal Exchange amended its policies related to its physical delivery network a few years ago, it overlooked one key thing. The issue centers on LME's linked load-in/load-out (LILO) rule, which operates by linking the amount of metal a warehouse loads in to the amount it is obligated to load out for warehouses that have queues of over 50 days.The rule changes were part of package of...Read More
Ahead of Fastmarkets' Battery Materials 2019 conference in Shanghai, Fastmarkets looks at use of lithium in next-generation vehicles and other battery uses, as well as soaring prices, which have spurred interest in lithium and boosted its importance in recent years as a battery material. In June 2016, the spot price in China peaked at $27 per kg, more than three times the global contract price, ac...Read More
Gold spot ($) Further advance. Stay on top of the markets with Swissquote’s News & Analysis Pivot (invalidation): 1276.00 Our preferenceLong positions above 1276.00 with targets at 1285.00 & 1287.00 in extension. Alternative scenarioBelow 1276.00 look for further downside with 1273.00 & 1270.00 as targets. CommentThe RSI is bullish and calls for further u...Read More
As always, most analysts focus not on what they really should. After March FOMC meeting, everyone was talking about the more dovish dot-plot. But the Fed also announced that it will end the unwinding of its balance sheet in September. As these changes are revolutionary and may entail potentially huge consequences for the precious markets, we invite you to read our today’s article about the n...Read More
China's month-on-month new electric vehicles (NEV) sales rebounded in August after month-on-month declines in June and July. The drop in sales between May and June was the first drop since September 2016, but Fastmarkets MB had expected Chinese NEV sales to dip temporarily after the June subsidy changes came into effect because consumers and NEV manufacturers would have to adjust to the new subsid...Read More
Iron ore prices fell sharply in the second half of November after climbing through October, with prices for higher-grade material pioneering the decline.Fastmarkets MB daily benchmark for 65% Fe fines dropped by 22% by Monday November 26 after peaking on October 29. The 62% Fe iron ore index declined by 16% over the period, as some Chinese steelmakers started to seek larger volumes of cheaper ores...Read More
The steel scrap sector in the United States still depends on exports to Turkey, a member of the Fastmarkets research team said during the ferrous session at the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) conference in London.This dependence persists despite the changes in the international markets created by the US' imposition of its Section 232 tariffs on imports of steel products, metals analyst Le...Read More
Seaborne pig iron has become relatively competitive versus ferrous scrap over the past year in most regions, and China is no exception. As the first chart below illustrates, the gap between the MBR's proxy for imported pig iron price in China and the Metal Bulletin's Chinese domestic heavy melt scrap price assessment had shrunk by late 2017. The premium averaged $17 per tonne this year to date, co...Read More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxWaterton, which controls 12.09% of Hubday's outstanding shares, has nominated five directors and has been trading barbs with the miner since October, when it first sounded the alarm over its concerns about the company's leadership and strategic direction.Glass Lewis says it has has assessed Waterton's arguments and agrees Hudbay will benefit from a minority...Read More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxThe comptroller recommended the project's environmental licence be reversed as well as the permits awarded by the water authority. This is a possibility which will be pushed for by communities in Íntag that have rejected mining for years.The Llurimagua deposit has a resource of 982 million tonnes grading 0.89% copper and 0.04% molybdenum.Eastern prom...Read More
The region is part of a series of structurally controlled vein deposits known as the White Gold District, south of Dawson City, and along the 1,200km-long Tintina gold belt. Some estimates put the placer gold recovered along the belt at between 13 and 20 million ounces, but despite the number of deposits in the area, the hard rock source of this placer gold has never been identified.Some say the d...Read More
Unusually, too, for the male-dominated mining sector, the CEO is a woman - Saila Miettinen-Lähde - a veteran of nickel producer Talvivaara where the Finnish state is today the largest shareholder. Endomines' production profile is small, at least for now, with its only producing mine, Friday in the US, expected to ramp up this year to an annual tally of about 9,000oz - although expansion is on...Read More
When was the last time you went shopping and came home with only what you set out to buy?It's rare.More likely, you went shopping and ended up with a few other things not on your list or you ended up spending a little more than you budgeted. How does this happen so regularly?A retailer's job is to squeeze every penny out of you once you walk through the door. It sounds cutthroat, but really some a...Read More
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