BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian musicians are fast reaping dividends from their presence on Spotify, which launched its internet streaming service in the Middle East and North Africa last week.“The Arab hub provides a unique platform that brings the full spectrum of Arab culture and creativity, past and present,” said Suhel Nafar, a musician from the Israeli city of Lod wh...Read More
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The import price for hot-briquetted iron (HBI) in Italy decreased in the week ended Thursday November 22 due to softer prices for hot-rolled coil and low demand, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' import price assessment for HBI in Italy decreased to $315-330 per tonne cfr on November 22, from $345-350 per tonne cfr a week before."The workable HBI price for us depends on how strong the HRC...Read More
"We've come from a very artifical period where everything was going up, and we need to go back to a more normal period."Mohamed El-Erian is the Chief Economic Adviser of Allianz, a multinational financial services company. He is the former CEO and co-Chief Investment Officer of PIMCO, a global investment firm and one of the world's largest bond funds in the world. Dr. El-Erian also served as a mem...Read More
Infill drilling in the southwestern part of the Marathon deposit in Newfoundland continues to return high-grade gold intercepts, Marathon Gold (TSX: MOZ) reports.The company recently completed its 41,000-metre step-out and infill drill program for 2018, and assays include 5.36 grams gold over 11 metres from 26 metres below surface in hole MA-18-330; 3.63 grams gold over 10 metres from 134 metres...Read More
The price of pig iron exports from the Commonwealth of Independent States has fallen over the past seven days due to weak prices both for raw materials and for finished steel products, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday November 22.Fastmarkets' CIS export price assessment for high-manganese pig iron went down to $355-365 per tonne fob Black Sea on Thursday, from $365-370 per tonne a week before."The ma...Read More
Copper output in Democratic Republic of Congo rose 8.7 percent year on year through the first nine months of 2018 to 908,695 tonnes while cobalt production jumped 92.5 percent to 115,116 tonnes, the central bank said on Thursday.Congo is Africa's top copper producer and the world's leading miner of cobalt, which is a key component in electric vehicles and other electronic products.Gold production...Read More
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SolGold's coveted Ecuadorian copper-gold prospect may be 20 percent bigger than the mining group said earlier this week, its chief executive Nick Mather said on Thursday.SolGold, in which Mather has a near 5 percent stake, said on Tuesday that its Alpala project in Ecuador's Cascabel region was around double the size and grade quality it was known to be in December 2017."We think there's still 20...Read More
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Thursday inaugurated the Waad Al-Shamaal mining project, which is expected to boost the kingdom's gross domestic product by 24 billion riyals ($6.4 billion) and its non-oil GDP by around 3 percent.The kingdom will invest 85 billion riyals in the project, a 440-square-km (150-square-mile) city for mining industries in the northern region, the Ministry of Energy, Indust...Read More
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Turkish steel producers have resumed their deep-sea scrap purchases after getting lower prices from Europe, sources said on Thursday November 22.The mills in the country were looking for lower prices for scrap because of their fears of renewed product outflows from China and consequently weakening prices for rebar.A steel mill broke the...Read More
Physical gold demand in India was robust this week as consumers stepped up purchases during the traditional wedding season after domestic rates slipped to a near six-week trough, while gains in global prices weighed on bullion's appeal in other Asian hubs.Demand in India, the second biggest gold consumer after China, usually picks up towards the end of the year going into the wedding and festival...Read More
Precious metals streaming and royalty company Maverix Metals (TSXV: MMX) forecasts it will exceed its previously announced guidance for the year of 18,000 to 19,000 gold-equivalent ounces.In the third quarter, Maverix recorded attributable gold-equivalent ounces sold of 6,195 ounces, and in the nine months ended Sept. 30, the company's total attributable gold-equivalent production reached 15,236...Read More
South Africa's Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) has halted all its gold mining operations in the country after violence broke out overnight during a strike by workers demanding higher wages.Operations at the Driefontein, Kloof and Beatrix mines, major sources of revenue for the precious metals miner, were suspended late on Wednesday due to increasing levels of brutality and intimidation,...Read More
Zimbabwean miner RioZim is suing the country's Reserve Bank for $92 million, in a move intended to force it pay for more of its gold purchases from the company in US dollars.The company operates three gold mines, a nickel refinery and holds a minority stake in the Rio Tinto-run Murowa Diamonds. RioZim claims the bank is not paying enough for its products in American currency, as promised, which...Read More
Vancouver- based Walker River Resources (TSXV: WRR) has announced that it has just started a drilling program at its Lapon Canyon gold project in Nevada.Located 60 kilometres southeast of Yerington in the Wassuk Range, the project consists of 96 claims that occupy 1,940 acres.In a media statement, Walker River said that this winter drilling campaign will focus on infill and expansion of the Lapon...Read More
Steel billet prices in Turkey have softened further this week under the influence of the negative sentiment created by falling prices for scrap and China-origin steel, sources said on Thursday November 22.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for billet imports into Turkey was $460-465 per tonne cfr on Thursday, down from last week's $475-480 per tonne.The suppliers in the CIS region have reduced t...Read More